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The 20th Century Society of Western Pennsylvania
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Coal Miners Memorial, Beatty Mine & Coke Works, Beatty, Unity Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA
History of the Beatty Mines & Coke Works, Village of Beatty, Unity Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA
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Township Map of Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania
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Photos of
Beatty No. 1 Mine,
Beatty No. 2 Mine &
Beatty Coke Works,

Mount Pleasant Coke Company,
Village of Beatty,
Unity Township,
Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

A Tribute to the Coal Miners that mined the Bituminous Coal seams of Beatty Mines, Beatty, Unity Township, 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 Feb. 25, 2006

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Inez Beatty at the Beatty Mine scales, ca.1935.
(Photo courtesy Inez Beatty Doberneck.)

Beatty Mine Tipple, ca.1935
The truck loading tipple that served the Beatty Mines.
(Photo courtesy of Inez Beatty Doberneck, formerly of Beatty, now of Florida.)
Beatty Mine Entry
An entry into the Beatty Mine, with the wooden mine wagons used at the Beatty Mine.
(Photo courtesy of Inez Beatty Doberneck, formerly of Beatty, now of Florida.)

Truck Loading Tipple, ca.1935.
The Truck loading tipple and the Beatty Mines, Village of Beatty.
(Photo courtesy of Inez Beatty Doberneck, formerly of Beatty, now of Florida.)
John F. Beatty on top of the Truck Loading Tipple at the Beatty Mine, ca.1935.
(Photo courtesy of Inez Beatty Doberneck, formerly of Beatty, now of Florida.)
Mine Wagons at the Beatty Mine
Mine wagons loaded with coal being pulled from the mine by a mine motor on the top track, with the empty wagons being returned into the mine on the lower track.
(Photo courtesy of Inez Beatty Doberneck, formerly of Beatty, now of Florida.)
Beatty Mine Entrance
Loaded mine wagons being pulled out of the Beatty Mine.
(Photo courtesy of Inez Beatty Doberneck, formerly of Beatty, now of Florida.)
Coal truck on the Beatty Mine Scales, ca.1935.
Paul standing besides his truck on the Beatty Mine scales.
(Photo courtesy of Inez Beatty Doberneck, formerly of Beatty, now of Florida.)

"History of the Beatty Mines,
Village of Beatty, Unity Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania"
"Coal Miners Memorial, Beatty Mines,
Village of Beatty, Unity Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania"
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