Coal Miners Memorial Ontario Shaft Mine, Cokeburg, Bethlehem Twp., Washington Co., PA

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Coal Miners Memorial
Ontario Shaft Mine,
Cokeburg,
Bethlehem Twp.,
Washington County,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

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

Compiled & Edited by
Raymond A. Washlaski

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

Updated Nov. 3, 2009

A Memorial to the Coal Miners that Worked the
Ontario Shaft Mine

Following is a partial list of the miners, mine employees and company store employees that worked the Ontario Shaft Mine, Cokeburg, Bethlehem Twp., 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
ONTARIO SHAFT MINE

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Amos, Delmar
(Miner, ca.1933, Ontario Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 33, married, 4 children.);
(Killed. Killed in a fall of slate, in the Ontario Mine, March 15, 1933. [from the "Charleroi Mail," Charleroi, PA, March 16, 1933.].)
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Kovich, George Marin
(Austrian Miner, ca.1915, Cokeburg Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 31, married.);
(Killed. Crushed by a fall of stone, in the Cokeburg Mine, Sept. 7, 1915. Interred at Charleroi, PA. [from the Bebout & Yohe Funeral Home records.].)
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Massero, Lou
(Miner, Driver ca.1925, Ontario Shaft Mine, Washington Co., PA, Age 28, married, 1 child.);
(Killed. He was caught between a coal rib and a mine car, in the Ontario Mine, Jan. 28, 1925.);
(Massero lived in Zollersville, PA.)
[from the "Charleroi Mail," Charleroi, PA, Jan. 29, 1925.]
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Penrock, Frank "Bear"
(Miner, ca.1840-1958, Ontario Shaft Mine, Washington Co., PA, married, wife Cora Randolph Penrock.)
Postgate, Richard W., Sr.
(Miner, Ontario Mine, Washington Co., PA, married, wife Mary Brennan Postgate, 6 Children.);
(Richard Postgate also worked at the Isabella Mine, Fayette Co., PA.);
(d. July 1, 1954. Interred in La Fayette Memorial Park. [from the "Morning Herald," Uniontown, PA, July 3, 1954.].)
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Randolph, Hager Monroe
(Miner, ca.1950-1958, Ontario Shaft Mine, Washington Co., PA, married, wife Anna Skrypak Randolph.)
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A special thanks to Glen Dixon, Researcher, for his research in the "Charleroi Mail" newspaper and other newspapers of Washington County, and the addition of many of the miners names from Washington County.

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Cokeburg, Bethlehem Twp., Washington Co., PA

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