Carbon

The founding record

Carbon township, in the southern part of the county, Hes chiefly upon the Broad Top mountain and derives its name from the coal deposits in that section. It was erected on April 23, 1858, from part of Tod, and is bounded on the north by Tod township ; east by Wood ; south and southwest by Fulton and Bedford counties, and on the northwest by Hopewell township. Among the pioneers were Anthony Cook, Philip Bamet, James Crawford, Henry Houpt, Walter Clark and Henry Miller. During the Revolution some Tory refugees came into the township, a few of whom became permanent residents. A large part of the Broad Top coal field lies within the township and coal mining is the leading occupation of the inhabitants. The old Barnet mine was opened in 1856 by Dorris, Burroughs & Company. Some twenty years later it was closed, but was reopened in 1882. The Prospect mine was opened in 1857 and about 1863 was purchased by Robert H. Powel, who erected coke ovens there. In 1858 the Clift mine was opened and the following year witnessed the opening of the Broad Top collieries. The Mooredale mine, about one mile from Dudley, was opened about i860 by Paul Ammerman, but it was abandoned in 1862 on account of water. It was purchased by Reakert Brothers in 1876 and reopened. The Fisher mine was opened in 1870; the Carbon colliery in 1872; the Ocean mine in 1879. John W. Jordan, ed., History of the Juniata Valley and Its People (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing, 1913) · character 178,138 of the scanned text

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