http://patheoldminer.rootsweb.ancestry.com/county.html
The site has a searchable database to find Coal Miner Memorials by name, Coal Mines by name or Coal Companies by name, in part of the Bituminous mining region.
Virtual Museum of Coal Mining and Patch Towns in Western Pa.
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Nice post Don. Should take note--Bit Mining!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Your welcome. I'm hoping they keep adding to the site and eventually cover all the bituminous mining here in Pa.Logs wrote:Thanks for posting this, there is a lot of good reading about local history. Very interesting
Dave