On Saturday, July 7, 1882, my Great, Great Grandfather Frank Boyle, was working in the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company's No. 9 mine, in Lansford, PA. At the time, there were over 200 men at work within the mine. An accident occurred, wherein a fall of coal breaking a safety lamp of the fire boss caused an explosion. This caused the caving in of one breast and destroying a shute and a portion of a monkey gangway. There were 16 men at work in this section of the mine, when the explosion occurred. Nine of the men were more or less severely injured, including my Great, Great Grandfather. He had suffered a dislocated thigh with his face and body being severely burned. Two of his sons, John and Daniel were also employed at the mines at this time. John, my Great, Great Uncle, started as a slate picker, at the age of eight years of age. His employment record is shown below, along with a photograph taken with him and other slate pickers, taken in 1875.