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 […]
The Lytle Mine Tragedy, 1892
On April 21, 1892, water from an abandoned mine broke through the newly dug tunnels of the Lytle Coal Company’s mine near Minersville, ultimately resulting in the drowning deaths of […]
Coal Castles – North Ashland (Union) Colliery
Joseph Prosper is pictured on a mule about to haul a sample load of coal to be tested at Maple Hill Colliery in May 1931. From a series of articles […]
Shamokin – Cameron Colliery (7)
An undated colorized view of Cameron Colliery, Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. _________________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.