Good Spring – Markson Coal Company
An undated photograph of the truck loading area of the Markson Coal Company Breaker, near Good Spring (also Valley View), Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The sign on the building states: MARKSON […]
Williamstown – Summit Branch Coal Breaker
An undated photo post card of the Summit Branch Coal Breaker, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The card was published by Blanning’s Corner Store, Williamstown. _____________________________________ Corrections and additional information should […]
“Locie” at the Brookside Colliery
An undated photograph of two men on a “locie” at the Brookside Colliery, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. SCHUYLKILL MEMORY LANE QUIZ Clue: Anyone know who the two young men are on […]
McClellan Coal Storage Yard, 1900-1931
A 50-page-book, McClellan Coal Storage Yard, 1900-1931, Pennsylvania Railroad Train Stop, by Pearl Bretz Hane, was published in 2012 by the Halifax Area Historical Society, P.O. Box 562, Halifax, Pennsylvania […]
Lost Creek Railroad Station, 1905
A 1905 photograph of the Lehigh Valley railroad station at Lost Creek, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The caption with this photo included the following: The mule-drawn wagon at left is from […]
Tommy Hall’s Tunnel near Gratz
An undated photograph said to be of the entrance to Tommy Hall‘s mining operation near Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo below is also believed to be of the same […]
Clyde J. Miller (1904-1947) – Killed in Shiro Mine
Loyalton Man Killed in Coal Rush, To Be Buried Today Clyde J. Miller, 42, a resident of Loyalton for 25 tears, met death by suffocation when he was covered by […]
Millersburg – Susquehanna Quarry, 1961
A 1961 advertisement for the Susquehanna Quarry, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. SUSQUEHANNA QUARRY MILLERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA Crushed Stone and Sand Telephone – OWen 2-2144 ______________________________________ From the 1961 Yearbook of the […]