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| Elk Run Shaft Mine & Coke Works
(ca.1901- ? ), Located on the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railway, near Punxsutawney, Elk Run, DeLancey, Jefferson Co., PA [Elk Run Shaft Coke Works contained 700 bee-hive coke ovens ca.1901.] Owners: (ca.1901- ? ), Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal & Iron Company, Punxsutawney, PA (ca.1904- ? ), Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal & Iron Company, Punxsutawney, PA |
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Memorial Elk Run Shaft Mine, Elk Run Jefferson Co., PA |
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