This is your quintessential coal/coke patch in Fayette County. It was constructed in the first decade of the 20th Century by the Thompson
Connellsville Coke Co., and named after coal baron J.V. Thompson of Uniontown, PA. This photo, taken from atop the gob pile, shows the remaining patch houses, and the grassy area is the reclaimed
coke oven area. In the background is the neighboring patch of Tower Hill No. 2.
The company houses at Thompson No. 2 are the 2-family duplexes typical of patches in Western PA.
These larger houses, probably a bosses row, are up on the hill.
Ruins of a shop building or power house are some of the only remains of the Thompson No. 2 coal mine and coke works.
The tipple foundations
The company store is still in existence, but no longer functions as a retail enterprise.