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Coal Miners Memorial
Florence Mine & Coke Works,
near Vance Mills,
Menallen Twp.,
Fayette County,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that mined the Bituminous Coal seams of the Florence Mine, 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
Florence Mine & Coke Works

Following is a partial list of the miners, coke workers, mine employees and company store employees that worked the Florence Mine & Coke Works, Vance Mill, 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 coal mines and 20,370 deaths in bituminous coal mines.

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COAL MINERS MEMORIAL
FLORENCE MINE & COKE WORKS

[ A ]
[ B ]
Boselager, Mike
(Russian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1914, Florence Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 25, married.);
(Injured. Leg fractured by a fall of coal at the face of a room, in the Florence Mine, June 11, 1914.)
[ C ]
[ D ]
Dedort, James
(Italian Miner, Company Man ca.1914, Florence Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 36, married, 5 children.);
(Killed. Instantly killed by a truck that he and three other men were dropping down to the tipple. Outside Florence Mine, March 5, 1914.)
[ E ]
[ F ]
Frank, Larry
(Italian Miner, Coal Loader ca.1914, Florence Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 21, married.);
(Injured. Two fingers and thumb blown off by explosion of blast at face of an entry, in the Florence Mine, March 21, 1914.)
[ G ]
Griffin, Fred
(Miner, ca.1918, Florence Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Fred Griffin of Florence mines is charged with the killing of Wade P. Herod on the night of November 10, 1918. The trouble is alleged to have started over a poker game staged in a pig pen. Herod, a friend of Griffin and a sectator, was killed when Griffin attemptd to shoot another man in a dispute over a quarter.[from the Daily Courier, Feb. 20, 1919].)
[ H ]
Heron, Wade P.
(Miner, ca.1918, Florence Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Killed. Fred Griffin of Florence mines is charged with the killing of Wade P. Herod on the night of November 10, 1918. The trouble is alleged to have started over a poker game staged in a pig pen. Herod, a friend of Griffin and a sectator, was killed when Griffin attemptd to shoot another man in a dispute over a quarter. [from the Daily Courier, Feb. 20, 1919].)
Huey, William
(American Miner, Pick Miner ca.1914, Florence Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 45, married, 4 children.);
(Killed. Instantly killed by a fall of bone coal at the face of a room, in the Florence Mine, May 8, 1914.)
Humphries, J. R.
(General Superintendent, ca.1900, Butes Run Coal & Coke Company, Ltd., Florence Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Humphries, R. J.
(General Superintendent, ca.1901, ca.1904, ca.1905, ca.1906, Butte Run Coal & Coke Company, Ltd., Vance Mills, PA, Florence Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Superintendent, ca.1903, ca.1904, ca.1905, ca.1906, of the Florence Mine, Fayette Co., PA, for Bute Run Coal & Coke Company, Vance Mills, PA.)
[ I ]
Ishock, Paul
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1905, Florence Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 25, single.);
(Killed. Crushed by a fall of slate, in the Florence Mine, Sept. 25, 1905.)
[ J ]
[ K ]
[ L ]
Linter, Charles
(Slavonian Mine, Coal Loader ca.1914, Florence Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 35, married.);
(Injured. Foot broken by a fall of coal at the face of a room, in the Florence Mine, Feb. 14, 1914.)

[ M ]
Madill, W. J.
(Superintendent, ca.1917, of the Florence Mine, Fayette Co., PA, for Youghiogheny Coal & Coke Company.)
Meehan, James A.
(General Superintendent, ca.1917, Youghiogheny Coal & Coke Company, Florence Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Metosovsky, Joseph
(Slavonian Miner, Machine Miner ca.1917, Florence Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 27, married, 3 children.);
(Killed. Instantly killed by a fall of slate at the face of a room while drilling a hole in the roof, in the Florence Mine, May 19, 1917.)
Middleton, F. E.
(Superintendent, ca.1916, of the Florence Mine, Fayette Co., PA, for Youghiogheny Coal & Coke Company.)
Musup, Mike
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1906, Florence Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 26, single.);
(Killed. Fatally injured by a fall of roof coal and slate, in the Florence Mine, Sept. 8, 1906.);
(Sept. 8, 1906, Mike Musup, Slavonian, miner, Florence Mine, was killed by a fall of coal and slate. He had started to cut a rib over when the fall occurred. Had he used good judgement the accident would not have happened.)
[ N ]
[ O ]
[ P ]
Pierce, Dave
(American Miner, Coal Loader ca.1914, Florence Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 24 married.);
(Injured. Leg fractured by a fall of coal at the face of an entry, in the Florence Mine, April 28, 1914.)
[ Q ]
[ R ]
Raffalo, Lowie
(Italian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1917, Florence Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 56, married, 2 children.);
(Killed. Instantly killed by runaway mine cars while walking along the side of the haulage plane. Outside the Florence Mine, Dec. 17, 1917.)
[ S ]
[ T ]
Tarr, Frank A.
(General Superintendent, ca.1913, ca.1916, Youghiogheny Coal Company, Florence Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
[ U ]
[ V ]
[ W ]
Welling, James
(Superintendent, ca.1913, of the Florence Mine, Fayette Co., PA, for Youghiogheny Coal Company.)
[ X ]
[ Y ]
[ Z ]

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