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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 1934 Packer   Colliery 10 Wilkes-Barre Luzerne Sterrick Creek Coal Co. 123,535 0 123,535 260 288 Coal prepared at West End Colliery, 14th District. 1935 Packer   Colliery 10 Wilkes-Barre Luzerne Sterrick Creek Coal Co. 174,180 0 174,180 229 267   1936 Packer   Colliery 10 Wilkes-Barre Luzerne Sterrick Creek Coal Co. 217,751 0 217,751 239 194   1937 Packer   Colliery 10 Wilkes-Barre Luzerne Sterrick Creek Coal Co. 311,555 0 311,555 248 203   1938 Packer   Colliery 10 Wilkes-Barre Luzerne Duryea Anthracite Co. 273,738 0 273,738 244 291 Formerly operated by Sterrick Creek Coal Co. 1939 Packer   Colliery 10 Wilkes-Barre Luzerne Duryea Anthracite Co. 237,025 0 237,025 214 283 Coal prepared at West End Colliery, 14th District. 1940 Packer   Mine 10 Wilkes-Barre Luzerne Duryea Anthracite Co. 249,240 0 249,240 252 235 Run of mine coal prepared at West End Colliery, 14th District. 1941 Packer   Colliery 10 Wilkes-Barre Luzerne Duryea Anthracite Co. 153,313 1,551 155,709 244 193   1942 Packer   Colliery 10 Wilkes-Barre Luzerne Duryea Anthracite Co. 100,469 18,684 124,756 272 181   1943 Packer   Colliery 10 Wilkes-Barre Luzerne Duryea Anthracite Co. 89,604 7,000 101,104 268 170   1944 Packer   Colliery 10 Wilkes-Barre Luzerne Duryea Anthracite Co. 39,991 48,343 94,095 295 190   1945 Packer   Colliery 10 Wilkes-Barre Luzerne Duryea Anthracite Co. 78,492 4,835 84,794 255 161   1946 Packer   Breaker 10 Wilkes-Barre Luzerne Duryea Anthracite Co. 65,399 3,514 70,298 260 153   1947 Packer   Breaker 10 Wilkes-Barre Luzerne Duryea Anthracite Co. 81,529 0 82,746 239 145 Includes 7,449 tons stripping coal. 1948 Packer   Breaker 10 Wilkes-Barre Luzerne Duryea Anthracite Co. 69,943 0 72,536 281 136 Includes 811 tons stripping coal. 1949 Packer   Breaker 10 Wilkes-Barre Luzerne Duryea Anthracite Co. 31,574 2,240 38,708 188 157   1950 Packer   Breaker 10 Wilkes-Barre Luzerne Duryea Anthracite Co. 34,760 0 38,966 193 159   1951 Packer   Breaker 10 Wilkes-Barre Luzerne Duryea Anthracite Co. 41,118 3,150 48,694 186 165   1952 Packer   Breaker 10 Wilkes-Barre Luzerne Duryea Anthracite Co. 35,790 17,734 58,217 211 155   1953 Packer   Breaker Slope 10 Wilkes-Barre Luzerne Duryea Anthracite Co. 33,978 10,867 56,352 193 192   1954 Packer   Breaker 10 Wilkes-Barre Luzerne Duryea Anthracite Co. 14,818 1,302 21,600 151 76   1955 Packer   Breaker 10 Wilkes-Barre Luzerne Duryea Anthracite Co. 18,737 193 21,027 233 34   1956 Packer   Breaker 10 Wilkes-Barre Luzerne Duryea Anthracite Co. 4,861 344 5,457 51 33 Destroyed by fire on Feb 2, 1956. Ceased operation March 15, 1956.