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Coal Miners Memorial
Kyle Farm Mine & Coke Works,
Kyle, near Fairchance,
Georges Twp.,
Fayette County,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

A Memorial to the Coal miners that mined the Bituminous Coal seams of the Kyle Farm 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. 19, 2009

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that Worked the
Kyle Farm Mine & Coke Works

Following is a partial list of the miners, coke workers, mine employees and company store employees that worked the Kyle Farm Mine & Coke Works, Kyle, near Fairchance, Georges 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
KYLE FARM MINE & COKE WORKS

[ A ]
Abraham, Isaac
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Anderson, D. R.
(Superintendent, ca.1894, of the Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA, for H.C. Frick Coke Company.)

[ B ]
Bailey, James R., Sr.
(Miner, Supply Clerk, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA, married.)
Bailey, Leonard
(Miner, Yard Helper during the Summer, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Bailey, Warren
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Baylis, Frank
(American Miner, Pick Miner ca.1901, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 26, single.);
(Injured. Painfully injured by a fall of coal and slate, in the Kyle Mine, Feb. 15, 1901.)
Beatty, Charles
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Beerbower, E. B.
(Superintendent, ca.1906, ca.1912, of the Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA, for H.C. Frick Coke Company, Scottdale, PA.)
Bittenger, Erving
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Blair, George
(American Miner, Mule Driver ca.1914, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 1, Kyle, PA, ca.1914.)
Blystone, Kenneth
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Boafer, John
(Miner, ca.1913, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 95, Kyle Farm, PA, ca.1913.)
Bosso, Joe
(Italian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1917, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 40, married.);
(Injured. Back bruised and foot sprained by a fall of slate in pillar workings, in the Kyle Mine, July 10, 1917.)
Bowlen, Harry
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Bowlen, James Enoch
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Bowlen, Mose
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Bowlen, Nelson
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Bowlen, Ralph
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Bowlen, Samuel
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Burbower, E. B.
(Superintendent, ca.1905, of the Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA, for H.C. Frick Coke Company.)

[ C ]
Cherri, Joseph
(Italian Miner, Laborer ca.1906, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 28, married.);
(Killed. Instantly killed by a fall of rock slate. His neck was broken, Outside the Kyle Mine, March 23, 1906.);
(March 23, 1906, Mike Sowicz, Austrian, laborer, and Joseph Cherri, Italian, laborer, were instantly killed by rock slate falling on them, at the Kyle Mine. A new opening was being started, no timbering had yet been done, two holes had been drilled and they were getting ready to fire the shots, when the top caved in. A close examination by the shift boss might have prevented the accident.)
Clingerman, W. H.
(General Superintendent, ca.1905, ca.1906, ca.1912, ca.1913, H.C. Frick Coke Company, Scottdale, PA, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Codey, Wiliam L.
(American Miner, Roadman ca.1901, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 41, married, 4 children.);
(Killed. Instantly killed by a fall of slate, in the Kyle Mine, Nov. 22, 1901.)
Cole, Frank
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1913, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 19, Kyle Farm, PA, ca.1913.)
Cole, John
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Cooley, Walter
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Costello, Louis
(Italian Miner, Laborer ca.1905, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 55, married, 1 child.);
(Killed. Fatally injured by mine cars. He was cleaning up the yard tracks. One trip had been landed when another was swung in against it. Cotello was standing in front. He was knocked down and run over and fatally injured. Outside the Kyle Mine, Dec. 11, 1905. He died ten hours later.)
Cunningham, Abraham
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Cunningham, Fred
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Cunningham, Robert
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Cunningham, Walter
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)

[ D ]
Depoy, Reuben
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)

[ E ]
Ellsworth, Robert, Sr.
(Miner, Operated the Dinky Engine, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Ellsworth, William
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)

[ F ]
Fields, Commador
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Fisher, John
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)

[ G ]
Ganofsky, John Thomas
(Miner, Fireman Engineer ca.1934, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 39, married, wife Suzanne Pacut Ganofsky, 8 children.);
(Killed. Killed when ice broke loose and struck him on the head, in the Kyle Mine, March 28, 1934. The man was walking through the main heading, about two miles inside, when a "pot" let go from the roof. His skull was crushed.);
(John Ganofsky was a H.C. Frick Coke Company Miner for 17 years.)
Ganofsky, Joseph Edward
(Polish Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(b. March 24, 1899 - d. 1990's.)
Gaskill, Sidney
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Golden, Rod
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Goldsboro, Joseph
(American Miner Boy, Mule Driver ca.1906, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 17, single.);
(Injured. While attempting to put in a sprag was caught and dragged by mine car, in the Kyle Mine, Jan. 25, 1906.)
Guthrie, Urban
(Miner, Coke Yard Boss, Kyle Mine Coke Works, Fayette Co., PA.)

[ H ]
Hardy, George
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Harvey, Oscar
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Hegedue, Steven
(Slavish Miner, ca.1919, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 210, Kyle Farm, PA, Kyle Mine.)
Hodges, George. H.
(Superintendent, ca.1913, of the Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA, for H.C.Frick Coke Company.)
Hoover, Edward
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Hoover, Sam
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Hughes, Lawrence
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)

[ I ]
Irvin, George B.
(Superintendent, ca.1898, ca.1900, ca.1901, ca.1903, of the Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA, for H.C. Frick Coke Company.)

[ J ]
Jaynes, Henry
(American Miner, Mule Driver ca.1904, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 36, married, 2 children.);
(Killed. Instantly killed, Crushed between a mine car and a coal rib, in the Kyle Mine, Nov. 18, 1904.)

[ K ]
Katulyak, John
(Miner, Coke Drawer ca.1913, Kyle Mine Coke Works, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 203, Kyle Farm, PA, ca.1913.)
Kelly, Charles
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Kelly, Joseph
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Kelly, Troy
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Kelly, Ward
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Kendro, Joseph
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1898, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 23, married.);
(Injured. Back badly bruised and sprained by a fall of slate in the working place, in the Kyle Mine, Nov. 21, 1898.)
Kennedy, O. W.
(General Superintendent, ca.1900, ca.1901, ca.1903, H.C. Frick Coke Company, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Kessler, David
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Klingensmith, Lee
(Superintendent, of the Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)

[ L ]
Lewis, Morgan
(American Miner, ca.1919, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA, married.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 219, Kyle Farm, PA, ca.1919.)
Lilley, Lee
(Miner, ca.1922, Kyle Works, Fayette Co., PA.)
Lynch, Clay F.
(General Superintendent, ca.1916, ca.1917, H.C. Frick Coke Company, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)

[ M ]
Martoncik, Andy
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Maskulka, Frank
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Maskulka, John
(Slavish Miner, ca.1914, ca.1919, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 209, Kyle, PA, ca.1914, ca.1919.)
Maust, Adam S.
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Maust, Chauncey
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Maust, David
(Miner, Mule Driver ca.1894, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 23, single.);
(Injured. Tripped and fell, cutting his head and face badly, in the Kyle Mine, June 5, 1894.)
Maust, Hensel Smith
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Maust, Jay
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Maust, Jayhue Stacey
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Maust, Ray
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Maust, William Dallas
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
McFadden, William
(American Miner, Mule Driver ca.1901, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 31, single.);
(Killed. Fatally injured; kicked by a mule, in the Kyle Mine, March 19, 1901.)
Miller, Charles
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1904, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Killed. Crushed by a mine car in the Kyle Mine, Nov. 25, 1904.);
(b.April 1, 1878- d.Nov. 25, 1904.)
Miller, Charles
(American Miner, Coke Machine Operator ca.1914, Kyle Mine Coke Works, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 99, Kyle Farm, PA, ca.1914.)
Miller, Charles E.
(During the depression, when he was in high school, he would go into the local mines and help his dad, Ewing M. Miller, (of Fairchance), using a pick to pry out old mine timbers to be re-used by the mine company. A good timber was worth 5 cents "and that was good money in those days!");
(b.1916.)
Miller, Clark
(American Miner, Coke Oven Charging Engineer ca.1913, ca.1914, Kyle Mine Coke Works, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 207, Kyle Farm, PA, ca.1913, ca.1914.)
Miller, David
(Miner, ca.1886, Kyle Farm Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 48, married.);
(Injured. Hand injured by a fall of slate, in the Kyle Farm Mine, Aug. 4, 1886.)
Miller, Ewing M.
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1916, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA, married.)
Miller, Harry
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Miller, Harry Brown
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Miller, Jake
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Miller, Samuel
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Miller, W. C.
(American Miner, Mule Driver ca.1901, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 34, married.);
(Injured. Collar bone broken by a timber, in the Kyle Mine, Jan. 5, 1901.)
Miller, Walter
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)

[ N ]

[ O ]

[ P ]
Pastorious, John S.
(Miner, Ash Carter ca.1913, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 40, Kyle Farm, PA, ca.1913.)
Patterson, Raymond C.
(Miner, Electrician ca.early 1900's, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA, married.)

[ Q ]

[ R ]
Reagen, Hugh
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1889, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age ?, married.);
(Injured. Hurt by falling roof, in the Kyle Mine, Sept. 23, 1889.)
Reckard, I. W.
(See: Rickard, I. W. )
Regets, Steve
(Slavonian Miner, Timberman ca.1917, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 58, married.);
(Injured. Head cut and hip sprained by a fall of slate on an entry, in the Kyle Mine, Sept. 13, 1917.)
Rickard, I. W.
(Miner, Mining Boss ca.1894, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA, for H.C. Frick Coke Company.);
(See also: Reckard, I. W. )
Roscoe, John
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Roscoe, Michael
(Miner, Stable Boss, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)

[ S ]
Sacasky, Stanley
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA, married, wife Janet Elizabeth Sacasky, 3 children.);
(Stanley Sacasky also worked at the Collier Mine, Fayette Co.)
Shanabarger, Joseph
(American Miner, Roadman ca.1901, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 31, married.);
(Injured. Severely bruised by a fall of slate, in the Kyle Mine, Nov. 11, 1901.)
Shanaberger, Joseph
(Miner, Pit Boss, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Shokane, Steve
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1901, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 46, married.);
(Killed. Fatally injured by a fall of slate, in the Kyle Mine, Jan. 15, 1901.)
Skemp, Robert S.
(Superintendent, ca.1916, ca.1917, ca.1919, of the Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA, for H.C. Frick Coke Company.)
Smith, Dale
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Smith, Oliver
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Smith, Steve
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Smith, William
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Smore, Steve
(Miner, Coke Oven Leveler ca.1914, Kyle Mine Coke Works, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 204, Kyle Farm, PA, ca.1914.)
Smore, Steve, Sr.
(Slavish Miner, ca.1919, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA, married.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 204, Kyle Farm, PA, ca.1919.)
Sowicz, Mike
(Austrian Miner, Laborer ca.1906, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 32, married.);
(Killed. Fatally injured by a fall of rock slate. Head crushed, Outside the Kyle Mine, March 23, 1906.);
(March 23, 1906, Mike Sowicz, Austrian, laborer, and Joseph Cherri, Italian, laborer, were instantly killed by rock slate falling on them, at the Kyle Mine. A new opening was being started, no timbering had yet been done, two holes had been drilled and they were getting ready to fire the shots, when the top caved in. A close examination by the shift boss might have prevented the accident.)
Sterling, J. W.
(Superintendent, ca.1889, of the Kyle Farm Mine & Coke Works, Fayette Co., PA, for Bliss & Marshall Company.)
Sutton, Frank, Jr.
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Sutton, Frank, Sr.
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Sutton, Omer
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Sutton, Robert
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Swaney, Glen
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Swaney, Raymond
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)

[ T ]
Teets, Bash
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Teets, Charles
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Teets, Raymond
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)

[ U ]
Uphole, Allen
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Uphole, Elijah
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Uphole, Jake
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)

[ V ]
Victor, Chas.
(American Miner, Mule Driver ca.1900, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 33, married.);
(Injured. Leg broken by being caught between a trap door and mine wagons, in the Kyle Mine, May 2, 1900.)
Voeki, Jack
(Italian Miner, Laborer ca.1906, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 30, married.);
(Injured. Bruised about body by a fall of rock slate. Outside the Kyle Mine, March 23, 1906.)

[ W ]
Weimer, Walter
(Miner, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Williams, J. Arthur
(American Miner, ca.1919, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA, married.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 249, Kyle Farm, PA, ca.1919.)
Wilson, Russell
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1886, Kyle Farm Mine, Fairchance, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Injured. Ankle bruised by falling slate, in the Kyle Farm Mine, March 19, 1886.)

[ X ]

[ Y ]

[ Z ]
Zayack, Joseph
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1901, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 28, married, 2 children.);
(Killed. Instantly killed by a fall of slate, in the Kyle Mine, Nov. 22, 1901.)
Zearly, Ewing
(American Miner, Mule Driver ca.1900, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 35, married.);
(Injured. Hand crushed by being caught between a mine wagon and coal, in the Kyle Mine, June 4, 1900.)
Zearly, Homer
(American Miner, Mule Driver ca.1907, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 35, married.);
(Injured. Severely bruised about the body caught between mine car and a coal rib, in the Kyle Mine, April 16, 1906.)
Zuball, Steve
(Slavish Miner, ca.1919, Kyle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Lived in coal company House No. 205, Kyle Farm, PA, ca.1919.)

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