Bituminous Coal Mines of Fayette County, Pennsylvania

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Fayette County
Pennsylvania
Coal Mine
Index V
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

by
Raymond A. Washlaski, Historian, Editor,
Ryan P. Washlaski, Technical Advisor,
Peter E. Starry, Jr. "The Old Miner."

Updated Aug. 9, 2008

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Fayette County Pennsylvania Coal Mines
INDEX V

[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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Valley Mine & Coke Works
(Valley Works) (ca.1869- 1918), a drift opening mine, located on the Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad, later the Southwest Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad, , below Scottdale, Valley Station, Upper Tyrone Twp., Fayette Co., PA
[Valley Coke Works contained 20 bee-hive coke ovens ca.1875.]
[Valley Coke Works contained 251 bee-hive coke ovens ca.1901.]
[Valley Mine was later combined underground with the Clinton Mine.]
Owners: (ca.1869- ? ), Wilson, Boyle & Playford Company,
(ca.1875- ? ), Serrick, Rice & Company,
[Operated by the H.C. Frick Coke Company from Jan. 8, 1877.]
(ca.1882-1918), H.C. Frick Coke Company, Scottdale, PA
[Acquired by the H.C. Frick Coke Company Feb. 28, 1882.]
Web sites on the Valley Mine & Coke Works, Valley Station, Upper Tyrone Twp., Fayette Co., PA:
Coal Miners Memorial Valley Mine & Coke Works, Valley Station, Upper Tyrone Twp., Fayette Co., PA
History of the Valley Mine & Coke Works, Valley Station, Upper Tyrone Twp., Fayette Co., PA

Valley Station, Upper Tyrone Twp., Fayette Co., PA
[A coal company patch town in Upper Tyrone Twp., Fayette County, Pennsylvania.]
See: Valley Mine & Coke Works, Valley Station, Upper Tyrone Twp., Fayette Co., PA

Valley Works, Upper Tyrone Twp., Fayette Co., PA
[A coal company patch town in Upper Tyrone Twp., Fayette County, Pennsylvania.]
See: Valley Mine & Coke Works, Valley Station, Upper Tyrone Twp., Fayette Co., PA

Valley Works (ca. ? ), located at Valley Station, Upper Tyrone Twp., Fayette Co., PA
See: Valley Mine & Coke Works, Valley Station, Upper Tyrone Twp., Fayette Co., PA

Vance Mills, North Union Twp., Fayette Co., PA
[Located on the Southwest Pennsylvania Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the West Penn Railway trolley line.]
See: Butes Run Coal & Coke Company, Vance Mill, PA
Patterson's Country Baml Mine, Vance's Mill, Franklin Twp., Fayette Co., PA

Vanderbilt, Dunbar Twp., Fayette Co., PA
[Located on the Dickerson Run Branch of the Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad, along Dickerson Run and the West Penn Railways trolley line.]
See: Crabapple Mine, Crabapple, Vanderbilt, Franklin Twp., Fayette Co., PA
Franklin Coke Company, Vanderbilt, PA
  Joseph Laughrey & Company, Vanderbilt, PA
   Leon Mine & Coke Works, Crabapple, Gilleland, Franklin Twp., Fayette Co., PA
   Paul Mine & Coke Works, Dickson Run, Paul, near Vanderbilt, Franklin Twp., Fayette Co., PA

Vanderbilt Coal & Coke Company, Connellsville, PA
See: Butte Mine & Coke Works, Fayette Co., PA

Victoria, Perry Twp., Fayette Co., PA
[A coal company patch town in Perry Twp., Fayette County, Pennsylvania.]
[Victoria is located near Perryopolis.]
See: Victoria Mine (Victory Mine), Victoria, Perry Twp., Fayette Co., PA

Victoria, Stewart Twp., Fayette Co., PA
[Located on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.]
See:

Victoria Coal Company, Perryopolis, PA
See: Victoria Mine, Fayette Co., PA

Victoria Mine
(Victory Mine) (ca.1900- ? ), located on the Washington Run Spur of the P. & L. E. Railroad, near Perryopolis, Victoria, Perry Twp., Fayette Co., PA
[Victoria Mine was a new mine opened ca.1900.]
Owners: (ca.1900- ? ), J. R. Laughrey & Son Company, Perryopolis, PA
(ca.1905- ? ), Victoria Coal Company, Perryopolis, PA
Web sites on the Victoria Mine, Perryopolis, Victoria, Perry Twp., Fayette Co., PA:
Coal Miners Memorial Victoria Mine, near Perryopolis, Victoria Perry Twp., Fayette Co., PA

Victory Mine
(Victoria Mine) (ca.1900- ? ), located near Perryopolis, Victoria, Perry Twp., Fayette Co., PA
See: Victoria Mine, Victoria, Perry Twp., Fayette Co., PA

Virgin Run No. 1 Mine (ca. ? -1920), located in Fayette Co., PA
[Virgin Run No. 1 Mine's name was changed to Corrado No. 1 Mine ca.1920.]
Owners: (ca.1919-1920), Corrado Coal Company, Connellsville, PA
(ca.1920- ? ), Corrado Coal Company, Connellsville, PA

Virgin Run School, Perry Twp., Fayette Co., PA
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Virginia Mine & Coke Works (ca.1902- ? ), located near the Monongahela River, near Masontown, Fayette Co., PA
[Virginia Coke Works contained 140 bee-hive coke ovens ca.1905.]
[Virginia Coke Works contained 160 bee-hive coke ovens ca.1906.]
Owners: (ca.1902- ? ), Masontown Coal & Coke Company Consolidated, Uniontown, PA
(ca.1905- ? ), Masontown Coal & Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
(ca.1906- ? ), Masontown Coal & Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Web sites on the Virginia Mine & Coke Works, Masontown, Fayette Co., PA:
Coal Miners Memorial Virginia Mine & Coke Works, near Masontown,Fayette Co., PA

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