These photos document the working conditions, routines, and daily realities of early coal mining communities. Long before modern machinery and safety standards, miners of all ages worked in difficult ...
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Dauphin County’s Williamstown once ranked among world’s largest coal producers | Column
A federal mine report said the nearly 301,500 tons of coal produced by the colliery in 1873 was “the largest shipment of ...
The “History of Northampton, Lehigh, Monroe, Schuylkill and Carbon Counties” has some interesting information on the early coal industry in Schuylkill County. Published in 1845, it says the ...
On Christmas Eve 1947, miners gathered in the early morning darkness in front of the Newkirk Mine tunnel in a compelling ...
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