Bituminous Coal Mines of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

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

Index to the Coal Mines and Coal Companies which mined the Bituminous Coal seams of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Compiled & Edited by
Raymond A. Washlaski

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

Updated Nov. 4, 2009

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Allegheny County Pennsylvania - Coal Mine Index
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.]
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Valley Camp Coal Company, Parnassus, PA
See: Bertha Mine, Allegheny Co., PA

Valley Coal & Supply Company, Oakdale, PA
See: Elizabeth Mine, Allegheny Co., PA

Valley Coal Company, McDonald, PA
See: Elizabeth Mine, McDonald, Allegheny Co., PA

Van Thiel Coal Company, Tarentum, PA
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Vankirk, Elizabeth Twp., Allegheny Co., PA
[A coal company Patch Town in Elizabeth Twp., Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania.]
[Located on the Tram, Railroad, near the Monongahela River.]
[Located on the U.S.G.S. Pittsburg, PA 15 min. quad. map.]
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Venture Mine (ca.1878- ? ), located on the Little Saw-Mill Run Railway, Banksville, Allegheny Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1878- ? ), Gray & Bell Company,
(ca.1889- ? ), ?
(ca.1892- ? ), Saw Mill Run Coal Company, 818 Carson Street, Pittsburg, PA
(ca.1898- ? ), Saw Mill Run Coal Company, Banksville, PA
Web sites on the Venture Mine, Banksvile, Allegheny Co., PA:
Coal Miners Memorial Venture Mine, Banksville, Allegheny Co., PA

Verner Coal & Coke Company, Carnegie, PA
See: Verner Mine, Bulger, Smith Twp., Washington Co., PA

Verona, Allegheny Co., PA
See: Hyatt M. Cribbs Company, Verona, PA
John Peterman Mine, Verona, Allegheny Co., PA
Sampson & Hormel Company, Verona, PA
Stoner & Wilson Company, Verona, PA

Victory Coal Company, Pittsburgh, PA
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Victory Mine (ca.1955- ? ), located in Fawn Twp., Allegheny Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1955- ? ), Mangone Coal Company,

Virginville Coal Company, Ingram, Allegheny Co., PA
See: Helen Mine, Smithton, Westmoeland Co., PA

Virginville Coal Company, Pittsburgh, PA
See: Helen Mine, Smithton, Westmoreland Co., PA

Vogele Sons & Company, Wilkinsburg, PA
See: Hampton Mine, Allegheny Co., PA
See also: G. Vogele Sons & Company, Wilkinsburg, PA

Vogel & Weinman Company, Wilkinsburg, PA
See: Hampton Mine, Allegheny Co., PA

Vulcan Coal Company, Morgan, PA
See: Vulcan Mine, Allegheny Co., PA

Vulcan Mine (ca.1898- ? ), located on the P.C.C. & St. L. Railroad, C.V. Branch, Gradatim, Allegheny Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1898- ? ), Vulcan Coal Company, Morgan, PA
(ca.1905- ? ), Pittsburg Coal Company, Pittsburgh, PA
(ca.1912- ? ), Pittsburgh Coal Company, Pittsburgh, PA
Web sites on the Vulcan Mine, Gradatim, Allegheny Co., PA:
Coal Miners Memorial Vulcan Mine, Gradatim, Allegheny Co., PA

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