Coal Castles – St. Nicholas Central Breaker
This panorama of the St. Nicholas Central Breaker, opened in 1932, shows the enclosed refuse lines on the right and the Suffolk school house at the bottom right. The power […]
Coal Castles – Heckscherville (Anchor) Colliery (1852-1906)
Inside the Heckscherville Colliery breaker, 12 to 14-year-old boys pick rock and slate from the coal chutes. Several bosses stand by. From a series of articles that appeared in the Pottsville […]
Lykens – Eagle Iron Works – Joseph Duncan, Proprietor – 1908
A colorized, undated photograph believed to be of men working at the Eagle Iron Works, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. None of the men are identified. ______________________________________________ An article from a […]
Lykens Valley Coal – When Discovered
LYKENS VALLEY COAL – WHEN DISCOVERED On a Sabbath day in the year 1825, Jacob Burd Sr., and Peter Kimes, then living at the lower end of Short Mountain, in […]
Coal Castles – Hammond Colliery (1861-1939)
The Hammond Colliery in Butler Township, was formed from the Connor, or Girardville Colliery and the McMichael Colliery. From a series of articles that appeared in the Pottsville Republican and Herald in […]
Man With Two Names Killed in Mines, 1903
He was known by various combinations of Benjamin Walter “Archie” Roe [or Row] and also known as Benjamin Row Dietrich [or Deitrich]. He died as a result of falling down […]
Coal Castles – West Shenandoah Colliery (1869-1925)
The main coal hoisting slope of the West Shenandoah Colliery is pictured in the foreground, with loaded coal cars emerging to the surface. Next to it is the service slope. […]
Coal Castles – Miriam Colliery (1867-1897)
The Locust Summit Central Breaker was built on the site of the Miriam Colliery slopes. It was the largest coal breaker site in the world when it was completed in […]