Incline at Ocean Mine No. 8.
Postcard printed by Gilbert's Studio, Frostburg.
Reverse - Handwritten:
From Charles Hifenbaugh to
Mrs. Everett Duckworth
Left to right:
Thomas Richardson's son-in- law,unknown,unknown,Thomas Richardson, Dave Richardson (Thomas's brother),unknown.
Each man has a tool - saw, chisel, square etc.
The 1920 Maryland Geological Survey, Second report on the coals of Maryland wrote of the Jackson mine:
Old Jackson Mine No 3, Lonaconing, Md.
Repair shop on left, Fan building on right.
A loaded Trip can be seen coming out of Stationary between buildings.
John H. Parrott, Supt.
John Bradburn, Fireman.
John Barnard, Engineer.
The Jackson Mine was located to the south of Jackson Mountain Road. Lonaconing is visible through the trees on the left. The two wagons may have been involved in the transportation of the mining props, stacked beside the tree. The tracks to the right could lead into the mine.
Mine Mouths Open On The Hillsides, by Ruth Bear Levy.
Ruth Bear Levy grew up in Lonaconing before moving to Baltimore. Her painting of the entrance to a mine, the miners and the coal cars, was reproduced in her book, A Wee Bit of Scotland: Growing up in Lonaconing, Maryland at the turn of the century, published in 1983.
Photograph of Lonaconing taken from the bottom of Jackson Mountain Rd, from the Charlestown side.
| Mine 1 |
| February 1911 |
| Jm. D. Robertson |
| Chars. Robertson |
| Alex. Lee |
| Jas. Arnold |
| Gotlieb Merrbach |
| Lindley Nichols |
| Wm. Stafford |
| John Reed |
| Harry Thomas |
| John Glenn |
| Alex. Scott |
| Thos. Wilson |
| John Peebles |
| Richard Waddell |
| Wm. |
This map from the 1968 Maryland Geological Survey shows the location of coal in the George's Creek valley, from Frostburg to Westernport, with Lonaconing roughly halfway between the two towns. The purple color labeled PM is the Monongahela Formation, containing coal. The Maryland Geological Survey webpage has additional information:
http://www.mgs.md.gov/esic/geo/allw.html
Map of Georges Creek Coal Basin showing the location of mining properties and the areal extent of the Pittsburg ("Big Vein") and Lower Coals.
Maryland Geological Survey,
Wm. Bullock Clark, State Geologist
1903.
Mining Properties by B. S. Randolph
Geology by G. C. Martin
Typology by the Maryland Geological Survey in cooperation with the U. S. Geological Survey