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Williamstown Mine Disaster, 1904 – Mine Engine Which Caused Disaster

A photograph which appeared on the front page of the Elizabethville Echo of 3 June 1904 of the engine which caused the Great Mine Disaster at Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania: […]

May 31, 2017
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Elizabethville – Coal Train Wreck Causes Two Day Delay in Traffic, 1902

The Elizabethville Echo, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, of 1 August 1902, reported on a wreck of a coal train on the Lykens Valley Railroad that caused a significant delay in […]

May 26, 2017
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Williamstown – Coal Storage Yards Below the Breaker

An undated photograph of the 4-track storage yard below the coal breaker at the Williamstown Colliery, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  These cars were joined into long trains that moved the […]

May 22, 2017
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Wiconisco – Panoramic View Showing Coal Mining Operations

An undated, panoramic view looking east on a double picture post card of Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  Coal mining operations at Bear Gap are seen to the the left. Additional […]

May 16, 2017
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Albert W. Williams – Killed at Short Mountain Colliery, 1899

The death of Albert Williams was reported in the Elizabethville Echo, 6 July 1899: Killed at Lykens Lykens, 3 July 1899 — Albert W. Williams, a young man about 25 […]

May 1, 2017
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Charles J. Price Elected Mine Inspector, 1906

From the Harrisburg Daily Independent, 1 January 1906: MINE INSPECTOR IN OFFICE Charles J. Price Ready for Business Special to the Star-Independent Lykens, Pennsylvania, 1 January 1906 — Charles J. […]

April 21, 2017
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Millersburg – Lykens Valley Coal Company Shipping Office, 1922

A photograph of the Lykens Valley Coal Company’s Shipping Office at Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The three persons standing in front of the office are not identified. __________________________________ From:  “Lykens-Williams […]

March 20, 2017
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Charles J. Price

Charles J. Price Mr. Price, the present District State Coal Inspector, was born in Wales.  He came to America at the age of five years and engaged in and about […]

February 16, 2017

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