Two Miners Lose Life in Accident, 1944
TWO MINERS LOSE LIVES IN ACCIDENT Two men lost their lives, and a third was injured when a car in which they were being hauled to the surface, fell to […]
Ronald “Skipper” Koppenhaver (1933-1947) – Drowned in Strip Mine Hole
BOY DROWNED IN MINE STRIPPING HOLE Ronald Koppenhaver, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clair Koppenhaver, of Keffers, drowned in a water-filled abandoned mine stripping hole at Keffers last Wednesday […]
Tower City – New Breaker at the Brookside Colliery, 1922
A 1922 photograph of the new coal breaker at the Brookside Colliery, Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. ____________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post. […]
Williamstown – Summit Branch Breaker
An undated line drawing of the coal breaker of the Summit Branch Colliery at Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ____________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this […]
Thomas Bowman (1897-1942) – Mine Accident Victim
HELD FUNERAL FOR MINE ACCIDENT VICTIM SATURDAY Funeral services for Thomas Bowman, 44, of Tower City, who was killed in an accident at an independent mine working last Tuesday [10 […]
Lykens Power Plant at Short Mountain Colliery, 1922
A photograph of the Lykens Power Plant of the Short Mountain Colliery, Lykens Valley Coal Company, Bear Gap, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, about 1922, shortly after it went into full operation. […]
Tower City – The Shaft at East Brookside Colliery
An undated photograph of the shaft at East Brookside Colliery, Tower City, Schuylkill Co., Pennsylvania. ____________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post. This photograph […]
Lykens Valley Coal Company – Short Mountain Colliery Breaker
A photograph of the fourth and final built breaker at the Short Mountain Colliery of the Lykens Valley Coal Company, Bear Gap, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It was completed in 1913 […]