A 1961 advertisement for the Leon E. Kocher Coal Company, Valley View, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Offices also in Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. LEON E. KOCHER COAL COMPANY Telephone OVERBROOK 2-3181 […]
An advertisement for the American Briquet Company, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The ad refers to the company as “MANUFACTURES OF ANTHRACITE BRIQUETS.” American Briquet was making briquets from the material […]
Although this scene from around 11890 was at a breaker near Pottsville, it was typical of what the breaker boys had to put up with a the collieries. The photo […]
A photograph taken about 1880 of men who were dump-chute sorters at a mine in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. According to the description, the adult counterpart of the breaker boy in […]
An undated photograph of the back fences of a mine patch (housing provided for miners) with miners and their families socializing. When the collieries were idle and the weather was […]
An undated photograph of women doing wash at the patch, housing area for miners. The exact location is not known, but the scene is typical. The caption reads: In the […]
A photograph believed to have been taken about 1875 inside a mine in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo shows a door boy at a mine entrance door. Many young boys […]
A undated photograph of a small group of miners relaxing on the rails of a typical mine gangway. The location is unknown and the miners are not identified. _______________________________ Photo […]