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Coal Miners Memorial
Buffington Mine & Coke Works,
Buffington,
Menallen Twp.,
Fayette County,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that mined the Bituminous Coal seams of the Buffington Mine, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Compiled & Edited by
Raymond A. Washlaski

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

Updated Sept. 2, 2009

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that Worked the
Buffington Mine & Coke Works

Following is a partial list of the miners, coke workers, mine employees and company store employees that worked the Buffington Mine & Coke Works, Buffington, Menallen Twp., Fayette 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.
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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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COAL MINERS MEMORIAL
BUFFINGTON MINE & COKE WORKS
[ A ]
Ament, Jacob
(Miner, ca.1919, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(A Member of the Buffington Mine Rescue Team, ca.1919.)
[ B ]
Babbits, Frank
(Slavonian Miner, Mule Driver ca.1905, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 23, single.);
(Injured.  Injured about the body by a mine car, in the Buffington Mine, June 1, 1905.)
Bagovich, Joseph
(Miner, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, married.);
(Lived at Coal Company House No. 95, Third St., Buffington, PA.)
Barnch, Mike
(Slavonian Miner Boy, Pick Miner ca.1906, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 19, single.);
(Injured.  Knee sprained, caused by the engineer letting the hoisting cage down too suddenly and heavily on the shaft bottom, in the Buffington Mine, Aug. 2, 1906.)
Berk, Anthony
(Irish Miner, Roadman ca.,1901, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 40, married.);
(Injured.  Painfully bruised by a fall of slate, in the Buffington Mine, Aug. 24, 1901.)
Blindas, John
(Miner, ca.1919, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(A Member of the Buffington Mine Rescue Team, ca.1919.)
Boyd, Benton
(Superintendent, ca.1903, of the Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, for H.C. Frick Coke Company, married, wife Nora Lewis Boyd.)
Bremenour, Peter
(Slavonian Miner, Mule Driver ca.1906, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 20, single.);
(Injured.  Leg broken by a fall of slate, in the Buffington Mine, Feb. 14, 1906.)
Brennen, J. P.
(General Superintendent, ca.1900, Eureka Fuel Company, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Britz, Joseph
(Hungarian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1906, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 29, married, 1 child.);
(Killed.  Instantly killed by a fall of coal while taking out small stumps, in the Buffington Mine, Sept. 19, 1906.);
(Sept. 19, 1906, Steven Kopla and Joseph Britz, Hungarian, miners, were instantly killed at Buffington Mine.  They were digging out stumps of coal when the coal fell on them.)
[ C ]
Callen, John
(Slavonian Miner, Mule Driver ca.1903, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 25, single.);
(Killed.  Seriously injured between mine car and a rib, in the Buffington Mine, July 18, 1903.  He died three hours later.)
Casto, Charles
(Slavonian Miner, Mule Driver ca.1903, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 26, single.);
(Injured.  Bruised about the body.  Caught between mine car and a mine post, in the Buffington Mine, Oct. 6, 1903.)
Cilen, Frank
(Miner, ca.1910, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, married, wife Mary Cilen.)
Clako, Joseph
(Polish Miner, Pick Miner ca.1906, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 34, married.);
(Injured.  Leg bruised, caused by the engineer letting the hoisting cage down too suddenly and heavily on the shaft bottom, in the Buffington Mine, Aug. 2, 1906.)
Clako, Mike
(Polish Miner, Pick Miner ca.1906, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 47, married.);
(Injured.  Leg bruised, caused by the engineer letting the hoisting cage down too suddenly and heavily on the shaft bottom, in the Buffington Mine, Aug. 2, 1906.)
Clark, Sebastian
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1906, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 35, married.);
(Injured. Arm broken.  Caught between a mine car and rib, in the Buffington Mine, March 15, 1906.)
Clingerman, W. H.
(General Superintendent, ca.1905, ca.1913, H.C. Frick Coke Company, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Conneal, Martin
(Miner, ca.1913, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 180, Buffington, PA, ca.1913.)
Corrass, George
(Horwat Miner, Company Man ca.1913, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 41, married, 4 children.);
(Killed.  Fatally injured by mine cars.  While oiling the rollers on the main rope haulageway he was struck by the loaded rope trip about 800 feet from the shaft.  He probably misjudged the distance of the approaching trip, in the Buffington Mine, Nov. 14, 1913.)
[ D ]
[ E ]
[ F ]
Fallacher, William
(American Miner, Machine Runner ca.1901, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 28, married.);
(Injured.  Leg fractured by a fall of slate, in the Buffington Mine, Nov. 2, 1901.)
Ferguson, William
(American Miner, Pumper ca.1900, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 26, single.);
(Killed.  While repairing a leak in a pipe line he slipped from the timbers and fell down the mine shaft and was drowned, the shaft having about 200 feet of water in it, in the Buffington Mine, Dec 12, 1900.)
Figas, Joseph
(Miner, ca.1917, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, married.);
(Lived in coal company House No.7, Buffington, PA, ca.1917.)
Fishell, John
(American Miner, Mule Driver ca.1904, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 29, married.);
(Injured.  Hand crushed by mine cars, in the Buffington Mine, Dec. 15, 1904.)
[ G ]
[ H ]
Hart, James
(Superintendent, ca.1905, ca.1912, ca.1910, ca.1913, ca.1916, of the Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, for H.C. Frick Coke Company, married, wife Mrs. Payton Hart.)
Hoke, Christ
(Miner, ca.1919, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(A Member of the Buffington Mine Rescue Team, ca.1919.)
Holloway, Benjamin
(American Miner, Mule Driver ca.1904, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 28, married, 3 children.);
(Kiled.  Instantly killed.  Crushed between a mine car and a coal rib, in the Buffington Mine, Dec. 19, 1904.)
Hutchinson, Thomas
(Miner, ca.1913, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 174, Buffington, PA, ca.1913.)
Hyde, Frank
(Miner, ca.1919, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(A Member of the Buffington Mine rescue Team, ca.1919.)
[ I ]
[ J ]
Jones, George Edward
(Black Miner, ca.1942, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, married.)
[ K ]
Kasimir, Steve
(Miner, ca.1913, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 95, Buffington, PA, ca.1913.)
Kearney, Thomas Peter
(Irish Miner, Coke Oven Leveler, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Kennedy, O. W.
(General Superintendent, ca.1901, Southwest Connellsville Coke Company, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(General Superintendent, ca.1903, H.C. Frick Coke Company, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Kode, Joseph
(Hungarian Miner, Laborer ca.1903, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 35, single.);
(Injured.  Bruised about the body by falling slate, in the Buffibgton Mine, Oct. 19, 1903.)
Kominsky, Joe
(Miner, ca.1913, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 172, Buffington, PA, ca.1913.)
Kopla, Steven
(Hungarian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1906, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 20, single.);
(Killed.  Instantly killed by a fall of coal while taking out small stumps, in the Buffington Mine, Sept. 19, 1906.);
(Sept. 19, 1906, Steven Kopla and Joseph Britz, Hungarian, miners, were instantly killed at Buffington Mine.  They were digging out stumps of coal when the coal fell on them.)
Korarba, Lladislav
(Miner, ca.1910 - 1922, Buffington Mine, Buffington, Fayette Co., PA, married.);
(Moved to Allison No. 1 during the ca.1922 coal miners strike.);
(d. ca.1934.)
Koses, Andrew
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1903, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 24, single.);
(Injured.  Seriously burned by a premature blast, in the Buffington Mine, April 21, 1903.)
Kunts, John
(Polish Miner, Pick Miner ca.1904,  Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 27, single.);
(Injured.  Cut and bruised about the head, in the buffington Mine, June 1, 1904.)
[ L ]
Lawrence, Henry
(Slavonian Miner, Laborer ca.1906, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 27, married, 1 child.);
(Killed.  Fatally injured.  Struck on the back by a fall of slate, in the Buffington Mine, Feb. 23, 1906.);
(Feb. 23, 1906, Henry Lawrence, Slavonian, laborer, was fatally injured by a fall of slate at Buffington Mine.  He was helping a roadman to put in a curve when slate gave way from the side, striking him across the back.  He died 12 hours later.)
Leshko, Morris
(Miner, ca.1917, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No.189, Buffington, PA, ca.1917.)
Luciak, George "July"
(Miner, ca.1910, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(A boarder of Frank & Mary Cilen, Buffington, Pa, ca. 1910.)
Lynch, Clay F.
(General Superintendent, ca.1916, H.C. Frick Coke Company, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
[ M ]
Marinko, Andrew
(Austrian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1904, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 23, married.);
(Injured.  Leg cut and arm brusied, in the Buffington Mine, Aug. 18, 1904.)
McSloy, John
(Miner, Mine Foreman ca.1911, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Moved to the Filbert Mine, Fayette Co., PA, ca.1912.)
Metz , George W.
(Bookkeeper at the Buffington Mine Office, Buffington, Fayette Co., PA.)
Morish, Steve
(Slavonian Miner, Mule Driver ca.1903, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 20, single.);
(Injured.  Leg broken.  Caught between the bumpers of mine cars, in the Buffington Mine, Aug. 2, 1903.)
Moxin, John
(American Miner, Mue Driver ca.1904, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 27, single.);
(Injured.  Foot crushed by mine cars, in the Buffington Mine, Dec. 21, 1904.)
Murray, Patrick
(Miner, ca.1917, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, married.);
(Lived in coal company House No.196, Buffington, PA, ca.1917.)
Murry, Michael
(American Miner, Mule Driver ca.1916, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 23, single.);
(Injured.  Jaw bone broken.  Kicked by a mule on an entry, in the Buffington Mine, March 23, 1916.)
Myslewski, J. M.
(Miner, ca.1919, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(A Member of the Buffington Mine rescue Team, ca.1919.)
[ N ]
Nagy, John
(Miner, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Nevels, Samuel
(American Miner, Laborer ca.1903, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 26, single.);
(Killed.  Instantly killed by a piece of slate falling on him, in the Buffington Mine, June 18, 1903.)
Newatine, John
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1906, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 33, married.);
(Injured.  Leg broken below the knee, caused by the engineer letting the hoisting cage down too suddenly and heavily on the shaft bottom, in the Buffington Mine, Aug. 2, 1906.)
[ O ]
Ondryko, Mike
(Miner, ca.1919, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(A Member of the Buffington Mine Rescue Team, ca.1919.)
[ P ]
Pabolo, Joe
(Polish Miner Boy, Coke Works Employee ca.1913, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 18, single.);
(Killed.  Fatally injured by railroad cars on the coke yard track, outside the Buffington Mine, July 19, 1913.  Died in the hospital July 20, 1913.)
Perrot, Martin
(Polish Miner, Pick Miner ca.1904, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 28, married.);
(Injured.  Badly bruised about the head and body, in the Buffington Mine, Sept. 14, 1904.)
Petro, Paul
(Magyar Miner, Pick Miner ca.1904, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 38, married.);
(Injured.  Leg broken by an iron rail falling on it, in the Buffington Mine, June 30, 1904.)
Pickard, M. F.
(Superintendent, ca.1901, of the Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, for Southwest Connellsville Coke Company.)
Planiczka, Joseph
(Polish Miner, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, married.);
(Lived at Coal Company House No. 92, on Third St., Buffington, PA.);
(Family history states that Joseph Planiczka died after he was beaten and robbed on his way home from the local tavern.);
(b. ca.1883 - d. ca.1957.)
Polo, Vincent
(Magyar Miner, Pick Miner ca.1913, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 30, married.);
(Injured.  Left leg broken between knee and ankle by a fall of slate in a rib while setting a mine post under it, in the Buffington Mine, Oct. 24, 1913.)
[ Q ]
[ R ]
Raidman, Max
(German Miner, Laborer ca.1903, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 30, married.);
(Injured.  Bruised about the body by falling slate, in the Buffington Mine, May 21, 1903.)
Rocosky, Joe
(Miner, ca.1917, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No.176, Buffington, PA, ca.1917.)
[ S ]
Sabo, Anthony
(Slavonian Miner, Mule Driver ca.1906, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 23, single.);
(Injured.  Slightly squeezed.  Caught between two mine cars, in the Buffington Mine, Oct. 30, 1906.)
Sanders, William
(Hungarian Miner Boy, Helper ca.1906, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 18, single.);
(Killed.  Fatally injured.  In attempting to jump on a passing trip he fell with his legs under the mine cars, in the Buffington Mine, Dec, 7, 1906.
Shimscheck, Tony
(Hungarian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1906, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 24, single.);
(Injured. Ankle bone broken by a fall of coal, in the Buffington Mine, Sept. 11, 1906.)
Sickard, M. F.
(Superintendent, ca.1900, of the Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, for Eureka Fuel Company.)
Smith, Frank
(Miner, ca.1913, ca.1917, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 177, Buffington, PA, ca.1913, ca.1917.)
Smith, Frank
(Miner, ca.1913, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 134, Buffington, PA, ca.1913.)
Spahar, Mike
(Austrian Mine, Pick Miner ca.1904, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 31, married, 4 children.);
(Killed.  Instantly killed by a fall of roof coal and slate, in the Buffington Mine, Dec. 15, 1904.)
[ T ]
Terkish, Steven
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1906, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 23, single.);
(Injured. Ankle Sprained, caused by the engineer letting the hoisting cage down too suddenly and heavily on the shaft bottom, in the Buffington Mine, Aug. 2, 1906.)
Thordice, Jim
(Hungarian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1905, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 40, single.);
(Injured.  Cut and bruised about the body by falling slate, in the Buffington Mine, Dec. 5, 1905.)
[ U ]
[ V ]
[ W ]
Winning, August
(German Miner, Mule Driver ca.1903, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 30, married.);
(Injured.  Small finger cut off.  He fell, throwing his hand under a moving mine car, in the Buffington Mine, Dec. 16, 1903.)
Woyzniak, John
(Miner, ca.1917, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, married.);
(Lived in company House No.139, Buffington, PA, ca.1917.)
[ X ]
[ Y ]
Yabonki, Louis
(Hungarian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1906, Buffington Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 29, married, 1 child.);
(Killed.  Fatally injured by a fall of draw slate, in the Buffington Mine, Nov. 10, 1906.);
(Nov. 10, 1906, Louis Yabonki, Hungarian, miner, was fatally injured by a fall of slate at the Buffington Mine.  He was drawing stumps and had taken down all loose slate.  While loading a piece of draw slate fell and struck him, breaking his neck.  He died twenty minutes later.)
[ Z ]
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