Saxman Mine & Coke Works, Latrobe, Loyalhanna, Derry Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA

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M. Saxman Mine & Coke Works,
near Latrobe / Bradenville,
Loyalhanna,
Derry Township,
Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

A Tribute to the Coal Miners that mined the Bituminous Coal seams of Saxman Mine, Bradenville, Derry Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

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Ryan P. Washlaski, Technical Advisor,
Peter E. Starry, Jr. "The Old Miner."

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M. Saxman Mine & Coke Works (ca.1877- ? ),
Located on the Pennsylvania Railroad Mainline, just north of the mouth of Saxman Run, and its junction with Loyalhanna Creek, 1/2 mile east of Latrobe, near Loyalhanna, off of the Latrobe Derry Road, & PA Rt. 981, in Derry Twp., Westmoreland Co.
Owners: (ca.1877- ? ) M. Saxman, Jr. & Company, Latrobe, PA
(ca. ? ) Saxman Coal & Coke Company, Latrobe, PA
(ca.1914- ? ) Latrobe-Connellsville Coke Company, Latrobe, PA

HISTORY:
From the "History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania," by George Dallas Albert, ca.1882.

M. Soxman, Jr. & Company's Works.
About half a mile east of town [Latrobe] are located the coke-works and mines of this company, under the general supervision of Mr. Francis Kiernan. The mine at present has a drift entrance, and the coal is brought forward and hauled up quite a steep grade on to their chutes. The coal will average about seven feet. The miners receive forty cents per ton for run of mine. Last year they built and put in operation thirty coke-ovens, to which thirty more new ovens have recently been added, having now in blast sixty ovens. A large amount of coal is also shipped daily from the mine. A shaft is being sunk to the coal alongside of the ovens, from which the coal will be hoisted in the future. It will be seventy feet to the coal. Hoisting machinery, etc. will be erected as soon as the shaft is completed. They have a fine piece of coal, and will increase their shipping facilities. They employ at present [1882] forty miners, and thirty-five day men about the mine and ovens, giving them steady work. (Albert,1882:411)

Location of Saxman Mines
15 Min. Latrobe Pennsylvania Quadrangle, Edition of Dec. 1903, U.S. Geological Survey Map, showing the approximate locations of the mines in the Brandenville area of Derry Twp. Mine locations taken from a New Map of the Connelsville Coke Region ca.1910.
(Courtesy of Raymond A. Washlaski & The Latrobe Area Historical Society.

Saxman Mine
Saxman Mine ca.1873, Latrobe / Bradenville, Derry Twp.
(photo courtesy of the coal archives collections of the Latrobe Area Historical Society, Latrobe, PA)

"Coal Miners Memorial, Saxman Mine & Coke Works,
Loyalhanna, Derry Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania"

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