Miners Bank - Pottsville, PA

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Reopening
Bank Type: state
Start Date: February 17, 1877
Location: Pottsville, Pennsylvania (40.686, -76.195)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 07f3cd02

Response Measures

None

Description

Contemporary brief telegraphic item (Feb 17, 1877) reports only that the Miners' Bank of Pottsville, Pa., has suspended. No mention of a run, receivership, or reopening. Because the article gives no follow-up, I classify as suspension with unknown outcome; chosen category is suspension_reopening as a cautious default (many 19th-century suspensions were temporary).

Events (1)

1. February 17, 1877 Suspension

Cause Details: Telegraphic notice only states the bank has suspended; no cause given.
Newspaper Excerpt: The Miners' bank, of Pottsville, Pa., has suspended.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. February 17, 1877 The Cheyenne Daily Leader Cheyenne, WY

Article from The Cheyenne Daily Leader, February 17, 1877

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Article Text

TELEGRAPHIC TICKS. The Miners' bank, of Pottsville, Pa., has suspended. The French chamber of deputies are regulating the trial of press offenses. Barlow, the alleged defaulter of Fishkill bank, was arrested and gave bail. A distillery was burned Thursday night at Dubuque, Iowa. Loss, $46,000.