A photograph from the 1890s showing the transport of an injured mine worker via mule. Although the caption for this photograph indicates the worker is being transported to a hospital, more often than not, the injured miners were transported to their own homes, where family members were expected to care for them.
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Photo was published in the Republican and Herald (Pottsville, Pennsylvania) in the column “Coal Castles,” 29 November 1997. Contributed by Reading Anthracite Company Historical Library.
Obtained through Newspapers.com.
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