The Emerald Mine was near Clarksville, PA, and is not the same Emerald Mine as the current RAG-Emerald
at Waynesburg. Here is a photo of all that's left of the Emerald Mine tipple. When the railroad was removed and a bike trail put in it's place, most of the tipple was
demolished. But this portion going down to the barge loadout on the Monongahela River remains.
When a tornado destroyed the original patch housing for the Emerald Mine in 1940, Emerald Coal and Coke built the Burson patch, shown here, to house the miners and their families. (Thanks to Greene County
coal historian Lonnie Miller for the information)
Braden was another section of company-built housing for employees of the Emerald Mine, and is probably the last coal patch to be constructed in Pennsylvania. Another section of Emerald Mine housing
is called Chartiers Hill.
A Norfolk-Southern train winds past the spot where the Edwards shaft of the Emerald mine used to be.