Coal Miners Memorial Empire Mines, Starford, Clymer, Indiana Co., PA, U.S.A.

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Coal Miners Memorial
Empire "M" Mine,
Empire No. 7 Mine,
Empire "P" Mine,
Empire "R" Mine,
Starford, near Clymer,
Indiana County,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

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

Compiled & Edited by
Raymond A. Washlaski

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

Updated Jan. 7, 2009

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that Worked the
Empire Mines

Following is a partial list of the miners, mine employees and company store employees that worked the Empire Mines, Starford, near Clymer, Indiana 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
EMPIRE MINES

[ A ]
Austin, R. W.
(General Superintendent, ca.1917, Empire Coal Mining Company, Empire No. 7 Mine, Indiana Co., PA.)
[ B ]
Barris, Joseph
(English Miner, Pick Miner ca.1911, Empire "M" Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 34, married.);
(Injured. Leg broken by a fall of rock at the face of his room, in the Empire "M" Mine, April 17, 1911.)
Borock, Mike
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1911, Empire "P" Mine, Age 32, single.);
(Killed. Killed by a fall of roof at the face of heading stumps while loading a mine car, in the Empire "P" Mine, Feb.17, 1911.)
[ C ]
Clemenson, Amiel [Emil]
(Superintendent, ca.1912, of the Empire "P" Mine & Empire "R" Mine, Indiana Co., PA, for Empire Coal Mining Company, Clearfield, PA.);
(Superintendent, ca.1906, ca.1913, of the Empire "R" Mine, Indiana Co., PA, for Pioneer Coal Company, Clearfield, PA.);
(Lived in Clymer, PA.)
Crascovich, Andrew
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1912, Empire "R" Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 37, single.);
(Injured. Back and shoulders bruised by a fall of rock at the face of a room, in the Empire "R" Mine, May 6, 1912.)
Cudla, Thomas
(Polish Miner, Pick Miner ca.1912, Empire "M" Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 27, married.);
(Injured. Two ribs broken by being caught between two mine cars on a heading, in the Empire "M" Mine, Sept. 17, 1912.)
[ D ]
[ E ]
[ F ]
[ G ]
Granots, John
(Polish Miner, Pick Miner ca.1918, Empire No. 7 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 32, married.);
(Injured. Heel punctured by a pick at the face of a pillar, in the Empire No. 7 Mine, June 12, 1918.)
[ H ]
Hetrick, F. H.
(Superintendent, ca.1905, of the Empire No. 7 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, for Pioneer Coal Company, Clearfield, PA.)
Hetrick, H. H.
(Superintendent, ca.1906, Empire "P" Mine, Indiana Co., PA, for Pioneer Coal Company, Clearfield, PA.)
Howanda, Joseph
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1911, Empire "M" Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 36, married, 2 children.);
(Killed. Electrocuted by comining in contact with the trolley wire on the heading near his room, in the Empire "M" Mine, Dec. 29, 1911.)
[ I ]
[ J ]
Jiros, Mathew
(Polish Miner, Pick Miner ca.1916, Empire No. 7 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 39, married.);
(Injured. Internally strained while pushing a loaded mine car in a room, in the Empire No. 7 Mine, Sept. 24, 1916.)
[ K ]
Kochesko, Michael
(Slavonian Miner, ca.1912, Empire "M" Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 32, married.);
(Injured. Leg broken by a fall of slate while setting a prop at face of a room, in the Empire "M" Mine, Sept. 5, 1912.)
[ L ]
[ M ]
[ N ]
[ O ]
Oravets, Frank
(Slavonian Miner, Pick Miner ca.1916, Empire No. 7 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 39, married.);
(Injured. Internally injured while pushing a mine car in a room, in the Empire No. 7 Mine, Sept. 9, 1916.)
[ P ]
Pinkerton, James
(Scotch Miner, ca.1913, Empire "M" Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 59, married.);
(Injured. Hips and back badly bruised by a fall of draw slate at the face of a pillar, in the Empire "M" Mine, June 21, 1913.)
[ Q ]
[ R ]
[ S ]
Shillingford, G. Webb
(General Superintendent, ca.1913, Pioneer Coal Company, Empire "M" Mine, Empire "R" Mine, Indiana Co., PA.);
(General Superintendent, ca.1916, Empire Coal Mining Company, Empire No. 7 Mine, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Lived in Clearfield, PA.)
Shillingford, R. A.
(General Superintendent, ca.1905, ca.1906, Pioneer Coal Company, Clearfield, PA, Empire No. 7 Mine, Empire "M" Mine, Empire "P" Mine, Empire "R" Mine, Indiana Co., PA.)
St. Clair, James
(Superintendent, ca.1912, of the Empire "M" Mine, Indiana Co., PA, for Empire Coal Mining Company, Clearfield, PA.);
(Superintendent, ca.1906, ca.1913, of the Empire "M" Mine, Indiana Co., PA, for Pioneer Coal Company, Clearfield, PA.);
(Lived in Clymer, PA.)
Steffy, F.G.
(American Miner, Laborer ca.1913, Empire "M" Mine, Indiana Co., PA, Age 36, married.);
(Injured. Heel squeezed between mine car bumpers. Outside the Empire "M" Mine, March 28, 1913.)
[ T ]
Thorn, C. M.
(Superintendent, ca.1916, of the Empire No. 7 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, for Empire Coal Mining Company.)
Thornton, C. M.
(Superintendent, ca.1917, of the Empire No. 7 Mine, Indiana Co., PA, for Empire Coal Mining Company.)
[ U ]
[ V ]
[ W ]
[ X ]
[ Y ]
[ Z ]

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