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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
1875	Prospect		Colliery	Shaft	Middle	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	0		0	22,000		83
1876	Prospect		Colliery	Shaft	Middle	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	0		0	26,000	92	92
1878	Prospect		Colliery	Shaft¹	Middle	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	135,000		0	135,000	150	456
1879	Prospect		Colliery	Shaft¹	Middle	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	225,000		0	0	240	539	Total production not reported.
1880	Prospect		Colliery	Shafts (2)	Middle	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	0		0	210,000	185	490
1881	Prospect		Colliery	Shaft	Middle	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	0		0	224,227	231	504
1882	Prospect		Colliery	Shaft	Middle	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	0		0	223,633	229	480
1883	Prospect		Colliery	Shaft	Middle	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	0		0	233,216	226	508
1884	Prospect		Colliery	Shaft¹	Middle	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	0	LV	0	206,791	189	512
1885	Prospect		Colliery	Shaft	2	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	303,222	LV	0	303,388	205	620
1886	Prospect		Colliery	Shafts (2)	2	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	304,286	LV	0	304,480	217	668
1887	Prospect		Colliery	Shafts (2)	2	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	317,706	LV¹	0	317,853	223	635
1888	Prospect		Colliery	Prospect Shaft / Oakwood Shaft / Midvale Slope	2	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	289,504	LV¹	0	289,639	223	672
1889	Prospect		Colliery	Prospect Shaft / Oakwood Shaft / Midvale Slope	2	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	246,374	LV¹	0	246,446	177	621
1890	Prospect		Colliery	Shafts (2) / Slope	2	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	258,698	LV¹	0	258,730	195	616
1891	Prospect		Colliery	Shafts (2) / Slope	3	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	219,541	LV¹	0	219,584	203	640
1892	Prospect		Colliery	Shafts (2) / Slope	3	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	222,772	LV¹	0	222,772	196	534
1893	Prospect		Colliery	Prospect Shaft / Oakwood Shaft / Midvale Slope	3	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	182,098	LV¹	0	182,104	177	575
1894	Prospect		Colliery	Prospect Shaft / Oakwood Shaft / Midvale Slope	3	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	197,775	LV¹	0	197,778	163	725
1895	Prospect		Colliery	Prospect Shaft / Oakwood Shaft / Midvale Slope	3	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	230,918	LV¹	0	249,184	193	750
1896	Prospect		Colliery	Prospect Shaft / Oakwood Shaft / Midvale Slope	3	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	195,112	LV¹	0	196,160	171	741
1897	Prospect		Colliery	Prospect Shaft / Oakwood Shaft / Midvale Slope	3	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	184,622	LV¹	0	184,769	134	717
1898	Prospect		Colliery	Prospect Shaft / Oakwood Shaft / Midvale Shaft	3	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	167,218	LV	0	167,891	140	573
1899	Prospect		Colliery	Prospect Shaft / Oakwood Shaft	3	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	226,861	LV	0	255,188	140	782
1900	Prospect		Colliery	Prospect Shaft / Oakwood Shaft / Midvale Slope / Wyoming Hillman Slope / Wyoming Shaft	3	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	242,619	LV	0	272,668	147	816
1901	Prospect		Colliery	Prospect Shaft / Oakwood Shaft / Midvale Slope / Hillman Slope / Wyoming Shaft	3	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	355,660	LV	0	383,739	210	907
1902	Prospect		Colliery	Prospect Shaft / Oakwood Shaft / Midvale Slope / Hillman Slope / Wyoming Shaft	3	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	239,626	LV	0	264,733	140	928
1903	Prospect		Colliery	Prospect Shaft / Oakwood Shaft / Midvale Slope / Hillman Slope / Wyoming Shaft	5	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	406,324	LV	0	436,129	235	920
1904	Prospect		Colliery	Prospect Shaft / Oakwood Shaft / Midvale Slope / Hillman Slope / Wyoming Shaft / Henry Shaft / Henry Red Ash Vein Shaft	5	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	740,870	LV	0	803,412	257	1872
1905	Prospect		Colliery	Prospect Shaft / Oakwood Shaft / Midvale Slope / Hillman Slope / Wyoming Shaft / Henry Shaft / Henry Red Ash Vein Shaft	5	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	826,953	LV	0	900,296	252	1858
1906	Prospect		Colliery	Prospect Shaft / Oakwood Shaft / Midvale Slope / Hillman Slope / Wyoming Shaft / Henry Shaft / Henry Red Ash Vein Shaft	7	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	658,623	LV	0	703,010	219	1663
1907	Prospect		Colliery	Oakwood Shaft / Midvale Slope / Hillman Slope / Wyoming Shaft / Henry Red Ash Vein Shaft / Henry Shaft / Henry Five Foot Vein Shaft	7	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	777,315	LV	0	827,422	258	1642
1907	Prospect		Washery		7	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	29,136	LV	0	29,136		12
1908	Prospect		Colliery	Prospect Shaft / Oakwood Shaft / Midvale Slope / Henry Baltimore Vein Shaft / Henry Five Foot Vein Shaft / Henry Red Ash Vein Shaft / Wyoming Shaft / Wyoming Slope / Henry Hillman Slope	7	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	636,106	LV	0	695,485	211	1740
1908	Prospect		Washery		7	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	113,914	LV	0	113,914		12
1909	Prospect		Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft / Oakwood Shaft / Midvale Slope / Henry No. 1 Shaft / Henry No. 2 Shaft / Wyoming Shaft / Henry Red Ash Shaft / Wyoming Slope / Hillman Slope	7	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	697,063	LV	0	769,534	225	1699
1909	Prospect		Washery		7	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	72,823	LV	0	72,823	293	12
1910	Prospect		Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft / Oakwood Shaft / Midvale Slope / Henry Shaft / Five Foot Shaft / Wyoming Shaft / Henry Red Ash Shaft / Hillman Slope	7	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	787,934	LV	0	876,875	247	1648
1910	Prospect		Washery		7	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	32,052	LV	0	32,052	222	12
1911	Prospect		Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft / Oakwood Shaft / Midvale Slope / Henry Shaft / Five Foot Slope / Wyoming Shaft / Red Ash Slope / Hillman Slope / Wyoming Slope / Warrior Run Slope / No. 4 Hillman Slope	7	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	962,133	LV	0	1,093,667	262	1854
1912	Prospect		Colliery	Prospect No. 1 Shaft / Prospect No. 2 Shaft / Oakwood Shaft / Midvale Slope / Henry Shaft / Five Foot Shaft / Baltimore Shaft / Red Ash Shaft / Hillman Slope / Wyoming Five Foot Slope / Hillman Slope	7	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	928,668	LV	0	1,029,187	227	1862
1913	Prospect		Colliery	Prospect Shaft / Oakwood Shaft / Midvale Slope	7	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	386,333	LV	0	442,305	247	841
1914	Prospect		Colliery	Prospect Shaft / Oakwood Shaft / Midvale Slope	7	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	412,387	LV	0	471,849	232	893
1915	Prospect		Colliery	Prospect Shaft / Oakwood Shaft / Midvale Slope	7	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	344,138	LV	0	402,513	207	866
1916	Prospect		Colliery	Prospect Shaft / Oakwood Shaft	11	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	236,558	LV	0	278,487	241	653
1917	Prospect		Colliery	Shafts (2) / Slope	11	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	349,837	LV	0	392,106	288	704
1918	Prospect		Colliery	Hillman Slope / Abbott Slope / Oakwood Shaft / Prospect Shaft	11	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	371,793	LV	0	414,391	297	757
1919	Prospect		Colliery	Shaft¹	11	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	330,588	LV	0	374,653	271	704
1920	Prospect		Colliery	Shaft¹	11	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	314,735	LV	0	368,312	268	688
1921	Prospect		Colliery	Shaft¹	11	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	292,327	LV	0	362,281	234	755
1922	Prospect		Colliery	Shaft¹	11	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	158,347	LV	0	221,574	155	793
1923	Prospect		Colliery	Shaft¹	11	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	264,551	LV	0	327,427	263	779
1924	Prospect		Colliery	Shaft¹	11	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	265,099	LV	0	348,470	266	742
1925	Prospect		Colliery	Shaft¹	11	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	204,795	LV	0	283,826	191	802
1926	Prospect		Colliery	Shaft¹	11	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	282,438	LV	0	374,804	245	808
1927	Prospect		Colliery	Shaft¹	9	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	202,466	LV	0	280,428	192	789
1928	Prospect		Colliery	Shaft¹	9	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	200,601	LV	0	247,058	196	822
1929	Prospect		Colliery	Shaft¹	9	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	269,337	LV	0	309,626	217	847
1930	Prospect		Colliery	Shaft¹	9	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	209,540	LV	0	240,450	167	899
1931	Prospect		Colliery	Shaft¹	9	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	284,780		0	318,020	166	936
1932	Prospect		Colliery	Shaft¹	9	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	198,189		0	224,785	121	840
1933	Prospect		Colliery	Shaft¹	9	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	294,988		0	339,785	170	832
1934	Prospect		Colliery	Shaft¹	9	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	316,149		1,872	349,284	186	899
1935	Prospect		Colliery	Shaft¹	9	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	305,023		8,943	340,615	191	832
1936	Prospect		Colliery	Shaft¹	9	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	327,728		21,816	399,886	212	862
1937	Prospect		Colliery	Shaft¹	9	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	336,095		28,890	406,980	216	858
1938	Prospect		Colliery	Shaft¹	9	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	291,500		30,810	365,292	179	922
1939	Prospect		Colliery	Shaft¹	9	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	423,553		31,387	500,880	212	1054
1940	Prospect		Colliery	Shaft¹	9	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	409,654		42,592	498,919	190	1136
1941	Prospect		Colliery	Shaft¹	9	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	459,555		51,262	563,054	210	1106
1942	Prospect		Bank		9	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	24,377		1,284	25,681	81	9
1942	Prospect		Colliery	Shaft¹	9	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	504,725		45,872	610,405	245	1030
1943	Prospect		Colliery	Shaft¹	9	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	512,712		42,359	614,533	278	920
1944	Prospect		Colliery	Shaft¹	9	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	437,359		29,102	518,564	309	813
1945	Prospect		Colliery	Shaft¹	9	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	327,299		23,422	408,359	274	769
1946	Prospect		Breaker		9	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	352,448		28,438	436,437	272	876
1947	Prospect		Breaker		9	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	355,757		35,629	450,328	269	906	Includes 5,787 tons bank coal.
1948	Prospect		Breaker		9	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	378,964		30,573	473,393	266	911
1949	Prospect		Breaker		9	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	228,235		32,184	306,736	184	917
1950	Prospect		Breaker		9	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	244,932		39,804	328,539	200	865
1951	Prospect		Breaker		9	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	44,170		0	44,170			Prospect mine discontinued operation in June, breaker remains in operation.
1952	Prospect		Breaker		9	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	0		0	0	128	187	Preparation only.
1953	Prospect		Breaker	Shaft / Slope	9	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	0		0	0	7	136	Preparation only.
1954	Prospect		Stripping		9	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	40,909		23,230	74,366	109	40	Coal prepared at Dorrance Breaker.
1955	Prospect		Bank		10	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Capone Coal Co.	0	Truck¹	28,119	28,119	55	11
1955	Prospect		Stripping		10	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Kaminski Coal Co.	20,177		6,836	30,129	125	18
1956	Prospect		Bank		10	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Capone Coal Co.	0	Truck¹	47,828	47,828	199	0	Shipped to United Gas Improvement Co. Hunlock Plant and used as received.
1956	Prospect		Stripping		10	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	23,834		14,389	44,063	289	14	Coal prepared at Dorrance Breaker.
1957	Prospect		Stripping		10	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Capone Coal Co.	8,368		6,234	17,892	279	6	50,245 tons prepared at Dorrance Breaker. 4,790 tons shipped to United Gas Improvement Co. Hunlock Plant and used as received.
1957	Prospect		Colliery		10	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	0		0	0	198	2	Maintenance work only.
1957	Prospect		Stripping		10	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	10,736		7,999	22,892	254	11	Coal prepared at Dorrance and Harry E. breakers.
1958	Prospect		Stripping		10	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Capone Coal Co.	4,568		0	13,688	286	10	57,999 tons prepared at Dorrance Breaker. 3,515 tons shipped to PP&L.
1958	Prospect		Bank		10	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Capone Coal Co.	0		0	3,515	20	2	57,999 tons prepared at Dorrance Breaker. 3,515 tons shipped to PP&L.
1958	Prospect		Colliery		10	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	0		0	0	365	2	Maintenance work only.
1958	Prospect		Stripping		10	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	7,157		9,934	21,447	179	14	Coal prepared at Dorrance and Harry E. breakers.
1959	Prospect		Stripping		11		Luzerne	Capone Coal Co.	15,555		25,927	51,853	245	19	Coal prepared at Dorrance and William A. breakers.
1959	Prospect		Bank		11		Luzerne	Capone Coal Co.	4,141		6,901	13,803	108	1	Coal prepared at William A. Breaker.
1960	Prospect		Stripping		11	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Capone Coal Co.	10,180		8,473	39,213	257	19	Coal prepared at Morgan, Dorrance and William A. breakers.
1960	Prospect		Bank		11	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Capone Coal Co.	393		263	936	15	1	Coal prepared at William A. and Morgan breakers.
1961	Prospect		Stripping		11	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Capone Coal Co.	14,102		5,600	59,037	299	24	Coal prepared at Morgan and Dorrance breakers.
1962	Prospect		Stripping		11	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Capone Coal Co.	8,116		3,850	31,482	104	10	Coal prepared at Morgan and Loomis breakers.
1965	Prospect	9-2R	Stripping		1	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Capone Coal Co.	2,737		3,770	8,822	159	11	Coal prepared at Pompey and Bel Air breakers.
1965	Prospect	9-1A2	Stripping		1	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Capone Coal Co.	1,587		991	3,306	39	11	Coal prepared at Pompey Breaker.
1965	Prospect	9-1R	Stripping		1	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Capone Coal Co.	2,027		6,038	11,412	23	7	Coal prepared at Pompey and Bel Air breakers.
1966	Prospect	9-1A3	Stripping		1	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Capone Coal Co.	2,830		267	5,339	35	9	Coal prepared at Pompey Breaker.
1966	Prospect		Cleaning Plant		13	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	50	7
1966	Prospect		Bank		13	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	1,628		0	6,286	50	4	Coal prepared at Harry E. Breaker.
1967	Prospect		Cleaning Plant		13	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	125	6
1967	Prospect		Bank		13	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	6,498		6,836	23,954	130	4
1968	Prospect		Bank		5	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	11,458		10,287	27,776	225	3	Coal prepared at Jeddo No. 7 and Harry E. breakers.
1968	Prospect		Cleaning Plant		5	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	225	5
1969	Prospect		Bank		5	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	18,430		16,403	41,181	242	3	Coal prepared at Jeddo No. 7 and Harry E. breakers.
1969	Prospect		Cleaning Plant		5	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	242	6
1970	Prospect		Bank		5	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	7,111		17,067	32,059	195	3	Coal prepared at Jeddo No. 7 and Harry E. breakers.
1970	Prospect		Cleaning Plant		5	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	195	8

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