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Indiana County Pennsylvania
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to the Bituminous Coal Mines of
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Index to the Coal Mines and Coal Companies which mined the Bituminous Coal seams of Indiana County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Compiled & Edited by
Raymond A. Washlaski

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

Updated Sept. 19, 2010

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[This listing of coal mines and coal companies has been researched and complied from various sources by Raymond A. Washlaski, Historian: newspaper articles, Pennsylvania Bureau of Mines Reports, county histories, township histories, Pennsylvania Geological Survey reports, topographical maps, personnal accounts of coal miners, etc., etc.]
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R. B. Smith Company, Blairsvile, PA
See: Smith Mine, Smith, Blacklick Twp., Indiana Co., PA
See also: Smith Company, Blairsville, PA

Ragar's Country Bank Mine (ca.1879- ? ), located five miles north-east from Blairsville, Indiana Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1879- ? ), H. Ragar

Randolph No. 2 Mine (ca.1913- ? ), located on the Pennsylvania Railroad, near Dixonville, Green Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1913- ? ), Dixonville Coal Company, Dixonville, PA
(ca.1916- ? ), Dixonville Coal Company, Dixonville, PA
(ca.1917- ? ), Dixonville Coal Company, Dixonville, PA
(ca.1920- ? ), Dixonville Coal Company, Dixonville, PA
Web sites on the Randolph No. 2 Mine, Dixonville, Green Twp., Indiana Co., PA:
Coal Miners Memorial Randolph No. 2 Mine, Dixonville, Green Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Ransom Station, Center Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[Located on the Pennsylvania Railroad, Indiana Branch.]
[Was called Ranson Station, before 1888, and then Mikesell Station, after 1888, and then Graceton.]
See: Graceton Mines & Coke Works, Graceton, Center Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Ray Coal Company, Blairsville, PA
See: Ray Mine, Blairsville area, Indiana Co., PA

Ray Mine (ca.1904- ? ), located on the Western Pennsylvania Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Blairsville area, Indiana Co., PA
[Ray Mine was listed as being abandoned during ca.1912.]
Owners: (ca.1904- ? ), Ray Coal Company, Blairsville, PA
(ca.1905- ? ), Ray Coal Company, Blairsville, PA
(ca.1912- ? ), Ray Coal Company, Blairsville, PA
Web sites on the Ray Mine, Blairsville area, Indiana Co., PA:
Coal Miners Memorial Ray Mine, Blairsville, Indiana Co., PA

Ray Town, Banks Twp., Indiana Co., PA
See: Raytown, Banks Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Rayne, Rayne Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[Located just west of PA Rt. 119, on the road to Kintersburg, Indiana Co., PA.]
See:

Raytown, Banks Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[A coal company patch town in Banks Twp., Indiana County, Pennsylvania.]
[Located on the Pennsylvania Railroad.]
See:
See also: Ray Town, Banks Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Reakart Brothers & Company, Glen Campbell, PA
See: Penn Mine, Reakartsdale, near Glen Campbell, Indiana Co., PA

Reakart Brothers Coal Company, Glen Campbell, PA
See: Penn Mine, Reakartsdale, Glen Campbell, Indiana Co., PA

Reakartsdale, Banks Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[Reakartsdale was the coal company town established by the Reakart Brothers Coal Company for their Penn Mine. Located near Glen Campbell, PA]
See: Penn Mine, Reakartsdale, Glen Campbell, Banks Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Redlands Coal Company,
[Redlands Coal Company leased the former mines of Industrial Collieries Company which operated the former Penn Mary Mines (Bethlehem Mines), at Heilwood from ca.1936 to ca.1940.]
See: Heilwood Mines, Heilwood, Pine Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Mentcle Mine, Mentcle, Pine Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Reed, White Twp. Indiana Co., PA
[Located on the Pennsylvania Railroad Indiana Branch, 1 1/2 miles south of Indiana, PA.]
See: Reed Country Bank Mine, Reed, White Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Reed, Young Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[Located north east of the Iselin Mines, some of the Iselin Miners lived in Reed, PA.)
See: Iselin No. 3 Mine, Whiskey Run, Young Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Reed Country Bank Mine (ca.1886- ? ), located on the Indiana Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad, 1 1/2 miles south of Indiana, at Reed, White Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[Supplied coal to the first bee-hive coke ovens in Indiana County at the Graceton Coke Works, Graceton, Center Twp., Indiana Co. ca.1886.]
Owners: (ca.1886- ? ), ?

Reese - Hammond Fire Brick Company, Bolivar, PA
See: India Mine, India, West Wheatfield Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Indiana No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA
Indiana No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA
Indiana No. 3 Mine, Indiana Co., PA

Rembrant, Cherryhill Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[A coal company patch town in Cherryhill Twp., Indiana County, Pennsylvania.]
[Located on the right side of Penn Street, PA Route 403, northwest of Clymer toward Dixonville.]
[Located on the Cherry Tree & Dixonville Railroad. Later it became the R. J. Corman Railroad.]
[Located on the U.S.G.S. 7 1/2min. Quad. map: Clymer, PA.]
[UTM: 17 E. 668200 - N. 4506650.]
See: Victor No. 26 Mine, Rembrant, Cherryhill Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Rembrant Station, Cherryhill Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[Located on the Cherry Tree & Dixonville Railroad.]
See: Victor No. 26 Mine, Rembrant, Cherryhill Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Rexis, Buffington Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[Located on the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railroad. On the Cambria & Indiana Railroad.]
[A lumber mill town, located across the North Branch of the Blacklick Creek from Vintondale.]
[Rexis is coal mining Ghost Town located along the Ghost Town Trail, Indiana & Cambria Cos., PA, a rails-to-trails trail along Blacklick Creek.]
See:

Richmond P.O., Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA
See: Jeffries' Country Bank Mine, Richmond, Indiana Co., PA
See: Rochester Mills, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Richmond (Rochester Mills P.O.), Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA
See:

Rico, Brush Valley Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[Located on PA Rt. 259 north of Brush Valley, Brush Valley Twp., Indiana Co., PA.]
See:

Ridge School, West Wheatfield Twp., Indiana Co., PA
See:

Ridge Supply Company,
(Coal Company Store.)
Ridge Supply Store No.___, Iselin, Indiana Co., PA

Ridgeview Coal Company,
See: Ridgeview Mine, Indiana Co., PA

Ridgeview Mine (ca.1917-1931), located south of Heshbon School, on the north side of the Blacklick Creek, Brush Valley Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1917-1931), Ridgeview Coal Company,

Roaring Run Mining Company, Blairsville, PA
See: Roaring Run No. 1 Mine, Truxall, Bell Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA
Roaring Run No. 2 Mine, Truxall, Bell Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA

Robert Smith Company, Blairsville, PA
See: Smith Mine, Smith, Blacklick Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Robert Smith Coal Company, Blairsville, PA
See: Smith Mine, Smith, Blacklick Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Robertsville, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[Robertsville consists of only a few houses today.]
See:

Robindale, Smokeless P.O., East Wheatfield Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[The town of Robindale (Smokeless) no longer exists, it is a coal mining Ghost Town, covered by the ash dump of the Penelec Electric Generating Station, of Seward, PA.]
[The town of Robindale is now a coal mining Ghost Town, with only the Hice-Pershing Cemetery remaining.]
See: Robindale Mine (Penelec No. 5 Mine), Robindale, East Wheatfield Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Robindale Heights, East Wheatfield Twp., Indiana Co., PA
See:

Robindale Mine
(Smokeless Mine)
(Penelec No. 5 Mine) (ca.1914-1952 ?), a drift mine, located 1mile west of Seward, on the Pennsylvania Railroad, at Robindale (Smokeless P.O.), East Wheatfield Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[USGS Quad.: New Florence, PA UTM: E. 17 666600 - N. 4473900.]
[Disaster - on March 30, 1916 an explosion in the Robindale Mine killed 8 miners.]
[Town was originally called Smokeless, name changed to Robindale ca.1917.]
[Robindale Mine name was changed to the Penelex No. 5 Mine, after 1926.]
[Robindale no longer exists, the town was torn down and covered by the fly ash dump from the Seward Electrical Generating Station (Penelec Electric Generating Station).]
[The town of Robindale is a coal mining Ghost Town, with only the Hice-Pershing Cemetery remaining.]
Owners: (ca.1914-1926), Conemaugh Smokeless Coal Company, Johnstown, PA
(ca.1926-1952 ? ), West Penn Power Company, Greensburg, PA
Web sites on the Robindale Mine (Penelec No. 5 Mine), Robindale, East Wheatfield Twp., Indiana Co., PA:
History of the Robindale Mine, Robindale, East Wheatfield Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Coal Miners Memorial Robindale Mine, Robindale, East Wheatfield Twp., Indiana Co., Pa.

Robinson, West Wheatfield Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[A brick company and coal company Patch Town in West Wheatfield Twp., Indiana Co., Pennsylvania.]
See: Garfield No. 1 Mine, near Robinson, West Wheatfield Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Garfield No. 2 Mine, near Robinson, West Wheatfield Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Garfield No. 3 Mine, near Robinson, West Wheatfield Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company, Indiana, PA
See: Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal & Iron Company, Indiana, PA

Rochester Mills (Richmond P.O.), Grant Twp., Indiana Co., PA
See: Locust Mine, Rochester Mills, Indiana Co., PA
Locust No. 1 Mine, Rochester Mills, Indiana Co., PA
Millrich Coal Company, Rochester Mills, PA
Savan No. 1 Mine, Rochester Mills, Indiana Co., PA
Savan No. 2 Mine, Rochester Mills, Indiana Co., PA
W. H. Bicknell Company, Rochester Mills, PA

Rodkey Mine
(Empire "R" Mine) (ca.1916- ? ), located on the Cherry Tree & Dixonville Railroad, Buck Run Branch of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, near Clymer, Buck Run, Cherryhill Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[The Rodkey Mine & the Empire "R" Mine were the same Mine.]
[1914 - Pioneer Coal Company, G. Webb Shllingford, General Superintendent
Empire "R" Mine, Amiel Clemenson of Clymer Superintendent
Drift mine. Ventilation provided by a 8' Stine electric-powered fan.
1915 - Empire Coal Company, G. Webb Shllingford, General Superintendent
Rodkey Mine, Amiel Clemenson of Clymer Superintendent
Drift mine, non-gaseous. Ventilation provided by a 8' Stine electric-powered fan.]
Owners: (ca. ? ), Pioneer Coal Company
(ca.1916- ? ), Empire Coal Mining Company, Clearfield, PA
Web sites on the Rodkey Mine (Empire "R" Mine), near Clymer, Buck Run, Cherryhill Twp., Indiana Co., PA:
Coal Miners Memorial Rodkey Mine (Empire "R" Mine), near Clymer, Buck Run, Cherryhill Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Roseboro, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[A coal company patch town in Canoe Twp., Indiana County, Pennsylvania.]
[Located on the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railroad.]
[Roseboro, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA, was first called Locust Lane.]
See:

Rosebud Mining Company,
See: Josephine No. 3 Mine, Luciusboro, Center Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Rossiter, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[A coal company Patch Town in Indiana Co., Pennsylvania.]
[Rossiter was named for William Rossiter who was a chief stockholder in the Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corp. ]
[Located on the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad.]
[Smyerstown was located next to Rossiter, it was probably a section of Rossiter.]
See: Frances Mine, Smyerstown, Rossiter, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Rossiter No. 1 Mine, Rossiter, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Rossiter No. 2 Mine, Rossiter, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Rossiter No. 3 Mine, Rossiter, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Rossiter No. 4 Mine, Rossiter, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Rossiter No. 5 Mine, Rossiter, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Smyerstown, Rossiter, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[A coal company Patch Town adjacent to Rossiter, in Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., Pennsylvania.]
See: Frances Mines, Smyerstown, Rossiter, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Rossiter Mines, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Rossiter Junction, Bell Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
[Located on the Pennsylvania Railroad.]
See: Rossiter Mines, Rossiter, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Rossiter Junction, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[Located on the Pennsylvania Railroad.]
See: Rossiter Mines, Rossiter, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Rossiter No. 1 Mine
(Canoe Ridge Mine)
(Canoe Ridge No. 1 Mine)
(ca.1917-1946 ), located on the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, a quarter mile southwest of Rossiter, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[A drift and slope mine, mining the "E" coal seam, mining doen by machine.]
[Canoe Ridge No. 1 Mine was renamed Rossiter No. 1 Mine in ca.1917.]
[Located on the U.S.G.S. 7 1/2 Quad map: Punxsutawney, PA.]
[UTM: 17 E.673600 - N.4528740.]
Clearfield Supply Company, Rossiter Company Store
[Located on the U.S.G.S. 7 1/2 Quad. map: Punxsutawney, PA]
[UTM: 17 E. 674025 - N. 4528805.]
Owners: (ca.1919- ? ), Clearfield Bituminous Coal Company, Indiana, PA
(A subsidiary of the New York Central Railroad.)
(ca.1920- ? ), Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corp., Indiana, PA
(ca.1947- ? ), Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corp., Indiana, PA
Web sites on the Rossiter No. 1 Mine, Rossiter, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA:
History of the Rossiter Mines (Canoe Ridge Mines), Rossiter, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Coal Miners Memorial Rossiter Mines (Canoe Ridge Mines), Rossiter, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Rossiter No. 2 Mine
(Canoe Ridge No. 2 Mine) (ca.1917- ? ), located on the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, near Rossiter, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[Located on the U.S.G.S. 7 1/2 Quad map: Punxsutawney, PA.]
[UTM: 17 E.673600 - N.4528740.]
Owners: (ca.1919- ? ), Clearfield Bituminous Coal Company, Indiana, PA
(A subsidiary of the New York Central Railroad.)
Web sites on the Rossiter No. 1 Mine, Rossiter, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA:
History of the Rossiter Mines (Canoe Ridge Mines), Rossiter, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Coal Miners Memorial Rossiter Mines (Canoe Ridge Mines), Rossiter, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Rossiter No. 3 Mine
(Canoe Ridge No. 3 Mine) (ca.1917-1947), located on the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, near Rossiter, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[Located on the U.S.G.S. 7 1/2 Quad map: Punxsutawney, PA.]
[UTM: 17 E.673600 - N.4528740.]
Owners: (ca.1919- ? ), Clearfield Bituminous Coal Company, Indiana, PA
(A subsidiary of the New York Central Railroad.)
(ca.1920- ? ), Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corp., Indiana, PA
(ca.1947 ), Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corp., Indiana, PA
Web sites on the Rossiter No. 1 Mine, Rossiter, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA:
History of the Rossiter Mines (Canoe Ridge Mines), Rossiter, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Coal Miners Memorial Rossiter Mines (Canoe Ridge Mines), Rossiter, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Rossiter No. 4 Mine
(Canoe Ridge No. 4 Mine) (ca.1917-1947), located on the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, near Rossiter, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1919- ? ), Clearfield Bituminous Coal Company, Indiana, PA
(ca.1920- ? ), Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corp., Indiana, PA
(ca.1947), Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corp., Indiana, PA
Web sites on the Rossiter No. 1 Mine, Rossiter, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA:
History of the Rossiter Mines (Canoe Ridge Mines), Rossiter, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Coal Miners Memorial Rossiter Mines (Canoe Ridge Mines), Rossiter, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Rossiter No. 5 Mine
(Canoe Ridge No. 5 Mine) (ca.1920- ? ), located on the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, near Rossiter, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1920- ? ), Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corp., Indiana, PA
Web sites on the Rossiter No. 1 Mine, Rossiter, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA:
History of the Rossiter Mines (Canoe Ridge Mines), Rossiter, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Coal Miners Memorial Rossiter Mines (Canoe Ridge Mines), Rossiter, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Rossiter Station, Bell Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
[Located on the Pennsylvania Railroad.]
[Rossiter Station was first called Finley Mills.]
See: Rossiter Mines, Rossiter, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Rossmoyne, South Mahoning Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[Located on Ross Run, south of Frantz, Indiana Co., PA, near the Buffalo & Susquehanna Railroad.]
See:

Rowley School, Banks Twp., Indiana Co., PA
See:

Russel Coal Company, Clymer, PA
See: Victor No. 24 Mine, Clymer, Indiana Co., PA
Victor No. 25 Mine, Clymer, Indiana Co., PA
Victor No. 26 Mine, Rembrant, Cherryhill Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Victor No. 27 Mine, Clymer, Indiana Co., PA
Victor No. 29 Mine, Clymer, Indiana Co., PA

Russel Coal Company, St. Benedict, PA
See: Victor No. 24 Mine, Clymer, Indiana Co., PA
Victor No. 25 Mine, Clymer, Indiana Co., PA
Victor No. 26 Mine, Rembrant, Cherryhill Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Victor No. 27 Mine, Clymer, Indiana Co., PA
Victor No. 29 Mine, Clymer, Indiana Co., PA

Russell Coal Mining Company, St. Benedict, PA
See: Victor No. 24 Mine, Clymer, Indiana Co., PA
Victor No. 25 Mine, Clymer, Indiana Co., PA
Victor No. 26 Mine, Rembrant, Cherryhill Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Victor No. 27 Mine, Clymer, Indiana Co., PA
Victor No. 29 Mine, Clymer, Indiana Co., PA

Ruth Mine (ca.1920- ? ), located in Indiana Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1920- ? ), Lowther Coal Company, Clarksburg, PA

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