Lykens Valley Coal Company, 1862
A map of Wiconisco Township from 1862, with the operations of the Lykens Valley Coal Company shown in Bear Gap between Short Mountain, Coal or Thick Mountain, and Big Lick […]
Lykens Valley Coal Company – Short Mountain Double Slope, 1870-1915 – View 1
A view from an old picture post card of the Short Mountain Slope of the Lykens Valley Coal Company, on the western side of Bear Gap, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, one […]
Lykens Valley Coal Company – Bear Gap Mine Tunnel
A picture post card view of the entrance to the Bear Gap Mine Tunnel of the Lykens Valley Coal Company, which went approximately 3300 feet into Coal or Thick Mountain […]
Lykens Valley Coal Company – Short Mountain Mine Tunnel, 1853-1869
A picture post card view of the entrance to the Short Mountain Mine Tunnel at Bear Gap, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This tunnel was in operation from 1853 to 1869 and […]
Prof. Henry G. Dornheim (1859-1932)
Professor Henry G. Dornheim, formerly principal of the public schools of Elizabethville, Pennsylvania, was born in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 7 November 1859. He is a son of Rudolph H. […]
Short Mountain Colliery Timeline, 1920-1929
Short Mountain Colliery: Timeline 1920-1929 1920: January 29th, the new washery began to operate. Purchased 10” x 18” conveyor line for washery to reclaim slush bank south of washery. The […]
Short Mountain Colliery Accident, 20 July 1874
From the Harrisburg Telegraph, 20 July 1874 (reporting from the Lykens Register): Accident at Short Mountain Colliery. — About seven o’clock this morning one of the boilers at the […]
Fatal Mine Accidents at Short Mountain Colliery, 1904-1921
Some time after 1903, the Lykens Standard responded to a request to print a list of all mine-related fatalities at the Short Mountain Colliery, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. That list […]