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Unknown Coal Miner at the Cortez Coal Company Tipple Submitted by Marianne Fisher Wazelle, Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness Volunteer for Jefferson County, PA, and great great granddaughter of the original owner of the Cortez Coal Company An unknown coal miner pushing the small loaded cars ofcoal along the rails on the tipple to be dumped into waiting railroad cars parked on the siding below the tipple. Cortez Coal Company in Cortez, which was located on old Rt. 236 (Knoxdale Rd.) between Anita and Knoxdale. Photo taken abt 1910-1920. The train tracks were built by the Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Co., who purchased the coal that was mined there and shipped it to Pittsburgh to be used in the iron and cokes mills. The mine was in operation from 1901 until about 1930. The property is still proudly owned by Hampson family descendants.
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