Elm Grove Mine & Coke Works, Elm Grove, Franklin Twp., Fayette Co., PA, USA

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Elm Grove Mine & Coke Works,
Elm Grove,
Franklin Twp.,
Fayette County,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

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

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Raymond A. Washlaski, Historian, Editor,
Ryan P. Washlaski, Technical Advisor,
Peter E. Starry, Jr. "The Old Miner."

Updated May 30, 2006

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Elm Grove Mine & Coke Works (ca.1892- ? ),
Located near Bitner and Juniataville, north of Uniontown, and west of Leisenring, on the Baltimore & Ohio Short Line Railroad, Elm Grove, Franklin Twp., Fayette Co., PA
[Elm Grove Coke Works contained 200 Merchant coke ovens ca.1916, located in the Connellsville Coke Region.]
Owners: (ca.1892- ? ), W. J. Rainey Company, Uniontown, PA
(ca.1894- ? ), W. J. Rainey Company, Uniontown, PA
(ca.1898- ? ), W. J. Rainey Company, Uniontown, PA

A portion of a ca.1900 Pennsylvania Fayette County Uniontown 15 min. Quad. topographical map of the Elm Grove Area of Fayette County, showing the Elm Grove Mine & Coke Works, plus the settlement around the mine, as well as the Baltimore & Ohio Short Line Railroad Branch line that served the Elm Grove Mine & Coke Works.
(Map courtesy of the U.S.Geological Survey, Washington, D.C.)

"Coal Miners Memorial, Elm Grove Mine & Coke Works
Elm Grove, Franklin Twp., Fayette County, Pennsylvania"

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