Bathhouse at the Cameron Colliery in Shamokin, PA | 1913

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Bathhouse at the Cameron Colliery in Shamokin, Pennsylvania

The 1913 Cameron Colliery bathhouse in Shamokin, PA. Featured in The Colliery Engineer magazine, this 1912-built facility provided heated tubs and steam heat, modern conveniences like electric lighting, and lockers for 224 miners, with multilingual rule notices—an early example of worker welfare in the anthracite fields. Read the full story

A Scranton miner’s recollection of mining techniques and dangers in the 1860s

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Colorized postcard of the Bellevue Colliery in the early 20th century

John Hale’s firsthand account plunges you into 1860s Bellevue Colliery, where miners cut props by hand, hoisted cars with mules, and battled gas in dark chambers. Discover the grit and ingenuity that defined early anthracite mining in the vicinity of Scranton. Read the full story.