The fire started burning in 1915 at the Red Ash Coal Mine. The new firm contemplates sinking down through the Bennett to the Red Ash seam. The deepest seam is the Bottom Red Ash. In 1915, a mine fire started in the borough's Red Ash mine. To the west of the station existed sidings for the Dyffryn Red Ash Colliery. It is locally known as red ash, red almond or sarsaparilla. The Lower Red Ash coal seam is present near the headwaters of the creek. Bigrave Edge or Broadmoor Edge Colliery worked the Red Ash seam, which was only thick. "pennsylvanica" (red ash) and "Fraxinus pennsylvanica" var. In 1878, Williams, along with George and Fred Parrish, founded the Red Ash Coal Company. The lowermost contains red ash such as that exposed in the Painted Hills Unit. The Red Ash produces a useful general purpose timber with a specific gravity of 0.77. Red Ash was an unincorporated community and coal town in Fayette County, West Virginia. Other common names include red ash, white-leaf, pink almond and pink ash.