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Coal mine facts: During 1877, the mines were located a short distance from town, on the Sligo Branch Railroad, and employed five hundred and seventy-five men, when running full time. Aug. 28, 1884 Clarion Democrat
During the 1917-1918 WWI Draft Registration cards, the following mines were operating in the Sligo vicinity: John C. Graham Co., Sligo—5/8/1929 - John C. Graham, attorney of Butler, has purchased the Charters Coal Co. holdings at Sligo and J.D. McKinley, superintendent of the same, has accepted the position of superintendent for Mr. Graham. The mine will henceforth be known as the John C. Graham mine. READ THE TESTIMONY OF JOHN C. GRAHAM Marshall & Harvey, Sligo Samuel C. Myers, Sligo McKee Brothers, Sligo W.F. Marshall & Co. Sligo Consumer Colliers Co. Sligo Pennsy Coal Co., Reidsburg. Charles Shirey, of Sligo T.J. Williams of Curllsville Clarion Coal Mining Co, Sligo. C.A. Craig, Sligo Walter Sloan, Sligo Benn Ada* Coal Co., Sligo
Other WWI era Piney Twp. Residents were employed in neighboring area mines such as Hamler Coal Co., of Cherry Run; Big Farm Mines of Clarion Twp; Chestnut Ridge Coal of Rimersburg; Acme Gas & Coal of Madison Twp. In 1941, Clarion County coal production was 1,250,000 tons. In 1951, Clarion County ranked second in Pennsylvania for coal production, with a total of 2,521,342 tons. In 1953, the coal industry paid wages and salaries totaling $2,929,500 in the county. During 1955, there were forty-five open-pit coal operations and seventeen deep mines in the County. C&K Coal Company (in operation from abt 1950), of Clarion, was the largest bituminous coal-producing company in the state of Pennsylvania in 1976. The company's coal production in 1975 was 5,000,000 tons. Coke is a carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal. MORE READING OF INTEREST Frank J. Pagliari, employee of C&K neat Sligo, killed in accident. [1970]. Read article. |
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The importance of coal in the vicinity is depicted in this 1978 logo used on Sligo maps, t-shirts, and various novelties, drawn by Ed Myers of RD, Piney Twp. |
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The C&K Coal Company was started in the 1950's. This photo shows Piney Tipple (near the Piney Dam) located about 2 miles south of Clarion. Photo taken in 1983. Photo donated to historical reprinting of Clarion County photos by the Clarion Model Railroad Club. |
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Photo shows the Sligo Coke & Coal mine located on the Berrean farm ca 1907. Used with permission of Mark Miner |
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Sligo Coke & Coal on the Berrean farm abt 1907
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MINERS IN THE SLIGO VICINITY. Listing copyrighted by P.J. Grewell, 2009 |
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Abrams, Frank weighmaster 1877 Sligo Coal Ace, Joseph Adams, W. Melvin Aites, Elijah Aites, Harry M. Aites, Peter E. Aldous, Aaron C. Altmire, Andy J. Alvin, James Alvin, John Anderson, David Anderson, Osmer E. Anderson, John Anderson, John W. Anderson, William F. Bailey, Nelson R. (b 1855—mining in 1880) Barger, Joseph Melvin Barnhart, Harvey J. Barnhart, Jonathan H. Barry, Joseph Barthoff, Asna Bates, Harry E. Bechtel, Abraham Beer, Charles (b 1810-d 1894) Bird, L. Charlie Bissett, Edward M. (b 1914) Black, Stanley Dale (C&K) Blair, David Jr. Botzer, John Adam Bowser, James Boyles, Richard Bracken, William Clair. (“Pappy”) Brinker, John Benn Brinker, Reed S. Brinker, William Warren Burk, John Burk, Lawrence K. Burns, Earl Dosta Burns, William Butler, Michael Cain, John Campbell, James S. Carl, John Carmody, Thomas J. Case, Joseph R. Clark, Alfred Clark, Alvin J. Clark, Clyde W. Clark, Seth Clark, William Coleman, Guy R. Condon, Howard Michael Connor, Willard C. Cook, Samuel H. Courson, Samuel F. (b 1902) Courson, Thomas J. (b 1898) Courson, William C. (b 1870) Crawford, Raymond Culbert, Jacob Curry, Gust F. Davis, Leslie Plummer (1899-1988) Davis, Russell J Deitz, Lewis—coal bank located 3 1/2 m. Delaware, Joseph Delp, Henry Deving, John Dickey, David E. Dickey, Reid S. Dickey, Samuel A. Divins, Edward Dole, Albert Fleming Donahoe, John Downing, James W. Jr. Downing, James W. Sr. Duester, William Dunkle, Jacob P. Dunlavey, Frances Dunlavey, James Dunn, Jerry Early, Milton English, Michael Eshbaugh, Clinton R. (b 1878) Eshbaugh, Edward Eshbaugh, Gilbert F. (b 1908) Eshbaugh, Leslie E. Faghle, George Fagley, Frank L. Fair, Elmer M. (b 1904) Fair, Walker C. (b 1881) Fetzermire, Baltsar Fogle, George Forkum, William (1883-abt 1904) Fox, Alex Fox, J.C. Fox, Peter Fox, William W. Freeman, Henry Gallagher, James F. Gates, Thomas Gifford, James Gobler, Louis Goodman, John M. Green, James Greenawalt, Benjamin Franklin (1899-1965) Greenawalt, Earl E. Greenawalt, George B. (b 1864) Greenawalt, Harry C. Greenawalt, James C. Greenawalt, John E. Greenawalt, John L. Greenawalt, Joseph Freeman Greenawalt, Neely Grant (b 1900) Griffith, John Griffith, Thomas J. Guergle, George Gugher, Oliver Hackbarth, Carl H. (1904-1984) Hackbarth, Gustave E. (1894-) Hackbarth, Herman (1898-) Hackbart, Julius G. (1865-1942) Hackbarth, Julius M. (1906-) Haley, John Hannah, John S. Harnish, H. Stern Harnish, James Burr Harnish, John Elijah Harnish, Louza A. Hartle, Austin Hartle, Charles Hartle, Edward Hartle, George Hedrihan, Edward Heffman, Jack Height, Henry Hendrickson, John Henry, Austin Ellsworth Henry, Dudley Henry, Emery Gavin Henry, Lee Glenn Henry, M. Bert Henson, John Hepner, John Heylman, Jacob Hile, Wayne C. Hiles, Marjorie E. Hockenberry, John W. Hodick, Ferdinand Hoover, Jonas Howard, F. Paul Howard, Patrick Hutchison, Charles H. Hutchison, David Hutchison, Frank Ion, Harry F. Ion, Wayne C. Johnston, Harry F. Johnston, Meade G. Jones, David Jordan, Elmer J. Keifer, Henry Keister, Bart H. Keller, George Keys, Thomas Keys, Thomas Jr. Kifer, John H. Jr. Kilgore, David E. Kilgore, Meade G. Kirkwood, Hugh Kirkwood, Jackson K. Kirkwood, John Kirkwood, William Kline, Fetza Klink, Adam M. Kunselman, Samuel W. Lair, William Lane, John Lerch, William Lewis, Daniel Lewis, James Loring, John A. Love, Kelley L. Lowe, David E. Lowe, William H. Lowle, Carnest L. Lowle, William Luke, McLane Lune, John Luther, George Lyman, Robert B. |
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Lyon, Thomas Magness, Charles F. Magness, George Mantha, Bert W. [could be Mauthe] Markey, Luke Marlai, Luke Master, Harold Eugene (“Skip”) Mays, William H. McCall, Richard L. McCloskey, Henry McCues, Peter McDowell, James W. McDowell, William B. McElravey, William B. McElroy, William B. McElroy, Wilson McGahey, J. Willis McGahey, Thomas W. McKain, Joe McKee, Clyde M. (b 1883) McKee, James Willis Clyde McKee, James McKee, Leona McKee, Russell L. (b 1905) McKinney, Benjamin T. McKinney, Charles Brainard McKinney, Captain H. McKinney, Colonel Joseph J. McKinney, James Curtis McKissick, Henry (b 1810) McLain, Hugh McMannes, Michael McMullen, Samuel McMurry, Patrick McNattan, James McNattan, John McNaughton, James McPherson, David Miller, Benjamin T. Miller, Charles F. Miller, Harry C. Miller, John F. Miller, Thomas A. Milligan, Frank R. Miner, Emery Minnick, James L. Minnick, John A. Mohney, Charles Andrew Mohney, John Frank Mooney, David J. Morris, Edward E. Morris, Judson A. Morris, Roy W. Morris, William L. Mortimer, Oscar Addison Mortimer, Zieliele Milton Murray, David Murray, James Myers, Curtis George (b 1890) Myers, Edward E. (b 1880) Myers, Frank J. Myers, John B. Myers, John C. Myers, Merle A. (b 1906) Nail, John Neal, Robert W. Neal, Thomas A. Nease, Michael Neely, Frank Oliver Neely, John B. Neely, Leslie J. (b 1900 d 1961) Pagliari, Frank J.—C&K employee 1960s-70’s Phaler, Leonard Piles, Abram Prother, Morgan Reddick, Alva M. Reddick, Charles H. Reddinger, Cleveland R. (b 1912) Reddinger, Earl W. (b 1883) Reddinger, Firman A. (b 1909) Reed, John T. Reedy, Abraham Reedy, John Reese, George W. Reichardt, Herbert W. Rice, Abraham Rohan, Henry Rupert, Malcolm Rupert, Mel Rutherford, Thomas Ryan, John Ryan, Patrick Rosser, Henry R. Rosser, Paul Rosser, Thomas Salter, Augustus Sample, Henry Samuel, Andy A. Saylor, Daniel Schoering, John L. (b 1911) Sharp, Samuel Shaw, Alvin James (b 1866) Shaw, James Jackson (b 1894) Shay, John (b 1843) Shay, Reese (b 1844) Sheehan, Cornelius Sheehan, John Sherman, Bird Russell (b 1888) Shields, George Berton Shirey, Lalana W. (b 1830—mining in 1880) Shook, Christopher Shoup, Lawrence Shutt, John Silvis, Edward Simpson, Seth Alvas Sims, Robert Slater, John C. Slattery, Andrew (abt 1850-1860) Slaughenhaupt, Harry E. Smith, Adam H. Smith, Henry Smith, Mervin E. Snyder, Andy A. Snyder, Clyde E. Snyder, Edward Mefford Snyder, John C. Snyder, Rayburn J. (b 1926) Snyder, Samuel Solada, Marlin F. Stager, John A. Stanford, Harry O. Stewart, Charles Stewart, Henry Stewart, Robert B. Stillfluke, Henry Stratton, William T. Stromeyer, James C. Swartz, John A. Taney, Mark Taylor, Robert Warren Taylor, Roy Lee Thomas, John Uhl, Joseph Uhl, Samuel — Samuel Uhl, farmer, P.O. Caledonia, was born in Germany, April 4, 1840, a son of Christopher and Annie (Brunner) Uhl. The family came to Elk county, Penn., in 1840, and settled in St. Mary's. They reared a family of eight children, Samuel being the second. When fourteen years of age, our subject went to Sligo, Clarion Co., Penn., and was employed four years in the iron works, at the close of which time he removed to Centreville and engaged in lumbering. In February, 1868, he married Miss Tracy Cross, a daughter of Andrew Cross, of Fox township, and she bore him six children, five of whom are still living: Katie, William A., Josephine, Tracy L. and John E. Mrs. Uhl died in 1875. In 1869 Mr. Uhl purchased the farm where he now resides. He has been supervisor of the township, and is a highly respected citizen. He is a member of the Catholic Church. Source: History of the Counties of McKean, Elk and Forest, Pennsylvania with Biographical Selections, Including Their Early Settlement and Development, a Description of the Historic and Interesting Localities, Sketches of Their Cities, Towns, and Villages, Portraits of Prominent Men, Biographies of ...By M A Leeson, J.H. Beers & Co, J.H. Beers & Co. Compiled by M A Leeson Published by J.H. Beers & Co., 1800 Vogle, George W. Vogle, Harry H. Waggoner, George Wagner, Andrew Curtis Wagner, Frank E. Wagner, Joseph A. Wagner, Scott Edwin Wagner, Solomon H. Wagner, Thomas Malcolm Walker, Thomas J. Watterson, Henry Weeter, Robert M. Welfell, Conrad Welsh, Thomas Wensel, Jacob Barton Weylacker, Claude A. White, John Wibble, Ferdinand Wike, George A. Wike, George S. Williams, John E. Wilson, Frank Wilson, Frank H. Wilson, James Wilson, James Wilson, Joseph Wilson, Uriah Wiseman, Alonzo C. Wiser, Albert Clair Wiser, John H. Woods, Leb J. Woods, Lewis J. Yeaney, Alphonzo R. |
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Indiana Evening Gazette, Indiana PA 16 Oct 1935 |
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By a very sad accident in the mine of Huey, this county, the life of Walter Clyde Wilson was crushed out in a moment. It appears that he was switching a car in the mine last Saturday, Dec. 19, 1914, and the car jumped the track and jammed him against the rib and broke his neck, killing him instantly. It is said that there was no chance for a man to get away from cars at that point in the mine. The deceased was born Aug. 16, 1887, in Sligo. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Anna Wilson, his mother, four brothers and one sister. The funeral was held at Sligo M.E. church, the pastor, Rev. C.M. Haines, conducting the services, and interment was made in the Sligo cemetery. Source: December 24, 1914 Clarion Democrat.
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