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(May 1960) Independent Miners, through their association, have been receiving mine safety instructions from federal and state officials. Instructors and students in the eight-week course include, front row, from left, Russel Albright, Robert Erb, Joseph Bednarczyk, Frank Deloroso and Gilbert Bridy; back, Therodoe Deek, instructor, Clarence Kashner, association president; and Gerald Kettle and Harold Shomper, state mine inspector.
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(May 1960) Independent Miners, through their association, have been receiving mine safety instructions from federal and state officials. Instructors and students in the eight-week course include, front row, from left, Russel Albright, Robert Erb, Joseph Bednarczyk, Frank Deloroso and Gilbert Bridy; back, Therodoe Deek, instructor, Clarence Kashner, association president; and Gerald Kettle and Harold Shomper, state mine inspector.

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  • (Feb. 1961) Workers at Savitski Brothers Coal Co. assist in choking a huge mine cave-in at the east end of the Atlas playground along Mulberry Street. The hole is 14 by 14 feet and about 40 feet deep. Ed Savitski reported that this was about the fifth cave-in within a 10-yera period.
  • (Feb. 1961) Workers at Savitski Brothers Coal Co. assist in choking a huge mine cave-in at the east end of the Atlas playground along Mulberry Street. The hole is 14 by 14 feet and about 40 feet deep. Ed Savitski reported that this was about the fifth cave-in within a 10-yera period.
  • (Feb. 1961) Workers at Savitski Brothers Coal Co. assist in choking a huge mine cave-in at the east end of the Atlas playground along Mulberry Street. The hole is 14 by 14 feet and about 40 feet deep. Ed Savitski reported that this was about the fifth cave-in within a 10-yera period.
  • (Feb. 1961) Workers at Savitski Brothers Coal Co. assist in choking a huge mine cave-in at the east end of the Atlas playground along Mulberry Street. The hole is 14 by 14 feet and about 40 feet deep. Ed Savitski reported that this was about the fifth cave-in within a 10-yera period.
  • (May 1960) Independent Miners, through their association, have been receiving mine safety instructions from federal and state officials. Instructors and students in the eight-week course include, front row, from left, Russel Albright, Robert Erb, Joseph Bednarczyk, Frank Deloroso and Gilbert Bridy; back, Therodoe Deek, instructor, Clarence Kashner, association president; and Gerald Kettle and Harold Shomper, state mine inspector.
  • (July 1960) Members of Coates Coal Co., Centralia, picket after repeated failures between the company and District Nine, UMWA, and the trustees of the Anthracite Health and Welfare Fund. Workers claimed the company has not paid into the fund during 1959 and 1960.
  • Alaska- In 1872, the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad (P&R) changed the route of the main line at Locust Summit junction, diverting its tracks from Big Run Branch to the Locust Gap Railroad. The line skirted Locust Mountain and Lower Gap at Rafferty's Cut (present-day Rts. 901/54) and came within two miles of Mount Carmel, making it possible to open Alaska Colliery.
  • Alaska- A shaft was sunk in 1873 on land purchased from Locust Coal and Improvement Co. and a breaker was built in 1874. On June 5 of that year, the breaker was destroyed by fire, but was rebuilt a year later. Alaska Breaker burned again in 1924, however, this time it was not rebuilt. The coal was processed elsewhere. In 1932, coal from the mines was sent to Locust Summit Breaker. The Alaska was abandoned on April 30, 1954.
  • Last pay at the Alaska.
  • (1958) A possible site for the Mount Carmel Industrial Fund's plant in this area next to the dismantled Alaska Breaker, about a mile east of Mount Carmel.
  • (Jan. 1960) Alaska Colliery.
  • (1960) Alaska Colliery, located at Mount Carmel Junction, closed its operations on April 30, 1954. Since 1873, when Franklin P. Gowen, president of the Philadelphia And Reading Coal and Iron Co. opened the mine as part of his giant venture , the colliery had run, employing as high was 925 men during its peak years. A shaft was sunk 300 feet into the Mammoth Vein. One of the most curious tales of the colliery is the disappearance of William Condron, who was just hired as a mule driver even though he was not yet 17. One November morning in the No. 4 Slope, when quitting time came in the afternoon he began to drive the mules out. He turned to a buddy and said, “Take my mules in fro me, I'm going back to get my watch I forgot. His buddy took his mules to the stable. By the evening, the boy had not returned home. The next morning two members of the family when to the colliery to investigate. It was discovered that the boys check was still on the “in.” Parties were sent to search, but could not find any trace of him. And, until the day that the colliery closed in 1954, no trace of him was ever found. Some believe he might have fallen into a pool of slush in an old working. A few though that someone might have harmed him while he was alone. Some said he ran away. At a hearing afterward, men testified they searched everywhere. Others said some areas were too dangerous. The body having never been found, Reading did not pay compensation to the family. Whatever happened to the boy is now one of the secrets of the abandoned mine. The Alaska, like any of the many collieries, had its share of accidents, which maimed and killed its victims.
  • (1960) Alaska Colliery, located at Mount Carmel Junction, closed its operations on April 30, 1954. Since 1873, when Franklin P. Gowen, president of the Philadelphia And Reading Coal and Iron Co. opened the mine as part of his giant venture , the colliery had run, employing as high was 925 men during its peak years. A shaft was sunk 300 feet into the Mammoth Vein. One of the most curious tales of the colliery is the disappearance of William Condron, who was just hired as a mule driver even though he was not yet 17. One November morning in the No. 4 Slope, when quitting time came in the afternoon he began to drive the mules out. He turned to a buddy and said, “Take my mules in fro me, I'm going back to get my watch I forgot. His buddy took his mules to the stable. By the evening, the boy had not returned home. The next morning two members of the family when to the colliery to investigate. It was discovered that the boys check was still on the “in.” Parties were sent to search, but could not find any trace of him. And, until the day that the colliery closed in 1954, no trace of him was ever found. Some believe he might have fallen into a pool of slush in an old working. A few though that someone might have harmed him while he was alone. Some said he ran away. At a hearing afterward, men testified they searched everywhere. Others said some areas were too dangerous. The body having never been found, Reading did not pay compensation to the family. Whatever happened to the boy is now one of the secrets of the abandoned mine. The Alaska, like any of the many collieries, had its share of accidents, which maimed and killed its victims.
  • (1960) Alaska Colliery, located at Mount Carmel Junction, closed its operations on April 30, 1954. Since 1873, when Franklin P. Gowen, president of the Philadelphia And Reading Coal and Iron Co. opened the mine as part of his giant venture , the colliery had run, employing as high was 925 men during its peak years. A shaft was sunk 300 feet into the Mammoth Vein. One of the most curious tales of the colliery is the disappearance of William Condron, who was just hired as a mule driver even though he was not yet 17. One November morning in the No. 4 Slope, when quitting time came in the afternoon he began to drive the mules out. He turned to a buddy and said, “Take my mules in fro me, I'm going back to get my watch I forgot. His buddy took his mules to the stable. By the evening, the boy had not returned home. The next morning two members of the family when to the colliery to investigate. It was discovered that the boys check was still on the “in.” Parties were sent to search, but could not find any trace of him. And, until the day that the colliery closed in 1954, no trace of him was ever found. Some believe he might have fallen into a pool of slush in an old working. A few though that someone might have harmed him while he was alone. Some said he ran away. At a hearing afterward, men testified they searched everywhere. Others said some areas were too dangerous. The body having never been found, Reading did not pay compensation to the family. Whatever happened to the boy is now one of the secrets of the abandoned mine. The Alaska, like any of the many collieries, had its share of accidents, which maimed and killed its victims.
  • (1960) Alaska Colliery, located at Mount Carmel Junction, closed its operations on April 30, 1954. Since 1873, when Franklin P. Gowen, president of the Philadelphia And Reading Coal and Iron Co. opened the mine as part of his giant venture , the colliery had run, employing as high was 925 men during its peak years. A shaft was sunk 300 feet into the Mammoth Vein. One of the most curious tales of the colliery is the disappearance of William Condron, who was just hired as a mule driver even though he was not yet 17. One November morning in the No. 4 Slope, when quitting time came in the afternoon he began to drive the mules out. He turned to a buddy and said, “Take my mules in fro me, I'm going back to get my watch I forgot. His buddy took his mules to the stable. By the evening, the boy had not returned home. The next morning two members of the family when to the colliery to investigate. It was discovered that the boys check was still on the “in.” Parties were sent to search, but could not find any trace of him. And, until the day that the colliery closed in 1954, no trace of him was ever found. Some believe he might have fallen into a pool of slush in an old working. A few though that someone might have harmed him while he was alone. Some said he ran away. At a hearing afterward, men testified they searched everywhere. Others said some areas were too dangerous. The body having never been found, Reading did not pay compensation to the family. Whatever happened to the boy is now one of the secrets of the abandoned mine. The Alaska, like any of the many collieries, had its share of accidents, which maimed and killed its victims.
  • (1960) Alaska Colliery, located at Mount Carmel Junction, closed its operations on April 30, 1954. Since 1873, when Franklin P. Gowen, president of the Philadelphia And Reading Coal and Iron Co. opened the mine as part of his giant venture , the colliery had run, employing as high was 925 men during its peak years. A shaft was sunk 300 feet into the Mammoth Vein. One of the most curious tales of the colliery is the disappearance of William Condron, who was just hired as a mule driver even though he was not yet 17. One November morning in the No. 4 Slope, when quitting time came in the afternoon he began to drive the mules out. He turned to a buddy and said, “Take my mules in fro me, I'm going back to get my watch I forgot. His buddy took his mules to the stable. By the evening, the boy had not returned home. The next morning two members of the family when to the colliery to investigate. It was discovered that the boys check was still on the “in.” Parties were sent to search, but could not find any trace of him. And, until the day that the colliery closed in 1954, no trace of him was ever found. Some believe he might have fallen into a pool of slush in an old working. A few though that someone might have harmed him while he was alone. Some said he ran away. At a hearing afterward, men testified they searched everywhere. Others said some areas were too dangerous. The body having never been found, Reading did not pay compensation to the family. Whatever happened to the boy is now one of the secrets of the abandoned mine. The Alaska, like any of the many collieries, had its share of accidents, which maimed and killed its victims.
  • (1960) Alaska Colliery, located at Mount Carmel Junction, closed its operations on April 30, 1954. Since 1873, when Franklin P. Gowen, president of the Philadelphia And Reading Coal and Iron Co. opened the mine as part of his giant venture , the colliery had run, employing as high was 925 men during its peak years. A shaft was sunk 300 feet into the Mammoth Vein. One of the most curious tales of the colliery is the disappearance of William Condron, who was just hired as a mule driver even though he was not yet 17. One November morning in the No. 4 Slope, when quitting time came in the afternoon he began to drive the mules out. He turned to a buddy and said, “Take my mules in fro me, I'm going back to get my watch I forgot. His buddy took his mules to the stable. By the evening, the boy had not returned home. The next morning two members of the family when to the colliery to investigate. It was discovered that the boys check was still on the “in.” Parties were sent to search, but could not find any trace of him. And, until the day that the colliery closed in 1954, no trace of him was ever found. Some believe he might have fallen into a pool of slush in an old working. A few though that someone might have harmed him while he was alone. Some said he ran away. At a hearing afterward, men testified they searched everywhere. Others said some areas were too dangerous. The body having never been found, Reading did not pay compensation to the family. Whatever happened to the boy is now one of the secrets of the abandoned mine. The Alaska, like any of the many collieries, had its share of accidents, which maimed and killed its victims.
  • (1960) Alaska Colliery, located at Mount Carmel Junction, closed its operations on April 30, 1954. Since 1873, when Franklin P. Gowen, president of the Philadelphia And Reading Coal and Iron Co. opened the mine as part of his giant venture , the colliery had run, employing as high was 925 men during its peak years. A shaft was sunk 300 feet into the Mammoth Vein. One of the most curious tales of the colliery is the disappearance of William Condron, who was just hired as a mule driver even though he was not yet 17. One November morning in the No. 4 Slope, when quitting time came in the afternoon he began to drive the mules out. He turned to a buddy and said, “Take my mules in fro me, I'm going back to get my watch I forgot. His buddy took his mules to the stable. By the evening, the boy had not returned home. The next morning two members of the family when to the colliery to investigate. It was discovered that the boys check was still on the “in.” Parties were sent to search, but could not find any trace of him. And, until the day that the colliery closed in 1954, no trace of him was ever found. Some believe he might have fallen into a pool of slush in an old working. A few though that someone might have harmed him while he was alone. Some said he ran away. At a hearing afterward, men testified they searched everywhere. Others said some areas were too dangerous. The body having never been found, Reading did not pay compensation to the family. Whatever happened to the boy is now one of the secrets of the abandoned mine. The Alaska, like any of the many collieries, had its share of accidents, which maimed and killed its victims.
  • (1960) Alaska Colliery, located at Mount Carmel Junction, closed its operations on April 30, 1954. Since 1873, when Franklin P. Gowen, president of the Philadelphia And Reading Coal and Iron Co. opened the mine as part of his giant venture , the colliery had run, employing as high was 925 men during its peak years. A shaft was sunk 300 feet into the Mammoth Vein. One of the most curious tales of the colliery is the disappearance of William Condron, who was just hired as a mule driver even though he was not yet 17. One November morning in the No. 4 Slope, when quitting time came in the afternoon he began to drive the mules out. He turned to a buddy and said, “Take my mules in fro me, I'm going back to get my watch I forgot. His buddy took his mules to the stable. By the evening, the boy had not returned home. The next morning two members of the family when to the colliery to investigate. It was discovered that the boys check was still on the “in.” Parties were sent to search, but could not find any trace of him. And, until the day that the colliery closed in 1954, no trace of him was ever found. Some believe he might have fallen into a pool of slush in an old working. A few though that someone might have harmed him while he was alone. Some said he ran away. At a hearing afterward, men testified they searched everywhere. Others said some areas were too dangerous. The body having never been found, Reading did not pay compensation to the family. Whatever happened to the boy is now one of the secrets of the abandoned mine. The Alaska, like any of the many collieries, had its share of accidents, which maimed and killed its victims.
  • (Jan. 56) Strippings by Susquehanna Coal Co. near Kulpmont.
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