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Poland Mine,
Poland No. 1 Mine & Coke Works,
Poland No. 2 Mine,
Poland No. 3 Mine,

Poland Mines,
Monongahela Twp.,
Greene County,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that mined the Bituminous Coal seams of the Poland No. 1 Mine, Greene County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Compiled & Edited by
Raymond A. Washlaski

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

Updated Dec. 11, 2009

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that Worked the
Poland Mine & Poland No. 1 Mine & Coke Works


Following is a partial list of the miners, mine employees and company store employees that worked the Poland No. 1, No. 2 & No. 3 Mines, Poland Mines, Monongahela Twp., Greene 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.

Your help is needed to preserve our coal mining heritage.
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:
The Coal & Coke Heritage Center,
Penn State University Fayette Campus,
PA Rt. 119, P.O. Box 519, Uniontown, PA 15401

COAL MINERS MEMORIAL
POLAND MINES & COKE WORKS
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Bishop, Aaron A.
(Black Miner, ca.1946, Poland Mine, Greene Co., PA, Age 57, married, wife Lela R. Bishop, 9 children.);
(Killed.  Died from injuries received, in the Poland Mine, Sept. 3, 1946.);
(Interred in Edenborn Cemetery. [from the Brownsville Telegraph, Sept. 7, 1946.].)
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Crawford, R. C.
(General Superintendent, ca.1916, ca.1917, Poland Coal Company, Poland Mines, Greene Co., PA.)
Crawford, J. M.
(Superintendent, ca.1913, ca.1916, ca.1917, of the Poland Mine, Greene Co., PA, for Poland Coke Company.)
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Fieldson, William
(English Miner, Machine Runner ca.1916, Poland No. 1 Mine, Age 40, married.);
(Injured.  Leg broken and face lacerated by a fall of slate in a room, in the Poland No. 1 Mine, May 19, 1916.)
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Tonessiana, Flora
(Italian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1916, Poland No. 1 Mine, Age 45, married.);
(Injured. Head and hand lacerated by a fall of coal at the face of the working place, in the Poland No. 1 Mine, April 21, 1916.)
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