Dagus Mines was a coal mine and company town operated by the Northwestern Mining &
Exchange Company. Their Dagus No. 1 mine was in a 36" thick section of the Lower Kittanning seam, sometimes known locally as the
Dagus seam. This vintage picture is of the tipple and power house. (Photo Courtesy of Harriet Moyer)
One of the few resources remaining from the coal mining complex at Dagus Mines is
the blacksmith shop, shown here recycled into a residential garage.
Some of the company housing that can still be found at Dagus Mines today.
I'm not sure if the J.H. Steele & Company store, shown here, was operated by and/or for
the coal company, or was simply a private enterprise. (Photo Courtesy of Harriet Moyer)
Either way the structure has changed very little over the years.
Another old postcard from Dagus Mines, this time depicting the "Swedish Lutheran Church." (Photo Courtesy of Harriet Moyer)
The UMWA hall at Dagus Mines was simalar to the one over the mountain at Elbon.