The mine workers lived under the complete control of the coal companies. It was a relationship much like the oppression from English landlords they had suffered in Ireland.
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Eckley
242 – Life in Eckley
In 1854, a new mine and coal patch town of Eckley was created in southern Luzerne County wilderness.
Continue readingOnly five years later, the enterprise had proven so profitable that the town included 130 houses, a sawmill, a hotel, a company store, several shops and three churches.
Coal Patch, Take Two: The Preservation of Eckley Miners’ Village
241 – A New Mine at Eckley
The demand for anthracite coal kept growing through the 1840s and 1850s. Coal operators looked for new lands for mines.
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