Former worker at coal processing plant says valuable history should be saved. Former Huber Breaker employee John Zubkoff of Ashley remembers what conditions were like in the local mining industry.

WE’RE HEARTSICK AT the thought of the Huber Breaker being sold for scrap. No, it doesn’t look like much now to passersby. The dingy, old building with its innumerable broken windows screams eyesore.

ASHLEY, Pa. — An event in Luzerne County was all about highlighting local coal mining history. The Huber Breaker Preservation Society held an open house at Miners Memorial Park in Ashley Sunday ...

The Huber Breaker Preservation Society will hold a Mining/Railroad Collectibles Show from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11 at St. Leo the Great Parish hall, 33 Manhattan St., Ashley. An Open House ...

The Huber Breaker Preservation Society has retaken ownership of the Anthracite Miners’ Memorial Park on South Main Street in Ashley. Society board member Don Kane said the borough did not desire to ...