Pennsylvania anthracite miners worked in dismal tunnels lit dimly by coal oil lamps, their blackened faces reflecting exhausting labor and dedication to their families from sunrise to sunset, with their fate uncertain and known only to God. Their world and history were painstakingly created with picks and shovels, and the pride they chiseled came from the sweat of their brows and each beat of their hearts. Those remembered include Steven Souchuck, Joseph Baronowsky, Edward S. Kramer, Neil Delance, Albert James Sands Sr., John Lauritis, Bartholemew “Patsy” Swies, Stanley Rakowsky Sr., George Luscavage, David J. Roberts, Frank M. Twardzik, the Gulden-Thompson Family, John J. “Jada” Grutza, John Bisco, Stanley Glinski, Christopher F. Casula, Thomas and Blanche Dower, John S. and Pauline G. Karlavage, Robert K. Ramsey, Adam Morris, Dyszel-Andrew, Barbara and Sons, Procuda-Steve, Nick, Russel, Albert Ritzo, B. Lewis and Shustack Family, Con Kulpcavage, Mike and Kathy McCoog, and Joseph and Dorothy Hyduk.