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Sagamore Mines
[Most of the Sagamore Mines were located in Armstrong Co., PA
See: The Armstrong County Listings.

Sagamore No. 1 Mine (ca.1905-  ?  ), located on the Buffalo & Susquehanna Railroad, near Sagamore, Armstrong Co., the Sagamore No. 1 Mine was located in Indiana Co., PA
Owners:  (ca.1905-  ?  ), Buffalo & Susquehanna Coal Mining Company, DuBois, PA
[Most of the Sagamore Mines are listed under the Armstrong County, PA Index]
Web sites on the Sagamore Mines, Sagamore, Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co., PA:
   Sagamore:  Coal Company Patch Town, Sagamore, Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co., PA
   Coal Miners Memorial Sagamore Mines, Sagamore, Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co., PA

Sagamore No. 11 Mine (ca.1917-  ?  ), located on the Buffalo & Susquehanna Railroad, near Sagamore, Armstrong Co., the Sagamore No. 11 Mine was located in Indiana Co., PA
[Sagamore No. 11 Mine was listed as being idle ca.1917.]
Owners:  (ca.1917-  ?  ), Buffalo & Susquehanna Coal & Coke Company, DuBois, PA
Web sites on the Sagamore Mines, Sagamore, Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co., PA:
   Sagamore:  Coal Company Patch Town, Sagamore, Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co., PA
   Coal Miners Memorial Sagamore Mines, Sagamore, Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co., PA

Sagamore No. 12 Mine (ca.1917-  ?  ), located on the Buffalo & Susquehanna Railroad, near Sagamore, Armstrong Co., the Sagamore No. 12 Mine was located in Indiana Co., PA
[Sagamore No. 12 Mine was listed as being idle ca.1917.]
Owners:  (ca.1917-  ?  ), Buffalo & Susquehanna Coal & Coke Company, DuBois, PA
Web sites on the Sagamore Mines, Sagamore, Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co., PA:
   Sagamore:  Coal Company Patch Town, Sagamore, Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co., PA
   Coal Miners Memorial Sagamore Mines, Sagamore, Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co., PA

Saltsburg, Indiana Co., PA
[Located first on the Western Pennsylvania Railroad and later on the Pennsylvania Railroad, Conemaugh Division.]
[Saltsburg, located on the Conemaugh River, was founded  as a canal town, on the Pennsylvania Mainline Canal, Western Division.]
See: Blairsville Coke Company, Limited, Saltsburg, PA
       Bowman Coal Company, Saltsburg, PA
       Bowman Coal Mining Company, Saltsburg, PA
       Fairbanks Coal Company, Saltsburg, PA
       Mitchell - Watson Coal & Coke Company, Saltsburg, PA
       Saltsburg Coal Company, Saltsburg, PA

Saltsburg Coal Company, Leechburg, PA
See: Foster Mine, Foster, Conemaugh Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Saltsburg Coal Company, Saltsburg, PA
See: Saltsburg Coal Mines, Loyalhanna Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA

Saltsburg Coal Mining Company, Leechburg, PA
See: Edri No. 10 Mine, Edri, Conemaugh Twp., Indiana Co., PA
       Foster No. 1 Mine, Foster, Conemaugh Twp., Indiana Co.,PA
       Foster No. 2 Mine, Foster, Conemaugh Twp., Indiana Co., PA
       Foster No. 3 Mine, Foster, Conemaugh Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Sample Run, Cherryhill Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[A coal company Patch Town southwest of Clymer in Cherryhill Twp., Indiana Co., Pennsylvania.]
See: Sample Run Mine, Sample Run, Clymer, Cherryhill Twp., Indiana Co., PA
        Sample Run No. 1 Mine (Clymer No. 1 Mine), Sample Run, Cherryhill Twp., Indiana Co., PA
        Sample Run No. 2 Mine (Clymer No. 2 Mine), Sample Run, Cherryhill Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Sample Run Mine (ca.1905-1960's), located on the New York Central Railroad, at Sample Run, 1 1/4 miles southwest of Clymer, Sample Run, Clymer, Cherryhill Twp., Indiana Co, PA
[A slope mine, mining the "D" coal seam, minng done by machine.]
[Located on the U.S.G.S. 7 1/2 min. Quad: Clymer, PA.]
[UTM: 17 E.665900 - N.4503200.]
Sample Run Company Housing, Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corp.
[Located on the U.S. G. S. 7 1/2 min. Quad map: Clymer, PA]
[UTM: 17 E.667000 - N. 450270.]
Clymer Mines, Clearfield Supply Company, Company Store, Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corp.
[Located on the U.S.G. 7 1/2 min. Quad. map: Clymer, PA.]
[UTM: 17 E.667980 - N.4503650.]
Clymer Mines Machine Shop, Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corp.
[Located on the U.S.G.S. 7 1/2 min. Quad. map: Clymer, PA]
[UTM: 17 E.668005 - E. 4504050.]
Clymer Mines Office Buiding, Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corp.
[Located on the U.S.G.S. 7 1/2 min. Quad. map: Clymer, PA.]
[UTM: 17 E.667780 - N.4503650.]
Owners:  (ca.1910-  ?  ), Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corp., Clearfield, PA
                                        (A subsidiary of the New York Central Railroad.)
              (ca.1913-  ?  ), Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corp., Clearfield, PA
                                        (A subsidiary of the New York Central Railroad.)
              (ca.1916-   ?  ), Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corp, Clearfield, PA
              (ca.1920-   ?  ), Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corp., Indiana, PA
Web sites on the Sample Run Mine, Sample Run, Clymer, Cherryhill Twp., Indiana Co., PA:
    Coal Miners Memorial Sample Run Mine, Sample Run, Clymer, Cherryhill Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Sample Run No. 1 Mine
(Clymer No. 1 Mine) (ca.1905-1960's), located on the New York Central Railroad, at Sample Run, 1 1/4 miles southwest of Clymer, Sample Run, Clymer, Cherryhill Twp., Indiana Co, PA
Owners: (ca.1905-1953), Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation, Indiana, PA
                                        (A subsidiary of the New York Central Railroad.)
               (ca.1953-1960's) Imperial Coal Corporation, Indiana, PA
                                           (A subsidiary of Barnes & Tucker Coal Company.)
Web sites on the Sample Run No. 1 Mine, Sample Run, Clymer, Cherryhill Twp., Indiana Co., PA:
    Coal Miners Memorial Sample Run No. 1 Mine, Sample Run, Clymer, Cherryhill Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Sample Run No. 2 Mine
(Clymer No. 2 Mine) (ca.1936-1960's), located on the New York Central Railroad at Sample Run, 1 1/4 miles southwest of Clymer, Sample Run, Clymer, Cherryhill Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1936-1953), Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation, Indiana, PA
                                        (A subsidiary of the New York Central Railroad.)
               (ca.1953-1960's) Imperial Coal Corporation, Indiana, PA
                                        (A subsidiary of Barnes & Tucker Coal Company.)
Web sites on the Sample Run No. 2 Mine, Sample Run, Clymer, Cherryhill Twp., Indiana Co., PA:
    Coal Miners Memorial Sample Run No. 2 Mine, Sample Run, Clymer, Cherryhill Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Sample Run No. 3 Mine
(Clymer No. 3 Mine) (ca.  ?  -1960's), located on a spur of the New York Central Railroad north Clymer, on Twenty Four Road, Clymer, Cherryhill Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1936-1953), Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation, Indiana, PA
                                        (A subsidiary of the New York Central Railroad.)
               (ca.1953-1960's) Imperial Coal Corporation, Indiana, PA
                                        (A subsidiary of Barnes & Tucker Coal Company.)
Web sites on the Sample Run No. 2 Mine, Sample Run, Clymer, Cherryhill Twp., Indiana Co., PA:
    Coal Miners Memorial Sample Run No. 2 Mine, Sample Run, Clymer, Cherryhill Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Savan, East Mahoning Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[A coal company patch town in East Mahoning Twp., Indiana Co., Pennsylvania.]
[Located on the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railroad.]
See: Hess Coal Company, Punxsutawney, PA
       Savan Collieries Company, Savan, PA
       Savan No. 1 Mine, Savan, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA
       Savan No. 2 Mine, Savan, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Savan Coal Company, Altoona, PA
See: Savan No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA

Savan Coal Company, Snow Shoe, PA
See: Savan No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA

Savan Collieries Company, Indiana, PA
See: Savan No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA

Savan Collieries Company, Savan, PA
See: Savan No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA

Savan Colliery Company, Indiana, PA
See: Savan No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA

Savan No. 1 Mine (ca.1912- ? ), located on the  Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railroad, Rochester Mills, Savan, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[Savan No. 1 Mine was listed as a new mine ca.1912.]
Owners: (ca.1912-   ?  ), Savan Coal Company, Snow Shoe, PA
              (ca.1916-   ?  ), Savan Collieries Company, Indiana, PA
              (ca.1917-   ?  ), Savan Colliery Company, Indiana, PA
              (ca.1920-   ?  ), Savan Collieries Company, Indiana, PA
Web sites on the Savan No. 1 Mine, Rochester Mills, Indiana Co., PA:
    Coal Miners Memorial Savan No. 1 Mine, Rochester Mills, Indiana Co., PA

Savan No. 2 Mine (ca.1916-  ?  ), located on the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railroad, Rochester Mills, Savan, Canoe Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1916-  ?  ), Savan Coal Company, Altoona, PA
              (ca.1917-  ?  ), W. H. Bicknell Company, Rochester Mills, PA
              (ca.1920-  ?  ), Millrich Coal Company, Rochester Mills, PA
Web sites on the Savan No. 2 Mine, Rochester Mills, Indiana Co., PA:
    Coal Miners Memorial Savan No. 2 Mine, Rochester Mills, Indiana Co., PA

Scottglen, East Wheatfield Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[A coal company Patch Town in East Wheatfield Twp., Indiana Co., Pennsylvania.]
[Scottglen, located on the Scottglen spur of the Blacklick Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad, on the south side of Blacklick Creek, in East Wheatfield Twp., is now a ghost town.]
[Scottglen is a coal mining ghost town located along the Ghost Town Trail, Indiana & Cambria Cos., PA, a rails-to-trails trail along Blacklick Creek.]
See: Armerford Mine, Scottglen, East Wheatfield Twp., Indiana Co., PA
        Brush Valley Mine, Scottglen, East Wheatfield Twp., Indiana Co., PA
        Brush Valley No.1 Mine, Scottglen, East Wheatfield Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Scottglen Station, Buffington Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[A coal company patch town in Buffington Twp., Indiana Co., PA.]
[A railroad station located on the Blacklick Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad.]
[Scottglen Station is a coal mining ghost town located along the Ghost Town Trail, Indiana & Cambria Cos., PA, a rails-to-trails trail along Blacklick Creek.]
See: Thermal No. 15 Mine, Scottglen Station, Buffington Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Seamentown, Green Twp., Indiana Co. PA
[Located on the Cherry Tree & Dixonville Railroad.]
See:

Sellersville, West Mahoning Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[Sellersville name was changed to North Point.]
See: North Point, West Mahoning Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Seneca Coal Company, Chambersville, PA
See: Seneca No. 1 Mine, Chambersville, Rayne Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Seneca Coal Mining Company, Buffalo, N.Y.
See: Seneca Mine, Chambersville, Rayne Twp., Indiana Co., PA
       Seneca No. 1 Mine, Chambersville, Rayne Twp., Indiana Co., PA
       Seneca No. 2 Mine, Chambersville, Rayne Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Seneca Coal Mining Company, Chambersville, PA
See: Seneca No. 1 Mine, Chambersville, Rayne Twp., Indiana Co., PA
       Seneca No. 2 Mine, Chambersville, Rayne Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Seneca Mine
(Seneca No. 1 Mine) (ca.1904- ? ), located on the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railroad, Chambersville, Rayne Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[A drift mine, mining the 5 foot to 6 foot Freeport coal seam, mining done by machine.  Trade name "Seneca."]
Owners: (ca.1904-  ?  ), Seneca Coal Mining Company, Buffalo, N.Y.
              (ca.1905-  ?  ), Seneca Coal Company, Chambersville, PA
              (ca.1910-  ?  ), Seneca Coal Mining Company, Buffalo, N.Y.
              (ca.1912-  ?  ), Seneca Coal Mining Company, Buffalo, N.Y.
              (ca.1916-  ?  ), Seneca Coal Mining Company, Buffalo, NY
              (ca.1917-  ?  ), Seneca Coal Mining Company, Buffalo, NY
              (ca.1920-  ?  ), Seneca Coal Mining Company, Chambersville, PA
Web sites on the Seneca No. 1 Mine, Chambersville, Rayne Twp., Indiana Co., PA:
    Coal Miners Memorial Seneca No. 1 Mine, Chambersville, Rayne Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Seneca No. 2 Mine (ca.1920- ? ), located on the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railroad, Chambersville, Rayne Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1920- ? ), Seneca Coal Mining Company, Chambersville, PA
Web sites on the Seneca No. 2 Mine, Chambersville, Rayne Twp., Indiana Co., PA:
    Coal Miners Memorial Seneca No. 2 Mine, Chambersville, Rayne Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Service Stores Corp.,
[Coal Company Stores.]
Service Stores Corp., Store, Heilwood, Indiana Co., PA

Shanktown, Green Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[A coal company Patch Town in Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pennsylvania.]
[Located on the Cherry Tree & Dixonville Railroad.]
[Shanktown was another name for the Village of Starford ca.1913.]
See: Starford, Green Twp., Indiana Co., PA
        Lancashire No. 18 Mine, Shanktown, Starford, Greene Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Sharp's Mill, Armstrong Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[Renamed Shelocta, Armstrong Twp., Indiana Co., PA.]
See:
See also: Shelocta, Armstrong Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Sharpsburg, South Mahoning Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[Located on the Buffalo & Susquehanna Railroad, just north of Plumville.]
See: Sharpsburg Coal Shaft, Sharpsburg, South Mahoning Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Sharpsburg Coal Shaft (ca.1884-  ?  ), located at Sharpsburg, South Mahoning Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[The boiler and engine for the Sharpsburg Coal Shaft were set in motion on Wednesday evening.  Dynamite is on hand to finish the blasting and everything looks like business.  There is no doubt but that the shaft can be made a success. (from "The Plumville Herald," Plumville, PA, July 18m 1884.).]
[The sharpsburg Coal Shaft Mine was across the North Branch of Plum Creek from the Ashburgh Grist Mill.  It used the coal to make steam to run the mill. (courtesy of Jesse Crooks, Home, PA.).]
Owners: (ca.1884-  ?  ),   ?

Shellbark School, East Wheatfield Twp., Indiana Co., PA
See: Shellbark School Country Bank Mine, Shellbark School, East Wheatfield Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Shellbark School Country Bank Mine (ca.    ?    ),  located near Shellbark School, East Wheatfield Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Owners: (ca.  ?    )

Shelocta, Armstrong Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[On the Ridge Branch of the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railroad.]
[Formerly called Sharp's Mill, Armstrong Twp., Indiana Co., PA.]
See:
See also: Sharp's Mill, Armstrong Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Sides, Pine Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[A coal company Patch Town in Pine Twp., Indiana Co., Pennsylvania.]
[The town of Sides was renamed Alverda. It was also called Brownstown. Located on the Cambria & Indiana Railroad.]  
See: Alverda, Pine Twp., Indiana Co., PA
        Bethlehem No. 9 Mine, Sides, Indiana Co., PA
        Pennsylvania No. 55 Mine, Alverda, Pine Twp., Indiana Co., PA
        Sides No. 1 Mine, Brownstown, Alverda, Pine Twp., Indiana Co., PA
See also: Alverda, Pine Twp., Indiana Co., PA
               Brownstown, Pine Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Sides No. 1 Mine (ca.1916-  ?  ), located on the Cambria & Indiana Railroad, Brownstown, Alverda, Pine Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1916-  ?  ), Estep Brothers Coal Company, Ebensburg, PA
              (ca.1917-  ?  ), Estep Brothers Coal Company, Ebensburg, PA
Web sites on the Sides No. 1 Mine, Sides, Alverda, Pine Twp., Indiana Co., PA:
    Coal Miners Memorial Sides No. 1 Mine, Sides, Alverda, Pine Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Sidney, Banks Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[Sidney was started as a Lumber & Logging town, before the coal mining begun.]
[A coal company patch town on Bear Run in Indiana County, Pennsylvania.]
[Located on the Pennsylvania & Northwestern Railroad.]
[Sidney had a railroad station, a company store, a post office combined with a 2 story boarding house, and approximately 20 double-family houses.]
[Paul Popik was the last person to be born in Sidney, and he was the last person to leave Sidney, ca.1933/34.]
See:  Banks Coal Company, Sidney, PA
         Bear Run No. 1 Mine, Sidney, Banks Twp., Indiana Co., PA
         Bear Run No. 2 Mine (Keal Run Mine), Sidney, Banks Twp., Indiana Co., PA
         Sidney Coal Mining Company, Sidney, PA

Sidney Coal Mining Company, Punxsutawney, PA
See: Em-Lou No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA

Sidney Coal Mining Company, Starford, PA
See:

Smathers, Center Twp., Indiana Co., PA
See:

Smicksburg, West Mahoning Twp., Indiana Co., PA
See:

Smith, Burrell Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[A coal company Patch Town in Burrell Twp., Indiana Co., Pennsylvania.]
[Located on the Pennsylvania Railroad, Indiana Branch, also serviced by the Pennsylvania Railroad Hoddlebug, and the Blairsville Line of the Indiana Street Railways Company.]
[Smith as a town ca.2005 no longer exists.  It is now only a few houses, probably built after the mines closed.]
See: Burrell No. 2 Mine, Smith, Burrell Twp., Indiana Co., PA
        Smith Mine, Smith, Burrell Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Smith & Bros. Company, Cherry Tree, PA
See: Eliza J. Smith Mine, Chambersville, Indiana Co., PA
See also: Eliza J. Smith & Bros. Company, Cherry Tree, PA

Smith & Burns Company, Graceton, PA
See: Graceton Mines, Graceton, Center Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Smith Coal Company, Indiana PA
See: Smith Mine, Smith, Burrell Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Smith Coal Mining Company, Indiana, PA
See: Jewell No. 3 Mine, Indiana Co., PA

Smith Company, Blairsvile, PA
See: Smith Mine, Smith, Burrell Twp., Indiana Co., PA
See also: R. B. Smith Company, Blairsville, PA

Smith Company, Blairsville, PA
See: Robert Smith Company, Blairsville, PA

Smith Mines (ca.1889-  ?  ), located on the Indiana Branch of the Western Pennsylvania Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, the railline was also serviced by the Pennsylvania Railroad Hoodlebug (a self-propelled passenger car), and the Blairsville Line of the Indiana Street Railways Company, just north of Blairsville, Smith, Burrell Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[Smith Mine was listed as abandoned ca.1919.]
Owners:  (ca.1889-  ?  ), Robert Smith Company, Blairsville, PA
               (ca.1892-  ?  ), Robert Smith Company, Blairsville, PA
               (ca.1898-  ?  ), Robert Smith Company, Blairsville, PA 
               (ca.1904-  ?  ), Robert Smith Company, Blairsville, PA
               (ca.1905-  ?  ), R.B. Smith Company, Blairsville, PA
               (ca.1916-  ?  ), Robert Smith Coal Company, Blairsville, PA
               (ca.1917-  ?  ), Robert Smith Coal Company, Blairsville, PA
               (ca.1919-  ?  ), Robert Smith Coal Company, Blairsville, PA
Web sites on the Smith Mines, Smith, Burrell Twp., Indiana Co., PA:
    History of the Smith Mines, Smith, Burrell Twp., Indiana Co., PA
    Coal Miners Memorial, Smith Mines, Smith, Burrell Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Smith Station, Smith, Burrell Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[Smith Station was the railway station served by the Blairsville line of the Indiana Street Railways Company, which opened this portion in the summer of 1909 and ended service in June,1933.]
See: Smith Mines, Smith, Burrell Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Smithville, Banks Twp., Indiana Co., PA
See:

Smithport (Hortons P.O.), Banks Twp., Indiana Co., PA
See:

Smokeless, East Wheatfield Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[A coal company Patch Town in East Wheatfield Twp., Indiana Co., Pennsylvania.]
[Smokeless, East Wheatfield Twp., Indiana Co., PA is now a ghost town, the only remaining town feature is the Hice-Pershing Cemetery. Most of the area is now covered by the ash dump for the power station.]
[Located on the U.S.G.S. 7 1/2min. Quad. map: New Florence, PA.]
[UTM: 17 E.666600 - N.4473900.]
See: Robindale Mine, Robindale (Smokeless, P.O.), East Wheatfield Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Smokeless Mine (ca.1915-  ?  ), Smokeless (Robindale), East Wheatfield Twp., Indiana Co., PA
See: Robindale Mine, Robindale (Smokeless, P.O.), East Wheatfield Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Smokeless P.O., Robindale, East Wheatfield Twp., Indiana Co., PA
See: Robindale Mine (Penelec No. 5 Mine), Robindale, East Wheatfield 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

Snyder, Burrell Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[A Ghost Town located on the Conemaugh River, now within the area of the Corps of Engineers Conamaugh River Lake.]
See:

Snyder, Center Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[A coal company Patch Town in Center Twp., Indiana Co., Pennsylvania.]
[Located on the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railroad, Tearing Run Branch.]
[Snyder contained the Snyder Mines, and possibly a few shanty houses for the miners, most of the men working the Snyder Mines lived in the Coy or Waterman company patch towns.]
See: Snyder No. 1 Mine, Snyder, Center Twp., Indiana Co., PA
       Snyder No. 2 Mine, Snyder, Center Twp., Indiana Co., PA
       Snyder No. 3 Mine, Snyder, Center Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Snyder No. 1 Mine  (ca.1913-  ?  ), located on the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railroad, Snyder, Center Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[Snyder No. 1 Mine started producing coal on May 7, 1913.]
Owners: (ca.1916-  ?  ), Brush Creek Coal Mining Company, Indiana, PA
              (ca.1917-  ?  ), Brush Creek Coal Mining Company, Indiana, PA
              (ca.1919-1928), Brush Creek Coal Mining Company, Indiana, PA
                                     [A Sudsidiary of the Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal & Iron Company, Indiana, PA was merged with other R. & P. C. & I.. sudsidiaries to form Helvetia Coal Mining Company.]
              (ca.1928-1930's), Helvetia Coal Mining Company, Indiana, PA
                                    [A Sudsidiary of the Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal & Iron Company, Indiana, PA]    
Web sites on the Snyder No. 1 Mine, Snyder, Center Twp., Indiana Co., PA:
    History of the Snyder Mines, Snyder, Center Twp., Indiana Co., PA
    Coal Miners Memorial Snyder No. 1 Mine, Snyder, Center Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Snyder No. 2 Mine (ca.1913 ?-  ?  ), located on the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railroad, Snyder, Center Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1916-  ?  ), Brush Creek Coal Mining Company, Indiana, PA
              (ca.1917-  ?  ), Brush Creek Coal Mining Company, Indiana, PA
              (ca.1919-  ?  ), Brush Creek Coal Mining Company, Indiana, PA
                                   [A Sudsidiary of the Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal & Iron Company, Indiana, PA was merged with other R. & P. C. & I.. sudsidiaries to form Helvetia Coal Mining Company.]
              (ca.1928-1930's), Helvetia Coal Mining Company, Indiana, PA
                                    [A Sudsidiary of the Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal & Iron Company, Indiana, PA]
Web sites on the Snyder No. 2 Mine, Snyder, Center Twp., Indiana Co., PA:
    History of the Snyder Mines, Snyder, Center Twp., Indiana Co., PA
    Coal Miners Memorial Snyder No. 2 Mine, Snyder, Center Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Snyder No. 3 Mine  (ca.1913 ?-  ?  ), located on the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railroad, Snyder, Center Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1916-  ?  ), Brush Creek Coal Mining Company, Indiana, PA
              (ca.1917-  ?  ), Brush Creek Coal Mining Company, Indiana, PA
              (ca.1919-1928), Brush Creek Coal Mining Company, Indiana, PA
                                     [A Sudsidiary of the Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal & Iron Company, Indiana, PA was merged with other R. & P. C. & I.. sudsidiaries to form Helvetia Coal Mining Company.]
              (ca.1928-1930's), Helvetia Coal Mining Company, Indiana, PA
                                    [A Sudsidiary of the Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal & Iron Company, Indiana, PA]    
Web sites on the Snyder No. 3 Mine, Snyder, Center Twp., Indiana Co., PA:
    History of the Snyder Mines, Snyder, Center Twp., Indiana Co., PA
    Coal Miners Memorial Snyder No. 3Mine, Snyder, Center Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Snyder's Country Bank Mine (ca.1879-  ?  ), located four miles east  north-east of Blairsville, Indiana Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1879-  ?  ), Wm. Snyder

Solsson Brick Company, Connellsville, PA
See: India Mine, India, West Wheatfield Twp., Indiana Co., PA
See also: Joseph Solsson Fire Brick Company, Connellsville, PA
              J. Solsson Brick Company, Connellsville, PA

Spruce, Green Twp., Indiana Co., PA
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St. Clair Mine (ca.   ?   ), located in Cherryhill Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[Located on the Clymer, PA 7 1/2 min. Quad map.]
Owners: (ca.   ?   ),  ?

St. Clair, Rinn & Company, Indiana, PA
See: Two Lick No. 1 Mine, Two Lick, Indiana Co., PA
        Two Lick No. 2 Mine, Two Lick, Indiana Co., PA

Standard Bituminous Coal Company,
See: Virginian No. 14 Mine, Indiana Co., PA

Standard No. 1 Mine (ca.1919-  ?  ), located in Indiana Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1919-  ?  ), Standard Smokeless Coal Company, Indiana, PA
              (ca.1920-  ?  ), Standard Smokeless Coal Company, Indiana, PA

Standard Smokeless Coal Company, Indiana, PA
[Standard Smokeless Coal Company was formerly called Stanley Coal Company.]
See: Standard No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA
See also: Stanley Coal Company, Indiana, PA

Stanley Coal Company, Indiana, PA
[Stanley Coal Company name changed to Standard Smokeless Coal Company.]
See also: Standard Smokeless Coal Company, Indiana, PA

Starford (Shanktown), Green Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[A coal company Patch Town in Green Twp., Indiana Co., Pennsylvania.]
[Located on the Cherry Tree & Dixonville Railroad.]
[The Village of Starford was also called Shanktown.]
[Located on the U.S.G.S. 7 1/2min. Quad. map: Commodore, PA.]
[Starford, PA UTM: 17 E.672500 - N.4507300.]
[Lovejoy, PA UTM: 17 E.672460 - N.4508000.]
See:  Estep Coal Mining Company, Starford, PA
        Glenside Coal Company, Starford, PA
        Greenwich No. 4 Mine, Starford, Green Twp., Indiana Co., PA
        Hines No. 1 Mine, Starford, Green Twp., Indiana Co., PA
        Lancashire No. 18 Mine, Shanktown, Starford, Greene Twp., Indiana Co., PA
See also: Andorra, Green Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Sterling Coal Company,
[Located on the Yellow Creek Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Indiana Branch.
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Stewart Mine (ca.    ?    ), located on the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railroad, on the Tearing Run watershed, Snyder, Center Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Owners: (     ?     ),

Stiles, Pine Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[Located on the Cambria & Indiana Railroad.]
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Stiles Crossing, Pine Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[Located on the Cambria & Indiana Railroad.]
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Strangford, Burrell Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[A coal company Patch Town on the Conemaugh River, in Burrell Twp., Indiana Co., Pennsylvania.]
[Located on the Conemaugh Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad.]
[Located on the U.S. G.S. 7 1/2min. Quad. map: New Florence, PA.]
[UTM: 17 E.650700 - N.4476680.]
See: Strangford Mine, Strangford, Burrell Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Strangford Coal Company, Blairsville, PA
See: Strangford Mine, Strangford, Burrell Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Strangford Coal Mining Company, Blairsville, PA
See: Strangford Mine, Strangford, Burrell Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Strangford Mine (ca.1904- ? ), located on the Western Pennsylvania Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, later the Conemaugh Division, along the Conemaugh River, approx. 2 miles east of Blairsville, at the mouth of Tom's Run, Strangford, Burrell Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[Located on U.S.G.S. 7 1/2 min Quad. map: New Florence, PA.]
[UTM: E. 17 E.650700 - N. 4476680]
[Strangford Mine Map located at PA - DEP, Uniontown Map Depository A - Map ID. 4372- Shelf location - Microfilm.]
[A part of the Strangford Mine dump along the Conemaugh River and east of the railroad tracks was taken over by the Atomic Energy Commission as a radioactve materials dump. This area is marked with a monument and a fence.]
Owners: (ca.1904-  ?  ), Graff Brothers Coal Company, Blairsville, PA
              (ca.1904-  ?  ), Strangford Coal Company, Blairsville, PA
              (ca.1905-  ?  ), Blairsville Coke Company, Blairsville, PA
              (ca.1912-  ?  ), Blairsville Coak Company, Limited, Saltsburg, PA
              (ca.1913-  ?  ), Graff Coal Company, Blairsville, PA
              (ca.1915-  ?  ), Strangford Coal Mining Company, Blairsville, PA
              (ca.1917-  ?  ), Strangford Coal Company, Blairsville, PA
              (ca.1920-  ?  ), Strangford Coal Company, Blairsville, PA
Web sites on the Strangford Mine, Strangford, Burrell Twp., Indiana Co., PA:
    History of the Strangford Mine, Strangford, Burrell Twp., Indiana Co., PA
    Coal Miners Memorial Strangford Mine, Strangford, Burrell Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Strongstown, Pine Twp., Indiana Co., PA
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Suncliff P.O., Center Twp., Indiana Co., PA
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Suncliff Mine, Brush Valley Twp., Indiana Co., PA
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Superior Coal Company, Glen Campbell, PA
See: Superior No. 1 Mine (Caldwell No. 2 Mine), Indiana Co., PA
        Superior No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA

Superior Coal Mining Company, Glen Campbell, PA
See: Superior No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA
        Superior No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA

Superior No. 1 Mine
(Caldwell No. 2 Mine) (ca.1913-1951), located on the north side of Blacklick Creek, northeast of Heshbon, Dias, Brush Valley Twp., Indiana Co. PA
[Superior No. 1 Mine was originally called Cladwell No. 2 Mine, name changed to Superior No. 1 Mine, sometime before ca.1919.]
Owners: (ca.1913-   ?   ), Superior Coal Mining Company, Glen Campbell, PA
              (ca.1916-   ?   ), Superior Coal Company, Glen Campbell, PA 
              (ca.1917-   ?   ), Superior Coal Company, Glen Campbell, PA 
              (ca.1919?- 1951), Superior Coal Company, Glen Campbell, PA
See also: Caldwell No. 2 Mine, Indiana Co., PA
Web sites on the Superior No. 1 Mine (Caldwell No. 2 Mine,) Dias, Brush Valley Twp., Indiana Co., PA:
   Coal Miners Memorial Superior No. 1 Mine (Caldwell No. 2 Mine,) Dias, Brush Valley Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Superior No. 2 Mine (ca.1919- ? ), located in Indiana Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1919- ? ), Superior Coal Company, Glen Campbell, PA

Susquehanna Fuel Company, Glen Campbell, PA
See: Falcon No. 8 Mine, Indiana Co., PA
        Falcon No. 9 Mine, Indiana Co., PA
        Penn No. 1 Mine, Glen Campbell, Indiana Co., PA
        Penn No. 2 Mine, Glen Campbell, Indiana Co., PA

Sutter Coal Company, Valier, Jefferson Co., PA
See:  Emlou Mine, Indiana Co., PA
         Hamilton No. 1 Mine, Indiana Co., PA

Sutter-Rinn Coal Company, Indiana, PA
See: Bon Raven No. 1 Mine, Plumville, South Mahoning Twp., Indiana Co., PA
        Sutter-Rinn Mine, Plumville, South Mahoning Twp., Indiana Co., PA

Sutter-Rinn Mine
(Bon Raven) located on the Buffalo & Susquehanna Railorad, behind Mooro's Store Plumville, South Mahoning Twp., Indiana Co., PA
[Mine was flooded July 30, 1923, never reopened.]
[The old Bon Raven Mine was located behind Moore'sStore.  It was bought from a Canadian firm at a sheriff's sale in ca.1920 by th eSutter-Rin Coal Company. Later additional coal was purchased and a new opening was made on the Woamer farm and a trestle built across the north branch of plum Creek near where the Presbyterian Manse is located to haul the coal to the railroad siding and the refuse to a dump. (Courtesy of J. Cloid Runn, Indiana, PA.).]
Owners: (ca.1920-   ?   ), A Canadian firm.
              (ca.1920-1923), Suttor-Rinn Coal Company.

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