Bituminous Coal Mines of Fayette County, Pennsylvania

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Fayette County
Pennsylvania
Coal Mine
Index U
to the Bituminous Coal Mines of
Fayette County,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Index to the Coal Mines and Coal Companies which mined the Bituminous Coal seams of Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Compiled & Edited by Raymond A. Washlaski

Raymond A. Washlaski, Historian, Editor,
Ryan P. Washlaski, Technical Editor,

Updated Sept. 13, 2008

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Fayette County Pennsylvania Coal Mine
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[This listing of coal mines and coal companies has been researched and complied from various sources by Raymond A. Washlaski, Historian: newspaper articles, Pennsylvania Bureau of Mines Reports, county histories, township histories, Pennsylvania Geological Survey reports, topographical maps, personnal accounts of coal miners, etc., etc.]
Very few coal company employee records exist today. Most Coal Company employee records have been lost or destroyed after the mines were closed. If you have mine records or know of the location of coal company employee records please let us know.

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Uledi, Fayette Co., PA
[A coal company patch town in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.]
See: Revere Mine & Coke Works, Uledi, Fayette Co., PA

Umpire, Fayette Co., PA
[A coal company patch town in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.]
[Umpire is located near Brownsville, Fayette Co., PA.]
See: Umpire Mine & Coke Works, Umpire, Fayette Co., PA

Umpire Coal Company, Brownsville, PA
See: Umpire Mine & Coke Works, Umpire, Fayette Co., PA

Umpire Mine & Coke Works (ca.1876- ? ), located on the Monongahela Railroad, near Brownsville, Umpire, Fayette Co., PA
[Disasters - on Sept. 23, 1898 an explosion in the Umpire Mine killed 8 miners.]
[Umpire Mine was listed as abandoned ca.1903.]
Owners: (ca.1870's- ? ), Bowman & Hogg Company,
(ca.1876-   ?   ), Cunningham & Abrams Company, Brownsville, PA
(ca.1877- ? ), Jno. S. Cunningham & Company,m Brownsville, PA
(ca.1889-   ?   ), C. L. Snowden & Company, Brownsville, PA
(ca.1892-   ?   ), C. L. Snowden & Company, Brownsville, PA
(ca.1898-   ?   ), Umpire Coal Company, Brownsville, PA
(ca.1909-   ? ), Monongahela River Consolidated Coal & Coke Company,
(ca.1909-   ?   ), Pates Coal Works [Leased the old Umpire Mine from Monongahela River Consolidated Coal & Coke Company.]
Web sites on the Umpire Mine & Coke Works, Umpire, Brownsville, Fayette Co., PA:
History of the Umpire Mine & Coke Works, Umpire, Brownsville, Fayette Co., PA
Coal Miners Memorial Umpire Mine & Coke Works, Umpire, Brownsville, Fayette Co., PA

Union Connellsville Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
See: Katharine Mine & Coke Works, Fayette Co., PA

Union Mine (ca.1889- ? ), a drift opening mine, located on the P. V. & C.. Railroad branch, at Tippecanoe Station, near Uniontown, Fayette Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1889- ? ), J. D. Boyd & Company, Uniontown, PA

Uniondale, Dunbar Twp., Fayette Co., PA
[A coal company patch town in Dunbar Twp., Fayette County, Pennsylvania.]
[Located on the Southwest Pennsylvania Division of the Pennsylvania and the Fairmont & Morgantown Branch of he B & O Railroad.]
See: Uniondale Mine & Coke Works, Uniondale, Dunbar Twp., Fayette Co., PA

Uniondale Mine & Coke Works (ca.1869-1900), a slope opening mine, located on the Fayette Branch of the Pittsburg & Connellsville Railroad, later it was the Pennsylvania South West Railroad, north west of Dunbar, Uniondale, Watt's Station, Dunbar Twp., Fayette Co., PA
[Uniondale Coke Works contained sixty bee-hive coke ovens ca.1875.]
[Disasters - On March 8, 1886 an explosion in the Uniondale Mine killed 6 miners.]
Owners: (ca.1869 - ? ), Watt, Taylor & Company, Dunbar, PA
(ca. ? ), Watt, Byer & Company, Dunbar, PA
(ca.1875- ? ), W. T. Watt & Company, Dunbar, PA
(ca.1878- ? ), Reid Brothers Company, Dunbar, PA
(ca.1889- ? ), J. M. Reid & Company, Dunbar, PA
(ca.1893- ? ), Cambria Iron Company, Johnstown, PA
(ca.1894- ? ), Reid Bros. Company, Dunbar, PA
Web sites on the Uniondale Mine & Coke Works, Uniondale, Dunbar, Dunbar Twp., Fayette Co., PA:
History of the Uniondale Mine & Coke Works, Uniondale, Dunbar Twp., Fayette Co., PA
Coal Miners Memorial Uniondale Mine & Coke Works, Uniondale, Dunbar Twp., Fayette Co., PA

Uniontown, Fayette Co., PA
[The County Seat of Fayette Co., Pennsylvania.]
See: Acme Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Ada Coal & Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Ada Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Adah Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Atlantic Coal Company, Uniontown, PA
Atlas Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Banning - Connellsville Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Bourne - Fuller Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Brownfield Coal & Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Browning Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Central Fuel Company, Uniontown, PA
Charles E. Bortz Company, Uniontown, PA
Chester Hill Coal Company, Uniontown, PA
Chicago & Connellsville Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Colonial Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Columbia Coal & Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Connellsville Central Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Deyarman Coal Company, Uniontown, PA
Edward Snider Company, Uniontown, PA
Eureka Fuel Company, Uniontown, PA [A subsidiary of Illinois Steel Company.]
Evans Coal & Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Fairchance Coal & Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Faith Coal Company, Uniontown, PA
Gilmore Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Hope Coal Company, Uniontown, PA
Isaac Taylor & Company, Uniontown, PA
J. D. Boyd & Company, Uniontown, PA
J. H. Dunn Company, Uniontown, PA
James Byrne & Company, Uniontown, PA
John Snider, Sr. Company, Uniontown, PA
John Snider Company, Uniontown, PA
John A. Whyel & Company, Uniontown, PA
John A. Whyel & Son Company, Uniontown, PA
Johnson Fuel Company, Uniontown, PA
Joseph Wharton Company, Uniontown, PA
King Coal Coampany, Uniontown, PA
Lafayette Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Lawrence Coal Company, Uniontown, PA
Liberty Coal & Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Majestic Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Mapletown Coal Company, Uniontown, PA
Masontown Coal & Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Meadow Brook Fuel Company, Uniontown, PA
Morris - Connellsville Fuel Company, Uniontown, PA
Mutual Coal & Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Newcomer Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Nicholson Coal Company, Uniontown, PA
Oliver & Snider Steel Company, Uniontown, PA
Oliphant Coal & Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Peerless Fuel Company, Uniontown, PA
Penn Coal Company, Uniontown, PA
Penn Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Penn Gas Coal & Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Percy Mining Company, Uniontown, PA
Percy Mining Company, Inc., Uniontown, PA
Plumer Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Point Marion Coal Company, Uniontown, PA
Prospect Coal & Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Provins Coal Company, Uniontown, PA
Puritan Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Reilly-Callaghan Coal & Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Republic Iron & Steel Company, Uniontown, PA
Rich Hill Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Robert B. Wilson Company, Uniontown, PA
S. S. Smith & Company, Uniontown, PA
Sewickley Creek Coal Company, Uniontown, PA
Sharon Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Smiley Coal Company, Uniontown, PA
Smock Coal Company, Uniontown, PA
Snider Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
South Fayette Coal & Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
South Fayette Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Stern Coal & Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Stern Coal Company, Uniontown, PA
Tunnel Coal & Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Union Connellsville Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Uniontown Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
United Connellsville Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
W. H. Wilkey Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
W. J. Parshall Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
W. J. Parshall Company, Uniontown, PA
W. J. Rainey Company, Uniontown, PA
Westmore Coal & Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Wineland Gilmore Coal & Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
See also: Southwest Coal & Coke Company, Mt.Pleasant, PA

Uniontown Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
See: Acme Mine & Coke Works, Fayette Co., PA
Barton Mine & Coke Works, Fayette Co., PA

United Connellsville Coal & Coke Company, Pittsburgh, PA
See: Crystal Mine & Coke Works, Crystal, Springhill Twp., Fayette Co., PA
See also: Hecla Coal & Coke Company, Pittsburgh, PA

United Connellsville Coke Company, Pittsburgh, PA
See: Crystal Mine & Coke Works, Crystal, Springhill Twp., Fayette Co., PA

United Connellsville Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
See: Crystal Mine & Coke Works, Crystal, Springhill Twp., Fayette Co., PA

United Refractories Company, Dunbar, PA
See: Ferguson Mine, Ferguson, Dunbar Twp., Fayette Co., PA

United States Fuel Company, Grays Landing, PA
See: Donald No. 6 Mine, Fayette Co., PA

Unity School, Franklin Twp., Fayette Co., PA
See:

Upper Middletown, Fayette Co., PA
See: Hanna Brothers Company, Upper Middletown, PA

Upper Middletown Station, Franklin Twp., Fayette Co., PA
[Located on the Redstone Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad.]
See:

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