Olyphant-Eddy Creek

Olyphant-Eddy Creek
(Eddy Creek)
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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	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Blakely Twp.	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	0		0	104,049		287	Coal from No. 1 included.
1873	Eddy Creek		Colliery		Eastern	Blakely Twp.	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	0		0	117,916		223
1874	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Shaft / Dip Mine	Eastern	Blakely Twp.	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	0		0	81,902		229
1875	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Shaft / Dip Mine	Eastern	Blakely Twp.	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	0		0	108,688		321
1876	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Olyphant	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	67,953		0	76,566	140	351
1877	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Olyphant	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	0		0	38,224	82	324
1878	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	0		0	42,018	75	328
1879	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	0		0	107,544	208	288
1880	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	0		0	103,375	186	331
1882	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	0		0	0		7
1883	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Shaft¹	Eastern	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	0		0	65,351	213	168
1884	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	0	D&H Canal	0	84,277	206	270
1885	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Shaft	1	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	124,512	D&H Canal	0	135,193	208	443
1886	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Shaft	1	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	143,625	D&H Canal	0	163,573	198	462
1887	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Shaft	1	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	174,505		0	185,944	247	471
1888	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Shaft	1	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	163,449		0	173,888	25	444
1889	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Shaft	1	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	90,398		0	98,230	132	444
1890	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Shaft	1	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	64,689		0	72,722	127	356
1891	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Shaft	2	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	52,617		0	59,187	88	300
1892	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Shaft¹	1	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	146,942		0	154,512	222	424
1893	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Shaft¹	1	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	217,803		0	225,928	220	459
1894	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Shaft¹	1	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	240,603		0	240,904	181	466
1895	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Shaft¹	1	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	260,829		0	262,464	211	477
1896	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Shaft¹	1	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	185,088		0	187,053	199	489
1897	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Shaft¹	1	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	182,089		0	184,222	200	641
1898	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Shaft¹	1	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	187,672	D&H	0	206,104	175	532
1899	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Shaft¹	1	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	197,045	D&H	0	205,822	203	625
1900	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Shaft¹	1	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Co.	136,828	D&H	0	142,585	142	558
1901	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Shaft¹	1	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Co.	234,082	D&H	0	242,280	230	577
1902	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Shaft¹	1	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Co.	133,131	D&H	0	143,348	125	657
1903	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Shaft / Drift / Birds Eye Drift	2	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Co.	260,802	D&H	0	272,138	265	680
1904	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Shaft / Drift (2)	2	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Co.	365,837	D&H	0	404,020	245	1035
1905	Eddy Creek		Colliery	No. 2 Shaft / Drift (3)	2	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Co.	505,236	D&H	0	528,020	244	1220
1906	Eddy Creek		Colliery	No. 2 Shaft / Grassy Island Slope / No. 4 Drift / Birds Eye New Country Drift / Birds Eye Clark Drift	2	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Co.	450,299	D&H	0	519,584	215	1338
1907	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Eddy Creek Shaft (Idle) / Miles Slope (Idle) / No. 4 Drift / Birds Eye New Country Drift / Birds Eye Clark Drift	2	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Co.	316,263	D&H	0	332,229	247	565
1908	Eddy Creek		Colliery	No. 4 Drift / Birdeye New Country Drift / Birdeye Clark Drift	2	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Co.	178,180	D&H	0	190,397	179	449
1909	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Eddy Ceek Shaft (not in operation) / Olyphant Shaft / No. 4 Drift / Birdeye New Country Drift / Birdeye Clark Drift	2	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Co.	251,400	D&H	0	258,650	167	523
1910	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Eddy Ceek Shaft / Olyphant Shaft / No. 4 Drift / Birdeye New Country Drift / Birdeye Clark Drift	2	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Co.	431,496	D&H	0	434,758	226	1111
1911	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Olyphant Shaft / No. 4 Drift / Birdeye NC Vein Drift / Birdeye County Vein Drift	2	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Co.	507,668	D&H	0	510,736	248	1226
1912	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Olyphant Shaft / No. 4 Drift / Birdeye NC Vein Drift / Birdeye Clark Vein Drift	2	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Co. (Inside) Hudson Coal Co. (Outside)	452,871	D&H	0	457,022	214	1297
1913	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Eddy Creek Shaft / New Country Drift / Clark Drift / Olyphant Shaft / No. 4 Drift	2	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Co. (Inside) Hudson Coal Co. (Outside)	547,582	D&H	0	551,410	252	1407
1914	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Eddy Creek Shaft / New Country Drift / Clark Drift / Olyphant Shaft / No. 4 Drift	2	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Co. (Inside) Hudson Coal Co. (Outside)	569,600	D&H	0	573,759	266	1394
1915	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Eddy Creek Shaft / Birdeye Drift / No. 7 Drift / No. 4 Drift / Olyphant Shaft	2	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Co. (Inside) Hudson Coal Co. (Outside)	665,116	D&H	0	678,206	276	1410
1915	Eddy Creek		Washery		2	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Co. (Inside) Hudson Coal Co. (Outside)	0	D&H	0	1,539			Data included with colliery.
1916	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Eddy Creek Shaft / Birdeye Drifts (3) / Olyphant Shaft	3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Co.	634,249	D&H	0	662,374	291	1409
1916	Eddy Creek		Washery		3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Co.	7,315	D&H	0	22,643	60		Included with colliery.
1917	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Shaft / Slope / Drift	3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Co.	697,161	D&H	0	712,087	293	1357
1917	Eddy Creek		Washery		3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Co.	14,219	D&H	0	43,166	215
1918	Eddy Creek		Colliery	Shafts (2) / Tunnel / Drift	3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Co.	677,735	D&H	0	695,579	308	1257
1918	Eddy Creek		Washery		3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Co.	73,366	D&H	0	122,902
1919	Eddy Creek		Colliery		3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	662,086	D&H	0	680,127	290	1386
1919	Eddy Creek		Washery		3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	25,015	D&H	0	117,981			Data included with colliery.
1920	Eddy Creek		Colliery		3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	566,294	D&H	0	570,022	263	1201
1920	Eddy Creek		Washery		3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	54,889	D&H	0	216,154	257	22
1921	Eddy Creek		Colliery		3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	645,781	D&H	0	667,420	280	1334
1921	Eddy Creek		Washery		3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	626	D&H	0	16,520			Data included with colliery.
1922	Eddy Creek		Colliery		3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	320,224	D&H	0	329,682	135	1313
1922	Eddy Creek		Washery		3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	20,286	D&H	0	90,087	135		Data included with colliery.
1923	Eddy Creek		Colliery		3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	643,867	D&H	0	650,801	257	1206
1923	Eddy Creek		Washery		3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	6,678	D&H	0	69,745			Data included with colliery.
1924	Eddy Creek		Colliery		3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	789,014	D&H	0	815,484	297	1263
1924	Eddy Creek		Washery		3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	12,383	D&H	0	12,383	33		Data included with colliery.
1925	Eddy Creek		Colliery		3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	303,710	D&H	0	634,364	199	1469
1925	Eddy Creek		Washery		3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	3,287	D&H	0	39,383			Data included with colliery.
1926	Eddy Creek		Colliery		3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	875,179	D&H	0	921,268	255	1667
1926	Eddy Creek		Washery		3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	21,432	D&H	0	28,532			Data included with colliery.
1927	Eddy Creek		Colliery		3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	819,776	D&H	0	887,834	239	1608
1928	Eddy Creek		Colliery		3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	792,236	D&H	0	839,638	238	1671
1929	Eddy Creek		Colliery		3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	939,495	D&H	0	966,040	267	1762
1930	Eddy Creek		Colliery		3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	1,019,730	D&H	0	1,019,802	275	1784
1931	Eddy Creek		Colliery		3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	720,823		0	721,045	185	1660
1932	Eddy Creek		Bank		3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	3,018		0	78,716			Data included with colliery.
1932	Eddy Creek		Colliery		3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	523,761		0	524,251	140	1497	Coal prepared at Marvine Breaker.
1933	Eddy Creek		Bank		3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	62,438		0	117,997			Data included with colliery.
1933	Eddy Creek		Colliery		3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	673,183		0	674,448	226	934
1934	Eddy Creek		Colliery		3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	887,532		0	890,617	240	1311
1935	Eddy Creek		Colliery		3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	767,861		0	860,945	196	1326
1936	Eddy Creek		Colliery		3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	879,568		0	1,004,117	213	1310
1937	Eddy Creek		Bank		3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	0		0	10,523
1937	Eddy Creek		Colliery		3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	761,192		0	809,450	204	1270
1938	Eddy Creek		Colliery		3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	745,181		0	791,950	200	1170
1939	Eddy Creek		Colliery		3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	740,817		0	822,567	203	1185	Coal prepared at Marvine Colliery.
1940	Eddy Creek		Colliery		3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	752,434		0	839,032	219	1174	Coal prepared at Marvine Breaker.
1941	Eddy Creek		Colliery		3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	733,575		0	840,725	224	1149
1942	Eddy Creek		Colliery		3	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	800,265		0	931,138	252	1188
1943	Eddy Creek		Colliery		2	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	810,850		0	92,219	277	1135	Transferred from 3rd District.
1944	Eddy Creek		Colliery		2	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	784,861		0	928,597	314	1008
1945	Eddy Creek		Colliery		2	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	635		0	782,642	281	954
1946	Eddy Creek		Breaker		2	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	714,194		0	853,303	291	1009
1947	Eddy Creek		Breaker		2	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	762,200		0	945,050	292	1081
1948	Eddy Creek		Breaker		2	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	784,287		0	956,448	290	1154
1949	Eddy Creek		Breaker		2	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	513,139		0	66,414	216	1146	Coal prepared at Marvine Breaker.
1950	Eddy Creek		Mine		2	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	561,671		0	709,744	238	1076	Coal prepared at Marvine Breaker.
1951	Eddy Creek		Mine		2	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	512,677		0	659,746	240	1018
1952	Eddy Creek		Mine		2	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	439,530		0	549,527	226	1009	Coal prepared at Marvine Breaker.
1953	Eddy Creek		Mine	Shaft / Slope	2	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	309,488		0	404,020	166	893
1954	Eddy Creek		Mine		2	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	429,184		0	527,131	196	775	Coal prepared at Olyphant Breaker.
1955	Eddy Creek		Mine		2	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	215,432		0	351,665	214	555	Coal prepared at Marvine Breaker.
1956	Eddy Creek		Mine		2	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	229,425		0	357,303	237	535	Coal prepared at Marvine Breaker.
1957	Eddy Creek		Mine		2	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	185,725		0	278,447	200	492	Coal prepared at Marvine Breaker.
1958	Olyphant-Eddy Creek		Colliery		2	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	63,785		0	152,980	109	342	Coal prepared at Marvine Breaker.
1959	Olyphant-Eddy Creek		Colliery		2	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	137,665		0	293,245	233	430	Coal prepared at Marvine Breaker.
1960	Olyphant-Eddy Creek		Colliery		2	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Hudson Coal Co.	112,153		0	238,877	180	404	Discontinued all mining in October. Coal prepared at Marvine Breaker.
1962	Eddy Creek		Stripping		2	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Realty Co., Inc.	4,308		2,703	10,073	214	5	Coal prepared at Marvine Breaker.
1963	Eddy Creek		Stripping		1	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Realty Co., Inc.	5,628		2,048	10,704	301	5
1964	Eddy Creek	30-1	Stripping		1	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Glen Alden Corporation	1,801		521	2,979	95	5	Coal prepared at Loree and Huber breakers.
1966	Eddy Creek	64-2	Stripping		1	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Carbondale Coal Co.	740		280	1,560	39	3	Coal prepared at Taylor Breaker.
1966	Eddy Creek	120-1	Stripping		1	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Mid Valley Products Co.	6		15	78	28	3	Coal prepared at Ace Breaker.
1966	Eddy Creek		Bank		10	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Ace Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	200	10	2
1967	Eddy Creek	64-2	Stripping		1	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Carbondale Coal Co.	28,335		12,984	64,669	210	10	Coal prepared at Huber, Loree, Taylor and Raymond breakers.
1967	Eddy Creek		Bank		10	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Ace Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	2,400	290	1
1968	Eddy Creek	64-R2	Stripping		1	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Carbondale Coal Co.	2,539		3,198	11,758	96	0	Coal prepared at Huber, Taylor and Raymond breakers.

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