Summit Mines & Coke Works, Sherrick Station, Upper Tyrone Twp., Fayette Co., PA, USA

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Summit Mine & Coke Works,
Summit No. 1 Mine & Coke Works (Eagle Mine & Coke Works),
Summit No. 2 Mine,
Summit No. 3 Mine & Coke Works (Foundry Mine & Coke Works),
Sherrick Station,
Upper Tyrone Twp.,
Fayette County,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

A Tribute to the Coal Miners that mined the Bituminous Coal seams of the Summit
Mines, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

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

Updated Feb. 17, 2009

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Eagle Mine & Coke Works
(Sherrick Mine)
(Summit No. 1 & No. 2 Mines) (ca.1870- ? ),
Located on the Mt. Pleasant Branch of the Pittsburg & Connellsvile Railroad, later the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, north of Morgan Station, Sherrick Station, Upper Tyrone Twp., Fayette Co., PA
[Eagle Works contained 80 Bee-Hive Bank Coke Ovens ca.1875.]
[Eagle Coke Works contained 142 coke ovens ca.1889.]
Owners: (ca.1870- ? ), Markle, Sherrick & Company,
(ca.1875- ? ), Markle, Sherrick & Company,
(ca.1889- ? ), H.C.Frick Coke Company, Scottdale, PA
See also: Foundry Mine (Summit No. 3 Mine), Fayette Co., PA

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

Foundry Mine & Coke Works
(Summit No. 3 Mine) (ca.1870- ? ),
located on the Mt. Pleasant Branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Sherrick Station, Foundry, Upper Tyrone Twp., Fayette Co., PA.
[Foundry Mine Coke Works contained 80 bee-hive coke ovens ca.1889.]
[Foundry Mine was a part of and connected to the Eagle Mine, and the coal brought out at the Eagle Mine (Summit No. 1 Mine).]
Owners: (ca.1870- ? ), Strickler & Lane Company,
(ca.1889- ? ), H.C. Frick Coke Comapny, Scottdale, PA

Summit (Summit Mines), Upper Tyrone Twp., Fayette Co., PA
[A coal company patch town in Upper Tyrone Twp., Fayette County, Pennsylvania.]
[Located on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Mt. Pleasant Branch and the Pennsylvania Railroad, Southwest Pennsylvania Branch and he Western Maryland Railroad.]
See: Summit Mine & Coke Works, Summit, Upper Tyrone Twp., Fayette Co., PA

Summit Mine & Coke Works (ca.1873- ? ),
Located on the Mt. Pleasant Branch of the Pittsburg & Connellsville Railroad, later the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Sherrick Station, north of Broad Ford, Summit, Upper Tyron Twp., Fayette Co., PA
[Summit Coke Works contained 101 bee-hive bank coke ovens ca.1875.]
[Summit Coke WOrks contained 142 bee-hive coke ovens ca.1901.]
Owners: (ca.1873- ? ), Cochran & Kiester Company,
   (ca.1875-   ? ), Hirst, Moore & Company,
(ca. ? -1880), Hurst, Moore & Company,
(ca.1880- ?    ), H. C. Frick Coke Company, Scottdale, PA
[Operated by the H.C. Frick Coke Company, from 1880.]
(ca.1882- ? ), H. C. Frick Coke Company, Scottdale, PA
   [Acquired by the H.C. Frick Coke Company, in 1882.]
(ca.1905- ?   ), H. C. Frick Coke Company, Scottdale, PA

Summit No. 1 Mine & Coke Works
(Eagle Mine & Coke Works) (ca.1889- ? ),
Located at Sherrick Station, north of Broadford, Upper Tyrone Twp., Fayette Co., PA
[Eagle Mine coke works contained 142 bee-hive coke ovens ca.1889.]
See: Eagle Mine (ca.1889- ? ), Fayette Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1889- ? ), H.C. Frick Coke Company, Scottdale, PA

Summit No. 2 Mine
(Eagle Mine & Coke Works) (ca.1889- ? ),
Located at Sherrick Station, north of Broadfrod, Upper Tyrone Twp., Fayette Co., PA
See also: Eagle Mine (Eagle No. 2 Mine) (ca.1889- ? ), Fayette Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1889- ? ), H.C. Frick Coke Company, Scottdale, PA

Summit No. 3 Mine & Coke Works
(Foundry Mine & Coke Works) (ca.1889- ? ),
Located at Sherrick Station, north of Broadford, Foundry, Upper Tyron Twp., Fayette Co., PA
[Foundry Mine Coke Works (Summit No. 3 Mine) contained 80 coke ovens ca.1889.]
See also: Foundry Mine, Fayette Co., PA

Coal Miners Memorial Summit Mines & Coke Works
Sherrick Station, Upper Tyrone Twp., Fayette Co., PA

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