Temple Iron Co.

Temple Iron Co.
(Temple Coal Co.)
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Year	Operation Name	Type	Opening	District	City	County	Company Name	Railroad Shipments (tons)	Railroad to Mine	Total Production (tons)	Days Worked	Employees	Notes
1899	Babylon	Colliery	Shaft / Tunnel	3	Duryea	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	132,915	LV	145,140	123	483
1899	Edgerton	Colliery	Drifts¹	1	Archbald	Lackawanna	Temple Iron Co.	166,653		177,194	133	348
1899	Harry E.	Colliery	Harry E. Shaft / Forty Fort Shaft	3	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	316,425	LV	353,612	238	686
1899	Lackawanna	Colliery		1	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Temple Iron Co.	224,113		252,062	201	597
1899	Mount Lookout	Colliery	Shaft	3	Wyoming	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	155,729	LV	180,002	116	70
1899	Northwest	Colliery	No. 1 Slope / No. 2 Slope¹	1	Fell Twp.¹	Lackawanna	Temple Iron Co.	256,289		265,903	203	477	Simpson
1899	Sterrick Creek	Colliery	Shaft¹	1	Jessup¹	Lackawanna	Temple Iron Co.	167,518		178,199	175	544
1900	Babylon	Colliery	Shaft / Tunnel	3	Duryea	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	161,042	LV	179,177	154	442
1900	Edgerton	Colliery	Drifts¹	1	Archbald	Lackawanna	Temple Iron Co.	147,356	D&H	156,611	122	372
1900	Forty Fort	Colliery	Shaft	3	Forty Fort	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	0	LV	0		168
1900	Harry E.	Colliery	Shaft	3	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	145,593	LV	175,093	113	668
1900	Lackawanna	Colliery		1	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Temple Iron Co.	181,059	DL&W	216,854	171	613
1900	Mount Lookout	Colliery	Shaft	3	Wyoming¹	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	144,421	LV	176,311	127	552
1900	Northwest	Colliery	No. 1 Slope / No. 2 Slope¹	1	Fell Twp.¹	Lackawanna	Temple Iron Co.	199,821	Erie	210,736	180	511
1900	Sterrick Creek	Colliery	Shaft¹	1	Jessup¹	Lackawanna	Temple Iron Co.	199,527	D&H	213,350	152	585
1901	Babylon	Colliery	Slope / Shaft	3	Duryea	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	7,769	LV	16,872	8	10
1901	Edgerton	Colliery	Drifts¹	1	Archbald	Lackawanna	Temple Iron Co.	166,863	D&H	177,314	157	403
1901	Forty Fort	Colliery	Shaft	3	Forty Fort	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	91,284	LV	100,725	241	220
1901	Harry E.	Colliery	Shaft	3	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	246,514	LV	272,513	242	573
1901	Lackawanna	Colliery		1	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Temple Iron Co.	208,883	NYO&W	247,561	219	674
1901	Mount Lookout	Colliery	Shaft	3	Wyoming¹	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	181,649	LV	232,450	190	563
1901	Northwest	Colliery	No. 1 Slope / No. 2 Slope¹	1	Fell Twp.¹	Lackawanna	Temple Iron Co.	196,909	NYO&W	207,680	181	420
1901	Sterrick Creek	Colliery	Shaft¹	1	Jessup¹	Lackawanna	Temple Iron Co.	265,464	D&H	283,302	178	712
1902	Babylon	Colliery	Slope / Shaft	3	Duryea¹	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	39,220	LV	45,443	74	226
1902	Edgerton	Colliery	Drifts¹	1	Archbald¹	Lackawanna	Temple Iron Co.	132,774	D&H / Erie	141,059	119	395
1902	Forty Fort	Colliery	Shaft	3	Forty Fort¹	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	0	LV	0		220
1902	Harry E.	Colliery	Shaft	3	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	182,648	LV	213,095	135	549
1902	Lackawanna	Colliery		1	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Temple Iron Co.	102,081	D&H / Erie	137,395	112	573
1902	Mount Lookout	Colliery	Shaft	3	Wyoming¹	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	96,064	LV	126,088	117	519
1902	Northwest	Colliery	No. 1 Slope / No. 2 Slope¹	1	Fell Twp.¹	Lackawanna	Temple Iron Co.	17,038	D&H / Erie	20,086	38	335
1902	Sterrick Creek	Colliery	Shaft¹	1	Jessup¹	Lackawanna	Temple Iron Co.	164,217	D&H / Erie	183,377	112	720
1903	Babylon	Colliery	Shaft / Slope	4	Duryea¹	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	133,980	LV	142,392	178	295
1903	Forty Fort	Colliery	Shaft	6	Forty Fort¹	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	92,683	LV	110,874	99	422
1903	Harry E.	Colliery	Shaft	6	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	264,016	LV	294,954	220	718
1903	Lackawanna	Colliery	Shaft / Tunnel	1	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Temple Iron Co.	178,246	D&H	202,002	172	585
1903	Mount Lookout	Colliery	Shaft	6	Wyoming¹	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	148,275	LV	195,131	187	589
1903	Northwest	Colliery	No. 1 Slope / No. 2 Slope	1	Fell Twp.¹	Lackawanna	Temple Iron Co.	211,887	Erie	225,190	214	457
1904	Forty Fort	Colliery	Shaft	6	Forty Fort¹	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	175,927	LV	198,007	204	573
1904	Harry E.	Colliery	Shaft	6	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	285,306	LV	329,008	224	801
1904	Lackawanna	Colliery	Shaft / Tunnel	1	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Temple Iron Co.	197,351	DL&W	217,793	180	639
1904	Mount Lookout	Colliery	Shaft	6	Wyoming¹	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	202,116	LV	256,201	204	713
1904	Northwest	Colliery	No. 1 Slope / No. 2 Slope	1	Fell Twp.¹	Lackawanna	Temple Iron Co.	183,500	Erie / NYO&W	195,262	179	457
1905	Forty Fort	Colliery	Shaft	6	Forty Fort¹	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	228,478	LV	250,405	235	668
1905	Harry E.	Colliery	Shaft	6	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	263,371	LV	313,316	236	816
1905	Lackawanna	Colliery	Shaft / Tunnel	1	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Temple Iron Co.	207,983	DL&W	230,290	190	618
1905	Mount Lookout	Colliery	Shaft	6	Wyoming¹	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	215,523	LV	266,310	224	780
1905	Northwest	Colliery	No. 1 Slope / No. 2 Slope	1	Fell Twp.¹	Lackawanna	Temple Iron Co.	171,223	NYO&W	182,117	159	428
1906	Forty Fort	Colliery	Shaft	8	Forty Fort¹	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	219,930	LV	255,160	195	684
1906	Harry E.	Colliery	Shaft	8	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	180,390	LV	223,948	158	762
1906	Mount Lookout	Colliery	Shaft	8	Wyoming¹	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	213,107	DL&W / LV	255,323	195	926
1907	Edgerton	Washery		1	Archbald¹	Lackawanna	Temple Iron Co.	73,467	NYO&W	78,356		16
1907	Forty Fort	Colliery	Shaft	8	Forty Fort¹	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	282,298	LV	319,619	248	790
1907	Harry E.	Colliery	Shaft	8	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	299,957	LV	364,236	251	824
1907	Mount Lookout	Colliery	Shaft	8	Wyoming¹	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	209,613	DL&W / LV	256,955	227	828
1907	Northwest	Colliery	No. 1 Slope / No. 2 Slope	1	Fell Twp.¹	Lackawanna	Temple Iron Co.	120,529	NYO&W	130,939	170	362
1908	Forty Fort	Colliery	Shaft	8	Forty Fort¹	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	257,719	LV	291,575	208	886
1908	Harry E.	Colliery	Shaft	8	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	262,277	LV	319,891	217	861
1908	Mount Lookout	Colliery	Shaft	8	Wyoming¹	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	228,572	DL&W	269,732	240	876
1909	Forty Fort	Colliery	Shaft	8	Forty Fort¹	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	261,265	LV	291,349	217	807
1909	Harry E.	Colliery	No. 1 Shaft	8	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	273,916	LV	331,807	229	816
1909	Lackawanna	Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / No. 4 Shaft	2	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Temple Iron Co.	375,687	Erie	416,769	265	1055
1909	Mount Lookout	Colliery	No. 1 Shaft	8	Wyoming¹	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	262,957	DL&W / LV	304,023	251	821
1909	Sterrick Creek	Colliery	Shaft (not in operation) / Drift (not in operation)	2	Jessup¹	Lackawanna	Temple Iron Co.	375,479	Erie	412,963	202	1048
1910	Forty Fort	Colliery	Shaft	8	Forty Fort¹	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	239,770	LV	269,000	219	787
1910	Harry E.	Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / No. 1 Tunnel	8	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	271,853	LV	329,529	229	782
1910	Mount Lookout	Colliery	Shaft	8	Wyoming¹	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	266,700	DL&W / LV	308,879	244	806
1914	Northwest	Colliery	Drift / Slope	21	Simpson¹	Lackawanna	Temple Coal Co.	149,286	Erie / NYO&W	157,771	244	351	Formerly Northwest Coal Co.
1914	Sterrick Creek	Colliery	Drift / Shaft	1	Jessup¹	Lackawanna	Temple Coal Co.	481,013	Erie	514,879	261	898
1915	Northwest	Colliery	Drift / Slope	21	Simpson¹	Lackawanna	Temple Coal Co.	86,629	NYO&W	92,470	158	284
1915	Sterrick Creek	Colliery	Drift / Shaft	1	Jessup¹	Lackawanna	Temple Coal Co.	434,036	Erie	465,298	236	899
1916	Northwest	Colliery	Slopes (5)	1	Simpson¹	Lackawanna	Temple Coal Co.	62,620	Erie / NYO&W	66,990	173	159
1916	Sterrick Creek	Colliery	Shaft	4	Jessup¹	Lackawanna	Temple Coal Co.	439,609	Erie	472,914	237	713
1917	Forty Fort	Colliery	Shaft	9	Forty Fort¹	Luzerne	Temple Coal Co.	209,511	LV	242,918	177	466
1917	Harry E.	Colliery	Shaft	9	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Temple Coal Co.	198,455	LV	241,875	160	471
1917	Northwest	Colliery	Slopes (5)	1	Simpson¹	Lackawanna	Temple Coal Co.	95,534	Erie / NYO&W	105,864	256	175
1917	Sterrick Creek	Colliery	Drift	2	Jessup¹	Lackawanna	Temple Coal Co.	376,249	Erie	422,816	236	673
1918	Forty Fort	Colliery	Shaft	9	Forty Fort¹	Luzerne	Temple Coal Co.	184,099	LV	218,315	212	420
1918	Harry E.	Colliery	Shaft / Tunnel	9	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Temple Coal Co.	166,373	LV	208,714	141	483
1918	Northwest	Colliery	Slopes (3) Robbing pillars; abandoned / Slopes (2) active	1	Simpson¹	Lackawanna	Temple Coal Co.	101,236	Erie / NYO&W	113,472	279	177
1918	Sterrick Creek	Colliery	Shaft / Tunnel	2	Jessup¹	Lackawanna	Temple Coal Co.	320,536	Erie	368,879	267	581
1919	Forty Fort	Colliery	Shaft	9	Forty Fort¹	Luzerne	Temple Coal Co.	166,848	LV	198,896	236	422
1919	Harry E.	Colliery		9	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Temple Coal Co.	158,402	LV	199,738	160	419
1919	Lackawanna	Colliery		1	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Temple Coal Co.	178,140	DL&W / Erie / NYO&W	288,189	221	518
1919	Northwest	Colliery		1	Simpson¹	Lackawanna	Temple Coal Co.	65,413	DL&W / Erie / NYO&W	73,513	164	168
1919	Sterrick Creek	Colliery		2	Jessup¹	Lackawanna	Temple Coal Co.	240,778	DL&W / Erie	276,085	245	563
1920	Forty Fort	Colliery	Shaft	9	Forty Fort¹	Luzerne	Temple Coal Co.	219,100	LV	253,375	261	449
1920	Harry E.	Colliery		9	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Temple Coal Co.	177,133	LV	218,430	171	409
1920	Northwest	Colliery		1	Simpson¹	Lackawanna	Temple Coal Co.	80,189	Erie / NYO&W	89,219	180	207
1920	Sterrick Creek	Colliery		2	Jessup¹	Lackawanna	Temple Coal Co.	243,901	Erie	284,376	259	507
1921	Forty Fort	Colliery	Shaft	9	Forty Fort¹	Luzerne	Temple Coal Co.	228,120	LV	270,838	265	505
1921	Harry E.	Colliery		9	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Temple Coal Co.	177,735	DL&W / LV	222,485	198	468
1921	Northwest	Colliery		1	Simpson¹	Lackawanna	Temple Coal Co.	97,806	Erie / NYO&W	110,048	231	291
1921	Sterrick Creek	Colliery		2	Jessup¹	Lackawanna	Temple Coal Co.	209,199	Erie	246,555	248	529
1922	Forty Fort	Colliery	Shaft¹	9	Forty Fort¹	Luzerne	Temple Coal Co.	143,241	LV	172,863	153	505
1922	Harry E.	Colliery		9	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Temple Coal Co.	140,703	DL&W / LV	174,838	124	474
1922	Northwest	Colliery		1	Simpson¹	Lackawanna	Temple Coal Co.	69,057	Erie / NYO&W	77,994	149	314
1922	Sterrick Creek	Colliery		2	Jessup¹	Lackawanna	Temple Coal Co.	130,188	Erie	158,312	145	508
1923	Forty Fort	Colliery	Shaft¹	9	Forty Fort¹	Luzerne	Temple Coal Co.	208,345	LV	246,153	250	529
1923	Harry E.	Colliery		9	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Temple Coal Co.	199,684	LV	243,995	186	457
1923	Northwest	Colliery		1	Simpson¹	Lackawanna	Temple Coal Co.	142,060	Erie / NYO&W	158,150	253	404
1923	Sterrick Creek	Colliery		2	Jessup¹	Lackawanna	Temple Coal Co.	201,935	Erie	240,579	258	525
1924	Forty Fort	Colliery	Shaft¹	9	Forty Fort¹	Luzerne	Temple Coal Co.	159,165	DL&W / LV	192,860	248	488
1924	Harry E.	Colliery		9	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Temple Coal Co.	149,013	DL&W / LV	184,109	182	472
1924	Northwest	Colliery		1	Simpson¹	Lackawanna	Temple Coal Co.	152,491	Erie / NYO&W	169,421	255	421
1924	Sterrick Creek	Colliery		2	Jessup¹	Lackawanna	Temple Coal Co.	224,237	DL&W / Erie	266,773	257	588
1925	Forty Fort	Colliery	Shaft¹	9	Forty Fort¹	Luzerne	Temple Coal Co.	66,976	DL&W / LV	83,300	110	473	Adandoned June 1925. Coal prepared at Harry E. Breaker.
1925	Harry E.	Colliery		9	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Temple Coal Co.	150,376	DL&W / Erie / LV	198,016	138	460
1925	Northwest	Colliery		1	Simpson¹	Lackawanna	Temple Coal Co.	73,866	Erie / NYO&W	82,598	132	368
1925	Sterrick Creek	Colliery		2	Jessup¹	Lackawanna	Temple Coal Co.	150,881	Erie / NYO&W	185,633	146	642
1926	Harry E.	Colliery		9	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Temple Coal Co.	299,100	DL&W / Erie / LV	357,531	245	950
1926	Northwest	Colliery		1	Simpson¹	Lackawanna	Temple Coal Co.	131,083	Erie / NYO&W	145,711	215	396
1926	Sterrick Creek	Colliery		2	Jessup¹	Lackawanna	Temple Coal Co.	236,057	Erie / NYO&W	278,619	197	716
1927	Harry E.	Colliery		9	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Temple Coal Co.	308,774	DL&W / LV	361,912	274	945
1927	Northwest	Colliery		1	Simpson¹	Lackawanna	Temple Coal Co.	164,892	NYO&W	182,432	243	398
1927	Sterrick Creek	Colliery		2	Jessup¹	Lackawanna	Temple Coal Co.	237,779	Erie	284,510	212	720
1928	Harry E.	Colliery		9	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Temple Coal Co.	329,730	DL&W / LV	389,067	289	902
1928	Northwest	Colliery		1	Simpson¹	Lackawanna	Temple Coal Co.	27,106	NYO&W	30,895	36	388
1928	Sterrick Creek	Colliery		2	Jessup¹	Lackawanna	Temple Coal Co.	263,275	Erie	312,786	220	710
1929	Harry E.	Colliery		9	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Temple Coal Co.	305,734	DL&W / LV	362,090	270	851
1929	Sterrick Creek	Colliery		2	Jessup¹	Lackawanna	Temple Coal Co.	285,573	Erie	337,123	246	702
1930	Harry E.	Colliery		9	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Temple Coal Co.	270,925	DL&W / LV	330,900	238	880
1930	Sterrick Creek	Colliery		2	Jessup¹	Lackawanna	Temple Coal Co.	249,398	Erie	304,682	178	846
1931	Harry E.	Colliery		9	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Temple Coal Co.	218,597		268,533	173	870
1931	Sterrick Creek	Colliery		2	Jessup¹	Lackawanna	Temple Coal Co.	186,517		243,120	150	757

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