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Coal Miners Memorial
Fort Hill Mine & Coke Works,
Fort Hill, near Dawson,
Fayette County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that mined the Bituminous Coal seams of the Fort Hill Mine, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Compiled & Edited by
Raymond A. Washlaski

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

Updated Aug. 30, 2009

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that Worked the
Fort Hill Mine & Coke Works

Following is a partial list of the miners, coke workers, mine employees and company store employees that worked the Fort Hill Mine & Coke Works, Fort Hill, Dawson, 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
FORT HILL MINE & COKE WORKS

[ A ]
[ B ]
Beatty, George
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1886, Fort Hill Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 42, married.);
(Injured. Head bruised by being caught between the mine dcars, caused by careless driving, in the Fort Hill Mine, April 16, 1886.)
Blowish, Anthony
(Polish Miner, Pick Miner ca.1906, Fort Hill Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 40, married, 4 children.);
(Killed. Killed instantly by a fall of roof, in the Fort Hill Mine, Sept. 5, 1906.)
[ C ]
[ D ]
Demorski, John
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1895, Fort Hill Mine, Rainey Works, near Dawson, Fayette Co., PA, Age 25, single.);
(Injured. Injured in the Rainey Works, Jan. 3, 1893, and did not get it treated until Jan., 1895. [from "The Connellsville Courier," Connellsville, PA, Jan. 4, 1895.].)
[ E ]
[ F ]
[ G ]
[ H ]
Henderson, J. B.
(Superintendent, ca.1900, ca.1901, ca.1903, ca.1905, ca.1912, ca.1913, of the Fort Hill Mine, Fayette Co., PA, for W. J. Rainey Company, Uniontown, PA.)
[ I ]
[ J ]
[ K ]
[ L ]
Louden, Thomas
(Miner, Pit Boss ca.1891, Fort Hill Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
[ M ]
Marava, John
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1904, Fort Hill Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 28, married.);
(Injured. Collar bone broken and otherwise injured by mine cars, in the Fort Hill Mine, Feb. 4, 1904.)
Mickes, George
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1898, Fort Hill Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 21, single.);
(Killed. Fatally injured by being caught between an empty mine wagon and a rib, in the Fort Hill Mine, Feb. 25, 1898.);
(George Mickes came by his death at Fort Hill Mine on Feb. 25, 1898, by being caught by an empty mine wagon on No. 5 flat. It was the last trip and they expected to load their mine wagons quickly and go home, so they were out in the entry when the empty trip was coming. George was in a man hole, and hearing the wagon coming prepared to put in a sprag, but the front wagon got off the track before it reach where he was standing, and ran towards him and caught him between the rib, fracturing his skull; he never regained consciousness; he died next day, 24 hours after the accident.)
Mitchell, A. A.
(Superintendent, ca.1916, ca.1917, of the Fort Hill Mine, Fayette Co., PA, for W.J. Rainey Company.)
Mitchell, T. J.
(Superintendent, ca.1889, ca.1898, of the Fort Hill Mine, Fayette Co., PA, for W. J. Rainey Company.);
(General Superintendent, ca.1900, ca.1901, ca.1903, ca.1905, W. J. Rainey Company, Fort Hill Mine.)
[ N ]

[ O ]
[ P ]
Payne, William
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1889, Fort Hill Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 35);
(Killed. Ribs broken and injured internally by a fall of roof, in the Fort Hill Mine, Jan. 2, 1889, causing his death on the 18th inst. After fifteen days of suffering.)
[ Q ]
[ R ]
Rohn, Simon
(American Miner, Pick Miner ca.1904, Fort Hill Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 27, married, 2 children.);
(Killed. Instantly kiled by a fall of roof. He was taking out mine posts, in the Fort Hill Mine, March 21, 1904.)
Sloan, William
(Miner, Mine Foreman ca.1898, Moreland & Fort Hill Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
[ S ]
Stewart, Scott
(General Superintendent, ca.1912, W. J. Rainey Company, Uniontown, PA, Fort Hill Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Stullets, Mike
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1901, Fort Hill Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 22, single.);
(Killed. Instantly killed by a fall of roof, in the Fort Hill Mine, Feb. 9, 1901. He and his partner were just commencing to knock out the posts when it fell on him. There was no one near but his partner who had to run out of the mine for the mine foreman, and it was some time before he could get enough men to go in the mine, when they found his body.)
[ T ]
[ U ]
[ V ]
[ W ]
Williard, L. L.
(General Superintendent, ca.1916, ca.1917, W. J. Rainey Company, Fort Hill Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Worts, Daniel
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1889, Fort Hill Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 62, married.);
(Injured. Thigh broken in two places and cut on head by falling roof, in the Fort Hill Mine, Nov. 19, 1889.)
[ X ]
[ Y ]
[ Z ]
Zovetchin, Joseph
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1906, Fort Hill Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 30, married.);
(Injured. Leg fractured and back injured by a fall of roof, in the Fort Hill Mine, Jan. 25, 1906.)

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A special thanks to Glen Dixon, Researcher, for his research in the "Connellsville Courier" Connellsville, PA newspaper and other newspapers of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and the addition of many of the miners names from Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

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