Loading cage with a car of coal | Mine photograph from Scranton, PA

Around 1905, this photograph captured miners deep beneath Scranton preparing to send a car of anthracite coal up a shaft that may have stretched 1,500 feet to the surface. Read the Full Story.

Photograph of the Mansion House Hotel in Mount Carbon, Pennsylvania | 1854

Photograph of Mount Carbon, PA near Pottsville Schuylkill County hotel Coal Region

An 1854 view of Mount Carbon’s grand Mansion House Hotel stands beside the Schuylkill River and canal, once welcoming travelers to Pottsville, PA. Read more and see the detailed image.