Short Mountain Colliery: Events Which Increased or Decreased Production (1825-1899) 1825: Anthracite coal first discovered in this vicinity by Jacob Burd Sr. and Peter Kimes, lower end of Short Mountain. A 1600 acre […]
LYKENS VALLEY COAL MINES Transcribed from: Poulson’s American Daily Advertiser, 1835 In my late excursion through the country, bordering on the Susquehanna river, I visited Lykens Valley, in Dauphin County, […]
An old print labeled “Mines of the Lykens Valley and Short Mountain Coal Companies, Henry Thomas, Sole Lessee,” was an illustration on an 1862 map of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It […]
A photograph of Gratz area miners on the path leading to the “Gratz Airhole” where the men climbed down a long ladder to get to their work level in the […]
The major mining operations that employed large numbers of men were on the other side of Short Mountain from Gratz and Lykens Township. But getting there was quite a feat. […]
An undated photograph of a group of five miners from Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Front Row (seated): Harry Wise; Daniel Wiest. Back Row (standing): John Umholtz; Elias Shade; Harry Knohr. […]
A photograph from a reproduction picture post card of a railroad engine, The Mechanic, of the Pennsylvania Coal Company, 1860s. Although this coal company operated north and east of the […]
An undated photograph of an engine of the Pennsylvania Railroad Coal and Iron Company, probably taken at or near Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The man standing next to the […]