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S. A. Rinn Company, Punxsutawney, PA
See: Adrian No. 4 Mine, Adrian, Delancey P.O., Young Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
        Walston No. 1 Mine, Walston, Jefferson Co., PA
See also: Rinn Company, Punxsutawney, PA

Sandy Valley P.O. (Sherwood Station), Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
[Located on the Low Grade Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad.]
[This is also a little hamlet situated on the Low Grade railroad: It has one store and the post- office of Sandy Valley. William Boner manages both. In 1880 the population of Sandy, Valley was 77.  (from "History of Jefferson County" With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Edited by Kate M. Scott, Syracuse, N.Y.; D. Mason & Co. 1888.).]
See: Sandy Valley Mine, Sandy Valley P.O., Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA

Sandy Valley Coal Company , Reynoldsville, PA
See: Sandy Valley Mine, Reynoldsville, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
       Sherwood Mine, Sherwood Station, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co, PA

Sandy Valley Mine (ca.1904-  ?  ), located on the on the Low Grade Division of the Buffalo & Allegheny Valley Railroad, later the Buffalo & Allegheny Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, near Reynoldsville, Sherwood Station, Sandy Valley P.O., Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1904-  ?  ), Sandy Valley Coal Company, Falls Creek, PA
              (ca.1905-  ?  ), Sandy Valley Coal Company, Reynoldsville, PA
              (ca.1906-  ?  ), Sandy Valley Coal Company, Reynoldsville, PA
[Sandy Valley Mine was listed as abandoned ca.1906.]
Web sites on the Sandy Valley Mine, Reynoldsville, Sandy Valley P.O., Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA:
    Coal Miners Memorial Sandy Valley Mine, Reynoldsville, Sandy Valley P.O., Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA

Schoffner Corner, Polk Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
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Serect School, Washington Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
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Shadagge, Knox Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
[Located on the Pittsburg & Shawmut Railroad.]
[The name of Shadagee was changed to Knoxdale.]
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Shaffer Town, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
[Shaffer Town name was changed to Sykesville, Jefferson Co., PA.]
See: Sykesville, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA

Shamoka, McCalmont Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
[Name was changed to Panic, PA when the post office was established.]
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Shawmut Mining Company, St. Mary's, PA
See: Browns Run No. 42 Mine, Elk Co., PA
       Byrne No. 21 Mine, Elk Co., PA
       Cardiff No. 47 Mine, Elk Co., PA
       Elk No. 21 Mine, Elk Co., PA
       Ramsey Mine, Ramseytown, Knox Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
       Ramsay No. 1 Mine, Ramseytown, Knox Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
       Ramsay No. 1 Mine, Ramseytown, Knox Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
       Shawmut No. 5 Mine, Elk Co., PA
       Shawmut No. 10 Mine, Elk Co., PA

Sherwood Mine (ca.1898-  ?  ), located on the Falls Creek & Reynoldsville Railroad, later it was the Reynoldsville & Falls Creek Branch of the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railway, Sherwood Station, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
[On May 1, 1896, The Bell, Lewis & Yates Coal Mining Company sold its property to The Jefferson & Clearfield Coal and Iron Company.]
Owners: (ca.1898-  ?  ), Jefferson, Clearfield Coal & Iron Company, DuBois, PA
              (ca.1900-  ?  ), Jefferson, Clearfield Coal & Iron Company, Punxsutawney, PA
              (ca.1901-  ?  ), Jefferson, Clearfield Coal & Iron Company, Punxsutawney, PA
Web sites on the Sherwood Mines, Sherwood Station, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA:
    History of the Wishaw Mines, Wishaw, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
    Coal Miners Memorial Sherwood Mines, Sherwood Station, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA

Sherwood No. 2 Mine (ca.1905-  ?  ), located on the Reynoldsville & Falls Creek Branch of the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railway, Sherwood Station, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
[Sherwood No. 2 Mine was about worked out during 1905.]
[Sherwood No. 2 Mine was listed as abandoned ca.1906.]
[On May 1, 1896, The Bell, Lewis & Yates Coal Mining Company sold its property to The Jefferson & Clearfield Coal and Iron Company.]
Owners: (ca.1905-  ?  ), Jefferson, Clearfield Coal & Iron Company, Punxsutawney, PA
              (ca.1906-  ?  ), Jefferson, Clearfield Coal & Iron Company, Punxsutawney, PA
Web sites on the Sherwood Mines, Sherwood Station, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA:
    History of the Wishaw Mines, Wishaw, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
    Coal Miners Memorial Sherwood Mines, Sherwood Station, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA

Sherwood Station (Sandy Valley P.O.), Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
See: Sandy Valley Mine, Sandy Valley P.O., Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
       Sherwood Mine, Sherwood Station, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co, PA
       Sherwood No. 2 Mine, Sherwood Station, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA  

Shollar Mine (ca.1901-  ?  ), located on the Pennsylvania & North Western Railroad, near Punxsutawney, Jefferson Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1901-  ?  ), John McLeavy Company, Punxsutawney, PA
              (ca.1905-  ?  ), John McLeavy Company, Punxsutawney, PA
              (ca.1906-  ?  ), John McLeavy & Company, Punxsutawney, PA
Web sites on the Shollar Mine, Punxsutawney, Jefferson Co., PA:
    Coal Miners Memorial Shollar Mine, Punxsutawney, Jefferson, Co., PA

Sigel, Eldred Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
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Smith School, Oliver Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
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Smith Summit, Washington Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
[Located on the Pittsburg & Shawmut Railroad.]
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Smithtown, Washington Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
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Smithtown School, Washington Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
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Snyder School, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
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Snyder School, Young Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
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Soldier, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
[A coal company patch town in Winslow Twp., Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.]
[Located on the Reynoldsville & Falls Creek Railroad and the Jefferson Co. Electric Railway.]
See: Soldier No. 1 Mine & Coke Works, Soldier Run, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
        Soldier No. 2 Mine & Coke Works, Soldier Run, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
        Soldier No. 3 Mine, Soldier Run, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
        Soldier No. 4 Mine, Soldier Run, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
See also: Soldier (P.O.), Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA

Soldier No. 1 Mine & Coke Works
(Big Soldier Mine)
(Big Soldier Run Mine) (ca.1890-  ?  ), located on the Falls Creek & Reynoldsville Railroad, north of Sykesville, Soldier Run, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
[Soldier Coke Works contained 393 bee-hive coke ovens ca.1901.]
[Soldier Coke Works contained 393 bee-hive coke ovens ca.1905 & ca.1906.]
[On May 1, 1896, The Bell, Lewis & Yates Coal Mining Company sold its property to The Jefferson & Clearfield Coal and Iron Company.]
Owners: (ca.1890-1896), Bell, Lewis and Yates Mining Co., Buffalo, NY
              (ca.1896-  ?  ), Jefferson, Clearfield Coal & Iron Company, Punxsutawney, PA
              (ca.1898-  ?  ), Jefferson & Clearfield Coal & Iorn Company, Reynoldsville, PA
              (ca.1900-  ?  ), Jefferson, Clearfield Coal & Iron Company, Punxsutawney, PA
              (ca.1901-  ?  ), Jefferson, Clearfield Coal & Iron Company, Punxsutawney, PA
              (ca.1904-  ?  ), Jefferson, Clearfield Coal & Iron Company, Punxsutawney, PA
              (ca.1905-  ?  ), Jefferson, Clearfield Coal & Iron Company, Punxsutawney, PA
              (ca.1906-  ?  ), Jefferson, Clearfield Coal & Iron Company, Punxsutawney, PA
              (ca.1912-  ?  ), Jefferson, Clearfield Coal & Iron Company, Indiana, PA
Web sites on the Soldier Mines & Coke Works, Soldier Run, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA:
    History of the Soldier Mines & Coke Works, Soldier Run, Wimslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
    Coal Miners Memorial Soldier Mines & Coke Works, Soldier Run, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA

Soldier No. 2 Mine & Coke Works (ca.1900-  ?  ), located on the Falls Creek & Reynoldsville Railroad, north of Sykesville, Soldier Run, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1900-  ?  ), Jefferson, Clearfield Coal & Iron Company, Punxsutawney, PA
              (ca.1901-  ?  ), Jefferson, Clearfield Coal & Iron Company, Punxsutawney, PA
              (ca.1904-  ?  ), Jefferson, Clearfield Coal & Iron Company, Punxsutawney, PA
              (ca.1905-  ?  ), Jefferson, Clearfield Coal & Iron Company, Punxsutawney, PA
              (ca.1906-  ?  ), Jefferson, Clearfield Coal & Iron Company, Punxsutawney, PA
              (ca.1912-  ?  ), Jefferson, Clearfield Coal & Iron Company, Indiana, PA
Web sites on the Soldier Mines & Coke Works, Soldier Run, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA:
    History of the Soldier Mines & Coke Works, Soldier Run, Wimslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
    Coal Miners Memorial Soldier Mines & Coke Works, Soldier Run, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA

Soldier No. 3 Mine (ca.1901-  ?  ), located on the Falls Creek & Reynoldsville Railroad, north of Sykesville, Soldier Run, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1901-  ?  ), Jefferson, Clearfield Coal & Iron Company, Punxsutawney, PA
              (ca.1904-  ?  ), Jefferson, Clearfield Coal & Iron Company, Punxsutawney, PA
              (ca.1905-  ?  ), Jefferson, Clearfield Coal & Iron Company, Punxsutawney, PA
              (ca.1912-  ?  ), Jefferson, Clearfield Coal & Iron Company, Indiana, PA
Web sites on the Soldier Mines & Coke Works, Soldier Run, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA:
    History of the Soldier Mines & Coke Works, Soldier Run, Wimslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
    Coal Miners Memorial Soldier Mines & Coke Works, Soldier Run, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA

Soldier No. 4 Mine (ca.1904-  ?  ), located on the Falls Creek & Reynoldsville Railroad, north of Sykesville, Soldier Run, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1904-  ?  ), Jefferson, Clearfield Coal & Iron Company, Punxsutawney, PA
              (ca.1905-  ?  ), Jefferson, Clearfield Coal & Iron Company, Punxsutawney, PA
              (ca.1912-  ?  ), Jefferson, Clearfield Coal & Iron Company, Indiana, PA
Web sites on the Soldier Mines & Coke Works, Soldier Run, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA:
    History of the Soldier Mines & Coke Works, Soldier Run, Wimslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
    Coal Miners Memorial Soldier Mines & Coke Works, Soldier Run, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA

Soldier No. 5 Mine
(Sykes Shaft Mine) (ca.1901-  ?  ), located on the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway, on the northern side of Sykesville, Jefferson Co., PA
[Disaster - on July 15, 1911 an explosion in the Sykesville Mine killed 21 miners.]
[In ca.1906 Soldier No. 1 & No. 2 Mines were connected by tunnel with the Skyes Shaft Mine, and the name changed to Soldier No 5 Mine, and the coal from the Skyes Shaft Mine is hauled through the tunnel to the tipple at Soldier.]
Owners: (ca.1901-  ?  ), Jefferson & Clearfield Coal & Iron Company, Punxsutawney, PA
              (ca.1904-  ?  ), Jefferson & Clearfield Coal & Iron Company, Punxsutawney, PA
              (ca.1905-  ?  ), Jefferson, Clearfield Coal & Iron Company, Punxsutawney, PA
              (ca.1906-  ?  ), Jefferson, Clearfield Coal & Iron Company, Punxsutawney, PA
              (ca.1912-  ?  ), Jefferson, Clearfield Coal & Iron Company, Indiana, PA
Web sites on the Sykes Shaft Mine, Sykesville, Jefferson Co., PA:
    Coal Miners Memorial Sykes Shaft Mine (Soldier No. 5 Mine), Sykesville, Jefferson Co., PA

Soldier P.O., (Soldier Run), Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
[A coal company patch town in Winslow Twp., Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.]
[Located on the Reynoldsville & Falls Creek Railroad and the Jefferson Co. Electric Railway.]
See: Soldier No. 1 Mine & Coke Works, Soldier Run, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
        Soldier No. 2 Mine & Coke Works, Soldier Run, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
        Soldier No. 3 Mine, Soldier Run, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
        Soldier No. 4 Mine, Soldier Run, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
See also: Soldier, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA

Soldier Run (Soldier P.O.), Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
[A coal company patch town in Winslow Twp., Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.]
[Located on the Reynoldsville & Falls Creek Railroad and the Jefferson Co. Electric Railway.]
[Solder Run was also called Big Soldier.]
See: Soldier No. 1 Mine & Coke Works, Soldier Run, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
        Soldier No. 2 Mine & Coke Works, Soldier Run, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
        Soldier No. 3 Mine, Soldier Run, Winslow Twp., , Jefferson Co., PA
        Soldier No. 4 Mine, Soldier Run, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
        Soldier No. 5 Mine (Sykes Shaft Mine), Sykesville, Jefferson Co., PA

South Sulger, Pine Creek Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
[Located on the Pittsburg & Shawmut Railroad.]
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Spindletown, Bell Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
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Sportsburg, Perry Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
[Located on the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railroad.]
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Sprague Mine (ca.1865-  ?  ), located on the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railway, near Reynoldsville, Rathmel, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co, PA
[On May 1, 1896, The Bell, Lewis & Yates Coal Mining Company sold its property to The Jefferson & Clearfield Coal and Iron Company.]
Owners: (ca.1885-   ?   ), Powers, Brown & Company, Reynoldsville, PA
              (ca.1889-1896), Bell, Lewis & Yates Coal Mining Co., Buffalo, NY
              (ca.1896-   ?   ), Jefferson, Clearfield Coal & Iron Company, Punxsutawney, PA
Web sites on the Sprague Mine, near Reynoldsville, Rathmel, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA:
    Coal Miners Memorial Sprague Mine, Rathmel, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA

Sprankle Mills, OliverTwp., Jefferson Co., PA
[Located on the Pittsburg & Shawmut Railroad.]
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Standard Mine (ca.1890-  ?  ), located just above Prescottville, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1890-  ? ), Cant Bros. & Company,

St. Christophers Church, Henderson Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
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St. Matthews Church, Knox Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
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Stanton, Rose Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
[near the Pittsburg & Shawmut Railroad.]
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Steele School, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
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Stewart Coal Company, Knoxdale, PA
See: Stewart No. 1 Mine, Knoxdale, Knox Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
        Stewart No. 2 Mine, Knoxdale, Knox Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
        Stewart No. 3 Mine, Knoxdale, Knox Twp., Jefferson Co., PA

Stewart No. 1 Mine (ca.1912- ?  ), located on the Pittsburgh & Shawmut Railroad, near Knoxdale, Knox Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1912-  ?  ), Stewart Coal Company, Knoxdale, PA
              (ca.1917-  ?  ), Stewart Coal Company, Knoxdale, PA
Web sites on the Stewart No. 1 Mine, Knoxdale, Knox Twp., Jefferson Co., PA:
    Coal Miners Memorial Stewart No. 1 Mine, Knoxdale, Knox Twp., Jefferson Co., PA

Stewart No. 2 Mine (ca.1912- ?  ), located on the Pittsburgh & Shawmut Railroad, near Knoxdale, Knox Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1912-  ?  ), Stewart Coal Company, Knoxdale, PA
              (ca.1917-  ?  ), Stewart Coal Company, Knoxdale, PA
Web sites on the Stewart No. 2 Mine, Knoxdale, Knox Twp., Jefferson Co., PA:
    Coal Miners Memorial Stewart No. 2 Mine, Knoxdale, Knox Twp., Jefferson Co., PA

Stewart No. 3 Mine (ca.1917- ?  ), located on the Pittsburgh & Shawmut Railroad, near Knoxdale, Knox Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1917-  ?  ), Stewart Coal Company, Knoxdale, PA
Web sites on the Stewart No. 3 Mine, Knoxdale, Knox Twp., Jefferson Co., PA:
    Coal Miners Memorial Stewart No. 3 Mine, Knoxdale, Knox Twp., Jefferson Co., PA

Straightwell, Hibbard & Company, Camp Run, PA
See: Anderson Run Mine, Camp Run, Jefferson Co., PA

Stump Creek [Kramer], Henderson Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
[Stump Creek was originally called Kramer.]
See:  Kramer Mine & Coke Works, Kramer, Henderson Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
See also: Cramer [Kramer], Henderson Twp., Jefferson Co., PA

Sugar Hill, Snyder Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
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Sugar Hill School, Snyder Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
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Sugar Hill Station, Snyder Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
[Located on the Pittsburg & Shawmut Railroad.]
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Sulger, Pine Creek Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
[Located on the Pittsburg & Shawmut Railroad.]
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Summerville, Colver Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
[Located on the Low Grade Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Lake Erie, Franklin & Clarion Railroad.]
[Summerville, the "principal town of Clover township, was incorporated a borough, in March, 1887. It is a wide- awake, growing town. The census of 1880 gives the population as three hundred and forty- eight.  (from "History of Jefferson County" With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Edited by Kate M. Scott, Syracuse, N.Y.; D. Mason & Co. 1888.).]
See: Carrier Brothers Company, Summerville, PA
        Carrier Mine, Summerville, Colver Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
        Penn Coal Company, Summerville, PA
        Pittsburgh-Punxsutawaney Coal Company, Summerville, PA
        Redbank Mine, Summerville, Colver Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
        Summerville Mine, Summerville, Colver Twp., Jefferson Co., PA

Summerville Mine (ca.1912-  ?  ), located on the Pennsylvania Southern Railroad, Summerville, Cover Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
[A drift mine, mining the "A" or Brookville coal seam.]
Owners: (ca.1912-  ?  ), Pittsburgh-Punxsutawaney Coal Company, Summerville, PA
Web sites on the Summerville Mine, Summerville, Colver Twp., Jefferson Co., PA:
    Coal Miners Memorial Summerville Mine, Summerville, Colver Twp., Jefferson Co., PA

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

Sykes Shaft Mine
(Soldier No. 5 Mine) (ca.1901-  ?  ), located on the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway, on the northern side of Sykesville, Jefferson Co., PA
[Disaster - on July 15, 1911 an explosion in the Sykesville Mine killed 21 miners.]
[In ca.1906 Soldier No. 1 & No. 2 Mines were connected by tunnel with the Skyes Shaft Mine, and the name changed to Soldier No 5 Mine, and the coal from the Skyes Shaft Mine is hauled through the tunnel to the tipple at Soldier.]
Owners: (ca.1901-  ?  ), Jefferson & Clearfield Coal & Iron Company, Punxsutawney, PA
              (ca.1904-  ?  ), Jefferson & Clearfield Coal & Iron Company, Punxsutawney, PA
              (ca.1905-  ?  ), Jefferson, Clearfield Coal & Iron Company, Punxsutawney, PA
              (ca.1906-  ?  ), Jefferson, Clearfield Coal & Iron Company, Punxsutawney, PA
Web sites on the Sykes Shaft Mine, Sykesville, Jefferson Co., PA:
    Coal Miners Memorial Sykes Shaft Mine, Sykesville, Jefferson Co., PA

Sykesville, Winslow Twp., Jefferson Co., PA
[Located on the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railroad and the Union Traction Company Trolleys.]
[Sykesville was originally named Shaffer Town.]
See: Cascade Coal & Coke Company, Sykesville, Jefferson Co., PA
        Sykes Shaft Mine, Sykesville, Jefferson Co., PA

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