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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 1872 Columbia   Colliery Tunnel Eastern Pittston Twp. Luzerne Grove Brothers of Danville 0 0 25,841   42   1873 Columbia   Colliery Tunnel Eastern Pittston Twp. Luzerne Grove Brothers of Danville 0 0 25,062   44   1874 Columbia   Colliery Tunnel Eastern Pittston Twp. Luzerne Grove Brothers of Danville 0 0 0   42   1875 Columbia   Colliery Tunnel Eastern Pittston Twp. Luzerne Grove Brothers 0 0 21,090   43   1876 Columbia   Colliery Tunnel Eastern Pittston Twp. Luzerne Grove Brothers 17,573 0 17,723 146 45   1877 Columbia   Colliery Tunnel Eastern Pittston Twp. Luzerne Grove Brothers 0 0 11,783 93 45   1878 Columbia   Colliery Tunnel Eastern Pittston Twp. Luzerne Grove Brothers 0 0 0     Idle throughout 1878. 1879 Columbia   Colliery Tunnel Eastern Pittston Twp. Luzerne Grove Brothers 0 0 8,636 77 45   1880 Columbia   Colliery Tunnel Eastern Pittston Twp. Luzerne Grove Brothers 0 0 14,981 123 49   1881 Columbia   Colliery Tunnel Eastern Marcy Twp. (Duryea) Luzerne Grove Brothers 0 0 15,605   47   1882 Columbia   Colliery Tunnel Eastern Marcy Twp. (Duryea) Luzerne Grove Brothers 0 0 25,825 203 49   1883 Columbia   Colliery Tunnel Eastern Marcy Twp. (Duryea) Luzerne Grove Brothers 0 0 4,620 46 50   1887 Columbia   Colliery Shaft / Tunnel 2 Marcy Twp. (Duryea) Luzerne Old Forge Coal Co., Limited 56,942 0 58,539 165 257   1888 Columbia   Colliery Shaft / Tunnel 2 Marcy Twp. (Duryea) Luzerne Old Forge Coal Co., Limited 184,425 0 187,365 214 300   1889 Columbia   Colliery Shaft 2 Marcy Twp. (Duryea) Luzerne Old Forge Coal Co., Limited 120,304 0 123,455 180 304   1890 Columbia   Colliery Shaft 2 Marcy Twp. (Duryea) Luzerne Old Forge Coal Co., Limited 137,611 0 142,275 247 307   1891 Columbia   Colliery Shaft 3 Marcy Twp. (Duryea) Luzerne Old Forge Coal Co., Limited 125,724 0 129,999 182 310   1892 Columbia   Colliery Shaft 3 Marcy Twp. (Duryea) Luzerne Old Forge Coal Co. 110,178 0 116,887 210 322   1893 Columbia   Colliery Shaft 2 Scranton Lackawanna Columbia Colliery Co. 0 0 18,590 178 8   1893 Columbia   Colliery Shaft 3 Duryea Luzerne Old Forge Coal Mining Co. 91,505 0 97,415 162 203   1894 Columbia   Colliery Shaft 2 Scranton Lackawanna Columbia Colliery Co. 7,500 0 15,500 150 8   1894 Columbia   Colliery Shaft 3 Duryea Luzerne Old Forge Coal Mining Co. 83,058 0 88,578 146 252   1895 Columbia   Colliery Shaft 2 Scranton Lackawanna Columbia Colliery Co. 0 0 38,845 205 14   1895 Columbia   Colliery Shaft 3 Duryea Luzerne Old Forge Coal Mining Co. 14,855 0 16,821 27 13   1899 Columbia   Washery 4 Scranton Lackawanna Columbia Coal Co. 4,298 0 4,565 71 11   1954 Columbia   Stripping 5   Luzerne Kehoe-Berge Coal Co. 115 32 197 16 4 Coal prepared at William A. Breaker.