Wyoming Valley Coal Co.

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Wyoming Valley Coal Co.
(Wyoming Valley Collieries 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
1882	Forty Fort	Colliery	Shaft / Tunnel	Middle	Wyoming	Luzerne	Wyoming Valley Coal Co.	0		120,477	231	358
1882	Harry E.	Colliery	Shaft / Tunnel	Middle	Kingston	Luzerne	Wyoming Valley Coal Co.	0		54,527	213	230
1882	Wyoming	Colliery	Shaft	Middle	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Wyoming Valley Coal Co.	0		222,646	242	471
1883	Forty Fort	Colliery	Shaft / Tunnel	Middle	Wyoming	Luzerne	Wyoming Valley Coal Co.	0		116,907	225	363
1883	Harry E.	Colliery	Shaft / Tunnel	Middle	Kingston	Luzerne	Wyoming Valley Coal Co.	0		80,984	214	350
1883	Wyoming	Colliery	Shaft	Middle	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Wyoming Valley Coal Co.	0		247,605	234	562
1884	Forty Fort	Colliery	Shaft	Middle	Wyoming	Luzerne	Wyoming Valley Coal Co.	0	Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)	97,970	201	399
1884	Harry E.	Colliery	Shaft	Middle	Kingston	Luzerne	Wyoming Valley Coal Co.	0	Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)	88,963	207	638
1884	Wyoming	Colliery	Shaft / Slope	Middle	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Wyoming Valley Coal Co.	0	LV	216,098	181	420
1885	Forty Fort	Colliery	Shaft / Tunnel	2	Wyoming	Luzerne	Wyoming Valley Coal Co.	109,600	Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)	118,350	248	278
1885	Harry E.	Colliery	Drift	2	Kingston	Luzerne	Wyoming Valley Coal Co.	78,000	Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)	90,400	252	301
1886	Forty Fort	Colliery	Shaft	2	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	Wyoming Valley Coal Co.	128,000	Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)	136,700	270	291
1886	Harry E.	Colliery	Shaft / Slope	2	Kingston	Luzerne	Wyoming Valley Coal Co.	62,000	Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)	74,000	259	364
1887	Forty Fort	Colliery	Shaft	2	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	Wyoming Valley Coal Co.	100,600		110,750	253	276
1887	Harry E.	Colliery	Shaft / Slope	2	Kingston	Luzerne	Wyoming Valley Coal Co.	128,700		140,850	249	394
1888	Forty Fort	Colliery	Shaft	2	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	Wyoming Valley Coal Co.	94,021		107,712	219	219
1888	Harry E.	Colliery	Shaft	2	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	Wyoming Valley Coal Co.	127,102		138,783	200	361
1889	Forty Fort	Colliery	Shaft	2	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	Wyoming Valley Coal Co.	94,300		107,400	218	369
1889	Harry E.	Colliery	Shaft	2	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	Wyoming Valley Coal Co.	104,100		116,400	190	396
1890	Forty Fort	Colliery	Shaft	2	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	Wyoming Valley Coal Co.	93,596		107,875	206	333
1890	Harry E.	Colliery	Shaft	2	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	Wyoming Valley Coal Co.	66,557		75,447	179	222
1891	Forty Fort	Colliery	Shaft	3	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	Wyoming Valley Coal Co.	79,889		83,615	188	283
1891	Harry E.	Colliery	Shaft	3	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	Wyoming Valley Coal Co.	11,235		13,107	39	221
1892	Forty Fort	Colliery	Shaft	3	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	Wyoming Valley Coal Co.	96,308		111,435	216	329
1892	Harry E.	Colliery	Shaft	3	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	Wyoming Valley Coal Co.	0		0			Idle all year.
1893	Forty Fort	Colliery	Shaft	3	Forty Fort	Luzerne	Wyoming Valley Coal Co.	92,608		108,781	220	401
1893	Harry E.	Colliery	Shaft	3	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	Wyoming Valley Coal Co.	0		0		6	Idle all year.
1932	Harry E.	Colliery		9	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Wyoming Valley Collieries Co.	156,008		187,991	104	945	Operated nine days in January by Temple Coal Co. which produced 24,362 tons. Later taken over by Lehigh Valley Coal Co which did not operate; in September taken over by Wyoming Valley Collieries Co.
1933	Harry E.	Colliery		9	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Wyoming Valley Collieries Co.	736,770		882,661	245	1281
1934	Harry E.	Bank		9	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Wyoming Valley Collieries Co.	71,219		84,016
1934	Harry E.	Colliery		9	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Wyoming Valley Collieries Co.	527,157		660,922	252	1296
1935	Harry E.	Bank		9	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Wyoming Valley Collieries Co.	74,689		78,272	50	17
1935	Harry E.	Colliery		9	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Wyoming Valley Collieries Co.	482,438	DL&W / LV	622,699	280	955
1936	Harry E.	Bank		9	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Wyoming Valley Collieries Co.	47,870		50,606
1936	Harry E.	Colliery		9	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Wyoming Valley Collieries Co.	512,276		664,313	289	1157
1937	Harry E.	Bank		9	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Wyoming Valley Collieries Co.	8,922		9,419
1937	Harry E.	Colliery		9	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Wyoming Valley Collieries Co.	554,418		700,573	228	1372

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