@paindustrialhistory: Around Windber, Pennsylvania, families grew up in places with no names, just mine numbers. The Berwind-White Coal Mining Company built Windber in 1897 on the Somerset and Cambria county line and named it by flipping Berwind around. Its Eureka mines were numbered 30 through 42, and the company houses around each mine went by the number. People near Mine 40 just called home 40. A 1911 federal report found no indoor plumbing at Mine 35 and most families taking in boarders to make the rent. Company mining ended in 1962, but Mine 37, Mine 40 and Mine 42 are still there. Which number was your family's? Follow for the next town file. Photos: Mine 40 Historic District houses by Magicpiano / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Other images are Library of Congress HAER, NARA and LOC public domain. #pennsylvania #hiddenhistory #pahistory #windber #coalmining

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hawkeye_best_boy
hi :
Windber has some mansions in it. Who owned those back in the day?
2026-10-23 22:04:43
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2fiddyclappa
Cody1️⃣6️⃣3️⃣ :
Mine 42 is a popular riding spot
2026-10-23 02:12:50
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user2094474027581
twindaddy :
yep .and Johnny Weissmuller
2026-10-25 10:07:48
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kenaravich161
Ken Aravich161 :
good history
2026-10-25 12:01:17
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sprinng198751
Darrin Ronald :
grew up in 42
2026-10-23 03:22:10
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user5241117567753
dave :
Mine 35 still exists.
2026-10-23 02:02:09
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chosen11773
Big intuitive 333 :
Idk 🤷🏻‍♀️but it’s a dark cloud ☁️over Johnstowntown 😩😳very depressing
2026-10-24 02:44:07
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josiah.weakland
Josiah Weakland :
Mine is 40 and it is good for riding and 42 is good for riding
2026-10-23 20:13:28
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teri29758
Teri :
I wish the residents and former residents would tell some stories here in the comments. This area has a very rich history.
2026-10-23 14:16:50
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seva.adesh
Allison :
My house deed actually says Berwind Mining Co.
2026-10-23 11:20:48
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kmarthhfci2
SingleTrackYammie :
Grew up on the corner of 8th and somerset. Grad class of ‘07.
2026-10-23 19:55:38
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blackjack21tv
Maze 🩷💛🩵 :
Now there ain’t shit left and u could fire off millions of job applications and unless u got a medical degree to take care of the elderly that live here you’ll only hit a job that will barely support your food intake and gas to get to n from work
2026-10-23 16:28:32
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jeremystout7.5hz
Jeremy Stout 1987 :
very interesting I live very close to windber and I never knew that about it spelled backward thank you for sharing👍👍👍
2026-10-23 00:12:57
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kenziebaby24
Kenzie Rae :
Mine 40!!!!
2026-10-23 12:39:09
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dapperd321
DapperD :
we live on mine 37
2026-10-23 01:57:13
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marylynnchristy
marylynnchristy :
cause the company owns the house, worker pays with their check. Company store gets everything else. It was like a mini monopoly. They basically got their money back.
2026-10-24 12:30:30
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yz85wippa3
Deeeeelan :
In 42
2026-10-23 02:16:24
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angelllouise
AИGEL ◡̈ :
Mine 40 🫡
2026-10-24 06:40:33
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user706779807
Patricia :
37
2026-10-25 00:24:51
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chandarenay
Chanda Renay :
my family comes from mine 42
2026-10-24 23:16:55
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robin1976libhart
Robin1976Libhart :
mine 35.
2026-10-24 21:47:09
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christianboyd604
Boyd 939 - Gordon Se :
Go towards Central City. Numbers are the landmarks, etc. for towns/areas....#1, #3.....
2026-10-24 20:44:59
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kennysteiner
Kenny Steiner :
mine 40
2026-10-24 17:58:21
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muffet313
Muffet313 :
mine 35 was 5 generations with my own Kids
2026-10-24 13:54:30
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davidburger30
davidburger30 :
I grew up in a coal mining patch town called Creslo/St.Michael Cambria Co.
2026-10-23 01:26:45
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