Paxton
(Salem)
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YearOperation NameNumberTypeOpeningDistrictCityCountyCompany NameRailroad Shipments (tons)Railroad to MineTruck Shipments (tons)Total Production (tons)Days WorkedEmployeesNotes
1870Paxton CollieryDrift 1MiddleShickshinny 1LuzernePaxton Coal Co.000 40 
1871Paxton CollieryDrift 1MiddleShickshinnyLuzernePaxton Coal Co.000 60 
1872Paxton CollieryDrift 1MiddleShickshinnyLuzernePaxton Coal Co.000   
1875Paxton CollieryDriftMiddleShickshinnyLuzerneSalem Coal Co.0060,000 155 
1876Paxton CollieryDrift 1MiddleShickshinnyLuzerneSalem Coal Co.0034,500175175 
1878Salem CollieryTunnel 1MiddleSalem Twp.LuzerneSalem Coal Co.35,865038,496200197 
1879Salem CollieryTunnel 1MiddleSalem Twp.LuzerneSalem Coal Co.35,400040,000228167 
1880Salem CollieryTunnelMiddleSalem Twp.LuzerneSalem Coal Co.0040,000214154 
1881Salem CollieryTunnelMiddleSalem Twp.LuzerneSalem Coal Co.0052,450280153 
1882Salem CollieryTunnelMiddleSalem Twp.LuzerneSalem Coal Co.0047,450250180 
1883Salem CollieryTunnelMiddleSalem Twp.LuzerneSalem Coal Co.0051,786248176 
1884Salem CollieryMiddleSalem Twp.LuzerneSalem Coal Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)042,940221197 
1885Salem Colliery3Salem Twp.LuzerneSalem Coal Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)033,098225117 
1886Salem Colliery3Salem Twp.LuzerneSalem Coal Co.10,491Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)013,88214169 
1912Salem CollieryPenobscot Drift / Ross Drift / Upper Paddy Run Drift / Middle Paddy Run Drift / Beadle Drift / Churchey Drift / Ross Split Drift / Log Drift / No. 3 Drift10Salem Twp. 1LuzerneE. S. Stackhouse Coal Co.79,309DL&W082,539296178 
1913Salem CollieryPenobscot Drift / Penobscot Slope (New mine) / Ross Drift / Beadle Drift / Churchey Drift / Ross Split Drift / No. 4 Drift (New mine) / No. 3 Drift / Old Tunnel (New mine) / New Tunnel (New mine)10Salem Twp. 1LuzerneE. S. Stackhouse Coal Co.45,158DL&W047,091166172 
1914Salem CollieryBeadle Drift / Red Ash Drift (new mine) / No. 4 Drift / No. 3 Drift / No. 1 Tunnel (new mine) / No. 2 Tunnel (new mine) / Crary Drift (new mine)10Salem Twp. 1LuzerneE. S. Stackhouse Coal Co.64,147DL&W066,695162181 
1915Salem CollieryNo. 4 Drift / No. 3 Drift / No. 1 Tunnel / No. 2 Tunnel / Beadle Drift (abandoned) / Red Ash Drift (abandoned) / Crary Drift (abandoned)10Salem Twp. 1LuzerneE. S. Stackhouse Coal Co.75,113DL&W077,835201204 
1916Salem CollieryNo. 1 Tunnel / No. 2 Tunnel / No. 3 Drift / No. 4 Drift14Salem Twp. 1LuzerneE. S. Stackhouse Coal Co.66,737DL&W069,445218161 
1917Salem CollieryNo. 1 Drift / No. 2 Drift / No. 3 Drift / No. 4 Drift14Salem Twp. 1LuzerneE. S. Stackhouse Coal Co.87,961DL&W091,300286203 
1918Salem CollieryNo. 1 Tunnel / No. 2 Tunnel / No. 3 Drift / No. 4 Drift14Salem Twp. 1LuzerneE. S. Stackhouse Coal Co.80,682DL&W083,713286174 
1919Salem Colliery14Salem Twp. 1LuzerneE. S. Stackhouse Coal Co.61,686DL&W064,741234177 
1920Salem Colliery14Salem Twp. 1LuzerneE. S. Stackhouse Coal Co.71,946DL&W075,349276169 
1921Salem Colliery14Salem Twp. 1LuzerneE. S. Stackhouse Coal Co.37,958DL&W039,846204189 
1922Salem Colliery14Salem Twp. 1LuzerneE. S. Stackhouse Coal Co.47,499DL&W049,529151223 
1923Salem Colliery14Salem Twp. 1LuzerneE. S. Stackhouse Coal Co.61,031DL&W063,467270213 
1924Salem Colliery14Salem Twp. 1LuzerneE. S. Stackhouse Coal Co.32,530DL&W033,277195172 
1925Salem Colliery14Salem Twp. 1LuzerneE. S. Stackhouse Coal Co.25,245DL&W026,532139171 
1926Salem Colliery14Salem Twp. 1LuzerneE. S. Stackhouse Coal Co.57,866DL&W059,404245156 
1927Salem Colliery14Salem Twp. 1LuzerneStackhouse Coal Co.48,277DL&W049,700229162 
1928Salem Colliery14Salem Twp. 1LuzerneStackhouse Coal Co.28,270DL&W031,918166115 
1929Salem Colliery14Salem Twp. 1LuzerneE. S. Stackhouse Coal Co.28,834DL&W041,431198116 
1930Salem Colliery14Salem Twp. 1LuzerneE. S. Stackhouse17,938DL&W035,615156122 
1931Salem Colliery14Salem Twp. 1LuzerneIndian Valley Coal Co.44,568070,882295163 
1932Salem Colliery14Salem Twp. 1LuzerneIndian Valley Coal Co.38,525063,106274142 
1933Salem Colliery14Salem Twp. 1LuzerneFive Mountain Coal Co.5,25005,32531  
1933Salem Colliery14Salem Twp. 1LuzerneSalem Collieries Co.3,35003,97145103 
1933Salem Colliery14Salem Twp. 1LuzerneShickshinny Coal Co.4,26604,32623  
1934Salem Colliery14Salem Twp. 1LuzerneEast Moriches Coal Co.56701,2133654 
1934Salem Colliery14Salem Twp. 1LuzerneSalem Collieries Co.2,40503,10549120 
1935Salem Colliery14Salem Twp. 1LuzerneEast Moriches Coal Co.1,64402,0444854 
1938Salem Stripping14Salem Twp. 1LuzerneFloyd G. Wilcox6,24006,3875013 
1939Salem Stripping14Salem Twp. 1LuzerneVarious contractors and lessees0Truck 11,2851,28513535Operated in 1938 by Floyd G. Wilcox who now leases to various contractors.
1940Salem Stripping14Salem Twp. 1LuzerneVarious contractors and lessees001,6716042 
1941Salem Stripping14Salem Twp. 1LuzerneFloyd Wilcox001,96525822 
1942Salem Stripping14Salem Twp. 1LuzerneFloyd Wilcox0057816410 

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


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