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DARRAGH, PA (MADISON MINE)

Mar. 2003 image by author

This wooden tipple at Darragh, PA is on the property of the Cambruzzi Coal Co. However, the Madison Gas Coal Company was the first concern to mine coal at Darragh in 1890.

Mar. 2003 image by author

The other side of the tipple at Darragh. After 1902, the Madison mine became the property of Keystone Coal and Coke, which was a conglomerate of several area coal companies.

Mar. 2003 image by author

Underground coal cars decaying at the Madison Mine site at Darragh.

Mar. 2003 image by author

This small structure was across the road. It may have been a house coal tipple.

Mar. 2003 image by author

Most of the patch housing at Darragh has been drastically altered and modernized, turning it into a suburb of Irwin and Jeanette. These people may have added a bay window and vinyl siding to their house, but the slate dump remains in the background of Darragh.

Google Street View image

I wonder if this was the Darragh company store at one time?

Google Street View image

Former Madison Mine office.

Bing maps image

In this aerial image the mine site is on the left, in the middle is the brick power house that I forgot to photograph back in 2003, and the coal company housing is on the right.