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| Clinton Mine & Coke Works
(ca.1889- ? ) Located on the Mt. Pleasant Branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Owensdale, Upper Tyrone Twp., Fayette Co., PA. [Clinton Coke Works contained 44 coke ovens ca.1889.] [The Clinton Mine is to be connected to the Valley Mine & the Tip-Top Mine ca.1889, and the coal taken out through these mines, and the Clinton Mine abandoned.] Owners: (ca.1889- ? ), H.C. Frick Coke Company, Scottdale, PA |
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| The following information on the Clinton
Mine is taken from the "Report of the Inspectors of Mines of the Anthracite
and Bituminous Coal Regions of Pennsylvania, for the year 1889." Clinton Mine. Located on the Mt. Pleasant branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, now owned by the H.C. Frick Coke Company. This mine will in all probablility, be abandoned and the coal taken out from the Valley and Tip-Top mines of this company. (Report Inspectors of Mines,1890:358.) |
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