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Coal Miners Memorial
Saint Vincent's Shaft Mine
(St. Vincent's Shaft Mine),
Village of
St. Vincent's Shaft,
Unity Twp.,
Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that mined the Bituminous Coal seams of the St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

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

Updated Aug. 27, 2008

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that Worked the
St. Vincent Shaft Mine


Following is a partial listing of the miners, coke workers, mine employees and company store employees that worked the St. Vincent's Shaft  Mine, Village of St. Vincent Shaft, Unity Twp, Westmoreland Co., PA.   The coal miners names have been researched and complied from various sources by Raymond A. Washlaski, Historian: newspaper obits, newspaper articles, Pennsylvania Bureau of Mines Reports, township histories, and names of coal miners submitted by various people, etc..
The Nationalities listed for various miners, are taken directly from "Report of the Department of Mines of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA" as reported for the various years.  Those listed as American, could be either native born or naturalized citizens.
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Since 1870, Pennsylvania's Annual Report on Mining Activities has recorded 51,483 deaths from mining accidents-- 31,113 deaths in anthracite mines and 20,370 deaths in bituminous mines.

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COAL MINERS MEMORIAL
ST. VINCENT SHAFT MINE
[ A ]
August, Josept
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
[ B ]
Bailon, Joseph
(Miner, St.Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Beakon, Harry
(Miner, St.Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Bodnar, Mr.
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Brenneke, Bernard L.
(Miner, Hoisting Engineer ca.1937, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA., married.);
(Mr. Brenneke was the only one in St.Vincent Shaft patch that had a telephone ca.1937.)
Bodnar, Frank
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Bodnar, Mr.
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Bonak, Pete
(Miner, ca.1940, St. Vincent Shaft, Westmoreland Co., PA..);
(Pete Bonak helped built brattice in the mine, after the mine was pumped of the water, ca.1940.)
Burick, Stephen
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA..)
Burke, John "Shine"
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA., married, wife Teresa Burke.)
Butella, Andrew
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA..);
(Brother of John & Mike Butella)
Butella, John
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Brother of Andrew & Mike Butella)
Butella, Mike
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Brother of Andrew & John Butella)
[ C ]
Cramer, Albert
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Cramer, D. C.
(Superintendent, ca.1918 to ca.1930's, of the St. Vincent's Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA., for Mount Pleasant By-Products Coal Company.)
Crocker, Albert
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Son of Anthony Crocker.)
Crocker, Anthony
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Father of Albert Crocker.)
Crocker, Otto
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Son of Anthony Crocker.)
[ D ]
Darr, Mr.
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Dempsey, William
(Miner, ca.1937, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Mr. Dempsey lived on Spruce Street in Latrobe.)
Dryle, William
(General Manager, ca.1937, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA., for Mt. Pleasant By-Products Company.);
(See also: Drylie, William.)
Drylie, William
(See: Dryle, William)
[ E ]
[ F ]
Fabian, Jacob
(Miner, Blacksmith, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Fetsic, John
(Miner, ca.1924, St. Vincent's Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA., married, wife Veronica Kaputa Fetsic)
Fetsko, John
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
[ G ]
Gretz, Mr.
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Gritzer, John
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA., married, wife Irene Gritzer.)
[ H ]
Hill, Jake
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Hower, Albert W.
(Miner, ca.1919, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, married, wife Rose Ernest Hower)
[ I ]
[ J ]
Johnson, Godfrey T.
(Miner, ca.1920, St. Vincent's Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA., married, wife Dessie A. Dugan Johnson)
Jones, Robert F.
(Miner, Fire Boss ca.1937, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Jones, William
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
[ K ]
Kissinger, Mr.
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Kitsko, John
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA., married, wife Emma Kitsko.)
[ L ]
Lane, John
(Miner, ca.1928- ca.1937, St. Vincent's Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA., Age 63, married, wife Minnie Pearl Harshman Lane, 4 children);
(Killed.  He was killed in the flooding disaster in the St. Vincent Shaft Mine May 31,1937, his body was the only one of the two missing miners that was recovered.  The body of John Lane was not recovered until Feb., 1940);
(Mr. Lane had been employed at St. Vincent Shaft Mine for 19 years.);
(St. Vincent Shaft Mine Disaster of May, 1937.)
Levay, Alex
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA., married, wife Rose Levay, children.)
Levay, Joseph
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA., married, Angeline Levay.)
Levay, Michael, Jr.
(Miner, worked in the Lamp House, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA., married, wife Matilda Levay.);
(He took care of the carbon lamps.)
Levay, Michael, Sr.
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA., married, wife Elizabeth Levay.);
(Father of Alex, Joseph, Michael Jr. & Stephen Levay)
Levay, Stephen
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA., married, wife Gazelle Levay.)
[ M ]
Marcinko, Andrew
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Brother of John Marcinko.)
Marcinko, John
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Brother of Andrew Marcinko.)
McCullough, Mr.
(Miner, Pit Boss, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Murphy, Edward
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
[ N ]
[ O ]
O'Brien, Joseph
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, married, wife Sade O'Brien.)
Olesky, Michael
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Onderko, Paul, Sr.
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Onderko, Paul, Jr.
(Miner, St. Vincent Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA..)
[ P ]
Patrick, George
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Pesavento, Antonio
(Miner, St.Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
[ Q ]
[ R ]
Rabic, John
(Miner, St. Vincent's Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Member of United Mine Workers of America, Local 5757)
Ramsey, Robert
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Ransel, Bernard "Barney"
(Miner, Machinist ca.1912- ca.1937, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA., Age 50, married, 7 children);
(Killed.  Mr. Ransel was killed in the flooding disaster in the St. Vincent Shaft Mine, May 31, 1937.);
(Mr. Ransel's  body was never recovered from the mine shaft.);
(St. Vincent Shaft Mine Disaster of May, 1937.)
Rule, R.B.
(Superintendent, of the St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA., ca.1937, for Mt. Pleasant By-Products Company)
[ S ]
Sass, Frank
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA..)
Schmucker, Charles
(Miner, Hoisting Engineer, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA..);
(Operated the shaft hoisting cage at the tipple.)
Siegfried, Charles A.
(Miner, ca.1918, St. Vincent's Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Killed.  Killed by being thrown by a horse while riding it from the mine shaft to the coal company barn, outside St. Vincent's Shaft Mine, ca.1918.)
Skoda, Joseph
(Miner, St.Vincent Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA..)
Smith, Chambers
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA..)
Sprock, Mr.
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA..)
Stahovich, Mr.
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA..)
Stairs, Mr.
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
[ T ]
Thompson, Charles "Charlie"
(Employee, Bookkeeper, at the Coal Company Store, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA..)
[ U ]
Urban, Tony
(Miner, ca.1920, St. Vincent's Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Killed.  He was killed in a mine cave-in, in the St. Vincent Shaft Mine, ca.1920.)
[ V ]
Vichetti, Peter
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Father of Dominic Vichetti.)
Vichetti, Dominic
(Miner, St. Vncent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Son of Peter Vichetti.)
Vogel, George
(Employee, Manager of the coal Company Store, at St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA..)
[ W ]
[ X ]
[ Y ]
Yandora, John
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Father of Louis Yandora.)
Yandora, Louis
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.);
(Son of John Yandora.)
Youdish, John
(Miner, St. Vincent Shaft Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
[ Z ]
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A secial thanks to Janette Levay Haldeman, Irwin, PA, formerly of St. Vincent Shaft, for the additional names of the miners at St. Vincent Shaft Mine.
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