Learn about the legacy of Big Mine Run Colliery, opened in 1854 and by the 1880s employing 356 workers to produce 750 tons of anthracite daily. From steam engines powering the breaker to company‑owned tenements, explore this colliery at the height of Schuylkill County’s coal boom. Read the full story.
Newspaper editor Benjamin Bannan implored the US Army be used to put down labor organization in the Coal Region during the Civil War.
In July 1865, the Pottsville Miners' Journal published a letter from a vehement support of Black voting rights.
In early October 1918, pandemic influenza descended on Schuylkill County and left thousands dead.
An 1873 letter in the Boston Globe exhibits many signs of a Molly Maguire conspiracy theory in the Coal Region.
A brief look at the history of Ashland's Pioneer Colliery in the 19th century.