Company store at the Filbert patch. H.C. Frick Coke Co., which was absorbed
into newly formed U.S. Steel in 1903, called their stores "Union Supply
Stores." They closed the last one, at Continental No. 1 patch, in 1959. (July 2002 photo)
Frick Coke built Filbert, PA around 1909 but, instead of building beehive coke ovens, sent their coal out thorought the underground Palmer conveyor system to the Mon River. By the time 1957 rolled around, H.C. Frick Coke Co. had metamorphisized into the
Frick District of U.S. Steel's mining subsidiary and the Filbert coal mine closed in that year. (Feb. 2003 photo)
Except for the tipple and headframe, most of the buildings at Filbert associated with the mine are still existing. What
is particularly interesting is that U.S. Steel was still using them as repair shops for their equipment as late as 1989. That's a pretty late date for US Steel to be retaining a maintenance
crew in Fayette County. (Feb. 2003 photo)
Two structures on "Air Shaft Road" that could have been intake and exhaust fans. (Feb. 2004 photo)