Volpe Mining Co.

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Volpe Mining Co.
(Daley & Volpe Coal Co., Volpe Coal Co., Volpe-Adonizio Co.)
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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
1923	Volpe		Colliery	Slope¹	8		Luzerne	Volpe Mining Co.	10,208		0	10,262	212	43
1924	Volpe		Colliery	Slope¹	8		Luzerne	Volpe Mining Co.	0	Truck¹	7,869	7,890	165	32
1925	Volpe		Colliery	Slope¹	8		Luzerne	Volpe Mining Co.	0	Truck¹	1,661	1,688	64	17
1934	Volpe		Mine	Slope¹	7		Lackawanna	Volpe Coal Co.	41,552		0	41,552	125	98
1935	Hennigan		Mine	Slope	7		Lackawanna	Volpe Coal Co.	121,000		0	121,000	251	155
1936	Bush		Colliery	Slope	4		Lackawanna	Volpe Coal Co.	0	Truck¹	23,470	23,470	73	111
1936	Daley		Mine	Slope	4	Old Forge¹	Lackawanna	Daley & Volpe Coal Co.	0	Truck¹	6,631	6,631	128	67
1936	Volpe		Mine	Slope	7		Lackawanna	Volpe Coal Co.	145,658		0	145,658	278	145
1936	Volpe-Adonizio		Colliery		10		Luzerne	Volpe-Adonizio Co.	48,972		0	49,872	287	36
1937	Daley		Mine	Slope	4	Old Forge¹	Lackawanna	Daley & Volpe Coal Co.	48,109		0	48,109	209	109
1937	Forest City		Colliery		1	Forest City¹	Susquehanna Lackawanna	Volpe Coal Co.	1,997		896	4,112	80	204
1937	Hennigan		Mine	Slope	7		Lackawanna	Volpe Coal Co.	107,946		0	107,946	192	112
1937	Volpe	No. 6	Colliery	Slope¹	8		Luzerne	Volpe Coal Co.	11,199		0	11,199	76	268
1937	Volpe-Adonizio		Colliery		10		Luzerne	Volpe-Adonizio Co.	34,472		0	34,472	219	39
1938	Bush		Colliery	Slope	4		Lackawanna	Volpe Coal Co.	121,074		0	121,074	270	131	Coal prepared at Volpe Breaker, 7th District.
1938	Forest City		Colliery		1	Forest City¹	Lackawanna	Volpe Coal Co.	88,818		62,202	155,132	249	298
1938	Hennigan		Mine	Slope	7		Lackawanna	Volpe Coal Co.	4,129		0	4,129	200	40	Coal prepared at Volpe Breaker, 7th District.
1938	Sibley		Mine	Slope	4	Old Forge¹	Lackawanna	Daley & Volpe Coal Co.	78,236		0	78,236	264	74	Coal prepared at Volpe Breaker, 7th District.
1938	Volpe		Mine	Slope	7	Pittston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Volpe Coal Co.	586,386		29,665	675,474	173	796	Formerly Butler Colliery.
1938	Volpe	No. 6	Colliery	Slope¹	8		Luzerne	Volpe Coal Co.	374,531		0	374,531	267	488	Coal prepared at Volpe Breaker, 7th District.
1938	Volpe-Adonizio		Colliery		10		Luzerne	Volpe-Adonizio Co.	1,688		0	1,688	21	33	Abandoned on Feb 1, 1938.
1939	Bush		Colliery	Slope	4		Lackawanna	Volpe Coal Co.	97,188		0	97,188	252	113	Coal prepared at Volpe Breaker, 7th District.
1939	Forest City		Colliery		1	Forest City¹	Lackawanna Susquehanna Wayne	Volpe Coal Co.	76,459		78,781	161,446	197	317
1939	Sibley		Mine	Slope	4	Old Forge¹	Lackawanna	Daley & Volpe Coal Co.	41,272		0	41,272	182	43	Coal prepared at Volpe Breaker, 7th District.
1939	Volpe		Mine	Slope	7	Pittston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Volpe Coal Co.	167,993		95,444	357,854	183	564
1939	Volpe	No. 6	Mine	Slope¹	8		Luzerne	Volpe Coal Co.	422,252		0	422,252	251	592	Run of mine coal prepared at various breakers but not included in breaker totals.
1940	Bush		Colliery	Slope	4		Lackawanna	Volpe Coal Co.	48,670		0	48,670	176	98	Coal prepared at Volpe Breaker, 7th District.
1940	Forest City		Colliery		1	Forest City¹	Lackawanna Susquehanna Wayne	Volpe Coal Co.	60,911		67,331	143,357	142	246
1940	Sibley		Mine	Slope	4	Old Forge¹	Lackawanna	Daley & Volpe Coal Co.	38,147		0	38,147	140	46	Coal prepared at Volpe Breaker, 7th District.
1940	Volpe	No. 6	Mine	Slope¹	8		Luzerne	Volpe Coal Co.	316,067		65,487	455,273	239	664	Run of mine coal.
1940	Volpe		Mine	Slope	7	Pittston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Volpe Coal Co.	169,126		31,761	236,398	158	583
1941	Forest City		Colliery		1	Forest City¹	Lackawanna Susquehanna Wayne	Volpe Coal Co.	9,063		21,015	40,329	159	66
1941	Sibley		Mine	Slope	4	Old Forge¹	Lackawanna	Daley & Volpe Coal Co.	2,896		764	3,920	13	44	Operated only one month - January.
1941	Volpe		Mine	Slope	7	Pittston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Volpe Coal Co.	146,813		38,212	198,160	171	398
1941	Volpe		Stripping		7	Pittston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Volpe Coal Co.	0	Truck¹	4,673	4,673	123	4
1941	Volpe	No. 6	Colliery	Slope¹	8		Luzerne	Volpe Coal Co.	410,710		107,804	555,157	273	835
1941	Volpe	No. 6	Stripping		8		Luzerne	Volpe Coal Co.	51,888		1,182	69,538	267	16
1942	Forest City		Colliery		1	Forest City¹	Lackawanna	Volpe Coal Co.	10,940		18,626	36,802	228	77
1942	Volpe		Mine	Slope	7	Pittston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Volpe Coal Co.	92,262		17,862	119,557	271	274
1942	Volpe		Stripping		7	Pittston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Volpe Coal Co.	0	Truck¹	593	593	11	4
1942	Volpe	No. 6	Mine	Slope¹	8		Luzerne	Volpe Coal Co.	386,404		0	508,061	289	721	Run of mine coal.
1942	Volpe	No. 6	Stripping		8		Luzerne	Volpe Coal Co.	24,823		45,787	70,610	295	14	Run of mine coal.
1943	Forest City		Colliery		1	Forest City¹	Lackawanna	Volpe Coal Co.	7,875		31,502	43,591	280	73
1943	Volpe		Mine	Slope	6	Pittston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Volpe Coal Co.	15,000		5,000	26,741	71	268
1944	Forest City		Colliery		1	Forest City¹	Lackawanna	Volpe Coal Co.	0	Truck¹	30,890	30,890
1944	Forest City		Colliery		1	Forest City¹	Susquehanna	Volpe Coal Co.	9,620		0	4,195	310	38	Numbers don't add up.
1944	Forest City		Stripping		1	Forest City¹	Susquehanna	Volpe Coal Co.	0		0	8,235

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