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Remembering the Stockton Mine Disaster – December 18, 1869

Posted on December 18, 2019December 18, 2019 by Jake Wynn

On December 18, 1869, six people were killed when a mine cave-in swallowed their homes in Luzerne County.

Posted in Anthracite mining, Luzerne CountyTagged 1869, 19th Century, anthracite, Anthracite mining, Civil War, Coal Region, Grave, Hazleton, Luzerne County, Mine Disaster, Stockton5 Comments

Avondale – The Coal Region’s deadliest mining disaster

Posted on March 4, 2019May 12, 2019 by Jake Wynn

The Avondale Mine Disaster of September 6, 1869 killed 108 miners and 2 volunteer rescuers.

Posted in Anthracite mining, Coal RegionTagged 1869, anthracite, Avondale, Avondale Disaster, Coal Mining, Coal Region, Disaster, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Plymouth, Workingmen's Benevolent Association4 Comments

“Miners at work” – Harper’s Weekly illustrations of the Coal Region from 1869

Posted on February 14, 2019February 11, 2019 by Jake Wynn

A Harper's Weekly artist documented work in an anthracite mine in Pennsylvania in 1869.

Posted in Anthracite mining, Coal RegionTagged 1869, Anthracite coal, Art, Carbon County, Coal Mining, Coal Region, Illustration, Luzerne County, McAdoo, Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County1 Comment

Facing the dangers of early coal mining in Pennsylvania’s Williams Valley

Posted on December 6, 2016February 20, 2018 by Jake Wynn

Work in the anthracite mines of Eastern Pennsylvania ranks among the deadliest jobs in American history.

Posted in Anthracite mining, Williams ValleyTagged 1869, Central Pennsylvania, Coal, Coal Mining, Coal Region, Dauphin County, Featured, Schuylkill County, Williams Valley1 Comment

Fire On the Mountain – The Brookside Colliery Fire of November 1869

Posted on December 3, 2016January 12, 2018 by Jake Wynn

On November 20, 1869, a massive fire swept through the Brookside Colliery above the growing village of Tower City, Pennsylvania.

Posted in Anthracite mining, Tower CityTagged 1869, Coal Region, Featured, Fire, Porter Township, Schuylkill County, Tower City1 Comment

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