I too just found this site. I was born at 1219 Mine 40 in 1946. My mother was Ethel McCloskey (Miklovsky) was born there in 1925, left "40" in 1951 to move to Johnstown. Grandmother was MAry McCloskey (Miklovsky).. Anyone remember any of them? gegelles@ptd.net
Guest
13-Sep-2014 03:25
I just found this site. In response to the guest that asked about the Walko family on 3rd street in Mine 40. My mother, Rachel Zindash Beechan was a very good friend of Genka Walko. I believe she had a son Greg. She always spoke of her and Pies.
daf
21-Aug-2014 19:19
does anyone know of the seffe y family living in mine 42 - early 1920 on? I might have a sister. thanks. daf.
Guest
07-Aug-2014 13:46
Are people allowed to walk around there? Or is it fenced off
Alice (Sharer) Boni
23-Dec-2011 01:01
These are awsome photos Tom. Makes me sad to see the way they have fallen into sleletons of what they once were. I am from the area and my grandparents were all miners. The Gallitzin, Cresson, Revloc area. When we lived in Youngstown we watched the steel mills go the same way. Now they look like this---broken windows and clutter.
guest
14-Sep-2010 13:41
Are you related to the Walko family that lived at the bottom of 3rd.St. in Mine 40?. Kids all had such crazy funny names then like Pies, Genka, so I do not actually know what they were. I too lived in Mine #40 in the 1940'& 50's when walking around the mines each day coming and going to school in Scalp Level was an ordinary day. We watched the miners coming out of the caves on the man trips and walked the narrow sidewalk down Scalp hill to the school. Can you believe that it never was considered if it was safe for us kids! We all just knew not to go too close to the tracks where the men were working and we actually had to hug the wall while walking the sidewalk so we did not go to far out onto the road. I do not recall any child ever being hurt at the mines or hit by a car.
Bill Walko
29-Apr-2010 17:12
I get homesick everytime I view this web page. My father lived, played, and worked in this town all his life. A coal miner for 43 years, he married a Mine 30 girl and raised a family providing for all their needs. I was lucky to have lived here during the "happy days" years where it was quite customary to drive over 50 miles up and down the avenues trying to get noticed or notice that special "someone" cruising the sidewalk. I may live in Ohio but I know where my home is! Thanks Tom for the great pictures of my hometown.
