Does anyone have any info on the NYC and the Clearfield Bituminous Coal Co. operations in Western Pa? I am
particularly interested in the Rossiter Pa mining operation. If my memory is correct I believe this is part of the NYC
Beech Creek Division.
Here’s a 1950 list of NYC-served mines in Clearfield county along with some information about cleaning plants, etc.
Pennsylvania - Clearfield County
Bailey Coal Company - Bailey Mine (Strip) - Winburn, PA - NYC
Boron Bros. Coal Company - Mt. Vernon No 1 (Strip) - Bald Hill, PA - NYC
Bradford Coal Company
Aurora No. 4 Mine - Shawsville, PA - NYC
Aurora No. 4 had mining machines and “motors.”
Preparation facilities included a crusher and picking tables
Aurora No. 5 (Drift and strip) - Frenchville, PA - NYC
This mine’s preparation plant had a crusher and picking tables
Cooper Smokeless No. 2 Mine (Strip) - Morrisdale, PA - NYC
This mine had a shovel, a dragline, and a tractor
Preparation equipment included crushers, bar screens, a picking table, and loading booms. It used truck haulage.
Shannon Smokeless No. 1 - Rowles, PA - NYC
Preparation machinery was a vibrating screen, picking table, and loading boom.
Shannon Smokeless No. 2 - New Florence, PA - NYC
This mine had crushers and a picking table
F.R. and H.L. Harrington - Harrington No. 1 Mine - Karthaus, PA - NYC
Equipment included two cutting machines and two trolley locomotives
Preparation plant had a crusher, shaking and vibrating screens, and picking tables
Hawk Run Coal Mining - Coaldale Mines(Strip) - Hawk Run, PA - NYC
Hill Bros. Coal Company - Hill No. 7 Mine (Strip) - Allport, PA - NYC/PRR
Howard Coal Mining - Lost Run Mine (Strip) - Olanta, PA - NYC
Equipment included shovels, dozer, draglines, and trucks
Preparation facilities included oil spray, crusher, shaker screens, and loading booms.
Hyland Coal Co. - Hyland No. 1 Mine(Strip) - McClure Siding, PA - NYC
Equipment included, shovels, dozers, draglines, and trucks.
Preparation facilities were a crusher, shaker screens, and picking table.
Does anyone have any info on the NYC and the Clearfield Bituminous Coal Co. operations in Western Pa? I am
particularly interested in the Rossiter Pa mining operation. If my memory is correct I believe this is part of the NYC
Beech Creek Division.
Here’s a 1950 list of NYC-served mines in Clearfield county along with some information about cleaning plants, etc.
Pennsylvania - Clearfield County
Bailey Coal Company - Bailey Mine (Strip) - Winburn, PA - NYC
Boron Bros. Coal Company - Mt. Vernon No 1 (Strip) - Bald Hill, PA - NYC
Bradford Coal Company
Aurora No. 4 Mine - Shawsville, PA - NYC
Aurora No. 4 had mining machines and “motors.”
Preparation facilities included a crusher and picking tables
Aurora No. 5 (Drift and strip) - Frenchville, PA - NYC
This mine’s preparation plant had a crusher and picking tables
Cooper Smokeless No. 2 Mine (Strip) - Morrisdale, PA - NYC
This mine had a shovel, a dragline, and a tractor
Preparation equipment included crushers, bar screens, a picking table, and loading booms. It used truck haulage.
Shannon Smokeless No. 1 - Rowles, PA - NYC
Preparation machinery was a vibrating screen, picking table, and loading boom.
Shannon Smokeless No. 2 - New Florence, PA - NYC
This mine had crushers and a picking table
F.R. and H.L. Harrington - Harrington No. 1 Mine - Karthaus, PA - NYC
Equipment included two cutting machines and two trolley locomotives
Preparation plant had a crusher, shaking and vibrating screens, and picking tables
Hawk Run Coal Mining - Coaldale Mines(Strip) - Hawk Run, PA - NYC
Hill Bros. Coal Company - Hill No. 7 Mine (Strip) - Allport, PA - NYC/PRR
Howard Coal Mining - Lost Run Mine (Strip) - Olanta, PA - NYC
Equipment included shovels, dozer, draglines, and trucks
Preparation facilities included oil spray, crusher, shaker screens, and loading booms.
Hyland Coal Co. - Hyland No. 1 Mine(Strip) - McClure Siding, PA - NYC
Equipment included, shovels, dozers, draglines, and trucks.
Preparation facilities were a crusher, shaker screens, and picking table.