Coal Miners Memorial McKnight Mines, Brockwayville, Jefferson Co., PA, U.S.A.

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Coal Miners Memorial
McKnight Mine,
McKnight No. 1 Mine,
McKnight No. 2 Mine,
near Brockwayville,
Jefferson County,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that mined the Bituminous Coal seams of the McKnight Mines, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

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Raymond A. Washlaski

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

Updated March 26, 2010

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A Memorial to the Coal Miners that Worked the
McKnight Mines

Following is a partial list of the miners, mine employees and company store employees that worked the McKnight Mines, near Brockwayville, Jefferson 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.

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COAL MINERS MEMORIAL
MC KNIGHT MINES

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Lennox, George
(Superintendent, ca.1917, of the McKnight No. 2 Mine, Brockwayville, Jefferson Co., PA, for McKnight Coal Company, Punxsutawney, PA.)
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Mathews, William
(Superintendent, ca.1917, of the McKnight No. 1 Mine, Brockwayville, Jefferson Co., PA, for McKnight Coal Company, Punxsutawney, PA.)
McClosky, James S.
(General Superintendent, ca.1917, McKnight Coal Company, Punxsutawney, PA, McKnight o. 1 Mine, McKnight No. 2 Mine, Brockwayville, Jefferson Co., PA.)

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Taylor, Vernon F.
(Superintendent, ca.1912, of the McKnight Mine, near Brockwayville, Jefferson Co., PA, for McKnight Coal Company, Brockwayville, PA.)
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