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| Budd Mine
(ca.1901- ? ), Located on the Monongahela River, near Webster, Rostraver Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA [Mine is located on the Donora PA 7 1/2 min. U.S.G.S. Quad. Map.] Owners: (ca.1901- ? ), A. R. Budd, Webster, PA (ca. ? ), Youghiogheny & Ohio Coal Company, Cleveland, OH |
| HISTORY: In 1902 Frank M. Osborne of Pittsburgh established the Youghiogheny and Ohio Coal Company. Along with C. W. Dains and E. Saeger. Osborne organized this firm in Cleveland, Ohio, soon after resignation as president of the Pittsburgh Coal Company, one of the largest coal concerns in the United States. Osborne's firm sought to complete vigorously with his old company and leased coal lands in eastern Ohio and in Westmoreland County. The company planned to open five mines in Westmoreland County and sell its coal to the Monongahela River Consolidated Coal & Coke Company, another Pittsburgh-based coal concern and a strong rival of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. These two rivals had an informal agreement that permitted Monongahela River Consolidated to control coal shipments via the Monongahela River and Pittsburgh Coal to dominate the Mon Valley's rail traffic. Pittsburgh Coal responded to the threat posed by Osborne and the Monongahela River Consolidatied interests by establishing its own river trade. It began using its Saw Mill Run Mine Tipple, located near the confluence of the Monogahela and Allegheny Rivers, as its primary water connection. (This heated competition ended by 1904 when Pittsburgh Coal Company acquired Monongahela River Consolidated Coal Company.) The first mine opened in Westmoreland County by the Youghiogheny and Ohio Coal Company was the Osborne No. 1 Mine, which commenced operations in 1902. By 1910 the company operated Osborn No. 1 Mine and Osborne No. 2 Mine, along with the Webster Mine in Westmoreland County, the Manifold Mines in Washington County County, and the Reilly No. 2 Mine in Allegheny County. |
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Budd Mine, Webster, Rostraver Twp., Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania" |
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