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Garnet Valley is an unincorporated community in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States.The name was created by the United States Postal Service in late 2006 to allow residents of Bethel Township and Concord Township who were within the 19061 ZIP code and were part of the Garnet Valley School District to distinguish themselves from residents of Upper Chichester Township.
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An Episcopal Church was built in 1857 to serve the mining community at the time. Gap Mining worked the mines for nickel until 1860, when they were closed as unprofitable. It sold the mine to Joseph Wharton in late 1862. Between 1862 and 1893, 4.5 million pounds of nickel were extracted from the site, amounting to as much as twenty-five percent ...
Garnet mines were established in Bethel township by Herman Behr & Co. of New York in 1879. [13] The mine operated until 1912. [14] The garnet mine gave rise to the regional name of Garnet Valley. [15] The Booth Farm built in 1819 is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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In the 1880s, Thomas Donohoe's Alexandria Coal Company began mining and coking operations nearby, and built company houses in the town. The Jamison Coal & Coke Company acquired the mine in 1901. Renamed the No. 4 mine, it contained two slope entries, one in Salem Township and the other in Unity Township .
Dagus Mines was built by the Northwestern and Mine Exchange Company for its many workers. The company would open multiple mines in the area with the first one being Eureka. The most famous mine was a 36" thick section of the Lower Kittanning seam, sometimes locally known as the Dagus seam. J.H. Steele would open the "Company Store," carrying ...
Lucernemines, usually written as Lucerne Mines, is a census-designated place (CDP) in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 937 at the 2010 census. The population was 937 at the 2010 census.