Coal Castles – Gilberton Colliery
From a series of articles that appeared in the Pottsville Republican and Herald in 1997: The Gilberton Colliery was locate on the north side of the Mahanoy Creek in the borough for […]
Coal Castles – Brookside Colliery
From a series of articles that appeared in the Pottsville Republican and Herald in 1997: Located north of Tower City in the Williams Valley, the Brookside Colliery was originally operated as two […]
Newspaper Headlines of the Lytle Mine Tragedy, 1943
From the Pottsville Republican, September 24, 1943: 7 MEN TRAPPED IN LYTLE BLAST Fate Unknown; 8 Others In Hospital Badly Burned ______________________________________________________ From the Pottsville Republican, September 25, 1943: 14 […]
Coal Castles – The Lincoln Colliery
From a series of articles that appeared in the Pottsville Republican and Herald in 1997: Located north of Lorberry Gap and west of Lower Rausch Creek, this colliery was one […]
Joliett – Lincoln Colliery Breaker
An undated post card view of the Lincoln Colliery Breaker near Joliett, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Note the sign on the colliery roof at the left side of the photo. ___________________________________________ […]
Good Spring – Three Gratz Men Killed in Mine Cave-In, 1939 (3)
The recovery of the bodies of two other miners killed in an independent (bootleg) mining operation near Good Spring, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, took place over several more days. News reports […]
Good Spring – Three Gratz Men Killed in Mine Cave-In, 1939 (2)
The Pottsville Republican of February 10, 1939, reported on the progress of the recovery of the bodies of three men buried in a mine cave-in at Good Spring, Schuylkill County, […]
Williamstown – Seven Casualties in Mine Explosion, 1900
This story from the Lykens Register, June 14, 1900: TERRIBLE MINE ACCIDENT Seven Men at Horrible Burned by an Explosion and Injured by Flying Rock in the Mines at Williamstown. […]