Coke yard and slate dump at Griffin No. 2 coke works in the Klondike Coke Field. You can still make out where the track for the mechanical coke puller was.
The Griffin No. 2 coke yard was built by the Bessemer Coke Co. around 1900, and later owned by the Hillman Neff Coke Co. The coke ovens there are of the bee-hive variety. Over at Griffin No. 1 the coke ovens are rectangular and were also built by the Bessemer Coke Co. Note that the operator used whatever kind of brick or block was handy to repair the ovens over the years.
Tipple Ruins at Griffin No. 2. The slate dump there is being reclaimed now.
A well preserved coke oven at Griffin No. 2. There are 2 rows of block ovens there, which are much rarer than the bank ovens built in the hillside. The wide opening is probably indicative that they were modified for mechanical pulling of the coke.
Here is the Griffin patch town on the edge of the Masontown borough. These are one family, two story homes.
Nearer to the coke yard are these one story company houses at Griffin.