George Miller, better known as “Jake,” sustained severe burns of face, arms and legs Friday evening of last week while cleaning a dry culm bin at the American Briquet Plant. He was inside the bin and attempted to scrape some dry hot culm from the side when it fell upon him. He was removed to his home in Coaldale and is getting along nicely.
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A photograph of the briquet plant from about 1921 or 1922. The plant was located at the western end of Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1919 and was destroyed by fire in May, 1923. The following history of the plant was compiled from information in the Souvenir…
A photograph of the large culm pile (right) at Bear Gap, near Lykens and Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, that was used for the making of briquettes. ________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
An advertisement for the American Briquet Company, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The ad refers to the company as "MANUFACTURES OF ANTHRACITE BRIQUETS." American Briquet was making briquets from the material on the culm pile north of Lykens in front of the former mining operations at Bear Gap. ____________________________ From the…