LIBRARY, PA (MONTOUR NO. 10)
The Pittsburgh Coal Company opened the Montour No. 10
coal mine and mining town in 1919. The mine operated until 1957, then was closed until it was briefly reopened in the 1970s.
1945 image contributed by Ron Franko
Aerial view of the tipple, with a little part of the mining town and one of the slate dumps in the background.
Feb. 2004 image by author
Sunrise over the Montour No. 10 "patch town" on the edge of Library, Pa. in Southern Allegheny County.
Feb. 2004 image by author
Company houses across the valley from the ones pictured above.
Feb. 2004 image by author
A gob pile that is visable behind these company built homes. Save a concrete abutment from a trolly track, little
remains from the Montour No. 10 mine and coal processing facility. However, Consol, the heir to the Pittsburgh Coal Co. operated a research laboratory at Library into the 21st Century.
Feb. 2004 image by author
Remaining concrete abutment which once supported a mine motor track from a mine portal
to the tipple.
Aug. 2009 image courtesy of Ron Franko
Ron contributes this photo, and writes, "I am sending you a photo of where the miners would go and shop in Library Champion Store Inc.
Its right down the street from Montour No. 10, and they are renovating the building. I don't think the sign will be there too much longer." (Note: The sign is still there in 2023).
Circa 1927 "Keystone Coal Catalog" image
These were foremens' company houses at Montour 10.
Sep. 2023 image by author
Most of these formen's houses are still in existence. They're a testament to the contractor that built them, Fairchance Lumber Co., who specialized
in industrial housing.
Sep. 2023 image by author
The rear of the formen's houses, with alternating home shapes reflecting the "model company town" movement.
Circa 1927 "Keystone Coal Catalog" image
Coal company duplex houses at Montour 10.
Circa 1927 "Keystone Coal Catalog" image
Good vintage view of part of the Montour 10 "patch."
Circa 1927 "Keystone Coal Catalog" image
The Montour 10 tipple looked state of the art at the time of this photo, but it is
gone now.