The Inclined Plane Railroad at Short Mountain Colliery
A picture said to be of the Inclined Plane Railroad at Short Mountain Colliery, Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. While this has been identified in at least two places as of […]
William H. Adams (1906-1981) – Letters From An Independent Miner (2)
This series of blog posts presents some original source material in the form of letters written by William H. Adams to the Pine Grove Press-Herald in 1977 related to the Mine Disaster at the Porter Tunnel in […]
William H. Adams (1906-1981) – Letters From An Independent Miner (1)
This series of blog posts presents some original source material in the form of letters written by William H. Adams to the Pine Grove Press-Herald in 1977 related to the Mine Disaster at the Porter Tunnel in […]
Clyde Machamer & Independent Miners & Associates (IMA)
A newspaper photograph from the Pottsville Republican, December 2, 1965, picturing Clyde L. Machamer (left), president of the Independent Miners and Associates (IMA), issuing application forms for “black lung” benefits […]
Norman J. Wolfe (1919-1992) – Independent Coal Miner
A newspaper photograph from 1972 of Norman J. Wolfe (1919-1992), an independent coal miner, a.k.a. bootlegger, standing at the entrance to his Sharp Mountain Coal Mine near Tremont, Schuylkill County, […]
Deitrich Falls to Death at Mine, 1903
FALLS TO HIS DEATH Benjamin R. Deitrich, a young single man of Lykens, fell 200 feet into a slope at Short Mountain Colliery at Lykens last Monday, and died on […]
Clyde L. Machamer (1914-1989) – Independent Miners’ President
A newspaper photograph of Clyde L. Machamer holding a “We Burn Coal” poster. The photo was published in the Pottsville Republican on December 1, 1965, with the following caption: PROMOTES […]
Bootleg Miners Riot at Donaldson, 1941
A portrait of Gov. Arthur H. James (1883-1973), a Republican who took the side of the “bootleg” miners in the debate over strip mining in the southern anthracite coal fields. […]