A newspaper correspondent gives a history of the mining industry in northern Schuylkill County.
“The lonely valley was alive with workers” – The Mahanoy Valley in 1874
“A Blazing Coal Mine” – Susan Dickinson’s account of the 1870s Empire Mine Fire
Writer Susan Dickinson provided the New York Herald with vivid updates of the 1874 Empire Mine Fire.
“A Serious Disturbance” – A Brawl in Williamstown in December 1874
The fight took place outside the Washington House Hotel on Market Street in Williamstown and raised some serious eyebrows.
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