Tower City Colliery – Keffers Tunnel Entrance
An undated photograph of the Keffers Tunnel Entrance at the Tower City Colliery, Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The woman and the two young girls at the entrance are not […]
Porter Township – Topographical Map
An undated topographical map of Porter Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, produced by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. The communities of Tower City, Sheridan, Reinerton, Orwin, Muir, Williams Valley […]
Mine Accident At Keffers Mountain, 1938
CHERRYVILLE YOUTH BURIED IN RUSH OF COAL AND WATER AT KEFFERS ON TUESDAY BODY NOT YET RECOVERED The body of Lester Lengel, 24, of Cherryville, carried down a mine slope […]
Ronald “Skipper” Koppenhaver (1933-1947) – Drowned in Strip Mine Hole
BOY DROWNED IN MINE STRIPPING HOLE Ronald Koppenhaver, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clair Koppenhaver, of Keffers, drowned in a water-filled abandoned mine stripping hole at Keffers last Wednesday […]