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| Thermal No. 15 Mine
(ca.1915-1938), Located just east of Scottglen Station, Buffington Twp., Indiana Co., PA Owners: (ca.1915- ? ), Dilltown Smokeless Coal Company, (ca. ? ), Toash Coal Company, (ca. ? ), Lennox Coal Company, (ca. ? -1938), Cosgrove-Meehan Coal Company, |
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| A portion of the U.S.G.S. New Florence, PA 15min. quad
Map 1920 ed. showing Scott Glen Station and the Pennsylvania Railroad that
served the mines. (Curtesy of the U.S. G. S., Washington, D.C.) |
| HISTORY: The Thermal No. 15 Mine, located east of Scottglen Station was opened in ca.1915, and operated successively by Dilltown Smokeless Coal Company, Toash Coal Company, Lennox Coal Company and Cosgrove - Meehan Coal Company. Mining was discontinued in ca.1938, and the total reported output was approximately 3 millon tons. About 480 acres of the mined out area lied in the New Florence quadrangle, and large reserves of Lower Kittanning coal lie adjacent to the worked out area. The coal bed is from 29 to 41 inches thick. |
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