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Coal Miners Memorial
Mahoning Mine & Coke Works, Mahoning - Atlas Mine,

Mahoning,
Dunbar,
Dunbar Township,
Fayette County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

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

Compiled & Edited by
Raymond A. Washlaski

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

Updated July 14, 2009

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


Following is a partial list of the miners, coke workers, mine employees and company store employees that worked the Mahoning Mine & Coke Works (Mahoning - Atlas Mine), Mahoning, Dunbar, Fayette Co., PA.   Mahoning Mine and Atlas Mine were combined underground, ca.1900.  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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Please donate any mine records, mine maps or copies of them, pictures of the mines, pictures of miners, stories about the miners, mine memorabilia, books on mining, or tax deductable monetary donations to:
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PA Rt. 119, P.O. Box 519, Uniontown, PA 15401

COAL MINERS MEMORIAL
MAHONING MINE & COKE WORKS

MAHONING - ATLAS MINE
[ A ]
[ B ]
Barnhart, W. B.
(Superintendent, ca.1917, of the Mahoning Mine, Fayette Co., PA, for Mahoning Coal & Coke Company.)
Brown, D. P.
(Miner, Mining Boss ca.1894, Mahoning Mine, Fayette Co., PA, for Cambria Iron Company.)
Burns, John
(American Miner, Pick Miner ca.1904, Mahoning Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 21, single.);
(Killed.  Instantly killed by a fall of roof, in the Mahoning Mine, Nov. 25, 1904.)
[ C ]
[ D ]
Dilworth, John
(Superintendent, ca.1889, of the Mahoning Mine & Coke Works, Fayette Co., PA, for Cambria Iron Company, Johnstown, PA.)
Duffy, John
(Superintendent, ca.1916, of the Mahoning Mine, Fayette Co., PA, for Mahoning Coal & Coke Company.)
Duritza, Steve
(Slavonian Miner Boy, Pick Miner ca.1900, Mahoniing - Atlas Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 19, single.);
(Injured.  Leg broken by a fall of coal and slate, in the Mahoning - Atlas Mine, March 19, 1900.)
[ E ]
[ F ]
[ G ]
Ganier, William
(Superintendent, ca.1913, of the Mahoning Mine, Fayette Co., PA, for Mahoning Coke Company.)
Gibbons, Richard
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1894, Mahoning Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 43, married, 6 children.);
(Killed.  Killed while drawing posts by a fall of slate and coal in pillar workings, in the Mahoning Mine, Aug. 28, 1894.)
Grey, J. M.
(General Superintendent, ca.1913, Mahoniing Coke Company, Mahoning Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
[ H ]
Humbert, Curtis
(Miner Boy, Dumper ca.1894, Mahoning Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 18, single.);
(Injured.  Injured internally by falling over the dump, ourdide the Mahoning Mine, Feb. 20, 1894.)
[ I ]
[ J ]
[ K ]
Kramer, K. K.
(General Superintendent, ca.1916, ca.1917, Mahoning Coal & Coke Company, Mahoning Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Krowots, John
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1900, Mahoning - Atlas Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 45, married.);
(Injured.  Leg broken by being struck by a mine wagon, in the Mahoning - Atlas Mine, Sept. 28, 1900.)
[ L ]
Laventry, Andy
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1898, Mahoning - Atlas Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 45, married.);
(Injured.  Back slightly sprianed by a fall of slate, in the Mahoning - Atlas Mine, Jan. 20, 1898.)
Luvaney, Mike
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1898, Mahoning - Atlas Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 42, married, 7 children.);
(Killed.  Two men were instantly killed by a fall of roof coal and slate while loading a mine wagon of coal in a place in which they were forbidden to work by the mine foreman, in the Mahoning - Atlas Mine, May 3, 1898.)
[ M ]
Martin, John
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1898, Mahoning - Atlas Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 43, married, 5 children.);
(Killed.  Two men were instantly killed by a fall of roof coal and slate while loading a mine wagon of coal in a place in which they were forbidden to work by the mine foreman, in the Mahoning - Atlas Mine, May 3, 1898.)
Martin, Thomas
(Miner, ca.1891, Mahoning Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Killed.  ran over by a loaded trip, in the Mahoning Mine, Dunbar, Oct. 9, 1891.  [from the "Connellsville Courier," Connellsville, PA, Oct. 11, 1891.].)
Meagher, Martin
(Superintendent ca.1894, of the Mahoning Mine & Coke Works, Fayette Co., PA, for Cambria Iron Company, Johnstown, PA.);
(Superintendent, ca.1898, ca.1900, of the Mahoning - Atlas Mine, Fayette Co., PA, for Cambria Steel Company, Johnstown, PA.)
Melistic, Andrew
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1905, Mahoning Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 25, single.);
(Injured.  Leg crushed by mine cars, in the Mahoning Mine, May 13, 1905.  Necessitating ampuation.)
Minerd, Isaac
(Miner, ca.1870's, Mahoning Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Injured.  Injured  in a minng accident, in the Mahoning Mine, in ca.1880.)
Minerd, Marshall
(Miner, ca. mid.-1880's, Mahoning Mine, Fayette Co., PA, married.);
(Killed.  Instantly killed by a trip of loaded mine cars.  He was descending the Mahoning Mine, on the front of a mine car, and his head was caught between the mine car and the side of the pit, killing his instantly, in the Mahoning Mine, Nov. 23, 1886.);
(See also: Minerd, Maurrice.)
Minerd, Maurrice
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1886, Mahoning Mine, Dunbar, Fayette Co., PA, Age 23, married, 2 children.);
(Killed.  Killed by letting a mine car down from the slope into his working p[lace, where he digging a sump, in the Mahoning Mine, Nov. 23, 1886.);
(See also: Minerd, Marshall.)
Mooney, Edward
(Miner, Mining Boss ca.1898, Mahoning -Atlas Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Moore, M. G.
(General Superintendent, ca.1900, Cambria Steel Company, Mahoning - Atlas Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
[ N ]
[ O ]
[ P ]
Plugensky, Ignatz
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1904, Mahoning Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 28, single.);
(Killed.  Instantly killed by a fall of roof, in the Mahoning Mine, May 25, 1904.)
Pott, John N.
(General Superintendent, ca.1903, ca.1905, for Cambria Steel Company, Mahoning Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
[ Q ]
[ R ]
[ S ]
Staruck, George
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1900, Mahoning - Atlas Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 36, married.);
(Injured.  Back broken by a fall of slate, in the Mahoning - Atlas Mine, June 23, 1900.)
Stoker, James J.
(Superintendent, ca.1903, ca.1905, of the Mahoning Mine, Fayette Co., PA, for Cambria Steel Company, Johnstown, PA.)
[ T ]
[ U ]
[ V ]
[ W ]
[ X ]
[ Y ]
[ Z ]
Ziskie, Charles
(Bohemian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1903, Mahoning Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 24, single.);
(Injured.  Arm broken in two places by being kicked by a mule, in the Mahoning Mine, Feb. 23, 1903.)
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A special thanks to Glen Dixon, Researcher, for his research in the early newspapers of Fayette County, and the addition of many of the miners names from Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

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