In the tumultuous year of 1877, a magazine correspondent visited Mauch Chunk to document life in the Coal Region.
“Among the Coal Mines” – A trip into the Coal Region in 1877
An 1850s birds-eye view of Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania
James Fuller Queen sketched a scene of the Carbon County mining and shipping hub on the Lehigh River before the Civil War.
“Slated to go” – The end of the mine mule in the Coal Region
As anthracite mines became increasingly electrified, mine mules began to disappear from the Coal Region.
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