Avoca

Avoca
(Langcliffe)
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Year	Operation Name	Type	Opening	District	City	County	Company Name	Railroad Shipments (tons)	Railroad to Mine	Truck Shipments (tons)	Total Production (tons)	Days Worked	Employees	Notes
1889	Langcliffe	Colliery	Shaft	2	Avoca	Luzerne	Langcliffe Coal Co.	7,419		0	7,822	25	162
1890	Langcliffe	Colliery	Shaft	2	Avoca	Luzerne	Langcliffe Coal Co.	95,147		0	99,363	197	298
1891	Langcliffe	Colliery	Shaft	3	Avoca	Luzerne	Langcliffe Coal Co.	166,615		0	172,059	239	438
1892	Langcliffe	Colliery	Shaft	3	Avoca	Luzerne	Langcliffe Coal Co.	79,534		0	83,445	139	369
1893	Langcliffe	Colliery	Shaft	3	Avoca	Luzerne	Langcliffe Coal Co.	100,020		0	105,081	194	409
1894	Langcliffe	Colliery	Shaft / Tunnel	3	Avoca	Luzerne	Langcliffe Coal Co.	114,980		0	121,314	192	410
1895	Langcliffe	Colliery	Shaft / Tunnel	3	Avoca	Luzerne	Langcliffe Coal Co., Limited	86,884		0	92,020	170	363
1896	Langcliffe	Colliery	Shaft / Tunnel	3	Avoca	Luzerne	Langcliffe Coal Co., Limited	79,076		0	83,432	133	373
1897	Langcliffe	Colliery	Shaft / Tunnel	3	Avoca	Luzerne	Langcliffe Coal Co., Limited	88,677		0	93,378	148	359
1898	Langcliffe	Colliery	Shaft / Tunnel	3	Avoca	Luzerne	Langcliffe Coal Co., Limited	87,770	D&H	0	92,426	136	357
1899	Langcliffe	Colliery	Shaft / Tunnel	3	Avoca	Luzerne	Langcliffe Coal Co., Limited	115,631		0	122,579	182	340
1900	Langcliffe	Colliery	Shaft / Tunnel	3	Avoca	Luzerne	Langcliffe Coal Co.	114,009	D&H / E&WV / LV	0	120,718	170	348
1901	Langcliffe	Colliery	Shaft / Tunnel	3	Avoca	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	119,389	D&H	0	125,204	153	385
1902	Langcliffe	Colliery	Shaft / Tunnel	3	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	39,629	D&H	0	44,087	79	318
1903	Langcliffe	Colliery	Shaft	6	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Co.	96,411	D&H	0	105,631	199	378
1904	Langcliffe	Colliery	Shaft / No. 1 Drift / No. 2 Drift	6	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Co.	118,916	D&H	0	132,744	192	475
1905	Langcliffe	Colliery	Shaft / No. 1 Drift / No. 2 Drift	6	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Co.	100,405	D&H	0	114,481	151	403
1906	Langcliffe	Colliery	Shaft / No. 1 Drift / No. 2 Drift / No. 4 Drift	5	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	91,598	D&H	0	106,034	121	391
1907	Langcliffe	Colliery	Shaft / No. 1 Drift / No. 2 Drift / No. 4 Drift	5	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	93,034	D&H	0	109,972	133	298
1908	Langcliffe	Colliery	No. 1 Drift / No. 2 Drift	5	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	102,817	D&H	0	122,118	154	367
1909	Langcliffe	Colliery	Shaft / No. 1 Drift	5	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	66,013	D&H	0	77,490	104	343
1910	Langcliffe	Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / No. 1 Slope	5	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	54,612	D&H	0	68,215	92	294
1911	Langcliffe	Colliery	Shaft / Slope	5	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	84,348	D&H	0	96,105	125	291
1912	Langcliffe	Colliery	Langcliffe Shaft / No. 1 Slope / No. 2 Drift (new mine) / No. 3 Drift (new mine) / Moosic Shaft (new mine)	5	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	62,727	D&H	0	74,016	101	261
1913	Langcliffe	Colliery	Langcliffe Shaft / Moosic Shaft / No. 1 Slope / No. 2 Drift / No. 3 Drift	5	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	89,061	D&H	0	100,487	144	271
1914	Langcliffe	Colliery	Langcliffe Shaft / Moosic Shaft / No. 1 Slope / No. 2 Drift / No. 3 Drift	5	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	103,331	D&H	0	117,070	157	293
1915	Langcliffe	Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / No. 1 Slope (abandoned) / No. 2 Drift (abandoned) / No. 3 Drift (abandoned) / Moosic Shaft	5	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	131,590	D&H	0	147,241	181	335
1916	Langcliffe	Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / Moosic Shaft	7	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	188,055	D&H	0	204,017	273	543
1917	Langcliffe	Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / Moosic Shaft	7	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Co.	208,352	D&H	0	223,024	252	650
1918	Langcliffe	Colliery	Langcliffe Shaft / Moosic Shaft	7	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	156,903	D&H	0	171,546	253	553
1918	Langcliffe	Washery		7	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	378	D&H	0	378
1919	Langcliffe	Colliery		7	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	155,914	D&H	0	166,523	278	426
1920	Avoca	Colliery	Shaft¹	7	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Suffolk Coal Co.	216,057	D&H	0	227,321	289	490	Formerly Langcliffe Colliery of Hudson Coal Co.
1921	Avoca	Colliery	Shaft¹	7	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Suffolk Coal Co.	117,129	D&H	0	125,462	170	450
1922	Avoca	Colliery	Shaft¹	7	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Suffolk Coal Co.	134,062	D&H	0	143,927	162	482
1923	Avoca	Washery		7	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Avoca Coal Co.	67,145	Erie	0	67,645	239	97
1923	Avoca	Colliery	Shaft¹	7	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Suffolk Anthracite Collieries	95,994	D&H / Erie	0	102,188	111	488	Purchased from Suffolk Coal Co July 12, 1923.
1923	Avoca	Colliery	Shaft¹	7	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Suffolk Coal Co.	139,170	D&H / Erie	0	145,648	159		Sold to Suffolk Anthracite Collieries July 12, 1923.
1924	Avoca	Colliery		7	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Suffolk Anthracite Collieries	194,724	D&H	0	206,961	256	409
1925	Avoca	Colliery		7	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Suffolk Anthracite Collieries	96,926	D&H / Erie	8,068	104,326	157	332
1926	Avoca	Colliery		7	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Suffolk Anthracite Collieries	150,137	D&H / Erie	0	161,562	252	284
1927	Avoca	Colliery		7	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Suffolk Anthracite Collieries	242,800	D&H / Erie	0	254,902	296	298
1928	Avoca	Colliery		7	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Langcliffe Collieries Co.	117,377	D&H / Erie	0	126,224	116	273
1929	Langcliffe	Colliery		7	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Langcliffe Collieries Co.	49,431	D&H / Erie	0	60,443	136	243
1930	Langcliffe	Colliery		7	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Cardova Mining Co.	57,852	D&H / Erie	0	69,831	198	166
1931	Langcliffe	Colliery		7	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Rendham Coal Co.	36,871		0	49,871	219	167
1932	Langcliffe	Colliery		7	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Suffolk Coal Co.	28,853		896	36,514	38	126
1933	Langcliffe	Colliery		7	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Suffolk Coal Co.	41,284		10,546	51,980	267	90	Coal prepared at Gibbons Breaker, 5th District.
1934	Langcliffe	Colliery		7	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Suffolk Coal Co.	34,005		4,535	48,578	238	81
1935	Langcliffe	Mine		7	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Langcliffe Collieries Co.	12,082		875	13,672	28	33
1936	Langcliffe	Mine		7	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Langcliffe Collieries Co.	28,900		0	28,900	162	24
1937	Langcliffe	Mine		7	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Langcliffe Collieries Co.	42,616		0	42,616	226	62
1940	Langcliffe	Colliery		7	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Langcliffe Coal Co.	0		0	0	24	22	Preparation only.
1941	Langcliffe	Colliery		7	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Langcliffe Coal Co.	0		0	0	131	22
1942	Langcliffe	Colliery		7	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Aero Coal Co.	0		0	0	31	22	Preparation only.
1962	Avoca	Bank		11	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Popple Coal Sales	0		0	28,832	112	2	Bank coal sold "as is" to local power companies.
1968	Avoca	Cleaning Plant		5	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Perry Coal Sales Co.	0		0	0	213	3
1969	Avoca	Bank		5	Avoca¹	Lackawanna	Perry Coal Sales Co.	192		394	2,925	261	1	Coal prepared at Waddell, Ace and Harry E. breakers and Avoca Cleaning Plant.
1969	Avoca	Cleaning Plant		5	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Perry Coal Sales Co.	0		0	0	261	3
1970	Avoca	Cleaning Plant		5	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Perry Coal Sales Co.	0		0	0	268	3

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