Wampum Hardwae Co.
MiningPennsylvania, United States11-50 Employees
Wampum Hardwae Co. is a mining company based in New Galilee, Pennsylvania, operating from 636 Paden Road, 16141. The firm traces its origins to 1904, when brothers Charles and Francis Davis purchased Wampum Hardware Company, a hardware and explosive store in nearby Wampum. It evolved from a local general hardware and explosives retailer into a supplier of bulk explosives and blasting services for coal mines and quarries across Western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, and Indiana. The description notes that about 90 percent of its business is contract blasting and characterizes the company as one of the largest blasting firms in North America by shot service. The company reportedly employs 11 to 50 people and maintains a fleet that includes 23 large diameter drills, 60 bulk blasting agent trucks, and 9 tractors for trailer delivery.