Aerial photo of Van Voorhis illustrates the grid layout of most patch towns. (Photo taken from a plane by Chris H)
The Van Voorhis coal patch village. The Valley Camp Coal Company mined a 70 inch section of the Pittsburgh seam in their
Soudan Mine there.
These coal company houses are typical of most, but not all, of the homes at Van Voorhis.
Sealed mine entry at Van Voorhis.
This is the downtown section of Van Voorhis. One of these structures was probably the company store.
Many of the coal mining towns in Western Pennsylvania have "Honor Rolls" in a prominent section of the town as a tribute to those who
served in the armed forces. Here is the one at Van Voorhis.
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