This coal patch is Muse, Pennsylvania, with the company store in the lower right corner of the picture
Ruins of the coal mining complex at Muse. According to this webpage, Muse was built in 1923 and operated by H.C. Frick Coke Co.
Remnants of the Muse tipple. There are also many gob piles around these ruins.
Most of the coal company housing at Muse is the typical Pennsylvania coal miner's two family housing shown here.
The company store at Muse is located right in the middle of the patch.
The Muse Italian Club is a reminder of the large number of Italian immigrants that came to Washington County to work in the coal mines, coke works, and steel and iron mills.
Perhaps your grandfather or grandmother went to the Muse Public School, which is still used as an elementary school.
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