Coal Castles – Draper Colliery (1863-1928)
A circa 1922 photograph showing the method of installing cable in Shaft No. 3 headframe at the Draper Colliery. From a series of articles that appeared in the Pottsville Republican and […]
Williams Valley Junction – Reading Railroad Station
An undated photograph of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Station at Williams Valley Junction, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, which was located at West Brookside Colliery. The ticket and telegraph office was […]
Lykens – Aerial View of Mining Operation
A colorized black and white post card aerial or birds-eye photo view said to be of a mining operation around Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The specific buildings in this photo […]
Coal Castles – Girard Colliery (1863-1928)
A photograph taken on February 5, 1889 of the old wood breaker at the Girard Colliery. Small boiler houses are at left. From a series of articles that appeared in […]
If the Seeley Tunnel Had Been Completed?
The Seeley Tunnel was a project undertaken in 1843. The intent was build a railroad from Dauphin Borough through Clarks Valley in Dauphin County, to Ashland in Schuylkill County. However, […]
Coal Castles – Knickerbocker Colliery
An 1890 view of the Knickerbocker Breaker and power house. Note how close the colliery patch houses are to the operation. From a series of articles that appeared in the Pottsville […]
Coal Castles – Cumbola Collieries
A photograph from around 1910 of underground stables for mine mules. From a series of articles that appeared in the Pottsville Republican and Herald in 1997: Clarkson Slope Located 2,200 feet south […]
Coal Castles – Silverton Colliery (1852-1918)
A photograph from around 1900, looking up from the floor level, showing the shaker screens in the old wood breaker at the Silverton Colliery. From a series of articles that […]