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

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Somerset County
Pennsylvania
Coal Mine
Index V
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 Jan. 15, 2009

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Somerset County Pennsylvania - Coal Mine Index
INDEX V

[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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Vang Junction, Stony Creek Twp., Somerset Co., PA
[The intersection of the Somerset & Cambria Branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and the Coleman Branch, near Coleman, PA.)
See: Roy No. 1 Mine, Coleman, Stony Creek Twp., Somerset Co., PA
Ritter No. 1 Mine, Coleman, Stony Creek Twp., Somerset Co., PA
Ritter No. 2 Mine, Coleman, Stony Crek Twp., Somerset Co., PA

Viaduct Coal Company Rockwood, PA
See: Darlington Mine, Rockwood, Milford Twp., Somerset Co., PA

Victor Coal Mining Company, Somerset, PA
See: Haws No. 1 Mine, Hollsopple, Conemaugh Twp., Somerset Co., PA
Haws No. 3 Mine, Hollsopple, Conemaugh Twp., Somerset Co., PA

Vim, Summit Twp., Somerset Co., PA
[A coal company patch town in Summit Twp., Somerset Co., PA.]
See:

Vogel Mine (ca. ? ), located on the B. & O. Railroad, Vogel Mines, Hocking, Brothers Valley Twp., Somerset Co., PA
Owners: (ca. ? ),

Vogel Mines, Hocking, Brothers Valley Twp., Somerset Co., PA
See: Vogel Mine, Vogel Mines, Hocking, Brothers Valley Twp., Somerset Co., PA

Vulcan Mine (ca.1917-1940), located on the Somerset & Cambria Branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, in the Waterloo Section of Friedens, Somerset Twp., Somerset Co., PA
Owners: (ca.1917- ? ), Madeira Hill Smithing Coal Company,
(ca.1930- ? ), Vulcan Smithing Coal Company,

Vulcan Smithing Coal Company,
See: Vulcan Mine, Waterloo, Friedens, Somerset Twp., Somerset Co., PA

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