Photo showing the linear layout of Eureka 35 and 36 patch towns, which run together
almost as one community. An old school building (red arrow) is the informal division between No. 35 and No. 36. These are two of
the patch town suburbs of Windber, PA of Berwind-White Coal Mining Company that were numbered No. 30 through No. 42.
Berwind-White opened Eureka No. 35 mine in 1898 in the Lower Kittanning seam of coal, and operated it into the 1950s. It was briefly reopened from 1970 to 1980 by the Richland Coal Corp. No. 36 mine was also in the Lower Kittanning vein, and produced from 1900 to 1949.
The duplex houses in the No. 35 and No. 36 patch towns are typical of Berwind-White towns in the area, as well as most Western PA coal towns.
A few of the patch houses, showing modifications made to them, with the No. 35 company store in the background.
Eureka No. 35 company store.
Company-built houses where No. 35 starts to blend back in with the incorporated town of Windber.
These mine shop buildings from No. 35 mine, perhaps the lamp house and motor barn, are still in existence.
Quad tracks on the slate dump are not uncommon in Western Pennsylvania.
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