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Coal Miners Memorial
Ray Mine,

near Blairsville,
Indiana County,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

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

Compiled & Edited by
Raymond A. Washlaski

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

Updated April 15, 2010

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that Worked the
Ray Mine


Following is a partial list of the miners, mine employees and company store employees that worked the Ray Mine, 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.

COAL MINERS MEMORIAL
RAY MINE
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Grabbe, Patsy
(Italian Miner, Mule Driver ca.1908, Ray Minem Indiana Co., PA, Age 23, married.)
(Injured. Knee fractured in the Ray Mine, March 1, 1908. Caught between mine cars on the haulage road.)
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Maher, Thomas
(General Superintendent, ca.1903, ca.1904 - 1912, Ray Coal Company, Blairsville, PA, Ray Mine, Indiana Co., PA.);
(Superintendent, ca.1900, ca.1901, ca.1904, ca.1905 - 1912, of the Ray Mine, Indiana Co., PA, for Ray Coal Company, Blairsville, PA.)
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