Coal Miners Memorial, Tip Top Mine & Coke Works, near Scottdale, Owensdale, Fayette Co., PA, U.S.A.

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Coal Miners Memorial
Tip Top Mine & Coke Works,
near Scottdale,
Owensdale,
Fayette County,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that mined the Bituminous Coal seams of the Tip Top 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 17, 2009

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

Following is a partial list of the miners, coke workers, mine employees and company store employees that worked the Tip Top Mine & Coke Works, near Scottdale, Owensdale, 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
TIP TOP MINE & COKE WORKS

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Butt, Roy
(Superintendent, ca.1916, ca.1917, of the Tip Top Mine, Fayette Co., PA, for Tyrone Coal Company.)
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Clingerman, W. H.
(General Superintendent, ca.1906, H.C. Frick Coke Company, Scottdale, PA, Tip Top Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
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Foucks, Joseph
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1900, Tip Top Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 35, married, 2 chidren.);
(Killed. Killed by a fall of roof, in the Tip Top Mine, June 13, 1900.)
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Kennedy, O. W.
(General Superintendent, ca.1900, ca.1901, ca.1903, H.C. Frick Coke Company, Tip Top Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
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Lapoh, Samuel
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1906, Tip Top Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 32, married.);
(Injured. Back, legs and fingers injured by fall of slate, in Tip Top Mine, May 23, 1906.)
Light, Frank
(Miner, ca.1990, Tip Top Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Injured. After the premature powder blast that injured Neil Sweeney, Frank Light, while on his way to see what happened, fell and hit ties, head and scalp cut, in the Tip Top Mine, March 27, 1890. [from the "Connellsville Courier," Connellsville, PA, April 4, 1890.]. )
Lynch, James
(Superintendent, ca.1898, ca.1900, ca.1901, ca.1903, ca.1905, ca.1906, of the Tip Top Mine & Coke Works, Fayette Co., PA, for H.C. Frick Coke Company, Scottdale, PA.)
Lynch, Thomas
(Superintendent, ca.1889, of the Tip Top Mine & Coke Works, Fayette Co., PA, for H.C. Frick Coke Company, Scottdale, PA.)
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Ramsay, Robert
(Superintenent, ca.1886, of the Tip Top Mine, Valley, Fayette Co., PA, for H.C. Frick Coke Company, Mt. Pleasant, PA.)
Reeder, Joseph
(German Miner, Pick Miner ca.1909, Tip Top Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 42, single.);
(Injured. Shoulder injured by a fall ofroof coal at the face of a pillar, in the Tip Top Mine, Aug. 17, 1909.)
Rice, W. E.
(General Superintendent, ca.1916, ca.1917, Tyrone Coal Company, Tip Top Mine, Fayette Co., PA.)
Rosbushum, Joseph
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner & Mule Driver ca.1905, Tip Top Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 25, single);
(Injured. Leg cut and body bruised by falling under a trip of mine cars, in Tip Top Mine, Feb. 27, 1905.)
[ S ]
Sailer, Daniel
(Miner, Mule Driver ca.1889, Tip Top Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Injured. Caught between two mine wagons, in the Tip Top Mine, May 18, 1889. [from the "Connellsville Courier," Connellsville, PA, May 24, 1889.].)
Shrinkle, Albert
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1901, Tip Top Mine, Fayette Co., PA, Age 27, married.);
(Killed. Instantly killed by a fall of roof, in the Tip Top Mine, Oct. 26, 1901.)
Sweeney, Neil
(Miner, ca.1990, Tip Top Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(Injured. Injured by a premature powder blast, in the Tip Top Mine, March 27, 1890. [from the "Connellsville Courier," Connellsville, PA, April 4, 1890.]. )
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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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