Coal mines and mining
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Asa Packer Estate Accounts and Other Financial Documents, 1879-1924
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0005
Abstract
A collection of financial records, including receipts, bills, statements, etc., in four separate Estate Accounts, administered by the trustees of the estate of Asa Packer, and Lehigh University covering the period May 1879 through 1972.
Dates:
1854 - 1972
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
Birkinbine Engineering Company Records, Collection II
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0084-2
Abstract
The Birkinbine Engineering Company got its start through Henry P. M. Birkinbine. His son, John, gained early engineering experience through various water supply projects in and around Philadelphia; this experience later helped direct the Birkinbine Engineering Company’s involvement in many water-related projects around the country in the late 19th century as part of the improved public sanitation initiatives. The Birkinbine firm also specialized in mining engineering, both in the United...
Dates:
1840-1963
Found in:
Lehigh University Grant Projects
Johnson Run Mining Company
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0406
Abstract
Business archive of the little documented Johnson Run Mining Company in Elk County, Pennsylvania. Also included are related personal papers of the officers, the brothers: Harry/Henry Gibbs Clay and Antony Alexander Clay, A. A. Clay’s daughter Estella Clay Priestley, Sybella Gordon Clay Reese; granddaughter Marian R. Priestley Frank and Thomas Leiper Kane, a member of the family that founded Kane, Pennsylvania.
Dates:
1866 - 1956; Majority of material found within 1869 - 1928
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
Lehigh Valley Railroad Land Documents
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0275
Scope and Contents
The collection contains approximately 384 documents (deeds, titles, indentures, correspondence and leases) for anthracite coal lands, 40 envelopes, 20 maps, two pamphlets, one photogravure, and one large colored "painting." In general, the items are dusty, stained, crumpled, and some are very fragile.The earliest date mentioned in the documents is 1773 (Tomlinson survey of land) referred to in a later dated deed to the most recent items from the Peca Coal Company dated 1962. The...
Dates:
1773-1962
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
Mine Inspection Trip Reports
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0036
Abstract
Three typescript reports of Lehigh University Mining Engineering Department’s mine inspection trips made 1922, 1924, 1926. Two of the reports are travelogue itineraries as well as noting mines and mills observed, the third is a more technical discussion of the mines visited. Reports are by Robert G. Pfahler EM‘23, George A. Howland EM’27, Robert A. Harrier EM’27, John P. Cox EM’27, and Paul W. Sinwell EM’27 all studying for the Engineer of Mining degrees. According to the notes in the...
Dates:
Event: 1922 - 1926
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
The Lehigh Coal And Navigation Company collection
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0120
Abstract
The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company was a prominent coal mining and shipping company first established in 1820 with the merger of the Lehigh Coal Mining Company and the Lehigh Navigation Company, both of which operated in the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania beginning in 1818. The Company owned and operated an extensive system of coalmines in Pennsylvania’s Carbon and Schuylkill Counties, two canals, and several railroads and railways. The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company is credited...
Dates:
Majority of material found within Bulk, 1826-1913; Bulk, 1826-1913 1815-1940
Found in:
Lehigh University Grant Projects