Bituminous Coal Mines of Somerset County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

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Somerset County
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Coal Mine
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to the Bituminous Coal Mines of
Somerset County,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Index to the Coal Mines and Coal Companies which mined the Bituminous Coal seams of Somerset County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Compiled & Edited by
Raymond A. Washlaski

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

Updated Dec. 4, 2009

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[This listing of coal mines and coal companies has been researched and complied from various sources by Raymond A. Washlaski, Historian: newspaper articles, Pennsylvania Bureau of Mines Reports, county histories, township histories, Pennsylvania Geological Survey reports, topographical maps, personnal accounts of coal miners, etc., etc.]
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O'Dwyer Beachley Coal Company, Berlin, PA
See: O'Dwyer No. 1 Mine, Somerset, Somerset Co., PA

O'Dwyer No. 1 Mine (ca.1917- ? ), located on the B. & O. Railroad, near Somerset, Somerset Co., PA
[O'Dwyer No. 1 Mine was listed as a new mine ca.1917.]
Owners: (ca.1917- ? ), O'Dwyer Beachley Coal Company, Berlin. PA

Ober School, Quemahoning Twp., Somerset Co., PA
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Ogletown, Ogle Twp., Somerset Co., PA
[A Babcock Lumber Company Town. The location of a very large lumber mill.]

Oneida Mine (ca.1912- ? ), a slope mine, located on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 1/8 north of Holsopple, Conemaugh Twp., Somerset Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1912- ? ), Pennsylvania Smokeless Coal Company, Hollsopple, PA
(ca. ? ), ?
Web sites on the Oneida Slope Mine, Holsopple, Conemaugh Twp., Somerset Co., PA:
Coal Miners Memorial Oneida Slope Mine, Holsopple, Conemaugh Twp., Somerset Co., PA

Orenda Mine, Jenner Twp., Somerset Co., PA
See: Merchants No. 3 Mine, near Boswell, Jenner Twp., Somerset Co., PA
Orenda Mine, near Boswell, Orenda Mine, Jenner Twp., Somerset Co., PA
Orenda No. 2 Mine, near Boswell, Orenda Mine, Jenner Twp., Somerset Co., PA
Orenda No. 3 Mine, near Boswell, Orenda Mine, Jenner Twp., Somerset Co., PA
Orenda No. 4 Mine, near Boswell, Orenda Mine, Jenner Twp., Somerset Co., PA
Orenda No. 5 Mine, near Boswell, Orenda Mine, Jenner Twp., Somerset Co., PA

Orenda Mine (ca.1906- ? ), a drift mine located on the B. & O. Railroad, near Boswell, Orenda Mine, Jenner Twp., Somerset Co., PA
[Disaster - on Aug. 31, 1915 an explosion in the Orenda Mine killed 19 miners.]
Owners: (ca.1906- ? ), Merchants Coal Company, Boswell, PA
(ca.1917- ? ), Merchants Coal Corp., Pittsburgh, PA
Web sites on the Orenda Mine, Boswell, Orenda Mine, Jenner Twp., Somerset Co., PA:
History of the Orenda Mine, Boswell, Orenda Mine, Jenner Twp., Somerset Co., PA
Coal Miners Memorial Orenda Mine, Boswell, Orenda Mine, Jenner Twp., Somerset Co., PA

Orenda No. 2 Mine (ca. ? ), located on the B. & O. Railroad, near Boswell, Orenda Mine, Jenner Twp., Somerset Co., PA
[Disaster - on Jan. 25, 1909 an explosion in the Orenda No. 2 Mine killed 5 miners.]
[Disaster - on Aug. 31, 1915 an explosion of gas & dust in the Orenda No. 2 Mine killed 19 miners.]
Owners: (ca.1912- ? ), Somerset Smokeless Coal Company, Pittsburgh, PA
(ca.1915- ? ), Merchants Coal Corp., Pittsburgh, PA
(ca.1917- ? ), Merchants Coal Corp., Pittsburgh, PA
Web sites on the Orenda Mine, Boswell, Jenner Twp., Somerset Co., PA:
History of the Orenda Mine, Boswell, Orenda Mine, Jenner Twp., Somerset Co., PA
Coal Miners Memorial Orenda Mine, Boswell, Orenda Mine, Jenner Twp., Somerset Co., PA

Orenda No. 3 Mine (ca. ? ), located on the B. & O. Railroad, near Boswell, Orenda Mine, Jenner Twp., Somerset Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1917- ? ), Merchants Coal Corp., Pittsburgh, PA
Web sites on the Orenda Mine, Boswell, Jenner Twp., Somerset Co., PA:
History of the Orenda Mine, Boswell, Orenda Mine, Jenner Twp., Somerset Co., PA
Coal Miners Memorial Orenda Mine, Boswell, Orenda Mine, Jenner Twp., Somerset Co., PA

Orenda No. 4 Mine (ca. ? ), located on the B. & O. Railroad, near Boswell, Orenda Mine, Jenner Twp., Somerset Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1917- ? ), Merchants Coal Corp., Pittsburgh, PA
Web sites on the Orenda Mine, Boswell, Jenner Twp., Somerset Co., PA:
History of the Orenda Mine, Boswell, Orenda Mine, Jenner Twp., Somerset Co., PA
Coal Miners Memorial Orenda Mine, Boswell, Orenda Mine, Jenner Twp., Somerset Co., PA

Orenda No. 5 Mine (ca. ? ), located on the B. & O. Railroad, near Boswell, Orenda Mine, Jenner Twp., Somerset Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1917- ? ), Merchants Coal Corp., Pittsburgh, PA
Web sites on the Orenda Mine, Boswell, Jenner Twp., Somerset Co., PA:
History of the Orenda Mine, Boswell, Orenda Mine, Jenner Twp., Somerset Co., PA
Coal Miners Memorial Orenda Mine, Boswell, Orenda Mine, Jenner Twp., Somerset Co., PA

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