Williamstown – Culm Pile
An undated photo post card picturing the culm pile at Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. _____________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
Charles Edwin Umholtz (1883-1932) – Coal Miner & Lifetime Gratz Area Resident
CHARLES EDWIN UMHOLTZ Charles Edwin Umholtz, age 48 years, 11 months and 7 days, died at his home in Gratz at eight o’clock Sunday morning, October 9th, as the result […]
Lewis W. Kehler (1919-1938) – Killed in Independent Mining Accident
VICTIM OF MINE ACCIDENT Injuries sustained when caught in a fall of coal at an independent mine operation near Locust Dale last Thursday, proved fatal to Lewis W. Kehler, of […]
Simon Sallada (1785-1854) – An Early Lykens Valley Settler
A biographical sketch of Simon Sallada, also known as Salada, Sallade, & Solliday, as revised and edited from what appeared in the Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County: Simon Sallade… […]
Pine Grove – Schneck Coal Company, 1956
A 1956 advertisement for the Thomas W. Schneck Coal Company, Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. ALL SIZES OF COAL PHONES: Breaker 6291; Residence 6297 _____________________________________ From the 1958 Yearbook, the […]
Millersburg – Kocher Coal Company, 1976
A 1976 photograph of the executive office of the Kocher Coal Company, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The back wall of the office appears to be a replica of the inside […]
Ravine – Franklin Hydotated Coal Company, 1951
A 1951 advertisement for the Franklin Hydrotated Coal Company, Ravine, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Phone Pine Grove 72-R-11 _____________________________________ From the 1951 Yearbook, Memoria, of Tremont High School, Tremont, Schuylkill County, […]
Lykens – Short Mountain Slope
An undated photo post card view of the Short Mountain Slope, Bear Gap, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The card was published by Frank Wynn