Lykens Valley Slope
An undated photo of men coming out of (or being lowered into) the Lykens Valley Slope at Bear Gap, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The men are not identified. From an old […]
Miner Safety Lamps
This photograph from around 1900 shows a typical Check-Off House where miner safety lamps were kept on numbered, wooden pegs. _______________________________ Photo was published in the Republican and Herald (Pottsville, […]
Miners’ Patch Houses
A photograph of a group of “Miners’ Patch Houses” from about 1900 built by mine owners to house workers. The location of the houses pictured here is unknown but they […]
Philadelphia & Reading Coal Company Locomotive
An undated photograph of a Philadelphia and Reading Coal Company locomotive that was used to shift coal cars at the breaker at a colliery. The location where this photo was […]
Interior View of Timbered Mine Gangway
An undated interior view of a typical, timbered mine gangway with unidentified miner standing next to a coal car. _______________________________ Photo was published in the Republican and Herald (Pottsville, Pennsylvania) […]
Joliett – Lincoln Colliery Breaker
An undated photograph of the Lincoln Colliery Breaker near Joliett, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo caption reads: Another in the chain of Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company collieries […]
Good Spring – Dynamiting the Westwood Colliery Breaker, 1956
A photograph taken in June 1956 of the dynamiting of the Westwood Colliery Breaker, near Good Spring, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo caption reads: This scene in June 1956 symbolized […]
Mule-Drawn Dump Cart at Coal Mine
A photograph from around the 1890s of a wooden, mule-drawn dump cart near a coal breaker. _______________________________ Photo was published in the Republican and Herald (Pottsville, Pennsylvania) in the column […]