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| Burrell No. 3 Mine
(ca.1901- ? ), Located on a spur line of the Pennsylvania Railroad Western Pennsylvania Division, the mine entrance was on the west side of the Conamaugh River, just upriver from Bairdstown, and the old US Rt. 22 Blairsville bridge, down river from Cokeville, Bairdstown, Derry Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA The coal loading tipple was on the east side of the Conemaugh River, connected by a trestle bridge across the river. [Burrell No. 1 & No. 2 Mines are located in Indiana Co., PA.] Owners: (ca.1900- ? ), Burrell Coal Company, Blairsville, PA |
A portion of the ca.1902 Geological Map of the Greensburg, Pa 15 min Quad., showing the location of the Burrell No. 3 Mine. A trestle-work of heavy timber and a steel incline connected to a high level bridge carried the mine cars from the Burrell No. 3 Mine entrance, located in the cliff side on the Derry Township, Westmoreland County side of the river, across the Conemaugh River to a coal loading tipple located on Blairsville Branch from the Cokeville junction of the Pennsylvania Railroad on the Burrell Township, Indiana County side of the river.
Blairsville, Indiana County is located across the Conemaugh
River from the entrance to the Burrell No. 3 Mine. |
| DESCRIPTION: Very little remains of the Burrell No. 3 Mine, which was located up the Conenmaugh River south of Bairdstown, Derry Twp., Westmoreland County. The mine entrance was in the cliff opposite Blairsville, the coal loading tipple and Blairsville Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad that served the mine were located on the east side of the river in the vicinity of the old glass plant in Blairsville (Near the presentday Little League Baseball Park). A slight trace of the road from Bairdstown, presentday old Blairsville bridge, can be traced along the Conemaugh River to near the mine entrance, and a few foundations are all that remain. |
| HISTORY: The Burrell No. 3 Mine, was a new drift mine opened in ca.1901, in the Pittsburg coal seam, located in Derry Township, Westmoreland County, on the west side of the Conemaugh River, across the river from Blairsville, Indiana County, on the eastside, of the Conemaugh River. The coal loading tipple is erected just across the river on the Indiana County side. The mine and tipple are connected by an incline, a fine steel structure, which spans the river at this point. The condition of the mine is good. (From the Report of the Bureau of Mines of the Department of Internal Affairs of Pennsylvania, 1900.) |
| Coal Miners
Memorial Burrell No. 1 & No. 2 Mines, Blairsville & Smith, Burrell Twp., , Indiana Co., PA |
| History of the
Burrell No. 1 & No. 2 Mines, Blairsville & Smith, Burrell Twp., , Indiana Co., PA |
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