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| Leisenring No. 1 Mine & Coke Works (Leisenring Mine) (ca.1880-1950's ? ), Located on a branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and also the Pennsylvania South West Railroad, on either side of PA Rt. 1039 at the intersection with PA Rt. SR 1051, Leisenring (Leisenring No. 1), Dunbar Twp., Fayette Co., PA Owners: (ca.1880-1889), Connellsville Coke and Iron Company, Leisenring, PA (ca.1889-1950's), H.C. Frick Coke Company, Scottdale, PA |
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| The Leisenring No. 1 Mine and Coke Works.
The some of the mine buildings and coke works look like they have been
abandoned in this photo. The pulling doors of many of the bee-hive
coke ovens have started to deteriorate. The Union Supply Company Store
is the large building above the open area in the center of the photo.
Leisenring No. 1 School is the large building on top of the hill on
the left. (Photo courtesy of the Coal & Coke Heritage Center, Penn State University Fayette Campus, Uniontown, PA) |
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| The Leisenring No. 1 Mine Coke Works in
operation. This photo was taken from the larry charging track on the
top of the bee-hive coke ovens. The long line of burning coke ovens
is in the center with fire shotting up from the charging holes in the
top of the coke ovens. The loading dock and coke pulling machines below
the right side of the photo are lost in the haze and smoke from the burning
ovens. The large slate dump and tipple is to the left of the
photo. (Photo courtesy of the Coal & Coke Heritage Center, Penn State University Fayette Campus, Uniontown, PA) |
| DESCRIPTION: Leisenring No. 1 Mine & Coke Works Leisenring No. 1, located immediately north of where the mine complex and coke works once stood, is comprised of nearly 100 houses ca.1990, most of which are gable-ended semi-detached two-family homes. Situated on a hillside along seven streets, with alleys between, the bulk of Leisenring No. 1 is located east of PA SR 1039; the majority of the double-houses are saltbox-style with the rear slope of the roof extended further down than the front and an attached shed across the back which was usually the kitchen. The sizeable lots, many with outhouses at the back along the alley, are about 130 feet x 85 feet. Other semi-detached houses are near the top of the hill on Highland Avenue and are the more common regional type with a standard gable roof and shed addition across the back. The uppermost street of houses in Leisenring No. 1 consists of ten single-family houses on cast-stone foundations. Built in 1917, they are three-bay, gable-ended, single-story houses with a central brick chimney, and shed roof over the central front doorway. Two large dwellings, which were probably single-family management houses, are on top of the hill at the northeast corner of town. Two-and-one-half stories tall, they have intersecting gable and hipped roofs and full front porches. These houses have been modified and are now two-family homes. A large, hipped-roof, single-family house is also extant on this side of Leisenring No. 1, across the street from the rows of semi-detached saltbox housing. It, too, was most likely a manager's house. Roughly square in plan, it has a hipped-roof, an off-center brick chimney, hipped-roof full front porch, and has had aluminum siding and new roofing applied. South of this large house is the Leisenring Presbyterian Church, a gable-roofed wood-frame building that has six Gothic-style windows on each side, a raised basement, and a concrete fondation. The Leisenring No. 1 Company Store, still used as a store ca.1990, but housing other small businesses, as well, is located southeast of the church and centrally located in town, it stands about due north of where the coal tipple once stood. It is roughly rectangular in plan with a gable roof running its length and an intersecting gable on its front at the west end. Recently repainted, it sits on a coursed-stone foundation and has roof brackets and decorative shingling on its intersecting gable. Steps provide pedestrian access to the western side of Leisenring No. 1, which is at a slightly higher elevation. At the top of its hill the foundations of the Leisenring No.1's school is extant. The remainder of this portion of town consists of another kind of gable-roofed double house, also frequently found in the region. These houses have central chimneys and are slightly larger than the semi-detached houses on Highland Avenue. |
| HISTORY: Bishop closes more of the ethic Catholic Churches in the coal patch towns in the Diocese of Greensburg, PA, that the coal miners and their families built. Just another slap in the face to the coal miners that gave and gave to build these parishes. St. Vincent de Paul, R. C. Church, Leisenring, PA was closed by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Greensburg, PA in Oct., 2008. |
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| An undated photo of the Union Supply Company
Leisenring Store employees, at Leisenring No. 1 Mine, Leisenring, Dunbar
Twp., Fayette Co., PA (Photo courtesy of the Coal & Coke Heritage Center, Penn State University Fayette Campus, Uniontown, PA) |
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| The former Union Supply Company Store building
at Leisenring No. 1, some years after the the mines have shut down.
Various alterations have been done to the building. (Photo courtesy of the Coal & Coke Heritage Center, Penn State University Fayette Campus, Uniontown, PA) |
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| Leisenring No. 1 Mine Baseball Team
Undated photo, ca.1930-1935, of the H.C. Frick Coke Company's Leisenring Baseball Team. Baseball was an important sport in all the coal mining patches, with the whole town showing up for the games. The player in the top row, far left, is Douglas Goodman. (Photo courtesy of the Coal & Coke Heritage Center, Penn State University Fayette Campus, Uniontown, PA)
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| Leisenring, Pennsylvania Frick Coal Mine Accident February 25, 1913 JOHN M'INTYRE IS KILLED BY FALL IN LEISENRING MINE. |
| Rib Boss, Widely Known, and Foreigner Meet
Sudden Death. NOT DISCOVERED FOR HOURS. Men Work Four Hours to Reach Body of McIntyre, Slav in Not Recovered Until Next Day; McIntyre One of Best Known Men in the Region. John McIntyre, one of the most widely known employes of the H. C. Frick Coke Company, and John Slokus, a Slav, were caught by a fall of slate yesterday morning in the mines at Leisenring No. 1 and instantly killed. The accident occurred about 11 o'clock. Mr. Intyre is rib boss, and was working with Slokus when the roof fell. Another laborer working with the men had left them a short time before and escaped injury. The fall was an unusually large one. It took the men four hours to reach the body of Mr. McIntyre. His shoulder was dislocated, his wrist broken and his body badly bruised. The men worked all night in search for Slokus. His body was discovered this morning at 5 o'clock. Both bodies were removed to Funeral Director J. L. Stader's parlors and prepared for burial. Mr. McIntyre's body was taken to his home at Leisenring No. 1 this afternoon. Requiem high mass will be celebrated at St. Vincent DePaul's church at Leisenring No. 1, Friday morning. No arrangements had been made at noon for the funeral of Slokus. Coroner H. J. Bell was notified of the accident and will hold an inquest next week. Mr. Intyre had resided at Leisenring for 30 years and was one of the best known mining men of Fayette county. He was a member of St. Vincent DePaul's church at Leisenring No. 1, and in addition to his widow is survived by the following children: John McIntyre, Superintendent of the Taylor Coal & Coke Company at Searight; Charles McIntyre, fire boss at Searight; Felix McIntyre, fire boss at Castle Shannon; Thomas McIntyre and Martin McIntyre, machinists in the Baltimore & Ohio shops here. Mrs. Patrick Kelly and Mrs. Thomas Morgan, Castle Shannon, Mrs. John Humpage, Coal Creek; Misses Rose, Agnes, Anna, and Ellen McIntyre at home.
Slokus is survived by his widow and four children. Slokus
had been working the mines but three days, having come from Leisenring No.
4. Mine Inspector J. E. Strunle, Michael Bell, William Hennesay and several
other laborers helped remove the bodies from the mines.
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