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Coal Miners Memorial
Mount Hope Mine & Coke Works,
near Albany,
Jefferson Twp.,
Fayette County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

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

Compiled & Edited by
Raymond A. Washlaski

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

Updated Sept. 2, 2009

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

Following is a partial list of the miners, coke workers, mine employees and company store employees that worked the Mount Hope Mine & Coke Works, Mt. Hope, Albany, Jefferson 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
MOUNT HOPE MINE & COKE WORKS

[ A ]
Armstrong, George
(Miner, Mining Boss ca.1898, Mt. Hope Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
[ B ]
Bonavitch, Thomas
(Italian Miner, Mule Driver ca.1916, Mt. Hope Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 30, married.);
(Killed. Fatally Squeezed between a mine car and a mine post, while changing mine cars in a room, in the Mt. Hope Mine, March 18, 1916.)
[ C ]
[ D ]
Doubt, James
(English Miner, Pumpman ca.1916, Mt. Hope Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 52, married.);
(Injured. Both bones of lower part of the leg fractured. A driver's horse became frightened and attempted to jump past an empty mine car standing on an entry. The harness caught the mine car and pulled it back on the pumpman, in the Mt. Hope Mine, Dec. 11, 1916.)
[ E ]
[ F ]
Fallon, Walter
(Polish Miner Boy, Greaser ca.1916, Mt. Hope Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 17, single.);
(Injured. Hand smashed while attempting to get on a loaded trip he fell and the cars ran over his hand. Outside the Mt. Hope Mine, Nov. 30, 1916.)
Fusick, John
(Slavonian Miner Boy, Mule Driver ca.1913, Mount Hope Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 19, single.);
(Injured. Arm broken by falling off a mine car on an entry, in the Mount Hope Mine, June 21, 1913.)
[ G ]
Gilleland, Alvie
(Superintendent, ca.1916, ca.1917, of the Mt. Hope Mine, Fayette Co., PA, for Snowden Coke Company.)
Gilleland, James
(American Miner, Mule Driver ca.1904, Mt. Hope Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 46, married.);
(Injured. Two ribs broken and otherwise injured, in the Mt. Hope Mine, Jan. 8, 1904.)
[ H ]
[ I ]
[ J ]
Javick, Martin
(Lithuanian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1916, Mt. Hope Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 31, single.);
(Injured. Head, face, arms and hand lacerated and jaw fractured by a fall of slate at the face of a room, in the Mt. Hope Mine, June 15, 1916.)
[ K ]
Kotchon, Michael
(Hungarian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1905, Mount Hope Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 45, married.);
(Injured. Cut and bruised about the head by a fall of roof coal, in the Mount Hope Mine, Dec. 1, 1905.)
[ L ]
[ M ]
Maketa, John
(Slavonian Miner, Shot Firer ca.1914, Mt. Hope Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 22, single.);
(Injured. Hand blown off by the explosion of a detonating cap that he was carrying, in the Mt. Hope Mine, Jan. 31,1914.)
McKnight, Charles
(American Miner, Trip Rider ca.1916, Mt. Hope Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 26, single.);
(Injured. Three ribs broken and injured internally. He was jerked off the front end of a trip and fell through a trestle. Outside the Mt. Hope Mine, Nov. 22, 1916.)

[ N ]
[ O ]
[ P ]
Piscosh, George
(Hungarian Miner Boy, Laborer ca.1906, Mt. Hope Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 19, single.);
(Injured. Bruised about the body by a fall of roof, in the Mt. Hope Mine, March 8, 1906.)
[ Q ]
[ R ]
[ S ]
Sabolish, Michael
(Slavonian Miner, Mule Driver ca.1913, Mt. Hope Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 34, married.);
(Injured. Collar bone broken by being caught between mine car and rib on an entry, in the Mt. Hope Mine, April 8, 1913.)
Stifko, Steve
(Austrian Miner, Machinist ca.1917, Mt. Hope Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 31, married.);
(Killed. Instantly killed. Struck by a coke oven charging larry on the coke oven charging track. Outside the Mt. Hope Mine, June 12, 1917.)
[ T ]
Taylor, Isaac
(Superintendent, ca.1898, ca.1900, ca.1903, of the Mt. Hope Mine, for Isaac Taylor & Company.);
(General Superintendent, ca.1901, ca.1904, ca.1905, ca.1906, Isaac Taylor & Company, Uniontown, PA, Mt. Hope Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Superintendent, ca.1904, ca.1905, ca.1912, ca.1913, of the Mount Hope Mine, Fayette Co., PA, for Mount Hope Coke Company.);
(General Superintendent, ca.1912, Mount Hope Coke Company, Uniontown, PA, Mt. Hope Mine, Fayette Co., PA);
(General Superintendent, ca.1916, ca.1917, Snowden Coke Company, Mt. Hope Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Thomas, John K.
(American Miner, Machine Runner ca.1912, Mount Hope Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 38, married.);
(Injured. Leg broken and back injured by a fall of roof at the face of an entry, in the Mount Hope Mine, Nov. 2, 1912.)
[ U ]
[ V ]
[ W ]
[ X ]
[ Y ]
Yarmo, Charles
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1913, Mount Hope Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 26, married.);
(Injured. Ankle broken by a fall of roof at the face of a pillar, in the Mount Hope Mine, Sept. 8, 1913.)
[ Z ]

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