Caption: "A typical group of Reading Anthracite miners waiting to go on duty. Most of them are the second or third generations of miners in Pannsylvania's Anthracite counties. Many are High School graduates and hundreds attend the Company's Night...
A typical group of Reading anthracite miners waiting to go on duty at the Alaska Colliery of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company near Mount Caramel PA. Most of them are of the second and third generation of miners in PAs anthracite...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Mining; Plastics industry; Nylon;
Table of Contents: The mining industry and DuPont; Story previews; Miners' right-hand man; Housewives vote for Cel-o-seal bands; yes, partners of progress; Longer life for mine timber; Paintbrush bristles, made in U.S.A.; Sand, water, and...
The Anthracite coals fields were jubilant over the signing of the new wage agreement. A group of miners thanking John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America and Richard F. Grant, spokesman for the Anthracite operators, for the...
Caption: "Miners carefully dress the face of the coal seam so as to remove loose masses of foal after each explosive charge has been fired. The miner in this picture is shown making the face safe for drilling operations preliminary to another...
Caption: "Steel and concrete structures replace timber props at many places in modernized mines of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company. The high vaulted roofs reflecting the head lamps of passing trains of mine cars and the lights...
Caption: "Reminiscent of the Trench Helmet used by American Troops in the World War, is this Safety Hat worn by the Superintendent of Alaska Colliery. He sets the example for the 1,000 miners who work under his direction, by wearing the safety...
Caption: "Miners using machines like this cut slots under the coal and the blast it down in large quantities. The machine has a motor driven revolving chain, armed with sharp teeth, which saw a slot six feet deep very rapidly."
Caption: "These miners are shown aboard a "Gun Boat" descending by an inclined slope into one of the mines of The Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company."
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Explosives; Dynamite;
Table of Contents: Conservation; Excavating Lake Washington Canal; Dependability; Smokeless Bananas; Ballistite Unhurt by Three Months' Immersion; Practical Explosives Efficiency; Two or More Electric Blasting Caps in a Bore Hole; Depth of Charges...
Beginning their shift, bituminous coal miners board steel-topped mantrip cars which take them to the working face where coal is mined. The scene is at the Ireland Mine of Consolidation Coal Company, near Moundsville WV.
Leisenring reports that he hopes to increase sales to miners soon. He also reports that with the locomotive traffic near the magazine he thinks the DuPont Company should construct a brick wall for safety.
Collection guide; Manufacturing and related sectors
Collection guide for Klots Throwing Company records, a silk manufacturer located in Carbondale, Pennsylvania. It operated from 1894 until 1918. The company employed many of the wives and daughters of the areas' anthracite coal miners. The records...
Contents: The Real Molly Maguires; Conditions in the Antrhacite Fields; Early Organizations of the Anthracite Miners; The Long Strike of 1875; The Life and Death Struggle in Pennsylvania; The Trials; Peace Once More Reigns; Conclusions.
Caption: "A Typical Group of miners homes in the Reading Anthracite Region. These Houses are built and maintained by the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co. and are leased at low rentals."
Caption: ""Company Houses" are eagerly sought by miners in the employ of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company because of the care which is shown in their maintenance and the low rentals charged."
