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Coal Miners Memorial
Craig Dell Mines,

New Kensington, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that mined the Bituminous Coal seams of the Craig Dell Mine, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Compiled & Edited by
Raymond A. Washlaski

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

Updated Nov. 20, 2008

A Memorial Honor Roll for the Coal Miners that Worked the
Craig Dell Mines


Following is a partial listing of the miners, mine employees and company store employees that worked the Craig Dell Mines, Craig Dell, New Kensington, Westmoreland Co., PA.  The coal miners names have been researched and complied from various sources by Raymond A. Washlaski, Historian: newspaper obits, newspaper articles, Pennsylvania Bureau of Mines Reports, township histories, and names of coal miners submitted by various people, etc..
The Nationalities listed for various miners, are taken directly from "Report of the Department of Mines of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA" as reported for the various years.  Those listed as American, could be either native born or naturalized citizens.
Can you add additional Coal Miner's names to this Coal Miners Memorial Honor Roll? e-mail   "The Old Miner" Editor, Ray Washlaski
Since 1870, Pennsylvania's Annual Report on Mining Activities has recorded 51,483 deaths from mining accidents-- 31,113 deaths in anthracite mines and 20,370 deaths in bituminous mines.

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Please donate any mine records, mine maps or copies of them, pictures of the mines, pictures of miners, stories about the miners, mine memorabilia, books on mining, or tax deductable monetary donations to:
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PA Rt. 119, P.O. Box 519, Uniontown, PA 15401

COAL MINERS MEMORIAL
CRAIG DELL MINES
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Boyd, H. W.
(General Superintendent, ca.1904, ca.1905, Hamilton Coal Mining Company, Tarentum, PA, Craig Dell Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
Boyd, Harry H.
(General Superintendent, ca.1906, Hamilton Coal Mining Company, Tarentum, PA, Craig Dell Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
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Crawford, Robert
(Superintendent, ca.1906, Crag Dell Mine, Westmoreland Co.,PA, for Hamilton Coal Mining Company, Tarentum, PA.)
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Kyte, John C.
(General Superintendent, ca.1900, Hamilton Coal Mining Company, Crag-Dell Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA.)
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Martin, Dennis
(Irish Miner, ca.1907, Crag Dell Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, Age 44, married.);
(Injured.  Thigh crushed by being squeezed between a mine motor and a rib on the haulage road.  He was riding on the motor and fell off, in the Crag Dell Mine, Oct. 3, 1907.)
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Spotoro, Domonic
(Italian Miner, Coal Loader ca.1905, Craig Dell Mine, Westmoreland Co., PA, Age 26, married.);
(Injured.  Back injured by a fall of slate.  He failed to take down the slate a shot had loosened and he began to work under it, in the Craig Dell Mine, April 18, 1905.)
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