Porter Tunnel Mine Disaster Photos (1b)
The Porter Tunnel mine disaster occurred on March 1, 1977, near Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Related photos appeared in editions of the Evening Herald, Pottsville, on subsequent dates. Mrs. […]
Post Cards of Halifax Community
A 250-page-book, Post Cards of Hallifax Community, Its Borough and Three Rural Valleys: Post Card Treasures of Historical Moments, by Pearl Bretz Hane, was published in 2018 by the Halifax […]
Porter Tunnel Mine Disaster Photos (1a)
The Porter Tunnel mine disaster occurred on March 1, 1977, near Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Related photos appeared in editions of the Evening Herald, Pottsville, on subsequent dates. Somewhere […]
Miners At Short Mountain Colliery
An undated photograph of the interior of the mine at Short Mountain Colliery, Bear Gap, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The two miners are identified as Amos “Spinney” Minnich and Joss Evans. […]
William Lucas Family of Joliett, 1959
A photograph taken in March 1959 of the William Lucas (1909-1972) family of Joliett, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, shortly after the birth of their 21st child. The picture was widely distributed […]
Pottsville – Generic Coal Breaker
An undated, colorized post card view of a non-specific (generic) coal breaker, presumably near Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. ________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this […]
John Renninger Injured at Good Spring Colliery, 1907
As reported in the West Schuylkill Herald of Tower City, February 8, 1907: John Renninger, a son of Ephraim Renninger, this place [Tower City], aged about 18 years, was seriously […]
The Mine Disaster at Porter Tunnel, 1977 (6)
The front page of the Evening Herald, Pottsville, March 8, 1977, reporting on the mining disaster at the Porter Tunnel, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, which occurred on March 1, 1977. Articles […]