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Salem No.1 Mine Aerial view of the Salem No. 1 Mine, after production ceased, ca. 1960, showing the Tipple (center), 2 rows of Coke Ovens (right), Bony Dump (Slate Dump), Company Store, Bosses' Row and a part of the Salemville Patch, to the left. The new US Rt. 22, upper left, and the old US Rt 22. (Photo courtesy of Danny Speal and the New Alexandria Bicentennial History Committee.) |
| Salem No. 1 Mine Coal Washer Plant & Tipple |
| Keystone Coal and Coke Company, Greensburg, PA Salem No.
1 Mine Complex, at Salemville, PA ca.1920's, Tipple, Coal Washer Plant, Coal
Storage Bins, Electric Generating & Steam Generating Plant, Machine Shops,
Railroad Yard and coking facility at its peak production level. (Photo courtesy of Peter E. Starry, Jr. Coal Mining Historian, New Alexandria, PA) |
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Map of Salem No. 1 Mine Map of the Corps. of Engineers Loyalhanna Creek Reservoir, Westmoreland County, ca. January 1955, showing land to be taken for the Loyalhanna Dam Reservoir. The map also shows Keystone Coal & Coke Company property, the Pennsylvania Railroad bed, and the spurs to Salem No. 1 Mine & Coke Works. The map also shows the railroad spur to Huron Mines & Coke Works and the turning wye at Frogtown. (Map courtesy of Dept. of the Army, Office of the Pittsburgh District Eng., Ohio River Division, Pittsburgh, PA) |
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Tom Barnhart standing beside a train of coal
buggies loaded with coal, on the tipple track of Salem No. 1 Mine,
Salemville, Salem Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA, of Keystone Coal & Coke
Company, Greensburg, PA. (Photo courtesy of Frances Barron, and the New Alexandria Bicentennial History Committee.) |
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The United Mine Workers of America, Union Local 5763 represented the coal miners at Salem No. 1 Mine & Salem Coke Works, Salemville, Salem Township and Salem No. 2 Mine, at Keystone Lake, Derry Township, Westmoreland County. |
| Peter E. Starry, Jr's United Mine Workers Union Cards. Peter E. Starry, Jr. served as President of UMW Local 5763, of Salem Mines during the late 1940's and early 1950's. |
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| Standing on top of the Slate Dump at Salem No. 1 Mine |
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Picture ca.1940's taken from atop the Slate Dump (Boney dump) of Salem No. 1 Mine, Salemville, Salem Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA, of the Keystone Coal & Coke Company, showing the tipple and coal washer plant, various company buildings, company store, superintendent's house across the old US Route 22. |
| The Coal Company farm and barn is in the background.
Huron Mines & Coke Works are located behind the row of pines in
the center background. (Photo courtesy of Peter E. Starry, Jr., Coal Mining Historian, New Alexandria, PA) |
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