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YearOperation NameNumberTypeOpeningDistrictCityCountyCompany NameRailroad Shipments (tons)Railroad to MineTruck Shipments (tons)Total Production (tons)Days WorkedEmployeesNotes
1872Oxford CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10129,952 255 
1873Oxford CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10121,034 255 
1874Oxford CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1030,599 259 
1875Oxford CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100 273 
1877Oxford CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100 11 
1878Oxford CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100  Idle throughout 1878.
1879Oxford CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100   
1880Oxford CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100   
1881Oxford CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100 20 
1882Oxford CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100 44 
1883Oxford CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1012,923 139 
1884Oxford CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)068,104177271 
1885Oxford CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.15,134Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)019,51032271 
1886Oxford CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.120,006Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0127,240183326 
1887Oxford CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.122,140DL&W 10124,182171378 
1888Oxford CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.149,645DL&W 10159,230215402 
1889Oxford CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.107,228DL&W 10124,076146409 
1890Oxford CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.134,993DL&W 10151,403186405 
1891Oxford CollieryShaft2ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.129,929DL&W 10152,946188403 
1892Oxford CollieryShaft2ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.113,361DL&W 10136,629154411 
1893Oxford CollieryShaft2ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.134,141DL&W 10161,067187415 
1894Oxford CollieryShaft2ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.131,874DL&W 10159,930179398 
1895Oxford CollieryShaft2ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.150,412DL&W 10191,861189412 
1896Oxford CollieryShaft2ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.148,199DL&W 10206,444180416 
1897Oxford Washery2ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.142,580DL&W 10211,431185407 
1898Oxford Washery2ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.24,962DL&W038,34030470 
1899Oxford Washery2ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.18,667DL&W037,52323344 
1900Oxford Washery2ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.39,690DL&W047,48719629 
1900Oxford CollieryShaft2ScrantonLackawannaPeople's Coal Co.2,910DL&W04,15013200 
1901Oxford Washery2ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.45,757DL&W045,75720727 
1901Oxford Colliery2ScrantonLackawannaPeople's Coal Co.115,143DL&W0152,543158345 
1902Oxford Washery2Scranton 1LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.61,516DL&W061,51619527 
1902Oxford CollieryShaft2Scranton 1LackawannaPeople's Coal Co.107,403DL&W0179,833234368 
1903Oxford Washery3Scranton 1LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.14,579DL&W014,6285037 
1903Oxford CollieryShaft3Scranton 1LackawannaPeople's Coal Co.241,560DL&W0330,817286469 
1904Oxford CollieryShaft3Scranton 1LackawannaPeople's Coal Co.259,353DL&W0385,951300542 
1905Oxford CollieryShaft3Scranton 1LackawannaPeople's Coal Co.197,086DL&W0324,661275412 
1906Oxford CollieryShaft4Scranton 1LackawannaPeople's Coal Co.132,965DL&W0250,631240387 
1907Oxford CollieryShaft4Scranton 1LackawannaPeople's Coal Co.109,993DL&W0217,956229392 
1908Oxford CollieryShaft4Scranton 1LackawannaPeople's Coal Co.93,165DL&W0196,837218416 
1909Oxford CollieryShaft4Scranton 1LackawannaPeople's Coal Co.69,781DL&W0171,898182324 
1910Oxford CollieryShaft4Scranton 1LackawannaPeople's Coal Co.32,279DL&W0112,258154284 
1911Oxford CollieryShaft4Scranton 1LackawannaPeople's Coal Co.42,055DL&W0122,398185272 
1912Oxford CollieryShaft4Scranton 1LackawannaPeople's Coal Co.77,418DL&W0167,938220304 
1913Oxford CollieryShaft4Scranton 1LackawannaPeople's Coal Co.62,560DL&W0138,607217423 
1914Oxford CollieryShaft4Scranton 1LackawannaPeople's Coal Co.116,441DL&W0179,201218435 
1915Oxford CollieryShaft4Scranton 1LackawannaPeople's Coal Co.132,691DL&W0227,105240425 
1916Oxford CollieryShaft4Scranton 1LackawannaPeople's Coal Co.115,044DL&W0194,130250487 
1917Oxford CollieryShaft / Slope4Scranton 1LackawannaPeople's Coal Co.152,297DL&W0206,047258440 
1918Oxford CollieryShaft / Slope4Scranton 1LackawannaPeople's Coal Co.121,624DL&W0162,156300357 
1919Oxford Colliery4Scranton 1LackawannaPeople's Coal Co.88,060DL&W0127,714282307 
1920Oxford Colliery4Scranton 1LackawannaPeople's Coal Co.000  Operations suspended March 1920.
1920Oxford Washery4Scranton 1LackawannaStaples & Bell Inc., and Dexter & Carpenter Inc.11,842DL&W018,7239360 
1921Oxford Washery4Scranton 1LackawannaStaples & Bell Inc., and Dexter & Carpenter Inc.1,456DL&W02,8123750 
1923Oxford Washery4Scranton 1LackawannaWalter M. Stevens Coal Co.2,235DL&W02,3583425 
1924Oxford Washery4Scranton 1LackawannaWalter M. Stevens Coal Co.920DL&W01,5074518 
1938Oxford MineSlope7 LuzerneExeter Coal Co.0Truck 113,01413,01424620Coal prepared at William A. Breaker.

Note 1: Added, does not appear in the mine inspection report.


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