A Christmas Story:
I was born in Coaldale PA. My dad, 2 grandpaws & 5 uncles worked for Lehigh Coal & Navigation.
The "Old Company" as it was known back then, employed some 6,000 men in its mining operationThen LcN produced an average of 4 million ton of coal a year. LCN had 9 collierys and numerous surface strippings.
Summers I and my Dad picked coal from a refuse bank. Dad would sling a 75 pound burlap bag of coal & go down culm banks then up the r…
I was born in Coaldale PA. My dad, 2 grandpaws & 5 uncles worked for Lehigh Coal & Navigation.
The "Old Company" as it was known back then, employed some 6,000 men in its mining operationThen LcN produced an average of 4 million ton of coal a year. LCN had 9 collierys and numerous surface strippings.
Summers I and my Dad picked coal from a refuse bank. Dad would sling a 75 pound burlap bag of coal & go down culm banks then up the r…