United, Pennsylvania

In 1881, the United Coal & Coke Company, organized by a group of Greensburg businessmen, opened the United Mine and Coke Works in Mount Pleasant Township.

Served by the Sewickley Branch of the Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad.

The United Mine had a shaft entry and employed nearly 200 men and boys.

H. C. Frick assumed complete control of the United Mine property in 1895.

The company appointed R. E. Laughrey as superintendent at United Mine.

The mine and coke works operated 271 days in 1919, with 315 employees.

As with most of the H. C. Frick mines, coal at United was still extracted largely by hand.