Old Colony Mine & Coke Works, Old Colony, Ligonier Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA, USA

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Old Colony No. 1 Mine &
Coke Works,
Old Colony No. 2 Mine,
Old Colony,
Ligonier Twp.,
Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

A Tribute to the Coal Miners that mined the Bituminous Coal seams of the Old Colony Mines, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

by
Raymond A. Washlaski, Historian, Editor,
Ryan P. Washlaski, Technical Advisor,
Peter E. Starry, Jr. "The Old Miner."

Updated April 3, 2006

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Old Colony No. 1 Mine & Coke Works (ca. ? ),
Located on a spur line off the Wilpin Branch of the Ligonier Valley Railroad, at Old Colony, the town was located southwest of Wilpin, Old Colony, Ligonier Twp. , Westmoreland Co., PA
[ca.2001, The former town of Old Colony is now a coal mining Ghost Town, located in a strip mined area of Ligonier Twp. Nothing remains of the town of Old Colony. The Old Colony Mine area is on the grounds of a sportsmans club.]
Owners: (ca.1910- ? ), Old Colony Coal & Coke Company,
(ca.1910- ? ), Columbia Coal & Coke Company, Pittsburgh, PA
(ca.1919- ? ), Greensburg Connellsville Coal & Coke Company, Pittsburgh, PA

Old Colony No. 2 Mine (ca. ? ),
Located on a spur line off the Wilpin Branch of the Ligonier Valley Railroad, at Old Colony, the town was located southwest of Wilpin, Old Colony, Ligonier Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA
[ca.2001, The former town of Old Colony is now a coal mining Ghost Town, located in a strip mined area of Ligonier Twp. Nothing remains of the town of Old Colony. The Old Colony Mine area is on the grounds of a sportsmans club.]
Owners: (ca.1910- ? ), Columbia Coal & Coke Company, Pittsburgh, PA
(ca.1919- ? ), Greensburg Connellsville Coal & Coke Company, Pittsburgh, PA

A portion of the ca.1922 U.S.G.S. 15 min. New Florence, PA Quad map showing the Ligonier Valley Railroad Wilpen Branch and the spur line that served the Old Colony Mines and Coke Works, at Old Colony, Ligonier Township, Westmoreland Co., PA

(Map qourtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, D.C.)

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