Reference Sources
for Salemville, Salem Township, Westmoreland Co, PA
and
Salem No. 1 Mine, Salem No. 2 Mine & Huron Mines,
updated April 28, 2002
Balik, Joseph.
1991  Oral History Interviews - with Joseph Balik, 1990 with Steve Benzo.  printed in "Patriotic - Historical New Alexandria,"   Published by Stephen Benzo- New Alexandria, PA: Privately Printed.
Benzo, Stephen.
1988  New Alexandria Pioneers. New Alexandria, PA: Privately Printed. [Reference source St. Vincent College Library, Latrobe, PA.]
1991  Patriotic - Historical New Alexandria.  New Alexandria, PA: Privately Printed.
[Reference source St. Vincent College Library, Latrobe, PA.
Bortz, H. T.
1988  Huron Coal Company.  printed in "New Alexandria Pioneers",  published by Stephen Benzo - New Alexandria, PA: Privately Printed.
1988  Salem Coal Company - Salemville.  printed in "New Alexandria Pioneers," published by Stephen Benzo - New Alexandria, PA: Privately Printed.
1999 Personnal Correspondence and pictures from the collections of H.T. Bortz, with Ray Washlaski. November, 1999
Boucher, John N.
1928  History of Westmoreland County. - New York, NY: Lewis Publishing Company.
Coal Field Directory.
1928  Coal Fields Directory.  New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Catalogue and Directory Company, Inc.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
1903  Report of the Department of Mines of Pennsylvania:  Part II - Bituminous, 1903.  Harrisburg, PA:  Wm. Stanley Ray, State Printer
1907 Report of the Department of Mines of Pennsylvania:  Part II - Bituminous, 1906.  Harrisburg, PA:  Harrisburg Publishing Company, State Printer
1908 Report of the Department of Mines of Pennsylvania:  Part II - Bituminous, 1907.   Harrisburg, PA:  Harrisburg Publishing Company, State Printer
1911  Report of the Department of Mines of Pennsylvania: Part II - Bituminous, 1910.  Harrisburg, PA: C.E. Aughinbaugh, Printer.
1925 Report of the Department of Mines of Pennsylvania:  Part II - Bituminous 1919-1920. Harrisburg, PA:  J.L.L. Kuhn, Printer to the Commonwealth
1932  Report of the Department of Mines of Pennsylvania: Part II - Bituminous, 1929-1930. - Harrisburg, PA : n.p.
Dept of the Army
1955 Real Estate Map Loyalhanna Creek Reservoir, 19 Jan, 1955.  Washington, D.C.:  Department of the Army, Office of the Pittsburgh District Engineer, Ohio River Division.
Garman, James
1999 ca. 1917 Program from - The Toy Shop [A Play] Benefit New Alexandria Branch American Red Cross.
1999 E-mail correspondence with Ray Washlaski concerning the mines at Salemville. 1999.
Halberstadt, Baird.
1914, 1935, 1938 General Map of the Bituminous Coal Fields of Pennsylvania. Pottsville, PA: Keystone Consolidated Company, 1914, 1935 and 1938 editions.
Himler, Jeff
1995a NA Man Recalls Peak, Plummet of Mine.  published in "The Dispatch", (Newspaper), Thursday, May 4, 1995.  Blairsville, PA: The Dispatch
1995b Fifty Years Ago, Park Replaced Coal Mine as a New Alex Asset. published in "The Dispatch", (Newspaper), Thursday, May 4,1995.  Blairsville, PA: The Dispatch.
Keystone Consolidated Publishing Company.
1914, 1935, 1938   The Catalog, Including Directory of Mines. Pittsburgh, PA: Keystone Consolidated Company, 1914, 1935, and 1938 editions.
Muller, Edward K.
1994  Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania: An Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial Sites, America's Industrial Heritage Project.   Historic American Buildings Survey / Historic American Engineering Record - Washington, D.C., National Park Service.
New Alexandria Bicentennial Committee.
1976  200 Years of History 1776-1976 in New Alexandria, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. - Latrobe, PA: D and Z Printers.
Primas, Pam
1999 Keystone State Park's "A Walk Through Time".  published in "Pennsylvania Recreation & Parks", 2nd Quarter 1999.  State College, PA:Pennsylvania Recreation & Park Society.
Salem No. 1 Mine Time Book
1930-33 Mine Forman's Time Book for Salem No. 1 Mine from October, 1930 - January,1933.  In the Collections of Peter E. Starry, Jr.
Salem Coke Works Time Book
1940  Coke works foreman time book for the Salem Coke Works for 1940.  In the collections of Peter E. Starry, Jr.
Sapovich, Stella
n.d.   Collection of Photographs of Salemville, PA.  Greensburg, PA: unpublished.
Starry, Joseph.
1991  Oral History Interviews - with Joseph Starry, 1990 with Steve Benzo.  printed in "Patriotic - Historical New Alexandria,"   Published by Stephen Benzo- New Alexandria, PA: Privately Printed.
1999  Oral History interview - with 85 year old Joseph Starry, 1999 with Raymond A. Washlaski.   New Alexandria, PA: unpublished manuscript.
Starry, Peter, Jr.
1998-1999  Oral History Interviews - with 79 year old Pete Starry, 1998-99. with Raymond A. Washlaski. New Alexandria, PA: unpublished manuscript.
n.d.   Pete Starry Photograph Collections, Salemville Mines of Keystone Coal and Coke Company.  New Alexandria, PA: unpublished.
Vucish, David
1999 E-mail correspondence with Ray Washlaski concerning the coal mines of Salemville. Nov. 1999.
Washington County Department of Environmental Resources.
n.d.    Mining Records.   McMurray, PA: Washington County Dept. of Environmental Resources Pennsylvania.
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