Usibelli Coal Mine Cleaner Energy Brighter Future Home Company Mining Coal Environment Community UCM History Contact Us UCM History: Photo Archive 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s+ c. 1909 Emil Usibelli, seen here at age 16, when he emigrated from Italy to America by ship. He arrived at Ellis Island with his family & then emigrated by train to Renton, Washington to meet his father who had preceded the family & raised enough to bring them all over. (07-038 UCM Archive, Usibelli Family Collection) c. 1910 - 1930's Emil worked as a miner, logger & rail car manufacturer in WA & BC. He started the Renton Fuel Co. & is seen here in his delivery truck prior to leaving for Alaska to seek work during the depression. (07-029 UCM Archive, Usibelli Family Collection) 1935 Emil Usibelli came to Alaska in 1935 to work as an underground coal miner at the Evan Jones Coal Mine in the Matanuska Coal Field. He had recently married Rose Perretti, (later Rose Berry), who arrived later that winter. (26-001 UCM Archive, Usibelli Family Collection) 1936 Emil & Rose Usibelli (later Rose Berry) moved to Suntrana in 1936, where Emil went to work for the Healy River Coal Corp. as an underground miner & later as a contractor to supply mine timbers. (01-001 UCM Archive, Usibelli Family Collection) 1930's Austin E. 'Cap' Lathrop, (seated second from left), President of Healy River Coal Corp., with some of his Crew at Suntrana in the '30's. (26-002 UCM Archive, Candy Waugaman Collection) 1930's - '40's Healy River Coal Corporation miners in the underground at Suntrana. (20-023 UCM Archive) 1930's An early view of Suntrana in winter, with the camp on the left & the mining site on the right, separated by the Healy River. (01-010 UCM Archive, Usibelli Family Collection) 1930's Rose Usibelli (later Rose Berry) on the pedestrian suspension bridge over the Healy River, which connected the Suntrana mine site to the Suntrana camp site. (8-010 UCM Archives, Usibelli Family Collection) 1930's Healy River Coal Corp. in Suntrana, seen here in the '30's, grew to one of the top two coal producers in the state, the other being the Evan Jones Mine. (20-087 UCM Archive) 1930's The Healy River Coal Corp. Tipple at Suntrana with the ARR railroad tracks of the Healy Spur. Coal was loaded into rail cars via the tipple and transported to market via the ARR. (10-007 UCM Archive) 1938 Emil, (left), started a logging operation with his truck to supply underground timbers for Healy River Coal. He is seen here working with Thorella, (center), & his brother, John Usibelli, (waving on right). (02-032 UCM Archive, Usibelli Family Collection) 1939 Thorella with John Usibelli & his family; wife Norma & children Cookie & Rollie, along with his brother Emil, & his family; wife Rose & baby son, Joe. (01-021 UCM Archive, Usibelli Family Collection) Key Dates Usibelli Story Photo Archive Video Archive MINE OFFICE PO Box 1000 Healy, AK 99743 Tel: (907) 683-2226 Fax: (907) 683-2253 FAIRBANKS OFFICE 100 Cushman St., Ste. 210 Fairbanks, AK 99701-4674 Tel: (907) 452-2625 Fax: (907) 451-6543 Go © 2009-2015 Usibelli Coal Mine info@usibelli.com