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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
1872	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Scranton	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0	DL&W¹	0	129,952		255
1873	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Scranton	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0	DL&W¹	0	121,034		255
1874	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Scranton	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0	DL&W¹	0	30,599		259
1875	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Scranton	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0	DL&W¹	0	0		273
1877	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Scranton	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0	DL&W¹	0	0		11
1878	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Scranton	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0	DL&W¹	0	0			Idle throughout 1878.
1879	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0	DL&W¹	0	0
1880	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0	DL&W¹	0	0
1881	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0	DL&W¹	0	0		20
1882	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0	DL&W¹	0	0		44
1883	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0	DL&W¹	0	12,923		139
1884	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0	Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)	0	68,104	177	271
1885	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	1	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	15,134	Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)	0	19,510	32	271
1886	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	1	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	120,006	Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)	0	127,240	183	326
1887	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	1	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	122,140	DL&W¹	0	124,182	171	378
1888	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	1	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	149,645	DL&W¹	0	159,230	215	402
1889	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	1	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	107,228	DL&W¹	0	124,076	146	409
1890	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	1	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	134,993	DL&W¹	0	151,403	186	405
1891	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	2	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	129,929	DL&W¹	0	152,946	188	403
1892	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	2	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	113,361	DL&W¹	0	136,629	154	411
1893	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	2	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	134,141	DL&W¹	0	161,067	187	415
1894	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	2	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	131,874	DL&W¹	0	159,930	179	398
1895	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	2	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	150,412	DL&W¹	0	191,861	189	412
1896	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	2	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	148,199	DL&W¹	0	206,444	180	416
1897	Oxford	Washery		2	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	142,580	DL&W¹	0	211,431	185	407
1898	Oxford	Washery		2	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	24,962	DL&W	0	38,340	30	470
1899	Oxford	Washery		2	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	18,667	DL&W	0	37,523	233	44
1900	Oxford	Washery		2	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	39,690	DL&W	0	47,487	196	29
1900	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	2	Scranton	Lackawanna	People's Coal Co.	2,910	DL&W	0	4,150	13	200
1901	Oxford	Washery		2	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	45,757	DL&W	0	45,757	207	27
1901	Oxford	Colliery		2	Scranton	Lackawanna	People's Coal Co.	115,143	DL&W	0	152,543	158	345
1902	Oxford	Washery		2	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	61,516	DL&W	0	61,516	195	27
1902	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	2	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	People's Coal Co.	107,403	DL&W	0	179,833	234	368
1903	Oxford	Washery		3	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	14,579	DL&W	0	14,628	50	37
1903	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	3	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	People's Coal Co.	241,560	DL&W	0	330,817	286	469
1904	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	3	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	People's Coal Co.	259,353	DL&W	0	385,951	300	542
1905	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	3	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	People's Coal Co.	197,086	DL&W	0	324,661	275	412
1906	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	4	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	People's Coal Co.	132,965	DL&W	0	250,631	240	387
1907	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	4	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	People's Coal Co.	109,993	DL&W	0	217,956	229	392
1908	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	4	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	People's Coal Co.	93,165	DL&W	0	196,837	218	416
1909	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	4	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	People's Coal Co.	69,781	DL&W	0	171,898	182	324
1910	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	4	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	People's Coal Co.	32,279	DL&W	0	112,258	154	284
1911	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	4	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	People's Coal Co.	42,055	DL&W	0	122,398	185	272
1912	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	4	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	People's Coal Co.	77,418	DL&W	0	167,938	220	304
1913	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	4	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	People's Coal Co.	62,560	DL&W	0	138,607	217	423
1914	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	4	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	People's Coal Co.	116,441	DL&W	0	179,201	218	435
1915	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	4	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	People's Coal Co.	132,691	DL&W	0	227,105	240	425
1916	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft	4	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	People's Coal Co.	115,044	DL&W	0	194,130	250	487
1917	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft / Slope	4	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	People's Coal Co.	152,297	DL&W	0	206,047	258	440
1918	Oxford	Colliery	Shaft / Slope	4	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	People's Coal Co.	121,624	DL&W	0	162,156	300	357
1919	Oxford	Colliery		4	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	People's Coal Co.	88,060	DL&W	0	127,714	282	307
1920	Oxford	Colliery		4	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	People's Coal Co.	0		0	0			Operations suspended March 1920.
1920	Oxford	Washery		4	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	Staples & Bell Inc., and Dexter & Carpenter Inc.	11,842	DL&W	0	18,723	93	60
1921	Oxford	Washery		4	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	Staples & Bell Inc., and Dexter & Carpenter Inc.	1,456	DL&W	0	2,812	37	50
1923	Oxford	Washery		4	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	Walter M. Stevens Coal Co.	2,235	DL&W	0	2,358	34	25
1924	Oxford	Washery		4	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	Walter M. Stevens Coal Co.	920	DL&W	0	1,507	45	18
1938	Oxford	Mine	Slope	7		Luzerne	Exeter Coal Co.	0	Truck¹	13,014	13,014	246	20	Coal prepared at William A. Breaker.

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