The Pittsburg Buffalo Comapany opened the Hazel Mine in Canonsburg, PA. My Great-Grandfather W. J. Holsing {1869-1929} was the Superintendent.
This a view of the Hazel Mine with Buffalo Hill in the background. The tipple is in the center with the four smoke stacks next to it. The shaft goes under the hill. Eventually the hill would be covered with company houses for the employees. At it's peak the mine employed over 600 men.
East view of the Hazel mine after an extension on the tipple was added.
This model of a company hopper, similar to the one in the scene above, is still available today!
The Pittsburg Buffalo Co. had over 500 coal hopper cars and four locomotives.
The smoke is coming from the engine house. All power needed for the mine was made here.
That's my cousin James Bernard Jones {1894-1972} in the pinstripes. His father David George Jones opened the Hazel Mine.