In the spring of 1863, a journalist documented the chaotic and changing situation in the Coal Region as the Civil War raged on.
A New York Times reporter documents the turbulent situation in the Coal Region – 1863

In the spring of 1863, a journalist documented the chaotic and changing situation in the Coal Region as the Civil War raged on.
A newspaper correspondent gives a history of the mining industry in northern Schuylkill County.
A dispatch to the New York Times from August 1874 details life and work in the thriving Dauphin County mining community.