Blairsville Twp Churches

Blairsville Twp Schools

Name	Town or section
Beaver Pond	sec 29	est 1840 by John Beaver, on 1876 map
Bethel	Blairsville	on 1876 map, in use in 1900
Brownville	sec 36	closed in 1915, students sent to Sunnyside
East Beaver Pond #113	sec 28
Hurst-Bush Grade	sec 18	est 1865 in Russell dist, closed in 1980's, students sent to Herrin
Hurst-Bush High	sec 18	closed in 1970's, students sent to Herrin
Sunnyside #30	sec 25	est 1920's it was later used for special education classed before closing in the 1980's
Weaver #33	Weaver	est 1904, closed 1938
West Beaver Pond	sec 31
unknown	Clifford
unknown	sec 16	on 1876 map
unknown	Colp	closed in 1970's, students sent to Herrin
unknown	sec 35	on 1876 map
unknown	sec 27	on 1876 map

Blairsville Twp Mines

Section	Mine
01	Weaver #2 then Old Ben #20	opened Sep 1902, closed due to quicksand, reopened 1904, sold to Old Ben in 1921
05	unknown	opened by Western Coal & Mining 1902
07	unknown	opened by Johnson Hubbs
08	Mine #1	near Bush opened by Paralee Murphy
14	Clifford or Big Muddy #8	opened 1902-1923 by OL Garrison
20	Mine #12	opened 1908-1932
22	Madison Mine # 9	near Colp, opened 1901 by John Colp, he sold it in 1906
25	Sunnyside	opened Sep 1899-1925
26	unknown
27	Madison #27
28	Perrine	opened abt 1903 by William A Perrine
30	unknown	opened 1900-1920 by Mark Rendleman
32	Cambria	opened in 1904 by Thomas Jones
34	Dewmaine	opened by Samuel T Brush
35	Dawes Shaft--Mine #8	opened 1893 by Samuel T Brush, riots in 1898, last non union mine
36	Pumpkin Ridge	opened 1903-1925 by Henry Hafer
unknown	Blue Blaze #2