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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 1881 Fairmount   Colliery Shaft Eastern Pittston Twp. Luzerne A. Morris & Co. 0 0 53,878   157   1882 Fairmount   Colliery Shaft Eastern Pittston Twp. Luzerne A. Morris & Co. 0 0 57,968 242 169   1883 Fairmount   Colliery Shaft Eastern Pittston Twp. Luzerne A. Morris & Co. 0 0 35,917 152 168   1884 Fairmount   Colliery Shaft Eastern Pittston Twp. Luzerne Fairmount Coal Co. 0 D&H / Lehigh & Susquehanna 0 47,592 192 173   1886 Fairmount   Colliery Shaft 2 Pittston Twp. Luzerne J. Rice 7,000 D&H / Lehigh & Susquehanna 0 7,300 48 122   1887 Fairmount   Colliery Shaft 2 Pittston Twp. Luzerne H. W. Harris & Co. 16,500 0 17,700     Coal shipped by J. Rice before selling out to H. W. Harris & Co. 1887 Fairmount   Colliery Shaft 2 Pittston Twp. Luzerne J. Rice 7,396 0 7,877 50 178   1888 Fairmount   Colliery Shaft 2 Pittston Twp. Luzerne H. W. Harris & Co. 28,000 0 38,208 151 186   1889 Fairmount   Colliery Shaft 2 Pittston Twp. Luzerne O'Neil Brothers 17,020 0 17,820 92 106   1890 Fairmount   Colliery Shaft 2 Pittston Twp. Luzerne Abbott Coal Co. 8,145 0 8,635 82 64   1891 Fairmount   Colliery Shaft 3 Pittston Twp. Luzerne Abbott Coal Co. 3,500 0 3,936 97 51   1892 Fairmount   Colliery Shaft 3 Pittston Twp. Luzerne Abbott Coal Co. 6,000 0 7,000 214 42   1893 Fairmount   Colliery Shaft 3 Pittston Twp. Luzerne Abbott Coal Co. 8,000 0 10,000 217 34   1894 Fairmount   Colliery Shaft 3 Pittston Twp. Luzerne Abbott Coal Co. 9,544 0 9,544 223 60