Pine Ridge

Pine Ridge
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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
1870	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft	Middle	near Laurel Run	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Coal & Canal Company	0		0	0		20
1871	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft	Middle	near Laurel Run	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	0		0	0		102
1872	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft¹	Middle	near Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Coal Co.	0		0	0
1875	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft	Middle	Miners Mills	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	0		0	104,000		175
1876	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft	Middle	Miners Mills	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	0		0	120,432	198	198
1878	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft¹	Middle	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	105,606		0	114,066	127	391
1879	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft	Middle	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	88,602		0	93,918	164	228
1880	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft	Middle	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	0		0	100,586	193	261
1881	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft	Middle	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	0		0	135,612	247	257
1882	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft	Middle	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	0		0	126,422	247	312
1883	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft	Middle	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	0		0	107,343	223	334
1884	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft	Middle	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	0	Lehigh & Susquehanna	0	119,224	197	360
1885	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft	2	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	134,707	Lehigh & Susquehanna	0	137,289	199	383
1886	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft	2	Miners Mills	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	146,013	Lehigh & Susquehanna	0	150,634	198	404
1887	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft	2	Miners Mills	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	198,590		0	202,016	250	468
1888	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft	2	Miners Mills	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	192,192		0	195,130	253	451
1889	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft	2	Miners Mills	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	168,634		0	172,662	236	475
1890	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft	2	Miners Mills	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	174,383		0	180,610	234	446
1891	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft	3	Miners Mills	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	153,257		0	158,756	209	450
1892	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft	3	Miners Mills	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	188,168		0	193,845	248	472
1893	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft	3	Miners Mills	Luzerne	Algonquin Coal Co.	5,160		0	5,247	13	352
1893	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft	3	Miners Mills	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	161,154		0	164,609	211
1894	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft	3	Miners Mills	Luzerne	Algonquin Coal Co.	183,187		0	186,034	266	476
1895	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft	3	Miners Mills	Luzerne	Algonquin Coal Co.	176,455		0	204,045	223	546
1896	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft	3	Miners Mills	Luzerne	Algonquin Coal Co.	114,584		0	119,088	142	489
1897	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft	3	Miners Mills	Luzerne	Algonquin Coal Co.	132,880		0	136,688	151	431
1898	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft	3	Miners Mills	Luzerne	Algonquin Coal Co.	118,610	WB&E	0	122,281	129	455
1899	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft	3	Miners Mills	Luzerne	Algonquin Coal Co.	194,107		0	217,451	199	559
1900	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft	3	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Algonquin Coal Co.	198,219	Erie	0	225,174	203	618
1901	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft	3	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Algonquin Coal Co.	242,803	Erie	0	275,590	247	674
1902	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft	3	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Algonquin Coal Co.	60,843	D&H	0	76,282	77
1902	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft	3	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	34,381	D&H	0	49,130	48	583
1903	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft	5	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	106,991	D&H	0	135,673	168	489
1904	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft	5	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	208,548	D&H	0	241,521	225	677
1905	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft	5	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	202,614	D&H	0	244,659	178	776
1906	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Slope	6	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	188,509	D&H	0	230,213	181	792
1907	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft / Laurel Run Slope	6	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	273,220	D&H	0	331,919	242	824
1908	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft / Laurel Run Slope	6	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	358,660	D&H	0	411,685	237	1043
1909	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft / Laurel Run Slope	6	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	310,396	D&H	0	355,487	183	996
1910	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft	6	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	386,883	D&H	0	442,742	232	978
1911	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft	6	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	399,778	D&H	0	467,538	244	1013
1912	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Pine Ridge Shaft / Laurel Run Slope	6	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	377,761	D&H	0	442,159	233	1048
1913	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Pine Ridge Shaft / Laurel Run Slope	6	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	383,147	D&H	0	463,310	256	1026
1914	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Pine Ridge Shaft / Laurel Run Slope	6	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	449,269	D&H	0	490,695	271	1207
1915	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Pine Ridge Shaft / Laurel Run Slope	6	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Co.	465,682	D&H	0	479,651	246	1232
1916	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Pine Ridge Shaft / Laurel Run Slope	10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Co. (Inside) Hudson Coal Co. (Outside)	320,431	D&H	0	322,161	241	986
1917	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Pine Ridge Shaft / Laurel Run Slope	10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Co.	296,174	D&H	0	329,823	309	1016
1917	Pine Ridge		Washery		10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Co.	81,210	D&H	0	90,427	324		Washery employees included in the colliery totals.
1918	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft	10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	387,125	D&H	0	435,766	348	1045
1918	Pine Ridge		Washery		10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	121,072	D&H	0	153,403
1919	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	765,319	D&H	0	819,445	311	1094
1919	Pine Ridge		Washery		10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	26,242	D&H	0	107,049			Data included with colliery.
1920	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	870,505	D&H	0	1,022,975	295	1548
1921	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	892,595	D&H	0	980,192	284	1184
1921	Pine Ridge		Washery		10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	739	D&H	0	45,806	284		Data included with colliery.
1922	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	422,297	D&H	0	476,409	139	1084
1922	Pine Ridge		Washery		10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	8,217	D&H	0	8,792	139		Data included with colliery.
1923	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	703,404	D&H	0	769,908	252	1021
1923	Pine Ridge		Washery		10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	80,839	D&H	0	94,032			Data included with colliery.
1924	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	939,864	D&H	0	1,022,928	286	1962
1925	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	667,846	D&H	0	729,229	198	2007
1926	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	835,387	D&H	0	914,975	257	2147
1927	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	501,685	D&H	0	585,063	161	2020
1928	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	471,696	D&H	0	534,885	164	1879
1929	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	813,651	D&H	0	918,474	233	2125
1930	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	836,884	D&H	0	950,796	228	2279
1931	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	895,056		0	1,027,320	196	2262
1932	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	405,566		0	505,981	188	1174
1933	Pine Ridge		Colliery		10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	223,166		0	283,108	181	604
1933	Pine Ridge		Stripping		10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	261,379		0	261,379	214	539
1934	Pine Ridge		Bank		10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	4,658		0	14,461
1934	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	220,715		0	311,580	182	589
1935	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	254,471		0	318,785	170	585
1936	Pine Ridge		Bank		10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	3,786		0	13,849
1936	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	320,863		0	368,792	192	591
1937	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	339,142		0	401,503	200	611
1938	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	246,338		0	294,411	171	571	Coal prepared at Laflin Breaker, 7th District.
1939	Manci		Mine		10		Luzerne	Manci Coal Co.	0	Truck¹	526	526	44	10	Part of Pine Ridge Colliery.
1939	Pine Ridge		Bank		10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	433		0	433	3	3
1939	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	304,877		0	371,051	216	549
1940	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	292,705		0	360,633	206	593
1940	Pine Ridge		Stripping		10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	10,522		0	10,522	103	25
1941	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	312,548		0	381,869	201	584
1941	Pine Ridge		Stripping		10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	56,216		0	56,216	272	17
1942	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	338,358		0	413,020	250	541
1942	Pine Ridge		Stripping		10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	0		0	11,579	60	8
1943	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	283,157		0	362,792	292	444
1943	Pine Ridge		Stripping		10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	66,849		0	66,849	301	26
1944	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	210,061		0	277,889	308	373
1944	Pine Ridge		Stripping		10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	16,099		0	16,099	126	18
1945	Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft¹	10	Miners Mills¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	178,371		0	247,815	282	359
1946	Pine Ridge		Breaker		10	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	239,082		0	302,870	292	405	Includes 35,664 tons bank coal.
1947	Pine Ridge		Breaker		10	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	248,003		0	324,312	291	446	Includes 20,358 tons stripping and 6,569 tons bank coal.
1948	Pine Ridge		Breaker		10	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	248,976		0	322,600	293	520	Includes 19,235 tons stripping and 6,439 tons bank coal.
1949	Pine Ridge		Breaker		10	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	185,723		0	236,377	214	534	Includes 18,296 tons stripping coal.
1950	Pine Ridge		Breaker		10	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	192,291		0	252,368	242	483	Includes 21,881 tons stripping and 2,158 tons bank coal.
1951	Pine Ridge		Breaker		10	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	171,291		0	230,252	235	450	Includes 20,750 tons stripping coal.
1952	Pine Ridge		Breaker		10	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	136,388		0	241,498	225	464
1953	Pine Ridge		Mine	Shaft / Slope	10	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	79,379		0	124,687	158	435
1953	Pine Ridge		Stripping		10	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	0		0	8,653	0	0
1953	Pine Ridge		Bank		10	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	0		0	2,280	0	0
1954	Pine Ridge		Breaker		10	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	0	Truck¹	6,420	6,420	231	36
1954	Pine Ridge		Stripping		10	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	26,036		4,719	31,786	217	8
1955	Pine Ridge		Stripping		10	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Dewees Coal Co.	12,698		0	12,698	126	9
1955	Pine Ridge		Mine		10	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	0		0	0	232	21
1956	Pine Ridge		Stripping		10	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	27,910		0	42,939	138	0	Coal prepared at Marvine Breaker.
1956	Pine Ridge		Bank		10	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	43		0	691	7	0	Coal prepared at Marvine Breaker.
1957	Pine Ridge		Stripping		10	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	3,033		0	4,500	75	7	Coal prepared at Marvine, Loree and Powderly breakers.
1957	Pine Ridge		Bank		10	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	24,094		0	24,094	95	3	Coal prepared at Marvine, Loree and Powderly breakers.
1958	Pine Ridge		Bank		10	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	9,271		0	20,550	80	3	Coal prepared at Marvine and Loree breakers.
1959	Pine Ridge		Bank		10	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Hudson Coal Co.	9,409		4,379	13,788	180	4	Coal prepared at Marvine Breaker.
1963	Pine Ridge		Stripping		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Hudson Realty Co., Inc.	27,115		5,004	44,204	196	18	Coal prepared at Huber, Loree and Marvine breakers.
1964	Pine Ridge		Stripping		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	2,067		2,266	30,669	237	17	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
1965	Pine Ridge	30-7R2	Stripping		1	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	2,430		375	4,368	194	2	Coal prepared at Loree Breaker.
1965	Pine Ridge		Bank		10	Wilkes-Barre¹	Wayne	McKeen Fuel Corp.	2,498		21,456	24,808	105	9	Coal prepared at Loree Breaker. 20,790 tons shipped unprepared to PP&L.
1966	Pine Ridge		Bank		13	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	12,826		2,252	24,350	45	3	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
1966	Pine Ridge		Bank		13	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	McKeen Fuel Corp.	0	Truck¹	876	876	11	5	Taken over by Blue Coal Corp. in October 1966. Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
1967	Pine Ridge		Bank		13	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	14,143		6,109	20,701	32	3	Coal prepared at Loree Breaker.
1967	Pine Ridge		Bank		13	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lear Coal Co.	0	Truck¹	39,400	39,400	137	0	Abandoned in 1967. Same men as listed under Blue Coal Corp. Ownership transferred in April 1967. All coal shipped unprepared to PP&L.
1968	Pine Ridge		Bank		5	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lear Coal Co.	3,234		15,427	18,661	141	4	Direct sales and coal prepared at Avoca Cleaning Plant.

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