Coal Miners Memorial, Summit Mines, Sherrick Station, Upper Tyrone Twp., Fayette Co., PA, U.S.A.

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Coal Miners Memorial
Summit No. 1 Mine & Coke Works (Eagle Mine),
Summit No. 2 Mine & Coke Works (Eagle Mine),
Summit No. 3 Mine (Foundry Mine)
Sherrick Station,
near Broad Ford,
Upper Tyron Twp.,
Fayette County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

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

Compiled & Edited by
Raymond A. Washlaski

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

Updated July 17, 2009

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that Worked the Summit Mines

Following is a partial list of the miners, coke workers, mine employees and company store employees that worked the Summit No. 1 Mine & Coke Works, Summit No. 2 Mine & Coke Works (Eagle Mine) & Summit No. 3 Mine (Foundry Mine), Sherrick Station, Broad Ford, 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 mines and 20,370 deaths in bituminous mines.

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COAL MINERS MEMORIAL
SUMMIT MINES & COKE WORKS

[ A ]
Anderson, J. F.
(Miner, Mine Foreman ca.1898, Summit & Eagle Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
[ B ]
[ C ]
Carelton, Daniel
(American Miner Boy, Pick Miner ca.1907, Summit Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 17, single);
(Killed. Killed by a fall of roof coal at the face of a room. He failed to obey the instructions of the mine foreman in respect to timbering his place, in the Summit Mine, April 20, 1907.)
Clingerman, W. H.
(General Superintendent, ca.1906, H.C. Frick Coke Company, Scottdale, PA, Summit Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
[ D ]
[ E ]
[ F ]
Faulk, John
(Miner, Pick Miner ca.1989, Summit Mine of H.C. Frick, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Injured. Badly injured while drawing pillars, in the Summit Mine, Nov., 1889. [from the "Connellsville Courier," Connellsville, PA, Nov. 22, 1889.].)
[ G ]
[ H ]
Haas, Frank
(Austrian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1906, Summit Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 37, married, 5 children.);
(Killed. Instantly killed by a fall of slate, in the Summit Mine, July 21, 1906.);
(July 21, 19806, Frank Haas, Austrian, miner, was instantly killed at Summit Mine by a fall of slarte, while knocking coal off the sorner of a pillar. A post had been set under the slate that fell, but the slate should have been taken down. The accident was evidently due to the bad judgement on the part of the miner.)
[ I ]
[ J ]
[ K ]
Kennedy, O. W.
(General Superintendent, ca.1900, ca.1901, ca.1903, H.C. Frick Coke Company, Summit Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
[ L ]
Laing, David
(Miner, ca.1901, Summit Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Passed his examination for Fire Boss, ca.1901. Received his Certificate ca.1901.)
Lynch, Thomas
(Superintendent, ca.1889, of the Eagle Mine [Summit No. 1 Mine & Summit No. 2 Mine] , and Summit No. 3 Mine [Foundry Mine], Fayette Co., PA, for H.C. Frick Coke Company.)
[ M ]
Martin, Richard
(Black Miner, pick Miner ca.1894, Summit Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Killed. Killed by a fall of slate, in the Summit Mine, Aug. 9, 1894. [from "the Connellsville Courier," Aug. 10, 1894.].)
Mullen, Wm. C.
(Superintendent, ca.1898, ca.1900, ca.1901, ca.1903, ca.1905, ca.1906, of the Summit Mine, Fayette Co., PA, for H.C. Frick Coke Company, Scottdale, PA.)
[ N ]
Niehenke, William
(American Miner, Pick Miner ca.1909, Summit Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 34, married.);
(Injured. Collar bone broken by a mine post knocked out by a fall of slate at the face of a pillar, in the Summit Mine, Aug. 19, 1909.)

[ O ]
[ P ]
Posky, Frank
(Polish Miner, Pick Miner ca.1904, Summit Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 34, married.);
(Injured. One rib fractured and shoulder injured by falling coal, in the Summit Mine, May 9, 1904.)
[ Q ]
[ R ]
Ramsay, Robert
(Superintendent, ca.1886, of the Summit No. 1 Mine & Summit No. 2 Mne, Summit Station, Fayette Co., PA, for H.C. Frick Coke Company, Mt. Pleasant, PA.)
Robottin, John
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1904, Summit Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 26, married.);
(Injured. Leg fractured by fall slate, in the Summit Mine, Dec. 6, 1904.)
[ S ]
Stemler, Fred
(Miner, Mule Driver ca.1886, Summit No. 2 Mine, Summit, Fayette Co., PA, single.);
(Injured. Back and hips injured by a fall of coal and slate, caused by a trip of empty mine cars jumping the track knocking out a post, in the Summit No. 2 Mine, Oct. 8, 1886.)
[ T ]
[ U ]
[ V ]
[ W ]
Warnock, George
(Miner, ca.1894, Summit Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Injured. He was injured when his partner sunk pick into his hand., in the Summit Mine, Oct. 23, 1894. [from the Connellsville Courier," Connellsville, PA, Oct. 26, 1894.].)
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A special thanks to Glen Dixon, Researcher, for his research in the "Connellsville Courier" Connellsville, PA newspaper and other newspapers of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and the addition of many of the miners names from Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

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