Lykens Valley Coal Company, 1875
A map of Wiconisco Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, from 1875, showing coal mining operations of the Lykens Valley Coal Company at Bear Gap – between Short Mountain, Coal or Thick […]
Lykens Valley Coal Company, 1858
A map of Wiconisco Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, from 1858, showing coal mining operations of the Lykens Valley Coal Company at Bear Gap – between Coal or Thick Mountain, and […]
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 […]
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 […]
Thomas A. Hensel (1853-1921)
Thomas A. Hensel was born in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 6 December 1853. His grandfather, Andrew Hensel, was born near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, was born near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and was a […]
Halifax Township Created, 1804
Halifax Township was officially created in March 1804. Its original territory included the green area shown on the map above. Halifax Township was later diminished by the creation of Jackson […]
Description of Short Mountain Colliery, 1835
LYKENS VALLEY COAL MINES Transcribed from: Poulson’s American Daily Advertiser, 1835 In my late excursion through the country, bordering on the Susquehanna river, I visited Lykens Valley, in Dauphin County, […]