Dawson
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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
Dawson
Colliery
Shaft
Eastern
Pleasant Valley (Avoca)
Luzerne
Pennsylvania Coal Co.
0
PCC Gravity
1
0
70,858
142
Operations started in 1869.
1873
Dawson
Colliery
Shaft
Eastern
Pleasant Valley (Avoca)
Luzerne
Pennsylvania Coal Co.
0
PCC Gravity
1
0
74,647
150
1874
Dawson
Colliery
Shaft
Eastern
Pleasant Valley (Avoca)
Luzerne
Pennsylvania Coal Co.
0
PCC Gravity
1
0
78,775
168
64 employees included with Hillside Breaker.
1875
Dawson
Colliery
Shaft
Eastern
Pleasant Valley (Avoca)
Luzerne
Pennsylvania Coal Co.
0
PCC Gravity
1
0
85,500
156
1876
Dawson
Colliery
Shaft
Eastern
Pleasant Valley (Avoca)
Luzerne
Pennsylvania Coal Co.
65,478
PCC Gravity
1
0
66,203
219
171
1877
Dawson
Colliery
Shaft
Eastern
Pleasant Valley (Avoca)
Luzerne
Pennsylvania Coal Co.
0
PCC Gravity
1
0
57,813
201
170
1878
Dawson
Colliery
Shaft
Eastern
Pleasant Valley (Avoca)
Luzerne
Pennsylvania Coal Co.
0
PCC Gravity
1
0
42,444
193
134
1879
Dawson
Colliery
Shaft
Eastern
Pleasant Valley (Avoca)
Luzerne
Pennsylvania Coal Co.
0
PCC Gravity
1
0
17,086
93
Note 1: Added, does not appear in the mine inspection report.