Coal Castles – North Mahanoy Colliery (1858-1935)
An undated photograph showing the North Mahanoy Colliery Breaker at the top center, the inclined plane, and the wash house. A lower left is a huge ventilating fan, and the […]
An undated photograph showing the North Mahanoy Colliery Breaker at the top center, the inclined plane, and the wash house. A lower left is a huge ventilating fan, and the […]
The Maple Hill Colliery Breaker, shows an right with its twin headframes in the center. The power plant and Maple Hill homes are at the left. In the distance, behind […]
The Indian Ridge Colliery Breaker is pictured at center and at right are company patch houses. The photo was taken on June 17, 1885. From a series of articles that […]
An undated post card view (colorized) of the Bear Valley Breaker, Bear Valley Colliery, near Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. _________________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to […]
An undated interior view of a gangway showing an unidentified miner standing beside a coal car. From a series of articles that appeared in the Pottsville Republican and Herald in 1997: The […]
An undated colorized post card view of the Ashland State Miners Hospital, Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. __________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
A photograph from around 1890 of a mule-drawn dump cart filled with coal with the old wooden East Bear Ridge Breaker in the background. From a series of articles that […]
A farrier at Suffolk Colliery shoes a mule for service in the mines. This photo was taken about 1900. From a series of articles that appeared in the Pottsville Republican and […]