[This listing of coal mines and coal companies has been researched and complied from various sources by Raymond A. Washlaski, Historian: newspaper articles, Pennsylvania Bureau of Mines Reports, county histories, township histories, Pennsylvania Geological Survey reports, topographical maps, personnal accounts of coal miners, etc., etc.]
Very few coal company employee records exist today.  Most Coal Company employee records have been lost or destroyed after the mines were closed. If you have mine records or know of the location of coal company employee records please let us know.

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J. D. Boyd Coal Company, Smock, PA
See: Elenora Mine, Fayette Co., PA
        Smock No. 1 Mine & Coke Works, Fayette Co., PA
        Smock No. 2 Mine & Coke Works, Fayette Co., PA
See also: Boyd Coal Company, Smock, PA

J. D. Sherrick & Company, Pennsville, PA
See: Pennsville Mine, Fayette Co., PA
See also: Sherrick & Company, Pennsville, PA

J. H. Sherrick Company, Pennsville, PA
See: Pennsville Mine, Fayette Co., PA

J. H. Dunn Company, Uniontown, PA
See: Liberty Mine, Fayette Co., PA
See also: Dunn Company, Uniontown, PA

J. H. Somers Fuel Company, Belle-Vernon, PA
See: Cleveland Mine, Fayette Co., PA
See also: Somers Fuel Company, Belle-Vernon, PA

J. M. Schoonmaker Coke Company, Brownfield, Fayette Co., PA
See: Redstone Mine & Coke Works (Brownfield Mine & Coke Works), Brownfield, Fayette Co., PA
       Jimtown Mine & Coke Works, Fayette Co., PA
       Sterling No. 1 Mine, Sterling No. 1, Lower Tyrone Twp., Fayette Co., PA
       Sterling No. 2 Mine, Dawson, Lower Tyrone Twp., Fayette Co., PA
See also: H.C. Frick Coke Company, Scottdale, PA
              Schoonmaker Coke Company, Brownfield, PA

J. R. Carothers Company, Uniontown, PA
See: Annamyra Mine, Fayette Co., PA
See also: Carothers Company, Uniontown, PA

J. R. Stauffer Coke Company, Scottdale, PA
See: Dexter Mine & Coke Works, Fayette Co., PA
See also: Stauffer Coke Company, Scottdale, PA

J. R. Stouffer & Company, Scottdale, PA
See: Dexter Mine & Coke Works, Fayette Co., PA
See also: Stouffer & Company, Scottdale, PA

J. R. Torrence Company,
See: Coal Brook Mine & Coke Works, Coalbrook, Connellsville Twp., Fayette Co., PA
See also: Torrence Company,

J. Soisson Brick Company, Connellsville, PA
See: India Mine, India, West Wheatfield Twp., Indiana Co., PA
See also: Soisson Brick Company, Connellsville, PA

J. W. Moore Coke Company,
See: Brownfield Mine & Coke Works (Redstone Mine & Coke Works), Fayette Co., PA
See also: Moore Coke Company,

J. W. Overholt Company, Scottdale, PA
See: Emma No. 2 Mine, near Scottdale, Fayette Co., PA
See also: Overholt Company, Scottdale, PA

Jackson, Lower Tyron Twp., Fayette Co., PA
[A coal company patch town in Lower Tyrone Twp., Fayette County, Pennsylvania.]
See: Jackson Mine & Coke Works, Jackson, Lower Tyron Twp., Fayette Co., PA

Jackson Hill, Lower Tyrone Twp., Fayette Co. PA
[A coal company patch town in Lower Tyrone Twp., Fayette County, Pennsylvania.]
[Jackson Hill is located near Dawson, Fayette Co., PA.]
See: Jackson Hill Mine, Jackson Hill, Lower Tyron Twp., Fayette Co., PA

Jackson Hill Mine, Jackson, Lower Tyrone Twp., Fayette Co., PA
See: Jackson Mine & Coke Works, Jackson. Lower Tyron Twp., Fayette Co., PA

Jackson Mine & Coke Works
(Jackson Hill Mine) (ca.1864-  ?  ), located on the Pittsburg & Connellsville Railroad, later it became the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, near Dawson, Jackson, Lower Tyrone Twp., Fayette Co., PA
[Jackson Coke Works contained 63 bee-hive coke ovens ca.1875.]
[Jackson Coke Works contained 64 bee-hive coke ovens ca.1889.]
Owners: (ca.1864-  ?    ), Jackson Mining Company, Dawson, PA
              (ca.1875-  ?    ), John M. Cochran & Company, Dawson, PA
              (ca.1889-  ?    ), James Cochran & Sons Company, Dawson, PA
              (ca.1892-  ?    ), Jackson Mines Company, Dawson, PA
               (ca.1900-  ?   ), Jackson Mining Company, Dawson, PA
Web sites on the Jackson Mine & Coke Works, Jackson, Lower Tyrone Twp., Fayette Co., PA:
    History of the Jackson Mine & Coke Works, Jackson, Lower Tyrone Twp., Fayette Co., PA

Jackson Mines Company, Dawson, PA
See: Jackson Mine & Coke Works, Jackson, Lower Tyron Twp., Fayette Co., PA

Jackson Mining Company, Dawson, PA
See: Jackson Mine & Coke Works, Jackson, Lower Tyron Twp., Fayette Co., PA

Jackson School, Perry Twp., Fayette Co., PA
See:

Jacob Sherrick Company,
See: Home Mine & Coke Works, Fayette Co., PA
See also: Sherrick Company,

Jacob's Creek Coal Company, Pittsburgh, PA
See: Dorthy Mine & Coke Works, Fayette Co., PA
        Jacob's Creek Mine, Martin, Nicholson Twp., Fayette Co., PA

Jacobs Mine (ca.1920- ? ), located on the Monongahela River, East Riverside, Fayette Co., PA
[Jacobs Mine was listed as a new mine ca.1920.)
Owners: (ca.1920- ? ), East Riverside Coal Company, Brownsville, PA

Jacob's Creek Mine (ca.1904-  ?  ), located on the Monongahela River, near Jacob's Creek, Martin, Nicholson Twp., Fayette Co., PA
[Jacob's Creek Mine was idle ca.1905.]
Owners: (ca.1904-  ?  ), Jacob's Creek Coal Company, Pittsburg, PA
              (ca.1905-  ?  ), Jacob's Creek Coal Company, Pittsburg, PA
              (ca.1906-  ?  ), Jacob's Creek Coal Company, Pittsburg, PA
Web sites on the Jacob's Creek Mine, Jacob's Creek, Martin, Nicholson Twp., Fayette Co., PA:
    Coal Miners Memorial Jacob's Creek Mine, Jacob's Creek, Martin, Nicholson Twp., Fayette Co., PA

Jailes, James, Company,
See: White Pine Mine, Fayette Co., PA

Jailes Company,
See: White Pine Mine, Fayette Co., PA
See also: James Jailes Company,

James Black Company, Monarch, PA
See: Little Alps Mine, Fayette Co., PA
See also: Black Company, Monarch, PA

James Byrne & Company, Scottdale, PA
See: Byrne Mine, Fayette Co., PA
       Finley Mine, Fayette Co., PA
See also: Byrne & Company, Scottdale, PA

James Byrne & Company, Uniontown, PA
See: Byrne Mine, Fayette Co., PA
        Finley Mine, Fayette Co., PA
See also: Byrne & Company, Uniontown, PA

James Cochran Company, Dawson, PA
See: Paul Mine & Coke Works, Fayette Co., PA
See also: Cochran Company, Dawson, PA

James Cochran & Sons Company, Dawson, Fayette Co., PA
See: Clinton Mine & Coke Works, Fayette Co., PA
        Jackson Mine & Coke Works, Dawson, Lower Tyrone Twp., Fayette Co., PA
See also: Cochran & Sons Company, Dawson, PA

James H. Hoover Company, McClellandtown, PA
See: Hoover Mine & Coke Works, Fayette Co., PA
See also: Hoover Company, McClellandtown, PA

James Jailes Company,
See: White Pine Mine, Fayette Co., PA
See also: Jailes Company,

James Long Coal Company,
See: Dunlap Creek Mine, Fayette Co., PA
       Dunlap Mine, Fayette Co., PA
See also: Long Coal Company,

James Rutherford Company,
See: James Rutherford Mine, Fayette Co., PA
See also: Rutherford Company,

James Rutherford Mine (ca.1878-  ?  ), located on the Monongahela River, Fayette Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1878-  ?  ), James Rutherford Company

James W., Alex, C. & Lutellas Cochran Company, Dawson, PA
See: Sterling No. 1 Mine, Fayette Co., PA
        Sterling No. 2 Mine, Fayette Co., PA

Jamison, South Union Twp., Fayette Co., PA
[A coal company patch town in South Union Twp., Fayette County, Pennsylvania.]
[Jamison (South Union) is located at South Uniontown, southern edge of Uniontown, Fayette Co., PA.]
See: Jamison Mine (South Union Mine), Uniontown, Fayette Co., PA

Jamison Coal & Coke Company, Greensburg, PA
See:  Jamison Mine, (South Union Mine), Fayette Co., PA
        Jamison No. 21 Mine (Snipetown Mine), Fayette Co., PA
        Jamison No. 22 Mine (Washington No. 3 Mine), Perry Twp., Fayette Co., PA

Jamison Mine
(South Union Mine) (ca.   ?   ), located at South Uniontown, on the southern edge of Uniontown, Fayette Co., PA
Owners: (ca.   ?   ), Jamison Coal & Coke Company, Greensburg, PA

Jamison (Snipetown), Perry Twp., Fayette Co., PA
[A coal company patch town in Perry Twp., Fayette County, Pennsylvania.]
[Jamison (Snipetown) is located near Star Junction, Rt. 51, near Perryopolis, Perry Twp., Fayette Co., PA
See: Jamison No. 21 Mine (Snipetown Mine), Jamison, Perry Twp., Fayette Co., PA

Jamison No. 21 Mine
(Snipetown Mine) (ca.1919- ? ), located near Star Junction, Route 51, near Perryopolis, Jamison, Perry Twp., Fayette Co. PA
Owners: (ca.1919-  ?  ), Jamison Coal & Coke Company, Greensburg, PA
              (ca.1920-  ?  ), Jamison Coal & Coke Company, Greensburg, PA

Jamison No. 22 Mine
(Washington No. 3 Mine) (ca.1919- ? ), located near Perryopolis, Perry Twp., Fayette Co., PA
[Jamison No. 22 Mine was formerly Washington No. 3 Mine.]
Owners: (ca.1907-1919), Washington Coal & Coke Company, Star Junction, PA
              (ca.1919-  ?  ), Jamison Coal & Coke Company, Greensburg, PA
              (ca.1920-  ?  ), Jamison Coal & Coke Company, Greensburg, PA

Jas. Byrne & Company,
See: Finley Mine & Coke Works, Fayette Co., PA
See also: Byrne & Company,

Jefferis, Menallen Twp., Fayette Co., PA
[Located on the West Penn Railrway trolley line.]
See:

Jefferson School, Franklin Twp., Fayette Co., PA
See:

Jeffrey No. 1 Mine (ca.1917-  ?  ), located on the Pennsylvania Railroad, near Uniontown, Fayette Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1917-  ?  ), Oliphant Coal & Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
              (ca.1919-  ?  ), Oliphant Coal & Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Web sites on the Jeffrey No. 1 Mine, Uniontown, Fayette Co., PA:
    Coal Miners Memorial Jeffrey No. 1 Mine, Uniontown, Fayette Co., PA

Jeffrey No. 2 Mine (ca.1917-  ?  ), located on the Pennsylvania Railroad, near Uniontown, Fayette Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1917-  ?  ), Oliphant Coal & Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
              (ca.1919-  ?  ), Oliphant Coal & Coke Company, Uniontown, PA
Web sites on the Jeffrey No. 2 Mine, Uniontown, Fayette Co., PA:
    Coal Miners Memorial Jeffrey No. 2 Mine, Uniontown, Fayette Co., PA

Jim Run Coal Company, Ohiopyle, PA
See: Jim Run Mine,  Fayette Co., PA

Jim Run Mine (ca.1919- ? ), located in Fayette Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1919- ? ), Jim Run Coal Company, Ohiopyle, PA
              (ca.1920- ? ), Jim Run Coal Company, Ohiopyle, PA

Jimtown (Stirling No. 1 & No. 2.), Lower Tyrone Twp., Fayette Co., PA
[A coal company patch town in Lower Tyrone Twp., Fayette County, Pennsylvania.]
[Jimtown (Stirling No. 1 & No. 2) is located near Dawson, Fayette Co., PA.]
See: Jimtown Mine & Coke Works (Sterling No. 1 & No. 2 Mines), Jimtown, Lower Tyrone Twp., Fayette Co., PA

Jimtown Mine & Coke Works
(Sterling No. 1 & No. 2 Mines)
(ca.1857-  ?  ), located on the Pittsburg & Connellsville Railroad, near Dawson, Jimtown, Lower Tyrone Twp., Fayette Co., PA
[Jimtown Coke Works contained 282 bee-hive coke ovens ca.1875.]
[Jimtown Coke Works contained 204 bee-hive coke ovens ca.1901.]
Owners: (ca.1857-   ?   ), J. M. Schoonmaker Company,
              (ca.1875-   ?   ), Brown & Cochran Company, Dawson, PA
              (ca.       ?        ), H. C. Frick Coke Company, Scottdale, PA
Web sites for Jimtown Mine &  Coke Works, Jimtown, Fayette Co., PA:
    Coal Miners Memorial Jimtown Mine & Coke Works, Jimtown, Fayette Co., PA

Jockey Hollow Mine, located near Confluence, Fayette Co., PA
See: Jockey Valley Mine, Fayette Co., PA

Jockey Knob School, Saltlick Twp., Fayette Co., PA
See:

Jockey Valley (Jockey Hollow), Henry Clay Twp., Fayette Co., PA
[A coal company patch town in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.]
[Jockey Valley (Jockey Hollow) is located in the eastern section of Yough Lake, Rt. 40, near Confluence, Fayette Co., PA.]
See: Jockey Valley Mine (Jockey Hollow Mine), Jockey Valley, Fayette Co., PA

Jockey Valley Mine
(Jockey Hollow Mine) (ca.  ?   ), located on the eastern section of Yough Lake, near Route 40, near Confluence, Fayette Co., PA
Owners: (ca.   ?   ),    ?

John A. Whyel & Son Company, Uniontown, PA
See: Snyder Mine, Fayette Co., PA

John A. Wood & Son Company, Belle-Vernon, PA
See: Tremont Mine, Fayette Co., PA

John M. Cochran & Company, Dawson, PA
See: Jackson Mines & Coke Works, Fayette Co., PA

John Moyer Company,
See: Grace Mine & Coke Works, Fayette Co., PA

John N. Dixon Company, California, PA
See: Stony Hill Mine, Fayette Co., PA

John Tinstman Company,
See: Tip Top Mine & Coke Works, Fayette Co., PA

John W. Weaver Company, Smithfield, PA
See: Lillian Mine & Coke Works, Smithfield, Fayette Co., PA

Johnson Coal Mining Company, Fayette City, PA
See: Arnold No. 1 Mine, Fayette Co., PA
        Arnold No. 2 Mine, Fayette City, PA

Johnson Fuel Company, Uniontown, PA
See: Percy Mine & Coke Works, Percy, Fayette Co., PA

Joseph Laughrey & Company,
See: Junction Mine, near Vanderbilt, Dunbar Twp., Fayette Co., PA
See also: Laughrey & Company,

Joseph No. 9 Mine (ca.1912-   ), located on the Monongahela Railroad, near Masontown, Fayette Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1912-  ?  ), Sunshine Coal & Coke Company, Masontown, PA

Joseph Solsson Fire Brick Company, Connellsville, PA
See: Indiana No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA
       Indiana No. 3 Mine, Indiana Co., PA
See also: J. Solsson Brick Company, Connellsville, PA

Josephine Mine (ca.1919-   ?   ), located in Fayette Co., PA
[Josephine Mine was listed as a new mine ca.1919.]
Owners: (ca.1919-  ?  ), Bell Coal & Coke Company, Connellsville, PA
              (ca.1920-  ?  ), Bell Coal & Coke Company, Connellsville, PA

Jumonville, North Union Twp., Fayette Co., PA
See:

Juniata (Juniataville), Dunbar Twp., Fayette Co., PA
[A coal company patch town in Dunbar Twp., Fayette County, Pennsylvania.]
[Juniata (Juniataville) is located north of Bitner, about four miles west of Connellsville, Fayette Co., PA on the West Penn Railways, trolley line.]
See: Juniata Mine & Coke Works, Juniata, Dunbar Twp., Fayette Co., PA

Juniata Coal Company, Vanderbilt, PA
See:

Juniata Coke Company, Dawson, PA
See: Juniata Mine & Coke Works, Juniata, Dunbar Twp., Fayette Co., PA

Juniata Coke Company, Juniataville, PA
See: Juniata Mine & Coke Works, Juniata, Dunbar Twp., Fayette Co., PA

Juniata Mine & Coke Works
(Juniataville Mine)  (ca. 1880-1920's),  located north of Bitner, about four miles west of Connellsville, on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, along Bute Run, south of Rt. T 625, near Juniata, Juniataville, Dunbar Twp., Fayette Co., PA.
[Juniata Coke Works contained 250 bee-hive coke ovens ca.1900.]
Owners: (ca.1880-  ?  ), Juniata Coke Company, Juniataville, PA
              (ca.1898-  ?  ), Juniata Coke Company, Juniataville, PA
              (ca.1900-  ?  ), Juniata Coke Company, Uniontown, PA 
              (ca.1905-  ?  ), Juniata Coke Company, Dawson, PA
              (ca.1908-  ?  ), Juniata Coke Company, Dawson, PA
              (ca.1908-1920's), H. C. Frick Coke Company, Scottdale, PA
Web sites on the Juniata Mine & Coke Works, Juniata, Dunbar Twp., Fayette Co., PA:
    History of the Juniata Mine & Coke Works (Juniataville Mine), Juniata, Dunbar Twp., Fayette Co., PA
    Coal Miners Memorial Juniata Mine & Coke Works, Juniata, Dunbar Twp., Fayette Co., PA

Juniataville, Dunbar Twp., Fayette Co., PA
[A coal company patch town in Dunbar Twp., Fayette County, Pennsylvania.]
See: Juniata Coke Company, Juniataville, PA
       Juniata Mine & Coke Works, Juniata, Dunbar Twp., Fayette Co., PA

Juniataville Mine, Juniataville, Dunbar Twp., Fayette Co., PA
See: Juniata Mine & Coke Works, Juniata, Dunbar Twp., Fayette Co., PA.

Junction Mine & Coke Works (ca.1889- ? ), a drift mine, located on the Pittsburgh, McKeesport & Youghiogheny Railroad, near Vanderbilt, Dunbar Twp., Fayette Co., PA.
[Junction Mine was a new mine in 1889.]
Owners: (ca.1889- ? ), Joseph Laughrey & Company, Vanderbilt, PA
Web sites on the Junction Mine & Coke Works, Vanderbilt, Dunbar Twp., Fayette Co., PA:
    History of the Junction Mine & Coke Works, Vanderbilt, Dunbar Twp., Fayette Co., PA
    Coal Miners Memorial Junction Mine & Coke Works, Vanderbilt, Dunbar Twp., Fayette Co, PA

Junior Coal & Coke Company,
See: Coffman Mine & Coke Works, Fayette Co., PA

Jutte & Company, Fayette City, PA
See: Apollo Mine, Fayette Co., PA
See also: C. Jutte & Company, Fayette City, PA

Jutte & Company, Pittsburg, PA
See: Coal Center Mine, Washington Co., PA
        Marine Mine, Fayette Co., PA
See also: C. Jutte & Company, Pittsburg, PA

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