Coy/Coy Junction

Our Background

Coy --named for J.B. Coy, whose properties were bought by the Brush Creek Mining Co. to form the nucleus of the Brush Creek coal mining operation.

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​Coy #1 mine opened on May 15, 1913. Heyl-Patterson Company began work on the tipple on July 9, and by September 10, an amazingly short time later, the first coal was loaded. A unique aspect of the Brush Creek mines was that, due to the proximity of the mine openings, the miners' houses were so located as to be available for any other mines with the exception of Luciusboro. The first of the towns was built at Coy, where 23 double houses stood by 1928. Many of the miners who worked at Snyder lived at Coy, while other men commuted the short distance from Homer City and Indiana