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

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Raymond A. Washlaski

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

Updated Sept. 6, 2009

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[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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J. Blair Kennerly Company, Glasgow, PA
[Acquired Valley Coal & Stone Company, ca.1911.]
See: Beccaria Mine, Glasgow, Cambria Co., PA
See also: Kennerly Company,Glasgow, PA
Valley Smokeless Coal Company,

J. Blair Kennerly Company, Philadelphia, PA
[Acquired Valley Coal & Stone Company, ca.1911.]
See: Beccaria Mine, Glasgow, Cambria Co., PA
See also: Kennerly Company, Glasgow, PA
Valley Smokeless Coal Company,

J. Gwin & Sons Company, Mountaindale, PA
See: Gwin's No. 2 Mine, Mountaindale, Cambria Co., PA

J. C. Martin & Company, Portage, PA
See: Martindale No. 1 Mine, Martindale, Cambria Co., PA
Martindale No. 2 Mine, Martindale, Cambria Co., PA
See also: Martin & Company, Portage, PA

J. C. Martin Company, Portage, PA
See: Martindale No. 1 Mine, Cambria Co., PA
See also: Martin Company, Portage, PA

J. C. Stineman Company,
See: J. C. Stineman Mine, Cambria Co., PA
See also: Stineman Company,

J. C. Stineman Mine (ca.1892- ? ), located near South Fork, Cambria Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1892- ? ), J. C. Stineman Company,

J. E. & H. E. Schmittle Company, Glasgow, PA
See: Pleasant Hill Mine, Glasgow, Cambria Co., PA

J. Gwin & Sons Company, Mountaindale, PA
See: Gwin Mine, Mountaindale, Cambria Co., PA

J. Gwin Sons Company, Mountaindale, PA
See: Gwin Mine, Mountaindale, Cambria Co., PA
See also: Gwin Sons Company, Mountaindale, PA

J. J. McGonigal Company, Carrolltown, PA
See: Patton No. 3 Mine, Cambria Co., PA
See also: McGonigal Company, Carrolltown, PA

J. L. Mitchell Company, Myra, PA
See: Columbia No. 4 Mine, Cambria Co., PA

J. S. McCartney Company,
See: Eldorado Mine, Cambria Co., PA
See also: McCartney Company,

J. H. Weaver & Company,
[Acquired the Nanty-Glo Coal Mining Company, ca.1909.]
[J. H. Weaver & Company was acquired by Bethlehem Steel Company, ca.1948.]
See also: Weaver & Company,

J. R. McAllister Company, Glasgow, PA
See: Beccaria No. 2 Mine, Cambria Co., PA
See also: McAllister Company, Glasgow, PA

J. T. Mitchell Company, Gallitzin, PA
See: Columbia Mine, Gallitzen, Cambria Co., PA
See also: Mitchell Company, Gallitzin, PA

J. U. McFadden Company,
See: Mardon No. 4 Mine, near Nanty-Glo, Cambria Co., PA
See also: McFadden Company,

J. W. Dunwiddie Company, Philipsburg, PA
[J.W. Dunwiddie Company was acquired by the Nant-Y-Glo Coal Mining Company, Ebensburg, PA.]
See: Nant-Y-Glo No. 1 Mine, Nant-Y-Glo, Cambria Co., PA
Nant-Y-Glo No. 2 Mine, Nant-Y-Glo, Cambria Co., PA
See also: Dunwiddie Company, Philipburg, PA
James Dunwiddie Company, Philipsburg, PA
Nant-Y-Glo Coal Mining Company, Ebensburg, PA

J. W. Mentzer Company, Hollidaysburg, PA
See: Plain Mine, South Fork, Cambria Co., PA
See also: Mentzer Company, Hollidaysburg, PA

Jack Rager, Jackson Twp., Cambria Co., PA
[Named for Jackson Rager.]
See:

Jackman & Company, Carrolltown, PA
See: Maucher Mine, Carrolltown, Cambria Co., PA
See also: E. R. Jackman & Company, Carrolltown, PA

Jackson & Walker Company, Carrolltown, PA
See: Black Diamond Mine, near Carrolltown, Cambria Co., PA

Jackson Coal Mining Company, Expedit, PA
See: Jackson No. 1 Mine, Expedit, Cambria Co., PA

Jackson No. 1 Mine (ca.1917- ? ), located on the Pennsylvania Railroad, near Expedit, Blacklick Twp., Cambria Co., PA
[Jackson No. 1 Mine was listed as a new mine ca.1917.]
Owners: (ca.1917- ? ), Jackson Coal Mining Company, Expedit, PA
Web sites on the Jackson No. 1 Mine, Expedit, Cambria Co., PA:
Coal Miners Memorial Jackson No. 1 Mine, Expedit, Cambria Co., PA

Jail Bird Mine (Jay Bird Mine) (ca. ? ), located near Miller Shaft, Portage Twp., Cambria Co., PA
Owners: (ca. ? ), ?

James C. Stineman Company, South Fork, PA
See: Stineman No. 8 Mine, Cambria Co., PA
See also: Stineman Company, South Fork, PA

James Campbell & Company, Hastings, PA
See: Oak Ridge Mine, Hastings, Cambria Co., PA

James Dunwiddie Company, Philipsburg, PA
[J.W. Dunwiddie Company was acquired by the Nant-Y-Glo Coal Mining Company, Ebensburg, PA.]
See: Dunwiddie Mine, Nant-Y-Glo, Cambria Co., PA
Nant-Y-Glo No. 1 Mine, Nant-Y-Glo, Cambria Co., PA
Nant-Y-Glo No. 2 Mine, Nant-Y-Glo, Cambria Co., PA
See also: Dunwiddie Company, Philipburg, PA
J. W. Dunwiddie Company, Philipburg, PA
Nant-Y-Glo Coal Mining Company, Ebensburg, PA

James Harris & Sons Company, Lilly, PA
See: Harris No. 1 Mine, Lilly, Cambria Co., PA
See also: Harris & Sons Company, Lilly, PA

Jamestown, Portage Twp., CAmbria Co., PA
See:

Jay Bird Mine
(Jail Bird Mine) (ca. ? ), located near Miller Shaft, Portage Twp., Cambria Co., PA
Owners: (ca. ? ), ?

Jewtown, Colver, Cambria Twp., Cambria Co., PA
[A Coal Company Patch Town in Cambria Twp., Cambria Co., Pennsylvania.]
[Jewtown was the first of the two outlying communities of Colver. The 1920 census shows Jewtown as having two grocery stores, a dry goods store, and a bakery. In 1922 a bottling company was established and later on a dry cleaning shop.]
See: Colver Mine, Cover, Cambria Twp., Cambria Co., PA
Ebensburg No. 1 Mine, Colver, Cambria Co., PA
Monroe Coal Mining Company, Colver, PA

John A. Leap Company, Lilly, PA
See: Plane No. 1 Mine, Leap, Cambria Co., PA
Plane No. 2 Mine, Leap, Cambria Co., PA
See also: Leap Company, Lilly, PA

John C. Scott & Sons Company, South Fork, PA
See: Webster No. 3 Mine, Cambria Co., PA
See also: Scott & Sons Company, South Fork, PA

John Company, Johnstown, PA
See: Somerset Mine, Somerset Co., PA
See also: A. F. John Company, Johnstown, PA

John Gwin & Son Company,
See: Eagle Mine, Cambria Co., PA
See also: Gwin & Son Company,

John Harvey & Company, Hastings, PA
See: Sterling No. 10 Mine, near Hastings, Cambria Co., PA
See also: Harvey & Company, Hastings, PA

Johnson Mine (ca. ? ), located near Nanty-Glo, Cambria Co., PA
[A small house coal mine.]
Owners: (ca. ? ), ?

Johnstown, Cambria Co., PA
See: A. F. John Company, Johnstown, PA
A. J. Haws & Son Company, Johnstown, PA
Beachly Coal Company, Johnstown, PA
Berkabile Coal Company, Johnstown, PA
Berlin Coal Company, Johnstown, PA
Bird Coal Company, Johnstown, PA
  Brinker Run Coal Company, Johnstown, PA
Cambria Iron Company, Johnstown, PA
   Central Mine, near Johnstown, Cambria Co., PA
  Citizens Coal Company, Johnstown, PA
Caldwell Smokeless Coal Company, Johnstown, PA
Conemaugh Coal Mining Company, Johnstown, PA
Conemaugh Smokeless Coal Company, Johnstown, PA
Diamond Smokeless Coal Company, Johnstown, PA
Freedom Coal Company, Johnstown, PA
   Geo. W. Griffiths Company, Johnstown, PA
Graham Coal Company, Johnstown, PA
Grazier Coal Mining Company, Johnstown, PA
Green Hill Mine, near Johnstown, Cambria Co., PA
Highland Coal Company, Johnstown, PA
Hiram Swank's Sons, Inc., Johnstown, PA
Homer Coal Company, Johnstown, PA
Ideal Coal Company, Johnstown, PA
Imperial Coal Company, Johnstown, PA
India Smokeless Fuel Company, Johnstown, PA
Ingleside Coal Company, Johnstown, PA
J. Blair Kennerly Company, Johnstown, PA
Johnstown Coal & Coke Company, Johnstown, PA
Johnstown Smokeless Coal Company, Johnstown, PA
Ladalia Coal Company, Johnstown, PA
Lorain Steel Company, Johnstown, PA
Milford Coal Company, Johnstown, PA
Morrellville Coal Mining Company, Johnstown, PA
Neel Smokeless Coal Company, Johnstown, PA
Nineveh Coal & Coke Company, Johnstown, PA
Penelec Coal Company, Johnstown, PA
Pennsylvania Collieries, Inc., Johnstown, PA
Robertson & Griffiths Company, Johnstown, PA
Robertson & Irwin Company, Johnstown, PA
Savage Fire Brick Company, Johnstown, PA
Scottdale Coal & Coke Company, Johnstown, PA
Shade Creek Coal Company, Johnstown, PA
Sheesley Supply Company, Johnstown, PA
Smokeless Coal Company, Johnstown, PA
Somerset & Cambria Coal Company, Johnstown, PA
St. Clair Mine, near Johnstown, Cambria Co., PA
Stony Creek Coal & Coke Company, Johnstown, PA
Stony Creek Coal Company, Johnstown, PA
Telford Coal Company, Johnstown, PA
Thermal Smokeless Coal Company, Johnstown, PA
Valley Smokeless Coal Company, Johnstown, PA
Vivian Coal & Coke Company, Johnstown, PA
  W. G. S. Robertson Company, Johnstown, PA
Widman Coal Company, Johnstown, PA
   Williams Mine, near Johnstown, Cambria Co., PA
Wm. T. Moss Company, Johnstown, PA

Johnstown Coal & Coke Company, Johnstown, PA
[Johnstown Coal & Coke Corporation - Formed in 1912 by Harry A. Crichton and his brother Andrew with the purchase of coal lands in southern Cambria and northern Somerset Counties. The company leased fields to a variety of operators, notably the Beachley Coal Company, and expanded into West Virginia and Maryland. It acquired the Logan Coal Company in the 1940s, and the Beaver Run Mine, Beaverdale, Summerhill Twp., Cambria Co., PA in ca.1951, but by ca.1959 had divested itself of all Pennsylvania operations.]
[Johnstown Coal & Coke Company acquired the Cortright Coal Company, ca.1952.]
[Johnstown Coal & Coke Company acquired the Logan Coal Company, ca.1940.]
[Johnstown Coal & Coke Company acquired the Miller Coal Company, ca.1930.]
See: Beaver Run Mine, Beaverdale, Summerhill Twp., Cambria Co., PA
Miller Shaft Mine (Johnstown No. 4 Mine), Portage, Miller Shaft, Portage Twp., Cambria Co., PA
See also: Beachley Coal Company, Johnstown, PA
Cortright Coal Company,
Logan Coal Company,
Miller Coal Company,

Johnstown No. 4 Mine
(Miller Shaft Mine) (ca.1910-1955) located 1/2 mile southeast of Portage, on PA Rt 164, Portage vicinity, Cambria Co., PA
[USGS 7 1/2 min. quad: Ebensburg, PA UTM: 17 E.698010 N.4472260.]
[Miller Shaft Mine was renamed Johnstown No. 4 Mine.]
Owners: (ca.1910-1930), Miller Coal Company,
(ca.1930-1955), Johnstown Coal & Coke Corp., Johnstown, PA

Johnstown Shaft Mine
(Shaft Mine) (ca.1917- ? ), located near Johnstown, Cambria Co., PA
[Coal used by the company at its Brick Works.]
Owners: (ca.1917- ? ), Johnstown Smokeless Coal Company, Johnstown, PA
Web sites on the Johnstown Shaft Mine (Shaft Mine), near Johnstown, Cambria Co., PA:
Coal Miners Memorial Johnstown Shaft Mine (Shaft Mine), near Johnstown, Cambria Co., PA

Johnstown Smokeless No. 7 Mine
(No. 7 Mine) (ca.1939- ? ), located on the Conemaugh and Black Lick Railroad, Johnstown, Cambria Co. PA
Owners: (ca.1939- ? ), Johnstown Smokeless Coal Company, Johnstown, PA

Johnstown Smokeless Coal Company, Johnstown, PA
See: Johnstown Shaft Mine (Shaft Mine), near Johnstown, Cambria Co., PA
Johnstown No. 7 Mine (No. 7 Mine), near Johnstown, Cambria Co., PA

Johnstown Traction Company,
See: Power House Mine, Stonycreek Twp., Cambria Co., PA

Joseph H. Reilly Coal Company, Philadelphia, PA
See: Reilly No. 1 Mine, Spangler, Cambria Co., PA
See also: Reilly Coal Company, Philadelphia, PA

Joseph E. Yobbagy Company,
See: Lincoln No. 1 Mine, near Nanty-Glo, Cambria Co., PA
See also: Yobbagy Company,

Joseph Smittle Company, Glasgow, PA
See: Pleasant Hill Mine, Glasgow, Reade Twp., Cambria Co., PA
See also: Smittle Company, Glasgow, PA

Juniata Coal Company, Alexandria, PA
See: Juniata No. 2 Mine, Cambria Co., PA
Juniata No. 3 Mine, Cambria Co., PA
Juniata No. 4 Mine, Cambria Co., PA

Juniata Mine (ca.1898- ? ), located on the Walnut Creek Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad, near Barnesboro, Cambria Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1898- ? ), D. Atherton Company, Barnesboro, PA
(ca.1901- ? ), Barnes & Tucker Company, Barnesboro, PA
(ca.1904- ? ), Barnes & Tucker Company, Barnesboro, PA
Web sites on the Juniata Mine, Barnesboro, Cambria Co., PA:
Coal Miners Memorial Juniata Mine, Barnesboro, Cambria Co., PA

Juniata No. 2 Mine (ca.1917- ? ), located on the Pennsylvania Railroad, near, Lilly, Cambria Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1917- ? ), Juniata Coal Company, Alexandria. PA
Web sites on the Juniata No. 2 Mine, Lilly, Cambria Co., PA:
Coal Miners Memorial Juniata No. 2 Mine, Lilly, Cambria Co., PA

Juniata No. 3 Mine (ca.1917- ? ), located on the Pennsylvania Railroad, near, Lilly, Cambria Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1917- ? ), Juniata Coal Company, Alexandria. PA
Web sites on the Juniata No. 3 Mine, Lilly, Cambria Co., PA:
Coal Miners Memorial Juniata No. 3 Mine, Lilly, Cambria Co., PA

Juniata No. 4 Mine (ca.1917- ? ), located on the Pennsylvania Railroad, near, Lilly, Cambria Co., PA
[Juniata No. 4 Mine was listed as a new mine ca.1917.]
Owners: (ca.1917- ? ), Juniata Coal Company, Alexandria. PA
Web sites on the Juniata No. 4 Mine, Lilly, Cambria Co., PA:
Coal Miners Memorial Juniata No. 4 Mine, Lilly, Cambria Co., PA

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