Coal Miners Memorial Glen McClaren Mine, Boyton, Elk Lick Twp., Somerset Co., PA, U.S.A.

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Coal Miners Memorial
Glen McClaren No. 1 Mine (Keystone No. 1 Mine),
Glen McClaren No. 2 Mine (Keystone No. 2 Mine)
(Glen McLaren Mine,)
Boyton,
Elk Lick Twp.,
Somerset County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that mined the Bituminous Coal seams of the Glen McLaren Mine, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Compiled & Edited by
Raymond A. Washlaski

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

Updated March 11, 2009

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that Worked the
Glen McLaren Mine (Keystone Mines)

Following is a partial list of the miners, mine employees and company store employees that worked the Glen McLaren Mine (Keystone Mines), Boynton, Somerset 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.

COAL MINERS MEMORIAL
GLEN MC LAREN MINE (KEYSTONE MINES)

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Delaney, Ed.
(Irish Miner, Pick Miner ca.1901, Glen Maclaren Mine, Age 20, single.);
(Injured. Ankle dislocated by a fall of slate, in the Glen Maclaren Mine, Jan. 15, 1901.)
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Houck, W. O.
(General Superintendent, ca.1912, Keystone Coal Company, Meyersdale, PA, Glen McClaren No. 1 & No. 2 Mines, Somerset Co., PA.)
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Shawhan, W. W.
(General Superintendent, ca.1901, The Continental Coal Company, Meyersdale, PA, Glen McLaren Mine.);
(Lived in Meyersdale, PA.)
Spence, Andrew
(Superintendent, ca.1912, of the Glen McClaren No. 1 & No. 2 Mines, Somerset Co., PA, for Keystone Coal Company, Meyersdale, PA.)
Stottler, Emanuel
(Miner, ca.1912, Glen McClaren No. 2 Mine, Somerset Co., PA.);
(Prosecuted for Violations of the Mining Laws: Feb. 21, 1912. Emanuel Stottler, miner, Glen McClaren No. 2 Mine, of the Keystone Coal Company. Charge: Handling powder with a lighted open lamp on his head. Feb. 24, 1912, plead guilty. Sentenced to pay the costs; further sentence was suspended.)
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Thomas, John
(Miner, ca.1912, Glen McClaren No. 2 Mine, Somerset Co., PA.);
(Prosecuted for Violations of the Mining Laws: Jan. 25, 1912, John Thomas, miner, Glen McClaren No. 2 Mine of the Keystone Coal Company. Charge: Taking more than five pounds of powder into the mine in one shift. March 4, plead guilty. Sentenced to pay costs; further sentence suspended.)
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