Clarissa Mine & Coke Works, Vanderbilt, Dunbar Twp., Fayette Co., PA, USA

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Clarissa Mine & Coke Works,
Clarissa,
near Vanderbilt,
Dunbar Twp.,
Fayette County,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

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

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

Updated Aug. 30, 2009

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Clarissa, Dunbar Twp., Fayette Co., PA
[A coal company patch town in Dunbar Twp., Fayette County, Pennsylvania.]
[Clarissa is located near Vanderbilt, Fayette Co., PA
See: Clarissa Mine & Coke Works, Clarissa, Dunbar Twp., Fayette Co., PA

Clarissa Mine & Coke Works (ca.1885- ? ),
Located near Vanderbilt, Fayette Co., PA. The Mine was located on the Pittsburgh, McKeesport & Youghiogheny Railroad, later the P. & L. E. Railroad, near Vanderbilt, Clarissa, Dunbar Twp., Fayette Co., PA.
[Clarissa was a drift entry mine.]
[Clarissa Coke Works contained 108 bee-hive coke ovens ca.1889 and ca.1910.]
Owners: (ca.1885- ? ), James Cochran & Sons Company, Vanderbilt, PA
   (ca.1898- ? ), James Cochran, Sons & Company, Dawson, PA
(ca.1905-   ? ), James Cochran, Sons & Company, Dawson, PA
(ca.1910-   ? ), Jas. Cochran & Company, Vanderbilt, PA

Coal Miners Memorial Clarissa Mine,
Clarissa, Dunbar Twp., Fayette Co., PA

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