Swoyer Coal Co.

Swoyer Coal Co.
(J. H. Swoyer)
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Year	Operation Name	Type	Opening	District	City	County	Company Name	Railroad Shipments (tons)	Truck Shipments (tons)	Total Production (tons)	Days Worked	Employees	Notes
1871	Enterprise	Colliery		Middle	Plainesville	Luzerne	J. H. Swoyer	0	0	0		154
1875	Forty Fort	Colliery	Shaft	Middle	Wyoming	Luzerne	J. H. Swoyer	0	0	15,154		272
1876	Forty Fort	Colliery	Shaft	Middle	Wyoming	Luzerne	J. H. Swoyer	0	0	182,652	183	183
1879	Forty Fort	Colliery	Shaft	Middle	Wyoming	Luzerne	J. H. Swoyer	48,829	0	51,874	119	249
1879	Wyoming	Colliery	Shaft / Slope	Middle	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	J. H. Swoyer	147,222	0	158,337	201	393
1880	Forty Fort	Colliery	Shaft / Tunnel	Middle	Wyoming	Luzerne	J. H. Swoyer	0	0	94,703	176	235
1880	Wyoming	Colliery	Shaft	Middle	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	J. H. Swoyer	0	0	145,841	177	393
1881	Forty Fort	Colliery	Shaft / Tunnel	Middle	Wyoming	Luzerne	J. H. Swoyer	0	0	112,331	227	291
1940	Swoyer	Mine		2		Lackawanna	Swoyer Coal Co.	2,597	1,239	3,836	128	20	Formerly O'Hara Coal Coal.
1941	Swoyer	Mine		2		Lackawanna	Swoyer Coal Co.	4,693	1,492	6,185	217	12
1942	Swoyer	Mine		2		Lackawanna	Swoyer Coal Co.	6,809	1,240	8,049	255	19
1943	Swoyer	Mine		2		Lackawanna	Swoyer Coal Co.	8,955	1,581	10,536	291	13
1944	Swoyer	Mine		2		Lackawanna	Swoyer Coal Co.	4,914	867	5,781	297	12
1945	Swoyer	Mine		2		Lackawanna	Swoyer Coal Co.	5,870	3,024	8,894	240	15	Run of mine coal.
1946	Swoyer	Mine		2		Lackawanna	Swoyer Coal Co.	12,860	1,429	14,289	242	24	Coal prepared at Moosic Mountain Breaker
1947	Swoyer	Mine		2	Jessup²	Lackawanna	Swoyer Coal Co.	12,462	938	13,400	229	26	Coal prepared at Moosic Mountain Breaker
1948	Swoyer	Mine		2	Jessup²	Lackawanna	Swoyer Coal Co.	11,082	834	11,916	245	19	Coal prepared at Moosic Mountain Breaker
1949	Swoyer	Mine		2	Jessup²	Lackawanna	Swoyer Coal Co.	6,483	641	7,124	187	18	Coal prepared at Moosic Mountain Breaker.
1950	Swoyer	Mine		2	Jessup²	Lackawanna	Swoyer Coal Co.	5,177	390	5,567	198	9	Coal prepared at Moosic Mountain Breaker.
1951	Swoyer	Mine		2	Jessup²	Lackawanna	Swoyer Coal Co.	3,613	1,779	5,392	199	14	Coal prepared at Pompey, Waddell, Ace and Meadowside breakers.
1952	Swoyer	Mine		2	Jessup²	Lackawanna	Swoyer Coal Co.	2,259	2,760	5,019	195	14	Coal prepared at Moosic Mountain Breaker.
1953	Swoyer	Mine	Slope	2	Jessup²	Lackawanna	Swoyer Coal Co.	2,116	2,587	4,703	188	9
1954	Swoyer	Mine		2	Jessup²	Lackawanna	Swoyer Coal Co.	557	653	1,210	69	10	Discontinued operation in May. Coal prepared at Moosic Mountain Breaker.

Note 2: From a list of Anthracite Operators. This may not be the operation location.