Shamokin – Goss Hill & Cameron Colliery
A 1906 colorized post card view of Goss Hill and Cameron Colliery from the Cameron dirt bank, Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. This card was produced by the Rotograph Company, and […]
Coal Castles – Hartford Colliery (1859-1884)
A photograph of the side view of a new and improved 21-foot mine fan with wrought iron fan casing which replaced the old wooden type. From a series of articles […]
Coal Castles – Centralia Colliery (1862-1928)
A photograph showing the water-level tunnel entrance of the Centralia Colliery as it appeared in the 1890s. From a series of articles that appeared in the Pottsville Republican and Herald in 1998: […]
Williamstown – Susquehanna Coal Company, 1902
A 1902 photograph of men who were employed in the sinking of the No. 2 Shaft of the Susquehanna Coal Company at Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo appeared in […]
Shamokin – Cameron Colliery (8)
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The Funeral of the Eight Italian Miners, 1892
It was an “Old World” style funeral of a type that had never been seen before in Minersville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The eight Italians who were killed in the Lytle […]
Natalie – Colonial Colliery
An undated photograph of the Colonial Colliery located in Natalie, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Note the extensive railroad yard at the colliery. Natalie is northeast of Shamokin. This photo was found […]
Coal Castles – Oak Hill Colliery (1830-1872)
A photograph from April 7, 1919, of an early Marion steam engine loading coal from the surface into an old wood coal car for shipment to the colliery breaker for […]