The Staft at Susquehanna Colliery
An undated post card view of the shaft at the Susquehanna Colliery, Bear Gap, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The two tall chimneys are for the electrical power plant at this […]
Short Mountain Colliery – Pay Statement, 1932
An example of a payment statement from the Short Mountain Colliery, Bear Gap, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, for the pay period from June 16, 1932 to the end of the […]
Closing of Short Mountain Colliery, 1933
On March 10, 1933, the Lykens Standard announced the permanent closing of the Short Mountain Colliery, with the reason given by the local superintendent, W. B. Geise, as the cost […]
Miners At Short Mountain Colliery
An undated photograph of the interior of the mine at Short Mountain Colliery, Bear Gap, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The two miners are identified as Amos “Spinney” Minnich and Joss Evans. […]
Lykens – Short Mountain Slope
An undated post card view of the Short Mountain Slope, Lykens [Bear Gap], Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The man standing on the coal car is not identified. ___________________________________ Corrections and additional […]
Lykens – Short Mountain Slope
An undated photo post card view of the Short Mountain Slope, Bear Gap, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The card was published by Frank Wynn
Lykens Valley Coal Lands of the Pennsylvania Railroad, 1874
in 1874, for the Annual Meering of the Stockholders of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Philadelphia, a Report of the Investigating Committee of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company was produced. Article VII […]
Lykens Township Woman & Daughter Die in House Fire, 1882
The Millersburg Herald reported a tragic story about a fire that occurred in Lykens Township, about 4 miles east of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday into Thursday, 9-10 November […]