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Year Operation Name Number Type Opening District City County Company Name Railroad Shipments (tons) Railroad to Mine Truck Shipments (tons) Total Production (tons) Days Worked Employees Notes 1941 No. 14 Drifts   Mine Drift 8   Luzerne Plains-Hilldale Coal Co. 119,887 0 128,991 219 258 Run of mine operaiton. 1942 No. 14 Drifts   Mine Drift 8   Luzerne Plains-Hilldale Coal Co. 166,408 0 166,408 245 247 Run of mine coal. 1943 No. 14 Drifts   Mine Drift 8   Luzerne Plains-Hilldale Coal Co. 153,785 0 153,785 278 207 Run of mine operation. 1944 No. 14 Drifts   Mine Drift 8   Luzerne Plains-Hilldale Coal Co. 183,876 0 183,876 315 194 Run of mine operation. 1945 No. 14 Drifts   Mine Drift 8   Luzerne Plains-Hilldale Coal Co. 145,356 0 145,356 280 224 Run of mine operation. 1945 No. 14 Drifts   Stripping Drift 8   Luzerne Plains-Hilldale Coal Co. 6,883 0 6,883 90 10 Run of mine operation. 1946 No. 14 Drifts   Mine 8   Luzerne Plains-Hilldale Coal Co. 126,966 0 126,966 281 197 Coal prepared at Ewen Breaker 1946 No. 14 Drifts   Stripping 8   Luzerne Plains-Hilldale Coal Co. 28,496 0 28,496 281 10 Coal prepared at Ewen Breaker. 1947 No. 14 Drifts   Mine 8   Luzerne Plains-Hilldale Coal Co. 136,035 0 136,035 290 197 Coal prepared at Ewen Breaker 1947 No. 14 Drifts   Stripping 8   Luzerne Plains-Hilldale Coal Co. 35,287 0 35,287 299 18 Coal prepared at Ewen Breaker. 1948 No. 14 Drifts   Mine 8   Luzerne Plains-Hilldale Coal Co. 117,212 0 127,241 290 177 Coal prepared at Ewen Breaker 1948 No. 14 Drifts   Stripping 8   Luzerne Plains-Hilldale Coal Co. 59,335 0 59,335 303 15 Coal prepared at Ewen Breaker. 1949 No. 14 Drifts   Mine 8   Luzerne Plains-Hilldale Coal Co. 72,296 0 81,917 206 170 Coal prepared at Ewen Breaker. 1949 No. 14 Drifts   Stripping 8   Luzerne Plains-Hilldale Coal Co. 34,056 0 34,056 206 17 Coal prepared at Ewen Breaker. 1950 No. 14 Drifts   Mine 8   Luzerne Plains-Hilldale Coal Co. 72,841 5,032 78,634 217 170 Coal prepared at Ewen Breaker. 1950 No. 14 Drifts   Stripping 8   Luzerne Plains-Hilldale Coal Co. 28,182 0 28,182 313 16 Coal prepared at Ewen Breaker. 1951 No. 14 Drifts   Mine 8   Luzerne Plains-Hilldale Coal Co. 81,110 0 84,990 235 197 Coal prepared at Ewen Breaker. 1951 No. 14 Drifts   Stripping 8   Luzerne Plains-Hilldale Coal Co. 20,306 0 20,306 321 12 Coal prepared at Ewen Breaker. 1952 No. 14 Drifts   Mine 8   Luzerne Plains-Hilldale Coal Co. 66,936 0 74,894 207 163 Coal prepared at Ewen Breaker. 1952 No. 14 Drifts   Stripping 8   Luzerne Plains-Hilldale Coal Co. 7,808 0 8,823 90 11 Coal prepared at Ewen Breaker. 1953 No. 14 Drifts   Mine Slope 8   Luzerne Plains-Hilldale Coal Co. 55,482 0 66,085 230 146   1953 No. 14 Drifts   Stripping 8   Luzerne Plains-Hilldale Coal Co. 11,371 0 13,241 129 11   1954 No. 14 Drifts   Mine 8   Luzerne Plains-Hilldale Coal Co. 60,996 0 74,690 243 127 Coal prepared at Ewen Breaker. 1954 No. 14 Drifts   Stripping 8   Luzerne Plains-Hilldale Coal Co. 19,256 0 19,485 280 11 Coal prepared at multiple breakers. 1955 No. 14 Drifts   Mine 9   Luzerne Plains-Hilldale Coal Co. 43,678 0 54,371 205 124 Coal prepared at Ewen and Pittston breakers. 1956 No. 14 Drifts   Colliery 9   Luzerne Plains-Hilldale Coal Co. 15,076 0 20,673 151 98 Coal prepared at Pittston and Pompey breakers. 1956 No. 14 Drifts   Stripping 9   Luzerne Plains-Hilldale Coal Co. 32,427 0 42,963 156 22 Coal prepared at Pittston and Pompey breakers.