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Colonial history

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Mining history

James Hardin Hays began mining coal along Streets Run in 1828. Other coal mines in the watershed were run by the I.D. Risher and Daniel W Risher Companies, as well as the Harrison Gas Coal Company.

Railroad history

The H.B. Hays and Brothers Coal Railroad ran along Streets Run to service the mine developed by J.H. Hays. It ended at Six Mile Ferry, on the Monongahela. The Pittsburgh Southern Railroad and its successor, the

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, https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1883/07/03/103438623.pdf also had lines running through the valley. The Whitehall Tunnel connects this valley with the Peters Creek watershed.

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