GATES, PA
Gates was a captive mine of American Steel and Wire Co. It was
named after John W. Gates, a "higher up" in that company. From right to left: patch houses, the company store, and - across the Monongahela River
in Greene County - the slate dump of the neighboring Nemacolin patch.
Former Union Supply Company store and patch houses. Though Gates was founded in 1907, this company
store may have been constructed at a later date. It is simalar to the store that was at Palmer, Pa and also the one I photographed at Filbert, Pa.
Gates duplex patch houses, with the Nemacolin gob pile in the background. Two or three of the patch houses
have been demolished and replaced with a single-wide mobile home.
Dec. 2007 image by author
Dec. 2007 image by author
Dec. 2007 image by author