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Coal Miners Memorial
Lincoln No. 1 Mine
(Lincoln Hill Mine),

near Washington,
Washington County,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that mined the Bituminous Coal seams of the Lincoln Mine, Washington County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Compiled & Edited by
Raymond A. Washlaski

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

Updated Sept. 7, 2010

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that Worked the
Lincoln Mine (Lincoln Hill Mine)


Following is a partial list of the miners, mine employees and company store employees that worked the Lincoln Mine (Lincoln Hill Mine), Washington, Washington 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.

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COAL MINERS MEMORIAL
LINCOLN MINE
[ A ]
Andreddas, Joseph "Sappy"
(Miner, Lincoln Hill Mine, Washington Co., PA.)
[ B ]
[ C ]
Corkron, Bob
(Miner, Lincoln Hill Mine, Washington Co., PA.)
Crawford, Bob
(Miner, Lincoln Hill Mine, Washington Co., PA.)
[ D ]
Davis, H. A.
(General Superintendent, ca.1917, Lincoln Gas Coal Company, Pittsburgh, PA, Lincoln Mine, Washington Co., PA.);
(Superintendent, ca.1917, of the Lincoln Mine, Washington Co., PA, for Lincoln Gas Coal Company.)
[ E ]
[ F ]
[ G ]
[ H ]
Holub, Albert
(Miner, Lincoln Hill Mine, Washington Co., PA.)
[ I ]
[ J ]
Jacobson, Otto
(Miner, Lincoln Hill Mine, Washington Co., PA.);
(d. late 1950's or early 1960's.)
[ K ]
Korbuly, Paul
(Miner, Lincoln Hill Mine, Washington Co., PA.)
Korbuly, Tony
(Miner, Lincoln Hilll Mine, Washington Co., PA.)
Korbuly, Willie
(Miner, Lincoln Hill Mine, Washington Co., PA.)
Kudak, Anthony
(Miner, Lincoln Hill Mine, Washington Co., PA.)
[ L ]
[ M ]
Malik, John
(Miner, ca.1929, Lincoln Hill Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 44, married, 3 children.);
(Killed.  Killed when a mine car was pushed and it jumped the track and hit a post. The slate then fell and killed him, in the Lincoln Hill Mine, July 17, 1929.  [from the "Charleroi Mail," Charleroi, PA, July 18, 1929.].)
Malik, Michael
(Miner Boy, ca.1929, Lincoln Hill Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 17, single.);
(Killed.  Killed when a mine car was pushed and it jumped the track and hit a post. The slate then fell and killed him, in the Lincoln Hill Mine, July 17, 1929.  [from the "Charleroi Mail," Charleroi, PA, July 18, 1929.].);
(son of John Malik.)
Maurer, Karl
(Germany Miner, ca.1926, Lincoln Hill Mine, Washington Co., PA);
(Immigrated from Penzberg, Germany ca.1926.  He when to live with an aunt, who kept boarders, she also made beer and sold it to them for twenty-five cents per bottle.);
(Karl Maurer worked at various mines, Coverdale Mine, Muse Mine, Indianola Mine, he settled in at Montour No. 4 Mine.  When he was asked him why they moved to other mines, his response was that someone told them that there was a heigher vein of coal there.)
[ N ]
[ O ]
[ P ]
Popovich, Alec
(Miner, Lincoln Hill Mine, Washington Co., PA.)
Popovich, Melvin
(Miner, Lincoln Hill Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 22.);
(Killed.  Killed in a mining accident, in the Lincoln Hill Mine.)
Presto, Joe
(Miner, Lincoln Hill Mine, Washington Co., PA.)
[ Q ]
[ R ]
Reed, Sam
(Miner, Lincoln Hill Mine, Washington Co., PA.)
Risbin, Thomas, Jr.
(Miner, Lincoln Hill Mine, Washington Co, PA.)
Risbin, Thomas, Sr.
(Miner, Lincoln Hill Mine, Washington Co., PA, married.)
Robels, John "Dutch"
(Miner, Lincoln Hill Mine, Washington Co., PA.)
[ S ]
Schlaupitz, Alfred
(Miner, Lincoln Hill Mine, Washington Co., PA.)
Shepperd, Freddie
(Miner, Lincoln Hill Mine, Washington Co., PA.)
Shepperd, Harry
(Miner, Lincoln Hill Mine, Washington Co., PA.)
Shumar, John "Bananas"
(Miner, Lincoln Hill Mine, Washington Co., PA.);
(Son of Pete Shumar.)
Shumar, Pete
(Miner, Lincoln Hill Mine, Washington Co., PA.)
Smaller, Tony
(Miner, Lincoln Hill Mine, Washington Co., PA.)
Strnisha, Martin
(Miner, Lincoln Hill Mine, Washington Co., PA.)
Stuber, Clyde
(Miner, Lincoln Hill Mine, Washington Co., PA.)
[ T ]
Toth, John
(Miner, Lincoln Hill Mine, Washington Co., PA.)
[ U ]
[ V ]
[ W ]
West, Mr.
(Miner, Lincoln Hill Mine, Washington Co., PA.);(Mr. West moved to Detroit, MI.)
[ X ]
[ Y ]
[ Z ]

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