East Boston

East Boston
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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
1870	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft¹	Middle	near Kingston	Luzerne	Consumer's Coal Co.	0		0	0		65
1871	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft¹	Middle	near Kingston	Luzerne	Consumer's Coal Co.	0		0	0		72
1875	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft	Middle	near Kingston	Luzerne	William G. Payne & Co.	0		0	60,831		219
1876	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft	Middle	near Kingston	Luzerne	William G. Payne & Co.	0		0	91,002	188	188
1878	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft¹	Middle	near Kingston	Luzerne	William G. Payne & Co.	73,140		0	73,140		265
1879	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft	Middle	near Kingston	Luzerne	William G. Payne & Co.	0		0	104,332	176	283
1880	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft	Middle	near Kingston	Luzerne	William G. Payne & Co.	0		0	93,000	150	209
1881	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft	Middle	near Kingston	Luzerne	William G. Payne & Co.	0		0	112,000	192	238
1882	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft	Middle	near Kingston	Luzerne	W. G. Payne & Co.	0		0	115,000	205	278
1883	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft	Middle	near Kingston	Luzerne	W. G. Payne & Co.	0		0	119,000	211	259
1884	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft	Middle	near Kingston	Luzerne	W. G. Payne & Co.	0	Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)	0	117,000	154	255
1885	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft	2	near Kingston	Luzerne	W. G. Payne & Co.	112,871	Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)	0	114,191	160	267
1886	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft	2	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	W. G. Payne & Co.	99,546	Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)	0	101,654	161	289
1887	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft	2	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	W. G. Payne & Co.	152,091	DL&W¹	0	154,124	234	358
1888	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft	2	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	W. G. Payne & Co.	173,879	DL&W¹	0	175,861	217	416
1889	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft	2	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	W. G. Payne & Co.	131,418	DL&W¹	0	133,815	145	443
1890	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft	2	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	W. G. Payne & Co.	135,086	DL&W¹	0	137,374	156	419
1891	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft	3	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	W. G. Payne & Co.	192,974	DL&W¹	0	195,986	222	419
1892	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft	3	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	W. G. Payne & Co.	198,101	DL&W¹	0	203,285	225	457
1893	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft	3	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	W. G. Payne & Co.	194,662	DL&W¹	0	202,966	223	481
1894	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft	3	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	W. G. Payne & Co.	100,880	DL&W¹	0	105,872	114	487
1895	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft	3	Pittston Twp.	Luzerne	W. G. Payne & Co.	89,089	DL&W¹	0	107,126	108	461
1896	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft	3	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	W. G. Payne & Co.	145,619	DL&W¹	0	148,545	146	517
1897	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft	3	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	W. G. Payne & Co.	161,575	DL&W¹	0	164,630	159	472
1898	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft	3	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	W. G. Payne & Co.	134,122	DL&W	0	138,061	139	472
1899	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft	3	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	W. G. Payne & Co.	186,028	DL&W¹	0	202,063	175	639
1900	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft	3	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	W. G. Payne & Co.	170,533	DL&W	0	187,449	167	504
1901	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft	3	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	W. G. Payne & Co.	141,847	DL&W	0	162,788	157	481
1902	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft	3	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	W. G. Payne & Co.	52,566	DL&W	0	62,752	59	67
1903	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft	6	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	W. G. Payne & Co.	61,708	DL&W	0	69,397	105	222
1904	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft	6	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	W. G. Payne & Co.	84,555	DL&W	0	90,872	131	303
1905	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft	6	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	W. G. Payne & Co.	72,792	DL&W	0	80,431	148	366
1905	East Boston	Washery		6	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	W. G. Payne & Co.	0	DL&W	0	23,500	50	5
1906	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft	8	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	69,303	DL&W	0	98,430	179	383
1907	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft	8	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	81,180	DL&W / LV	0	111,471	159	360
1908	East Boston	Colliery	No. 1 Shaft	8	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	111,178	DL&W / LV	0	142,059	154	421
1909	East Boston	Colliery	No. 1 Shaft	8	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	124,053	DL&W / LV	0	156,975	177	453
1909	East Boston	Washery		8	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	28,445	DL&W / LV	0	33,382	298	31
1910	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft	8	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	118,351	DL&W / LV	0	152,022	195	479
1910	East Boston	Washery		8	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	47,993	DL&W / LV	0	68,119	275	12
1911	East Boston	Colliery	No. 1 Shaft	8	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	78,669	DL&W / LV	0	99,942	127	484
1911	East Boston	Washery		8	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	53,404	DL&W / LV	0	65,890	290	18
1912	East Boston	Colliery	No. 1 Shaft	8	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	2,953	DL&W / LV	0	30,858	7	338
1912	East Boston	Washery		8	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	38,769	DL&W / LV	0	49,085	320	24
1913	East Boston	Colliery	No. 1 Shaft	8	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	137,185	DL&W / LV	0	159,594	195	450
1913	East Boston	Washery		8	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	16,686	DL&W / LV	0	26,695	252	23
1914	East Boston	Colliery	No. 1 Shaft	8	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	152,409	DL&W / LV / PRR	0	181,171	168	504
1914	East Boston	Washery		8	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	15,764	DL&W / LV / PRR	0	29,784	294	27
1915	East Boston	Colliery	No. 1 Shaft	8	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	149,729	DL&W / LV	0	189,439	164	563
1915	East Boston	Washery		8	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	13,169	DL&W / LV	0	21,076	326	33
1916	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft	10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	126,822	DL&W / LV / PRR	0	132,924	169	422
1916	East Boston	Washery		10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	2,736	DL&W / LV / PRR	0	10,601	308	19
1917	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft	10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	138,545	DL&W / LV	0	191,537	302	439
1917	East Boston	Washery		10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	2,658	DL&W / LV	0	2,750	307	35
1918	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft	10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	135,488	DL&W / LV / PRR	0	190,058	303	393
1919	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	109,599	DL&W / LV / PRR	0	159,882	247	373
1920	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	113,773	DL&W / LV	0	164,115	302	418
1921	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	105,035	CNJ / D&H / DL&W / LV / PRR	0	154,532	250	416
1922	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	71,585	D&H / DL&W / LV / PRR	0	121,007	137	545	Washery dismantled.
1923	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	152,955	D&H / DL&W / LV / PRR	0	203,788	277	474
1924	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	111,237	D&H / DL&W / LV / PRR	0	165,800	290	446
1925	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	70,708	D&H / DL&W / LV / PRR	0	132,439	191	519
1926	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	120,437	D&H / DL&W / LV / PRR	0	193,626	260	502
1927	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	168,231	D&H / DL&W / LV / PRR	0	235,359	297	497
1928	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	205,751	D&H / DL&W / LV / PRR	0	265,196	291	624
1929	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	196,511	DL&W / LV	0	260,289	289	625
1930	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	218,984	DL&W / LV	0	291,422	290	614
1931	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	151,952		0	237,615	242	524
1932	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	137,983		0	205,321	150	434
1933	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	83,604		0	163,811	141	469
1934	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	55,575		0	127,596	152	437
1935	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	65,262		0	126,554	94	379
1936	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	7,197		0	31,632	34	336
1937	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	87,073		0	112,198	141	413
1938	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Luzerne Anthracite Coal Co.	145,061		55,958	221,782	231	480	Formerly operated by East Boston Coal Co.
1939	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Luzerne Anthracite Coal Co.	175,170		16,402	316,717	248	526
1940	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Luzerne Anthracite Coal Co.	161,020		82,916	343,016	247	455	Breaker only. Preparing mine-run purchased coal.
1941	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Luzerne Anthracite Coal Co.	54,468		81,256	269,120	257	482
1941	East Boston	Stripping		12	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	23,832		0	23,832	229	14
1942	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Luzerne Anthracite Coal Co.	126,266		45,419	242,367	270	427
1942	East Boston	Stripping		12	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Boston Coal Co.	6,268		0	6,268	63	18	Coal prepated at East Boston Colliery, 10th District.
1943	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Luzerne Anthracite Coal Co.	156,787		0	248,391	291	393
1944	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Luzerne Anthracite Coal Co.	102,945		25,542	215,781	307	358
1945	East Boston	Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Luzerne Anthracite Coal Co.	84,611		0	171,716	276	324
1946	East Boston	Breaker		10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Luzerne Anthracite, Inc.	20,589		6,025	76,422	224	182
1947	East Boston	Mine		10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Pringle Coal Co.	10,483		0	10,483	110	55	Coal prepared at Waddell, Heidelberg and William A. breakers.
1948	East Boston	Mine		10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Pringle Coal Co.	38,792		0	38,792	249	71	Coal prepared at Heidelberg and William A. breakers.
1949	East Boston	Mine		10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Pringle Coal Co.	38,034		0	38,034	211	75	Coal prepared at Waddell, Harry E, Heidelberg and William A. breakers.
1950	East Boston	Mine		10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Pringle Coal Co.	43,832		0	43,832	228	76	Coal prepared at Waddell Breaker.
1951	East Boston	Mine		10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Pringle Coal Co.	44,520		0	44,520	228	77	Coal prepared at Waddell and Dial Rock breakers.
1952	East Boston	Mine		10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Pringle Coal Co.	42,312		0	42,312	204	74	Coal prepared at Waddell and Dial Rock breakers.
1953	East Boston	Mine	Shaft / Slope	10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Pringle Coal Co.	45,004		0	45,004	231	76
1954	East Boston	Mine		10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Pringle Coal Co.	39,389		0	39,389	227	61	Coal prepared at Pompey, Waddell and Dial Rock breakers.
1955	East Boston	Colliery		9	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Pringle Coal Co.	33,156		0	42,686	238	56	Coal prepared at Pompey Breaker.
1956	East Boston	Colliery		9	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Pringle Coal Co.	16,790		0	23,986	156	56	Coal prepared at Pompey Breaker.

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