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Coal Miners Memorial
Gilmore No. 1 Mine & Coke Works,
Gilmore No. 2 Mine & Coke Works,
Gilmore / Smithfield,
Fayette County,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

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

Compiled & Edited by
Raymond A. Washlaski

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

Updated Aug. 23, 2009

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that Worked the
Gilmore Mines & Coke Works

Following is a partial list of the miners, coke workers, mine employees and company store employees that worked the Gilmore Mines & Coke Works, Gilmore / Smithfield, 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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COAL MINERS MEMORIAL
GILMORE MINES & COKE WORKS

[ A ]
Austin, R. W.
(General Superintendent, ca.1903, ca.1904, ca.1905, ca.1906, Gilmore Coke Company, Uniontown, PA, Gilmore Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
[ B ]
Brownfield, Ash
(American Miner, Timberman ca.1917, Gilmore No. 1 Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 35, married.);
(Injured. Kneecap badly cut by an axe while making timber. Outside the Gilmore No. 1 Mine, July 21, 1917.)
[ C ]
Calabris, Michael
(Miner, ca.1912, Gilmore Mine, Fayette Co., PA, married, wife Anna Balbi Calabris.)
Cetako, Mike
(Russian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1906, Gilmore Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 24, single.);
(Killed. Instantly killed. Head crushed by a fall of roof coal and slate, in the Gilmore Mine, Oct. 8, 1906.);
(Oct. 8, 1906, Mike Cetako, Russian, Miner, Glimore Mine, had his head crushed by a fall of roof coal and slate, while trying to pry some slate down that was hanging loose over the haulage road. Had he used good judgement, the accident could have been avoided.)
Chury, John
(Miner, Gilmore Mine, Fayette Co., PA, married, wife Catherine Janosik Chury, 9 children.);
(John Chury also worked at the Smiley Mine and Shoaf Mine.);
(d. age 44, ca.1947.)
[ D ]
Devaney, E. B.
(Superintendent, ca.1916, of the Gilmore Mine, Fayette Co., PA, for Gilmore Coke Company.)
[ E ]
[ F ]
[ G ]
Gilmore, Guy B.
(Superintendent, ca.1903, ca.1904, ca.1905, ca.1906, of the Gilmore Mine, Fayette Co., PA, for Gilmore Coke Company.)
(General Superintendent, ca.1912, ca.1913, ca.1916, ca.1917, Gilmore Coke Company, Uniontown, PA, Gilmore Mines, Fayette Co., PA.)
[ H ]
Horwat, Joe, Jr.
(Slavonian Miner Boy, Coke Works Employee ca.1917, Gilmore No. 1 Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 19, single.);
(Injured. Abdomen injured. While drawing coke the scraper broke and threw him to the ground. Outside the Gilmore No. 1 Mine, Aug. 30, 1917.)
[ I ]
[ J ]
[ K ]
[ L ]
[ M ]
McCarty, George
(American Miner, Mule Driver, Gilmore Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 50, married.);
(Injured. Carelessly slipped in the ditch and broke his leg, in the Gilmore Mine, Sept. 29, 1906.)
[ N ]

[ O ]

[ P ]
Pipos, Mike
(Slavonian Miner, Timberman ca.1916, Gilmore Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 39, married.);
(Injured. Internally injured by a fall of slate while assisting to make a fall in a rib, in the Gilmore Mine, July 18, 1916.)
Postingh, John
(Slavonian Miner, Mule Driver ca.1903, Gilmore Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 28, married.);
(Injured. Bruised about the head and body. Caught between a mine car and a rib, in the Gilmore Mine, Nov. 10, 1903.)

[ Q ]

[ R ]
Rerko, John
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1916, Gilmore Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 24, married.);
(Injured. Head and arm lacerated by a fall of slate at the face of a rib, in the Gilmore Mine, July 5, 1916.)

[ S ]
Shara, John
(Slavonian Miner, Horse Driver ca.1912, Gilmore No. 1 Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 21, single.);
(Killed. Instantly killed while trying to put an empty mine car on the track on an entry. It is supposed that the horse started while he was lifting the mine car, in the Gilmore No. 1 Mine, Aug. 7, 1912.)
Sukey, Steve
(Slavonian Miner, Mule Driver ca.1917, Gilmore No. 1 Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 40, married.);
(Injured. Foot fractured by mine cars on a heading, in the Gilmore Mine, Jan. 6, 1917.)
Sutton, Milt
(American Miner, Laborer ca.1917, Gilmore No. 1 Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 45, single.);
(Injured. Face, neck, arms and hands burned by a explosion of gas in a pump hole, in the Gilmore No. 1 Mine, Jan. 8, 1917.)
Swaney, Ewing B.
(Superintendent, ca.1912, ca.1913, ca.1917, of the Gilmore Nos. 1 & 2 Mines, Fayette Co., PA, for Gilmore Coke Company, Uniontown, PA.)

[ T ]
Toppy, Dominick
(Italian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1906, Gilmore Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 24, single.);
(Injured. A piece of coal fell from the side of the rib and broke his leg, in the Gilmore Mine, July 12, 1906.)

[ U ]

[ V ]
Vansickle, Elmer
(American Miner, Pick Miner ca.1916, Gilmore Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 27, single.);
(Injured. Leg broken by a fall of slate at the face of working place, in the Gilmore Mine, May 8, 1916.)
Vrabel, Martin
(Miner, Gilmore Mine, Fayette Co., PA, married, wife Mary Lesnak Vrabel.);
(Martin Vrabel also worked at the Elm Grove Mine, Juniata Mine, Bowood Mine, & Smiley Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Immigrated from Presov, Slovakia.)

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