Sunday, December 31, 2017

Head of Mine Shaft, Nanticoke, Pa


Published by F.W. Kirby & Co. USA
early 20th century








Nanticoke, a town on the banks of the Susquehanna river in Pennsylvania, was rich on coal.  Indians discovered its usefulness early in the 18th century.  About 100 years later, in 1825, Col. Washington Lee began mining coal.


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