Pennsylvania Coal & Coke Co. opened the coal mines at Marsteller, also known as Moss Creek, in the first decade of the 20th century. The mines closed in 1959.
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Brick coal company houses that may have been for management.
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More coal company houses in various stages of alteration and modernization.
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This building at Marsteller was once a school but now appears to be a private residence.
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Even the Presbyterian church is constructed from beige brick.
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One structure that remains from the Marsteller coal mine is this former wash house.
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Powder house where dynamite was stored.
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This building on the mountain above Marsteller, built in 1936, was the union hall for UMWA Local 2246. Someone has added a gabled roof to the top and turned it into Moss Creek Bar and Grill.
Image from Coal Mine Mechanization Yearbook
Vintage picture of Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Company's Marsteller/Moss Creek coal preparation plant.
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This coal silo dates to after the original Moss Creek mine closed. It was a raw coal silo built by the Barr Coal Corporation around 1970.
Sources:
Fitzsimons, Gray, editor. Blair and Cambria County, Pennsylvania; An Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial Sites. 1990.
http://patheoldminer.rootsweb.ancestry.com (now defunct), by Ray Washlaski. Accessed here through the Wayback Machine.
