Coal Castles – Guinea Hill Colliery (1830-1849)
A photograph of Pottsville’s Coal Street, taken on August 9, 1886. The Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company shops are on the right and the new railroad station is […]
Coal Castles – Weston Colliery (1913-1933)
An undated photograph showing “man cars” that were used to transport miners into the mines. From a series of articles that appeared in the Pottsville Republican and Herald in 1998: The Weston […]
Shamokin – Henry Clay Colliery (3)
An undated colorized post card general view of the Henry Clay Colliery, Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. _____________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
Coal Castles – Shenandoah Lost Creek Colliery (Packer No. 2)
An undated photograph showing a mine “lokie” of the Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company (P. & R. C. & I Co.) bring loaded coal cars to the surface. […]
Coal Castles – Colorado Colliery (Packer No. 1)
A photograph from September 1931 of miners on their way to work in the mine. None of the individuals in the photo are identified by name. From a series of […]
Elizabethville Area Historical Society – Videos Available on YouTube
Marilyn Henninger of the Elizabethville Area Historical Society has just announced that Travis Enders has updated the society website to include direct links to past programs now available on YouTube. […]
Coal Castles – Forestville Colliery
A 1911 photograph of a charging station for miners’ electric lamps. From a series of articles that appeared in the Pottsville Republican and Herald in 1998: The Forestville Colliery was located on […]
Coal Castles – Newkirk Colliery (1853-1876)
An undated photograph believed to have been taken before 1942 of loaded coal cars exiting the Newkirk Tunnel west of Tamaqua. The coal was headed headed for the Tamaqua cleaning […]