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1897

Journal of the Buck Mountain and Vulcan collieries near Mahanoy City, 1897

Posted on October 10, 2020October 9, 2020 by Jake Wynn

This journal documents a year of work at two anthracite collieries in Schuylkill County.

Posted in Anthracite mining, Primary SourceTagged 1897, anthracite, Anthracite mining, Buck Mountain Colliery, Coal, Coal Mining, Coal Region, Colliery, Journal, Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, Primary Source, Schuylkill County, Smithsonian, Vulcan CollieryLeave a comment

“The Breaker Boy” – A poem from 1897 about the child laborers of the Coal Region

Posted on August 4, 2020August 3, 2020 by Jake Wynn

In 1897, a former breaker boy penned a poem in remembrance of the child laborers of the Coal Region.

Posted in Luzerne County, Wilkes-BarreTagged 1897, Breaker, Breaker Boys, Children, Coal, Coal Mining, Coal Region, Luzerne County, Newspaper, Pennsylvania, Photography, Pittston, Poetry, Wilkes-Barre2 Comments

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