Pure

Pure
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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	Pure		Colliery		6		Lackawanna	Pure Coal Co.	0		0	0	7	7
1934	Pure	No. 1	Colliery	Slope	6		Lackawanna	Pure Coal Co.	0	Truck¹	1,318	1,318	112	11
1935	Pure		Colliery		6		Lackawanna	Pure Coal Co.	0		0	0	16	7
1936	Pure		Colliery		6		Lackawanna	Pure Coal Co.	0		0	0	13	7
1937	Pure		Colliery		6		Lackawanna	Pure Coal Co.	0		0	0	4	1
1939	Pioneer		Mine		2		Lackawanna	Pioneer Coal Co.	1,160		300	1,460	96	10
1940	Pure		Mine		2		Lackawanna	Pure Coal Co.	4,672		825	5,497	118	18	Coal prepared at Pompey Breaker, 1st District.
1941	Pure		Mine		2		Lackawanna	Pure Coal Co.	2,132		468	2,600	230	12
1942	Pure		Mine		2		Lackawanna	Pure Coal Co.	3,965		991	4,956	252	11
1943	Pure		Mine		2		Lackawanna	Pure Coal Co.	2,666		986	3,652	252	8
1944	Pure		Mine		2		Lackawanna	Pure Coal Co.	281		71	352	95	6
1952	Pioneer		Mine		1	Carbondale²	Lackawanna	Pioneer Excavating Co.	23,958		0	23,958	310	9	Coal prepared at Powderly Breaker.
1953	Pioneer		Stripping		1	Carbondale²	Lackawanna	Pioneer Excavating Co.	51,363		0	51,363	249	18
1954	Pioneer		Mine		1	Carbondale²	Lackawanna	Pioneer City Excavating Co.	41,379		0	41,379	291	23	Coal prepared at Powderly Breaker.
1955	Pioneer		Mine		1	Carbondale²	Lackawanna	Pioneer City Excavating Co.	37,197		0	37,197	224	10
1956	Pioneer		Stripping		1		Lackawanna	Pioneer Excavating Co.	2,360		0	2,360	23	9	Coal prepared at Powderly Breaker.
1958	Pioneer		Stripping		2		Lackawanna	Pioneer Excavating Co.	876		2,266	6,222	238	5	Coal prepared at Bolands, Raymond and Waddell breakers.

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

Note 2: From a list of Anthracite Operators. This may not be the operation location.