An undated photograph of a diesel engine pulling a freight train at the Elizabethville Railroad Station, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The movement of freight on portions of the Lykens Valley […]
An undated photo post card image of the Blackwood Breaker near Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. _______________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
A photo post card view of a group of miners coming out of a mine tunnel and “Homeward Bound.” This is a generic scene of an unspecified location in the […]
A report from the Lykens Register of May 17, 1900: A MINE DISASTER A fatal mine disaster occurred in the mines at Williamstown, Monday morning, that resulted in the death […]
An undated photo post card view of two mules and their handler coming out of a coal mine. The caption on the card is: “Out Into the Daylight.” Cards with […]
A 1913 souvenir badge from the Lykens & Wiconisco Diamond Jubilee, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The badge features a picture mining car with men going into or coming out of a […]
DAUPHIN COUNTY’S FIRST MINE INSPECTOR IN OFFICE Charles J. Price of this place [Lykens] on Monday assumed the duties of Dauphin County’s first mine inspector, a position to which he […]
Strange, but true, this story appeared in the West Schuylkill Herald, July 15, 1932, about a man who was fishing and hunting who became tired and decided to rest between […]