Credit: Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation, Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
Repairing coal cars was an important element of any coal mining operation. These workers labored at the Vesta No. 4 Mine in Richeyville, Washington County, mining Pittsburgh-seam coal. The Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation owned this and other Pittsburgh-seam mines to supply coal and coke to its steel mills. This mine was also one of the largest bituminous mines in Pennsylvania.
