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[Photograph of John Bott]

Portrait of John Bott, the father of Thomas Wilson Bott. He wears a suit and looks to the left.
Date: unknown
Creator: Schreckengost, A. S.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tombstones on Glass.: Monument on Which the Lettering Was Done by Sand Blast. (open access)

Tombstones on Glass.: Monument on Which the Lettering Was Done by Sand Blast.

Newspaper article describing the first glass tombstone. The tombstone, created for the grave of Elizabeth Pepper by her son Matthias Pepper, is in the cemetery overlooking the city of Kittanning. According to the article, glass was chosen due to its "practical indestructibility." Elizabeth Pepper died at the age of 77 in Ford City on February 4, 1892.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. (open access)

Estimate of Known Recoverable Reserves of Coking Coal in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on the estimates of known reserves of coking coal deposits in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. The properties of coal and coal blends from the area are presented. The report includes tables and maps.
Date: July 1951
Creator: Dowd, James J.; Turnbull, Louis A.; Toenges, Albert L.; Abernethy, R. F. & Reynolds, D. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Method and Cost of Mining the Thick Freeport Coal in a Second Western Pennsylvania Mine (open access)

Method and Cost of Mining the Thick Freeport Coal in a Second Western Pennsylvania Mine

From introduction: The purpose of this paper is to present a detailed description of the methods employed and the equipment used, with the results obtained in the operation of this mine in the thick Freeport bed on the northern end of the field, near the Alleghegny-Butler county line in western Pennsylvania. It may be classed as a captive mine, as the largest portion of the product is consumed at the by-product plants of the parent company
Date: July 1929
Creator: Paul, James Washington & Tomlinson, H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library