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| Dearth Mine & Coke Works
(ca.1907- ? ), Located about five miles west of Uniontown, south of Route 40, in the Klondike Region of the Connellsville Coke Region, Dearth, Menallen Twp., Fayette Co., PA [Dearth Coke Works contained 250 coke ovens ca.1916] Owners: (ca.1907- ? ), H.C. Frick Coke Company, Scottdale, PA |
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| A portion of the ca.1900 topographical map
of the Masontown 15 min. quad. shows a Dearth, west of Buffington, in German
Twp., Fayette County. The Dearth in German Township, which was located west
of Buffington in ca.1900 was renamed Dearthtown (Hibbs P.O.) after the coal
mining patch town of Dearth, Menallen Township, was built ca.1907. (Map courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, D.C.) |
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| A portion of the ca.1935 U. S. G. S. topographical map
of the Masontown 15min. quad., shows the coal patch town of Dearth, developed
in 1907, east of Buffington in Menallen Township, Fayette Co., PA
(Map courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, D.C.) |
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| A ca.1912 photo of a young girl removing
the large loafs of bread from a Beaver Tail bake oven with a long wooden
at Dearth. Note the wooden roof and what looks like tin or
canvas sides to protect the mud covered bake oven from the
weather. (Photo courtesy of the Coal & Coke Heritage Center, Penn State University Fayette Campus, Uniontown, PA, and Evelyn A. Hovanec's book, "Common Lives of Uncommon Strength:".) |
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| Grandmother and granddaughter feeding the chickens
and some of the outbuildings at the Dearth patch ca.1940. (Photo courtesy of the Leslie Squires Collection, and Evelyn A. Hovanec's book, "Common Lives of Uncommon Strength:" the Coal & Coke Heritage Center, Penn State University Fayette Campus, Uniontown, PA.) |
| "Coal Miners
Memorial, Dearth Mine & Coke Works, Dearth, Menallen Twp., Fayette County, Pennsylvania" |
| Support the Coal & Coke Heritage
Center, a non-profit research center and museum. Want to know more about the women who lived in the coal patch towns? You need this book. One of the few studies done on the women of the coal & coke era. Common lives of Uncommon Strength: The Women of the Coal & Coke Era of Southwestern Pennsylvania 1880-1970 Complied, written and edited by: Evelyn A. Hovanec, PhD Voices of the women tell unique stores of the coal and coke era, plus vintage photographs, documents, maps, and newspaper articles. Hardcover $35.00 Soft cover $25.00 Add $5.00 shipping / handling. Send Check or money order to: Coal & Coke Heritage Center, Penn State University Fayette Campus P.O. Box 519, Uniontown, PA 15401 |
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