Coal Miners Memorial Dearth No. 1 & No. 2 Mines, Dearth, Menallen Twp., Fayette Co., PA, U.S.A.

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Coal Miners Memorial
Dearth No. 1 Mine & Coke Works,
Dearth No. 2 Mine,
Dearth,
Menallen Twp.,
Fayette County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

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

Compiled & Edited by
Raymond A. Washlaski

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

Updated Sept. 21, 2008

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that Worked the
Dearth Mines

Following is a partial list of the miners, coke workers, mine employees and company store employees that worked the Dearth Mines, Dearth, 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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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
DEARTH MINES

[ A ]
[ B ]
[ C ]
Collins, Bruce
(Miner, ca.1913, Dearth Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
[ D ]
[ E ]
Emody, Frank
(Slavonian Miner, Scraper ca.1916, Dearth No. 1 Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 21, single.);
(Injured. Leg broken. Caught by a mining machine at the face of the working place, in the Daerth No. 1 Mine, Sept. 9, 1916.)
[ F ]
Field, W. S.
(Superintendent, ca.1916, of the Dearth No. 1 Mine & Dearth No. 2 Mine, Fayette Co., PA, for H.C. Frick Coke Company, married, wife Mary Ellen Riffle Field.);
(Relocated to Philadelphia, PA.)
(See also: Field, William S.)
Field, William S.
(See: Field, W. S. )
[ G ]
Gabor, Mike
(Miner, ca.1913, Dearth Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Gates, John W.
(Miner, ca.1913, Dearth Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Goshue, Thomas
(Miner, ca.1913, Dearth Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
[ H ]
[ I ]
[ J ]
[ K ]
Kelley, A. B.
(Superintendent, ca.1913, of the Dearth Mines, Fayette Co., PA, for H.C. Frick Coke Company.)
[ L ]
Leacy, Mr.
(Miner, ca.1913, Dearth Mine, Fayette Co., PA, married.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 33, Dearth, PA, ca.1913.)
Leary, Mr.
(Miner, ca.1914, Dearth Mines, Fayette Co., PA, married, wife Catherine Leary.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 31, Dearth, PA, ca.1914.)
Lynch, Clay F.
(General Superintendent, ca.1916, H.C. Frick Coke Company, Dearth No. 1 & No. 2 Mines, Fayette Co., PA.)
[ M ]
Marizole, Patrick
(Miner, ca.1913, Dearth Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 35, Dearth, PA, ca.1913.)
Marko, John
(Slavonian Miner, Laborer ca.1916, Dearth No. 1 Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 21, single.);
(Injured. Leg broken by a fall of lsate at the face of a room, in the Dearth No. 1 Mine, Jan. 22, 1916.)
[ N ]

[ O ]
[ P ]
Patterson, Clarence
(Superintendent, ca.1913, of the Dearth No. 1 Mine, Fayette Co., PA, for H.C. Frick Coke Company.)
Petno, Joe
(Miner, ca.1914, Dearth Mines, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 36, Dearth, PA, ca.1914.)
[ Q ]
[ R ]
Roll, James
(Miner, ca.1913, Dearth Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
[ S ]
Shields, J. M.
(Superintendent, ca.1914, of the Dearth Mines and Coke Works, Fayette Co., PA, for H.C. Frick Coke Company.)
Spechock, Andy
(Slavonian Miner, Trackman ca.1916, Dearth No. 1 Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 21, single.);
(Injured. Spine injured by a fall of slate at the face of a room pillar, in the Dearth No. 1 Mine, April 5, 1916.)
[ T ]
Tomasek, Richard
(American Miner, Scraper ca.1913, Dearth No. 1 Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 22, single.);
(Injured. Leg bruised by the cutter chain of the mining machine at the face of a room, in the Dearth No. 1 Mine, Feb. 18, 1913.)
[ U ]
[ V ]
Vosenlik, Steve
(See: Voznelik, Steve.)
Voznelik [Vosenlik], Steve
(Miner, ca.1913, ca.1914, Dearth Mines, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 87, Dearth, PA, ca.1913, ca.1914.)
[ W ]
White, Peter
(Miner, ca.1913, Dearth Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
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