1892 - Foundation begun for the great Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Breaker (Maxwell #20) 

at Ashley

1895 - Breaker completed and named in honor of the DL&W Company President, Roger Maxwell

1907 - Colliery shut down for extensive repairs

1920 - The Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co. and the Glen Alden, merge into the largest coal company in the Luzerne and Lackawanna Valley. 

1928 -   Glen Alden Coal Co. experiments with dying its coal "BLUE" 

1937 - Colliery employees on strike

1938 - New breaker constructed

1939 - Breaker renamed "HUBER" in honor of the Glen Alden Chairman; Charles F. Huber who attained the position at age 30. Incidentally, C.F. Huber began his career as a mine laborer at age 15. 

1940 - Coal from reopened Avondale & Sugar Notch #9 mines sent to Huber for processing

1945 - Strike hits Huber 

1950 - Truck Retail Coal Pockets built 

1951 - New wash house erected

1959 - Glen Alden Corp. merges with List Ind

1970 - The Colliery is owned by Beltrami Enterprises as Lucky Coal Co.

1976 - Colliery closes for good

1980 - Colliery becomes teenage hangout

1990 - Ashley(Huber) Breaker Preservation Society is founded

1991 - ABPS is Incorporated, Historical Architectural and Engineering Record ( HAER) Study by the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor and the National Park Service is done

2000 - Mr. Al Roman, President of No.1 Contracting Corp., Ashley, has agreed to bequeath the historic Huber Breaker Colliery for the purpose of preservation and creation of the Huber Breaker Anthracite Museum and Park

2001 - Huber Breaker Preservation Society is formed

2002 - HBPS is Incorporated as a non-profit, 501(C)(3), Pennsylvania Corporation.

2004 - Earth Conservancy donates 3 acres of land, over looking the breaker, for the development of a memorial park.

This was one of the most interesting investigations we have ever had.  This was a co-opp with Luzerne County Ghost Hunters.  They were great to work with and we had a great time.  We were invited by them and we apreciated the opportunity to explore this historic site.  We arrived around 6:30 pm and there was very little setup due to the fact there is no power in the breaker buildings.  This was more of an exploritory type of investigation.  We carried the equipment to a location then stopped and tried to run our experiements.  It was a unique experience that we will never forget.  While we were all in the power plant area of the breaker Mike (LCGH) noticed the KII meter was going off.  We did not get too excited at first but it continued to go off.  We immediatley began asking questions only to realize that we were getting direct responses.  We used target questions and the answers were consistent to an intelligent haunt.  This went on for over a half an hour (32 minutes to be exact).  It was not random by any means because once it stopped it was over.  This was also our first opportunity to see the Ovilus which also indicated an intelligent haunt.  The ovilus said word danger and the site itself was dangerous as there were sections of the flooring missing without rails.  Watch the video.  This was our most compelling work to date and we will always be thankful to LCGH for this opportunity.

We contacted at least 2 spirits directly in the powerplant area.  There was no activity found in the Breaker itself.  We believe that there the powerplant area is haunted due to the extrordinary evidence we got in the powerplant.  We advise that no one enter the breaker or powerplant without permission.  We had permission to be there and anyone caught trespassing may face criminal charges. 

Check out this exclusive video from our myspace page.  This was the "cat walk" KII session with Eric of PVPA, Mike and Jim of LCGH.  This was not a friendly spirit.