Lykens Valley Coal Company – Short Mountain Colliery Breaker
A photograph of the fourth and final built breaker at the Short Mountain Colliery of the Lykens Valley Coal Company, Bear Gap, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It was completed in 1913 […]
Tower City – Old Brookside Breaker
An undated photo of the Old Brookside Colliery Breaker at Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Railroad cars are waiting to be loaded with coal at the breaker. ____________________________ Corrections and […]
Susquehanna Collieries Company – Wage Statement, 1926
A 1926 end-of-the year wage statement issued by the Susquehanna Collieries Company, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The Internal Revenue Service, by law, required all companies to report annual wages of […]
The Polish Row Murders, 1918
A story of two men who were killed in a knife fight on Easter Eve 1918, at Polish Row, a housing area for miners in Wiconisco Township, near Lykens, Dauphin […]
U.M.W. President John Mitchell Visits Lykens, 1905
A photo of the visit of United Mine Workers President John Mitchell, to the Lykens Valley for a week in September 1905. The group is standing on the steps of […]
Chauncey Riegle – Miner’s Tag
Chauncey Riegle (1870-1936) was a coal miner and farmer who lived in Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. When he worked in the mines at the Short Mountain Colliery, he […]
The Children of Charles G. Riegle Who Was Killed in Mines, 1913
On 19 March 1913, Minnie [Coleman] Riegle was notified that her husband, Charles G. Riegle was killed in a mine accident at Short Mountain Colliery. At the time, she was […]
Williamstown Mine Disaster, 1904 – As Reported by the Elizabethville Echo
The front page of the Elizabethville Echo of 3 June 1904 carried the following report on the Great Mine Disaster at Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania: Williamstown in Mourning The disaster […]