From there the coal cars were moved by locomotive to the Old Forge breaker. Records show more than 5,260,855 tons of coal was mined at Sibley between 1873 and 1916. In 1901, 496 workers were ...

DURYEA – Police charged a Dalton man with arson in connection with a Tuesday fire that damaged an abandoned coal breaker in Duryea.Zachary Sorak, 20, was arraigned Wednesday on felony counts of ...

The future of a piece of coal mining history is in question. That's because workers are dismantling parts of the St. Nicholas coal breaker near Mahanoy City. It's unclear if part or all of the ...

A COAL BREAKER BURNED. Share full article. Oct. 31, 1884. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from October 31, 1884, Page 2 Buy Reprints.

ASHLEY – The new owners of an anthracite coal breaker in Luzerne County said they plan to dismantle the historic structure and selling hundreds of tons of steel for scrap. An attorney for Paselo ...

‘Breaker boys’ were young boys, usually between the ages of 8 and 12 years old, employed in breaking stage of coal mining, breaking mined coal into relatively uniform sized pieces by hand and ...

SCRANTON, Penn., Sept. 8.--The Florence Coal Breaker, at Pleasant Valley, a short distance from Pittston, was destroyed by fire last night. The fire originated in the engine room, where the pump ...