Truesdale

Truesdale
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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
1905	Truesdale		Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft / Mills Slope	7	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	14,549	DL&W	0	15,657	22	416	Started to prepare coal in November.
1906	Truesdale		Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft / Trusedale Slope / Truesdale Tunnel	10	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	259,934	DL&W	0	273,439	231	615
1907	Truesdale		Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft / Mills Slope / Truesdale Tunnel	10	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	285,693	DL&W	0	299,226	212	663
1908	Truesdale		Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft / Mills Slope / Truesdale Tunnel / No. 5 Slope / No. 6 Slope	10	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	338,252	DL&W	0	357,611	253	711
1909	Truesdale		Colliery	No. 5 Slope / Mills Slope / No. 6 Slope / Truesdale Tunnel / No. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft	10	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	484,178	DL&W	0	505,013	238	1074
1910	Truesdale		Colliery	No. 5 Slope / Mills Slope / No. 6 Slope / Truesdale Tunnel / No. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft	10	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	661,605	DL&W	0	686,219	266	1294
1911	Truesdale		Colliery	No. 5 Slope / Mills Slope / No. 6 Slope / Truesdale Tunnel / No. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft	10	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	742,370	DL&W	0	768,607	243	1375
1912	Truesdale		Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft / No. 5 Slope / Mills Slope / No. 6 Slope / Truesdale Tunnel / No. 20 Tunnel	10	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	807,711	DL&W	0	885,263	249	1816
1913	Truesdale		Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft / No. 5 Slope / No. 1 Mills Slope / No. 6 Slope / Truesdale Tunnel / No. 20 Tunnel	10	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	1,089,092	DL&W	0	1,121,323	234	1739
1914	Truesdale		Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft / No. 1 Slope / No. 5 Slope / No. 6 Slope / Truesdale Tunnel / No. 20 Tunnel	10	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	1,151,985	DL&W	0	1,186,850	270	1992
1915	Truesdale		Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft / No. 1 Slope / No. 5 Slope / No. 6 Slope / Truesdale Tunnel / No. 20 Tunnel	10	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	1,130,800	PRR	0	1,169,248	240	2125
1916	Truesdale		Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft / No. 1 Slope / No. 5 Slope / No. 6 Slope / No. 1 Drift / No. 20 Drift	13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	1,120,723	DL&W	0	1,154,974	273	1662
1917	Truesdale		Colliery	No. 6 Slope / No. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft / No. 1 Slope / No. 6 Slope / No. 20 Slope / No. 12 Slope / No. 1 Tunnel	13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	1,214,822	DL&W	0	1,252,929	297	1408
1918	Truesdale		Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft / No. 1 Slope / No. 5 Slope / No. 6 Slope / No. 12 Slope / No. 1 Tunnel / No. 20 Tunnel	13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	1,182,956	DL&W	0	1,262,211	303	1409
1919	Truesdale		Colliery		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	1,129,075	DL&W	0	1,226,564	277	1667
1920	Truesdale		Colliery		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	1,219,617	DL&W	0	1,330,599	289	1848
1921	Truesdale		Colliery		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	1,397,805	DL&W	0	1,533,152	287	2122
1922	Truesdale		Colliery		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	742,642	DL&W	0	795,320	154	1979
1923	Truesdale		Colliery		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	1,262,816	DL&W	0	1,355,923	281	1909
1924	Truesdale		Colliery		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	1,415,028	DL&W	0	1,512,145	293	2108
1925	Truesdale		Colliery		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	972,808	DL&W	0	1,042,000	200	2562
1926	Truesdale		Colliery		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	1,345,447	DL&W	0	1,430,491	256	2093
1927	Truesdale		Colliery		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	1,350,507	DL&W	0	1,416,148	258	2678
1928	Truesdale		Colliery		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	1,289,663	DL&W	0	1,345,798	260	2610
1929	Truesdale		Colliery		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	1,250,196	DL&W	0	1,303,504	272	2580
1930	Truesdale		Colliery		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	1,059,731	DL&W	0	1,149,072	230	2491
1931	Truesdale		Colliery		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	1,154,586	DL&W¹	0	1,257,576	202	2334
1932	Truesdale		Colliery		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	956,052	DL&W¹	0	1,037,506	157	2126
1933	Truesdale		Colliery		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	946,167	DL&W¹	0	1,025,257	163	2146
1934	Truesdale		Colliery		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	841,748	DL&W¹	0	921,751	150	2249
1935	Truesdale		Colliery		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	752,329	DL&W¹	0	830,534	146	2028
1936	Truesdale		Colliery		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	754,244	DL&W¹	0	816,924	143	2057
1937	Truesdale		Colliery		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	750,326	DL&W¹	0	807,937	162	2034
1938	Truesdale		Colliery		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	668,414	DL&W¹	0	728,094	146	2168
1939	Truesdale		Colliery		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	848,353	DL&W¹	0	935,977	185	2128
1940	Truesdale		Colliery		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	718,338	DL&W¹	413	790,513	164	2044
1941	Truesdale		Colliery		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	690,366	DL&W¹	363	767,083	184	1908
1942	Truesdale		Colliery		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	748,286	DL&W¹	418	822,727	241	1634
1943	Truesdale		Colliery		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	663,596	DL&W¹	0	732,603	280	1434
1944	Truesdale		Colliery		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	701,603	DL&W¹	0	772,072	311	1326
1945	Truesdale		Colliery		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	573,999	DL&W¹	0	657,235	279	1204
1946	Truesdale		Stripping		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	A. E. Dick Contracting Co.	115,195		0	128,309	234	26	Coal prepared at Truesdale Breaker.
1946	Truesdale		Breaker		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	564,220		15	643,911	289	1317	Includes 54,311 tons of bank coal.
1947	Truesdale		Stripping		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	A. E. Dick Contracting Co.	104,259		0	112,417	298	29	Coal prepared at Truesdale Breaker.
1947	Truesdale		Breaker		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	588,737		18	651,843	295	1353	Includes 4,259 tons of bank coal.
1947	Truesdale		Breaker		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Kingston Excavating Co.	68,955		0	74,476	299	17	Coal prepared at Truesdale Breaker.
1948	Truesdale		Stripping		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	A. E. Dick Contracting Co.	58,703		0	63,437	238	28	Coal prepared at Truesdale Breaker.
1948	Truesdale		Breaker		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	569,619		0	667,942	294	1371
1948	Truesdale		Stripping		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Kingston Excavating Co.	78,998		0	85,164	294	32	Coal prepared at Truesdale Breaker.
1949	Truesdale		Stripping		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	A. E. Dick Contracting Co.	29,173		0	30,708	145	26	Coal prepared at Truesdale Breaker.
1949	Truesdale		Breaker		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	398,035		49	468,408	209	1403
1949	Truesdale		Stripping		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Kingston Excavating Co.	86,492		0	90,229	274	35	Coal prepared at Truesdale Breaker.
1950	Truesdale		Breaker		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	461,583		0	527,634	224	1360
1951	Truesdale		Breaker		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	370,294		27	412,996	199	1274
1951	Truesdale		Stripping		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Kingston Excavating Co.	65,135		0	66,979	273	26	Coal prepared at Truesdale Breaker.
1952	Truesdale		Breaker		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	393,049		0	434,991	227	1183
1952	Truesdale		Stripping		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Kingston Excavating Co.	17,137		0	18,435	282	12	Coal prepared at Truesdale Breaker.
1953	Truesdale		Breaker	Shaft / Slope	13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	114,625		15	122,446	76	833
1953	Truesdale		Stripping		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	4,262		0	4,419	23	12
1954	Truesdale		Breaker		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	0		0	0	0	18	Colliery idle entire year.
1955	Truesdale		Colliery		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	0		0	0	0	11	Colliery idle all year.
1956	Truesdale		Stripping		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Biscontini & Sons	3,889		0	3,889	117	17	Coal prepared at Loomis Breaker.
1956	Truesdale		Colliery		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	1,300		262	1,680	19	65	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
1957	Truesdale		Colliery		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	96,796		31,820	139,515	220	129	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
1957	Truesdale		Stripping		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	20,095		4,147	27,196	200	24	Coal prepared at Loomis Breaker.
1958	Truesdale		Colliery		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	106,919		35,294	169,134	237	142	Coal prepared at Huber and Woodward breakers.
1958	Truesdale		Stripping		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	4,125		1,352	6,555	67	15	Coal prepared at Huber and Loomis breakers.
1959	Truesdale		Colliery		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	105,333		40,163	164,937	238	151	Coal prepared at Huber and Woodward breakers.
1959	Truesdale		Stripping		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	9,889		1,825	14,042	97	24	Coal prepared at Huber and Loomis breakers.
1960	Truesdale		Colliery		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	82,204		37,636	159,158	218	170	Coal prepared at Huber, Woodward, Pompey and Loree breakers.
1960	Truesdale		Stripping		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	689		157	1,030	4	3	Coal prepared at Woodward Breaker.
1961	Truesdale		Colliery		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	150,908		31,798	265,052	246	294	Coal prepared at Huber, Woodward, Marvine and Loree breakers.
1961	Truesdale		Stripping		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	22,885	Truck¹	6,284	45,524	110	12	Coal prepared at Huber, Woodward, Marvine, Pompey and Loree breakers.
1962	Truesdale		Colliery		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	176,753		54,746	344,865	240	200	Coal prepared at Huber, Loree, Marvine and Pompey breakers.
1962	Truesdale		Stripping		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	46,677		13,107	91,329	225	16	Coal prepared at Loree, Marvine and Pompey breakers.
1963	Truesdale		Colliery		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	64,210		18,764	115,482	233	113	Coal prepared at Huber, Loree and Marvine breakers.
1963	Truesdale		Stripping		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	101,249		21,905	162,125	255	32	Coal prepared at Huber, Loree and Marvine breakers.
1964	Truesdale	Middle Road	Stripping		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	5,008		529	7,434	248	4	Coal prepared at Loree Breaker.
1964	Truesdale	Yard	Stripping		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	35,503		10,672	59,031	241	27	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
1964	Truesdale	No. 20	Stripping	Tunnel	13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	1,273		159	1,910	85	3	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
1964	Truesdale	No. 213	Mine	Slope	13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	52,926		12,020	84,849	231	75	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
1964	Truesdale	No. 217	Mine	Slope	13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	29,163		3,219	43,492	239	56	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
1964	Truesdale	No. 218	Mine	Slope	13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	6,467		702	9,717	236	30	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
1965	Truesdale	30-4R2A2	Stripping		1	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	3,669		567	6,609	186	4	Coal prepared at Loree Breaker.
1965	Truesdale	30-12R2	Stripping		1	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	28,447		7,495	45,917	220	18	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
1965	Truesdale	No. 20 (30-26)	Stripping	Tunnel	1	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	48		8	88	194	2	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
1965	Truesdale	No. 217	Mine	Slope	11	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	18,488		541	19,832	49	62	Ceased operations in December 1965. Coal prepared at Loree and Huber breakers.
1965	Truesdale	No. 218	Mine	Slope	11	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	21,469		3,282	38,613	217	37	Coal prepared at Loree Breaker.
1965	Truesdale	No. 213	Mine	Slope	13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	31,459		8,252	51,572	158	61	Coal prepared at Huber, Loree, Taylor and Dorrance breakers.
1966	Truesdale	No. 20 (30-26RA)	Stripping	Tunnel	1	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	1,501		285	2,758	126	0	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
1966	Truesdale	No. 20 (30-33)	Stripping	Tunnel	1	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	1,371		354	2,537	82	2	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
1966	Truesdale	30-32	Stripping		1	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	3,391		1,165	6,395	49	0	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
1966	Truesdale	30-44A	Stripping		1	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	3,962		1,437	7,502	63	18	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
1966	Truesdale	30-12R2	Stripping		1	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	6,025		2,207	11,421	43	0	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
1966	Truesdale	30-43	Stripping		1	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	1,315		407	2,461	18	0	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
1966	Truesdale	30-4R2A2	Stripping		1	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	873		175	1,609	35	0	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
1966	Truesdale	No. 214 (30-38)	Stripping	Slope	1	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	2,921		1,075	5,536	71	11	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
1966	Truesdale	No. 213	Mine	Slope	11	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	43,966		11,699	82,669	206	81	Coal prepared at Huber, Loree, Taylor, Pompey and Dorrance breakers.
1966	Truesdale	No. 217	Mine	Slope	11	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	0		0	0	0	0	Sealed October 3, 1966. Idle during 1966.
1966	Truesdale	No. 218	Mine	Slope	11	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	21,074		4,557	38,823	203	37	Coal prepared at Loree and Huber breakers.
1967	Truesdale	No. 214 (30-38R)	Stripping	Slope	1	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	7,454		3,345	16,212	302	12	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
1967	Truesdale	30-44	Stripping		1	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	429		193	934	16	0	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
1967	Truesdale	30-43	Stripping		1	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	5,134		2,319	11,522	216	8	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
1967	Truesdale	No. 213	Mine	Slope	11	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	42,823		19,548	93,101	187	81	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
1967	Truesdale	No. 218	Mine	Slope	11	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	14,864		6,786	32,316	214	31	Ciarafoni Coal Co. subcontractor. Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
1968	Truesdale	No. 214 (30-38R2)	Stripping	Slope	1	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	1,932		1,109	4,984	75	0	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
1968	Truesdale	No. 214 (30-54A)	Stripping	Slope	1	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	6,235		3,581	16,087	193	9	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
1968	Truesdale	30-43A	Stripping		1	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	2,400		1,379	6,189	45	0	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
1968	Truesdale	No. 218	Mine	Slope	5	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	5,308		3,049	13,694	140	18	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
1969	Truesdale	No. 20	Stripping	Tunnel	1	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	404		182	957	54	3	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
1969	Truesdale	No. 214 (30-38)	Stripping	Slope	1	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	4,876		2,192	11,546	263	6	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
1969	Truesdale	30-57	Stripping		1	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	4,500		2,023	10,659	54	0	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
1969	Truesdale	30-58	Stripping		1	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	2,817		1,266	6,671	36	0	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
1969	Truesdale	30-61	Stripping		1	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	4,773		2,145	11,297	91	0	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
1969	Truesdale	30-64	Stripping		1	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	9,824		4,416	23,259	127	8	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
1970	Truesdale	No. 214 (30-38)	Stripping	Slope	1	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	5,535		3,001	16,110	294	7	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.

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