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Coal Miners Memorial
Cramer Mine
(Boltz Mine),
(Charles Mine),
(Thomas Mine),
(Diamond No. 1 Mine),
(Imperial Mine),
Boltz (Charles), Cramer,
East Wheatfield Twp.,
Indiana County,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that mined the Bituminous Coal seams of the Cramer Mine, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Compiled & Edited by
Raymond A. Washlaski

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

Updated March 18, 2010

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that Worked the
Cramer Mine (Boltz Mine) (Charles Mine) (Thomas Mine) (Diamond No. 1 Mine)

Following is a partial list of the miners, mine employees and company store employees that worked the Cramer Mine (Charles Mine) (Diamond No. 1 Mine), (Thomas Mine), (Boltz Mine), Boltz, Cramer, East Wheatfield Twp., Indiana Co., PA. The coal patch of Boltz had several different names, Charles, Cramer, Boltz. The Cramer mine was also called the Boltz Mine, Thomas Mine, and Diamond No. 1 Mine. 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
CRAMER MINE (BOLTZ MINE)
(THOMAS MINE) (DIAMOND NO.1 MINE)

[ A ]
Alberter, Barry
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
[ B ]
Balazo, Joe
(Miner, ca.1920, Boltz Mines, Indiana Co., PA, Age 38, 5 children.)
Bako, Mike
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Banko, Frank, Jr.
(Miner, Track Layer, Boltz Mine, Indiana Co., PA.)
Banko, Frank, Sr.
(Hungarian Miner, ca.1917 - ca.1943, Track Layer, Boltz Mine, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Father of Frank Banko, Jr. & Joseph Banko.)
Banko, Joseph
(Miner, Track Layer, Boltz Mine, Indiana Co., PA.)
Benedick, Mike
(Miner, ca.1929, Diamond No.1 Mine [Boltz], Indiana Co., PA, Age 32, married, 6 children.);
(Injured. Caught under fall of rock: back broken, condition is "Not Good." In a fall of rock in a mine of the Diamond Smokeless Coal Co., Diamond No. 1 Mine, Boltz, Nov. 9, 1929. Mike Benedick, of Boltz sustained a fracture of the back and is a patient in memorial hospital where he was admitted at 12:15 a.m. today. He also suffered injuries of the right knee and forearm and was reported in an unfavorable condition.)
Berezansky, Mike
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Berezansky, Pete
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Berry, Joseph A.
(Miner, ca.1942, Diamond No. 1 Mine [Boltz], Indiana Co., PA, Age 36, married, wife Nora Berry, 2 children.);
(Killed. Killed instantly when his head was crushed under the rock fall. Other workers on a conveyor in the same room jumped to safety when they heard the cracking noise in the roof, in the Boltz Mine, July 22, 1942.)
Bouch, Chalmer "Doss"
(Miner, ca.1950's-1960's Diamond Mine, Indiana Co., PA, married, wife Pearl Stambaugh Bouch.);
(Chalmer Bouch also worked at the Freedom Mine, Seward, PA; Bunea Vista Mine, and the Robindale Mine.)
Bouch, Clayton "Tom"
(Miner, ca.1950's-1960's Diamond Mine, Indiana Co., PA, married, wife Anna Stambaugh Bouch.);
(Clayton Bouch also worked at the Freedom Mine, Seward, PA; Bunea Vista Mine, and the Robindale Mine.)
Bouch, Clinton "Pete"
(Miner, ca.1950's-1960's Diamond Mine, Indiana Co., PA, married, wife Mable Stevens Bouch.);
(Clinton Bouch also worked at the Freedom Mine, Seward, PA; Bunea Vista Mine, and the Robindale Mine.)
Brown, Kirk Orton
(Miner, Mechanic, Electrician, Boltz Mine, Indiana Co., PA.)
Broz, Joe
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Burkett, H. C.
(Superintendent, ca.1901, ca.1903, ca.1904, ca.1905, ca.1906, Cramer Mine, Indiana Co., PA, for Johnstown Coal Company, Greensburg, PA.);
(General Superintendent, ca.1904, ca.1906, Johnstown Coal Company, Greensburg, PA, Carmer Mine, Indiana Co., PA.)
Buschoski, John
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Busony, John
(Miner, Diamond No. 1 Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA, married, 9 children.)
Busony, Michael
(Miner, ca.1930's-1950's, Diamond No. 1 Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Busony, Nicholas
(Miner, ca.1940's-1967-8, Diamond No. 1 Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA, married, 2 children.);
(Injured. Seriously injured by a mine car accident, with a broken pelvis, in the Diamond No. 1 Mine, ca.late 1950's or early 1960's.);
(He was on the Diamond No 1 Mine First-Aid Team.);
(He served in the US Army as a medic during WWII and the Korean War. He used his medical experience to participate in the mines' award winning First Aid Team.)
Butar, John
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
[ C ]
Casper, Andy
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Casper, George
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Clark, Ira G.
(American Miner, Pick Miner ca.1917, Diamond No. 1 Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA, Age 43, married, 5 chilsren.);
(Killed. Electricuted by coming into contact with an electric wire on an entry, in the Diamond No. 1 Mine, Aug. 31, 1917.)
Coll, Mike "Pillar"
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Cook, James M.
(General Superintendent, ca.1916, ca.1917, Diamond Smokeless Coal Company, Diamond No. 1 Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA, the mine was called Thomas Mine, of Cramer Coal, Coke & Stone Company, previous to April 1, 1916.)
Costantino, Giuseppe
(Miner, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Costantino, Salvatore
(Miner, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Cramer, Aden
(Miner, Cramer Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.);
(d. ca.1983.)
Currie, Donald "Diddle"
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Currie, James "Lefty"
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
[ D ]
Damico, Domqnick
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Davis, Ralph
(Miner, Foreman, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
DiVincenzo, Albert D.
(Miner, Charles Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Dubil, Nick
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
[ E ]
[ F ]
Frrman, Ed
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
[ G ]
Gancos, Whitey
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Glusko, John
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
[ H ]
Hamacek, Tom
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Hazlett, David
(Miner, Mine Inspector, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Hill, Mervin
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Holupka, John
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Hugar, Lawrence
(Miner, Diamonf Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
[ I ]
[ J ]
James, Arthur
(Superintendent, ca.1917, of the Diamond No. 1 Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA, for Diamond Smokeless Coal Company.)
Jarvie, Matt
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Jula, Mike
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Jula, Paul
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
[ K ]
Knapic, Mike
(Miner, Blotz Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Kohour, Andy
(Slavonian Miner, Machine Runner ca.1917, Diamond No. 1 Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA, Age 27, married.);
(Injured. Small bone of leg fractured. While taking the machine from under the coal on an entry the chain caught the pan and threw the machine against his leg, in the Diamond No. 1 Mine, April 1, 1917.)
[ L ]
LaRosa, Giusippi
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
LaRosa, Joseph
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Lavis, Howard
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Lonesky, John
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)

[ M ]
Madeley, Frank
(Miner, Boltz Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA, married.);
(Injured. Injured on a mining accident in the Boltz Mine.)
Mayaski, Bruno
(Polish Miner, Pick Miner ca.1918, Diamond No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 29, married.);
(Injured. Shoulder dislocated by a fall of slate at the face of an entry, in the Diamond No. 1 Mine, August 29, 1918.)
Mc Ginnis, Wayne
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Meulius, Edgar
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Minko, Mike
(Hungarian Miner, Rock Dumper ca.1915, Thomas Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 45, married.);
(Injured. Leg fractured by a mine car. Outside of the Thomas Mine, August 6, 1915.)
Moslar, Stanley
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Myers, Steve
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
[ N ]
[ O ]
Ooghe, Emile
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Ooghe, Lucian "Mooney"
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
[ P ]
Pabrizenski, Johnnie
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Patrick, Frank
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Patterson, Bill
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Peternick, John
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1918, Diamond No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 32, married, 2 children.);
(Killed. Instantly killed by afall of slate on an entry, in the Diamond No. 1 Mine, August 29, 1918.)
[ Q ]
[ R ]
Rachocki, Stanley "Stuck"
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA, married, wife Francis Wajda Rachocki, 2 children.);
Reha, Mike
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Reha, Paul
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Rengh, Victor
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Rensko, Mike "Blackie"
(Miner, Diamond Mine,, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Ressler, Joseph
(American Miner Boy, Pick Miner ca.1903, Cramer Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA, Age 17, single.);
(Injured. Burned about the arms and body by the explosion of a powder cartridge which he carried in his hands, in the Cramer Mine, March 7, 1903.)
Rice, Claude
(American Miner, ca.1914, Thomas Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 30, married.);
(Injured. Crushed about the hips by a fall of rock while working near the face of a heading, in the Thomas Mine, June 19, 1914.)
Rossi, Salvatore
(Miner, ca.1920, Boltz Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA, Age 29, 1 child.)
[ S ]
Sank, Mike
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Scritchfield, Henry
(Miner, Teamster ca.1899, Cramer, Indiaa Co., PA, married, wife Annie E. Scritchfield.)
Simon, Dina
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Simon, John
(Miner Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Smith, Bill
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Solich, John
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Sqntucci, Clato
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Steele, Gerald
(Miner, Mine Inspector, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Steiner, Walter
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA, married, wife Regina Wajda Steiner, 7 children.)
Stephens, Burt
(Miner, ca.1902, Cramer Mines, Indiana Co., PA, married, wife Laura Stephens.)
Steward, Robert J.
(Miner, ca.1901, Cramer Mines, Indiaa Co., PA, married, wife Elmira Steward.)
Stiles, William "Bowser"
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Sturni, Frank
(Miner, Carpenter, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
[ T ]
Thomas, John, Jr.
(General Superintendent, ca.1916, Cramer Coal, Coke & Stone Company, Thomas Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Thompson, Johnnie
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Torok, Andrew, Jr.
(Miner, Boltz Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Torok, Andrew, Sr.
(Miner, Boltz Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Torok, Joe
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Son of Andrew Torok, Sr.)
Torok, John
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Toth, John
(Miner, Boltz Mine, Indiana Co., PA, married.);
(Lived in Seward, PA, worked in the Boltz over 42 years, retired from the Boltz Mine.)
Travis, James
(American Miner, Machine Runner ca.1916, Diamond No 1 Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA, Age 39, married.);
(Injured. Two toes cut off by a mining machine, in the Diamond No. 1 Mine, July 20, 1916.)
Troska, Bill
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
[ U ]
Udaski, George
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Udaski, Mike
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
[ V ]
Varholak, Mike
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
[ W ]
Wajda, Andrew
(Miner, ca.1940's, Boltz Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA, married, wife Helen Lipenski Wajda, 5 children.)
Winters, John
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
[ X ]
[ Y ]
Yaworski, Joe
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
Yaworski, Mike
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)
[ Z ]
Zar, Max
(Miner, Diamond Mine, Boltz, Indiana Co., PA.)

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Mayaski, Bruno(Polish Miner, Pick Miner ca.1918, Diamond No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 29, married.);(Injured. Shoulder dislocated by a fall of slate at the face of an entry, in the Diamond No. 1 Mine, August 29, 1918.)

Minko, Mike(Hungarian Miner, Rock Dumper ca.1915, Thomas Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 45, married.);(Injured. Leg fractured by a mine car. Outside of the Thomas Mine, August 6, 1915.)

Peternick, John(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1918, Diamond No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 32, married, 2 children.);(Killed. Instantly killed by afall of slate on an entry, in the Diamond No. 1 Mine, August 29, 1918.)

Rice, Claude(American Miner, ca.1914, Thomas Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 30, married.);(Injured. Crushed about the hips by a fall of rock while working near the face of a heading, in the Thomas Mine, June 19, 1914.)

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