Franklin (Luzerne)

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Franklin (Luzerne)

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
1871	Franklin	Colliery		Middle	near Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Franklin Coal Co.	0		0	0
1872	Franklin	Colliery		Middle	near Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Franklin Coal Co.	0		0	0
1875	Franklin	Colliery	Slope / Tunnel	Middle	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Franklin Coal Co.	0		0	57,533		244
1876	Franklin	Colliery	Slope	Middle	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Franklin Coal Co.	0		0	94,633	127	127
1878	Franklin	Colliery		Middle	Ashley	Luzerne	Franklin Coal Co.	73,353		0	83,241	90	325
1879	Franklin	Colliery	Slope	Middle	Ashley	Luzerne	Franklin Coal Co.	138,486		0	151,190	179	424
1880	Franklin	Colliery	Slopes (2)	Middle	Ashley	Luzerne	Franklin Coal Co.	0		0	116,597	141	385
1881	Franklin	Colliery	Slope	Middle	Ashley	Luzerne	Franklin Coal Co.	0		0	145,229	208	445
1882	Franklin	Colliery	Slope	Middle	Ashley	Luzerne	Franklin Coal Co.	0		0	160,305	211	444
1883	Franklin	Colliery	Slope	Middle	Ashley	Luzerne	Franklin Coal Co.	0		0	148,085	242	465
1884	Franklin	Colliery	Shaft	Middle	Ashley	Luzerne	Franklin Coal Co.	0	LV	0	138,260	193	513
1885	Franklin	Colliery	Slopes	3	Ashley	Luzerne	Franklin Coal Co.	0	LV	0	139,274	177	450
1886	Franklin	Colliery	Slopes	3	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Franklin Coal Co.	115,292	LV	0	128,335	186	471
1887	Franklin	Colliery	Slopes	3	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Franklin Coal Co.	156,861	LV¹	0	169,336	244	505
1888	Franklin	Colliery	Slopes	3	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Franklin Coal Co.	143,080	LV¹	0	155,025	243	540
1889	Franklin	Colliery	Slopes	3	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	80,071	LV¹	0	100,603	190	426
1890	Franklin	Colliery	Slopes	3	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	64,561	LV¹	0	65,644	122	404
1891	Franklin	Colliery	Slopes	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	123,847	LV¹	0	126,754	194	428
1892	Franklin	Colliery		4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	110,070	LV¹	0	127,160	170	442
1893	Franklin	Colliery		4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	119,045	LV¹	0	135,782	165	510
1894	Franklin	Colliery		4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	114,859	LV¹	0	160,362	164	555
1895	Franklin	Colliery	Rock Slope / Old Slope	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	166,470	LV¹	0	182,033	183	650
1896	Franklin	Colliery	Rock Slope / Old Slope	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	138,496	LV¹	0	151,407	173	583
1897	Franklin	Colliery	Rock Slope / Old Slope	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	89,803	LV¹	0	99,384	85	675
1898	Franklin	Colliery	Rock Slope / Old Slope	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	94,463	LV	0	111,094	75	554
1899	Franklin	Colliery	Rock Slope / Old Slope¹	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	110,767	LV	0	125,268	104	387
1900	Franklin	Colliery	Rock Slope / Old Slope¹	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	116,722	LV	0	134,672	115	412
1901	Franklin	Colliery	Rock Slope / Old Slope¹	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	152,540	LV	0	180,794	158	470
1902	Franklin	Colliery	Rock Slope / Old Slope¹	4	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	118,104	LV	0	168,895	121	530
1903	Franklin	Colliery	Slope (3) / Tunnel (2)	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	225,515	LV	0	251,044	236	647
1904	Franklin	Colliery	Rock Slope / Long Slope / Sump Slope / Franklin Tunnel	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	258,009	LV	0	287,521	254	644
1905	Franklin	Colliery	Rock Slope / Long Slope / Sump Slope / Franklin Tunnel	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	253,189	LV	0	277,137	256	566
1906	Franklin	Colliery	Rock Slope / Long Slope / Sump Slope / Franklin Tunnel	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	188,885	LV	0	216,836	213	508
1906	Franklin	Washery		7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	90,753	LV	0	90,573	213	40
1907	Franklin	Colliery	Rock Slope / Long Slope / Sump Slope	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	204,200	LV	0	237,297	250	483
1907	Franklin	Washery		7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	152,808	LV	0	152,808		41
1908	Franklin	Colliery	Rock Slope / Kidney Slope / Sump Slope / Baltimore Slope	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	197,755	LV	0	228,190	211	505
1908	Franklin	Washery		7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	7,830	LV	0	7,830		40
1909	Franklin	Colliery	Rock Slope / Kidney Slope / Sump Slope / Baltimore Slope	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	223,461	LV	0	259,106	225	490
1910	Franklin	Colliery	Rock Slope / Kidney Slope / Sump Slope / Baltimore Slope	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	242,848	LV	0	274,269	233	511
1911	Franklin	Colliery	Rock Slope / Long Slope / Sump Slope / Tunnel Drift	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	291,921	LV	0	341,302	241	510
1912	Franklin	Colliery	Rock Slope / Long Slope / No. 4 Tunnel / Sump Slope	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	261,100	LV	0	303,143	225	526
1913	Franklin	Colliery	Rock Slope / Kidney Slope / Sump Slope / Franklin Drift	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	272,780	LV	0	316,876	253	488
1914	Franklin	Colliery	Rock Slope / Kidney Slope / Sump Slope / Franklin Drift	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	287,668	LV	0	333,932	232	557
1915	Franklin	Colliery	Slope / Tunnel	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	296,883	LV	0	343,175	219	615
1916	Franklin	Colliery	Sump Slope / Rock Slope / No. 4 Slope	13	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	281,866	LV	0	327,813	215	599
1917	Franklin	Colliery	Slope / Drift	13	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	424,247	LV	0	483,771	280	697
1918	Franklin	Colliery	Long Slope / Rock Slope	13	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	414,281	LV	0	476,106	289	622
1919	Franklin	Colliery	Long Slope / Rock Slope¹	13	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	318,814	LV	0	366,307	249	693
1920	Franklin	Colliery	Long Slope / Rock Slope¹	13	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	319,837	LV	0	373,720	261	621
1921	Franklin	Colliery	Long Slope / Rock Slope¹	13	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	359,395	LV	0	415,566	277	634
1922	Franklin	Colliery	Long Slope / Rock Slope¹	13	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	163,665	LV	0	198,063	144	630
1923	Franklin	Colliery	Long Slope / Rock Slope¹	13	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	284,295	LV	0	338,806	256	612
1924	Franklin	Colliery		13	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	266,772	LV	0	315,223	265	594
1925	Franklin	Colliery		13	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	177,178	LV	0	211,992	187	574
1926	Franklin	Washery		13	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	John Ames Coal Co.	39,474		0	39,624	234	30
1926	Franklin	Colliery		13	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	208,310	LV	0	243,971	241	573
1927	Franklin	Washery		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	John Ames Coal Co.	37,000	LV	0	38,665	262	30
1927	Franklin	Colliery		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	211,410	LV	0	252,778	207	622
1928	Franklin	Washery		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	John Ames Coal Co.	18,811	LV	0	32,543	225	33
1928	Franklin	Colliery		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	211,899	LV	0	245,333	219	619
1929	Franklin	Washery		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	John Ames Coal Co.	11,766	LV	0	22,023	165	33
1929	Franklin	Colliery		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	222,724	LV	0	255,244	218	569
1930	Franklin	Washery		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	John Ames Coal Co.	8,309	LV	0	19,255	164	24
1930	Franklin	Colliery		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	188,050	LV	0	221,891	176	538
1931	Franklin	Washery		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	John Ames Coal Co.	7,726		0	23,740	177	30
1931	Franklin	Colliery		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	30,493		0	39,542	27	531
1932	Franklin	Washery		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	John Ames Coal Co.	3,307		0	7,723	77	27	Reclaiming bank at Franklin Colliery. Ceased operations on April 16 and washery torn down.
1941	Franklin	Mine		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Franklin Coal Mining Co.	156,792		0	161,156	176	320
1942	Franklin	Mine		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Franklin Coal Mining Co.	114,729		0	126,872	300	322	Run of mine coal. Prepared at No. 9 Breaker, 8th District.
1942	Franklin	Stripping		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Franklin Coal Mining Co.	243,800		0	243,800	358	60
1943	Franklin	Mine		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Franklin Coal Mining Co.	133,869		0	144,815	286	246
1943	Franklin	Stripping		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Franklin Coal Mining Co.	232,348		0	232,348	343	98
1944	Franklin	Bank		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Franklin Coal Mining Co.	21,177		0	21,177
1944	Franklin	Mine		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Franklin Coal Mining Co.	136,397		0	144,118	308	226
1944	Franklin	Stripping		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Franklin Coal Mining Co.	127,302		0	127,344	359	39
1945	Franklin	Bank		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Franklin Coal Mining Co.	22,225		0	22,225	166
1945	Franklin	Mine		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Franklin Coal Mining Co.	18,188		0	18,188	38
1945	Franklin	Stripping		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Franklin Coal Mining Co.	37,436		0	67,991	166	20
1945	Franklin	Colliery		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	112,610		127	122,972	245	207
1946	Franklin	Mine		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	148,827		330	163,942	284	239	Coal prepared at Prospect Breaker. Includes 3,822 tons stripping coal.
1947	Franklin	Mine		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	144,398		0	158,428	268	236	Coal prepared at Prospect Breaker.
1947	Franklin	Stripping		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	26,282		0	26,282	268	9	Coal prepared at Prospect Breaker.
1948	Franklin	Mine		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	139,484		0	152,914	265	240	Coal prepared at Prospect Breaker.
1948	Franklin	Stripping		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	9,122		0	9,122	122	10	Coal prepared at Prospect Breaker.
1949	Franklin	Mine		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	92,661		485	102,138	188	237	Coal prepared at Prospect Breaker.
1950	Franklin	Mine		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	105,222		0	115,058	212	239	Coal prepared at Prospect Breaker.
1950	Franklin	Stripping		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	2,240		0	2,458	43	2	Coal prepared at Prospect Breaker.
1951	Franklin	Mine		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	102,225		0	112,712	211	247	Coal prepared at Prospect Breaker.
1951	Franklin	Stripping		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	1,354		0	1,504	17	2	Coal prepared at Prospect Breaker.
1952	Franklin	Mine		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	95,595		484	106,506	178	265	Coal prepared at Prospect Breaker.
1952	Franklin	Stripping		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	6,752		0	7,361	47	2	Coal prepared at Prospect Breaker.
1953	Franklin	Mine	Slope	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	13,091		4,781	24,034	35	262
1955	Franklin	Colliery		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Alco Mining Co.	300		180	480	140	8
1955	Franklin	Stripping		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Alco Mining Co.	17,600		3,800	22,400	248	5
1956	Franklin	Colliery		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Alco Mining Co.	3,901		561	4,762	244	10	Coal prepared at multiple breakers.
1956	Franklin	Stripping		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Alco Mining Co.	8,661		2,950	12,491	222	10	Coal prepared at multiple breakers.
1957	Franklin	Colliery		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Alco Mining Co.	599		288	1,441	108	11	Coal prepared at Harry E. Breaker.
1957	Franklin	Colliery		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Number One Contracting Co.	770		370	1,851	61	32	Coal prepared at Harry E. Breaker.
1957	Franklin	Stripping		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Number One Contracting Co.	8,883		4,271	21,354	277	25	Coal prepared at Harry E. Breaker.
1958	Franklin	Colliery		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Number One Contracting Co.	825		239	1,196	22	23	Coal prepared at Harry E. Breaker.
1958	Franklin	Stripping		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Number One Contracting Co.	42,298		12,260	61,301	163	30	Coal prepared at Harry E. Breaker.
1959	Franklin	Stripping		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Alco Mining Co.	0	Truck¹	880	1,260	13	3	Coal prepared at Gold Star breaker.
1959	Franklin	Colliery		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Number One Contracting Co.	15,858		14,348	37,759	114	136	Coal prepared at Harry E. Breaker.
1959	Franklin	Stripping		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Number One Contracting Co.	89,904		81,342	214,058	291	32	Coal prepared at Harry E. Breaker.
1960	Franklin	Colliery		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Number One Contracting Co.	48,206		43,616	114,778	266	141	Coal prepared at Dorrance Breaker.
1960	Franklin	Stripping		11	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Number One Contracting Co.	21,737		19,666	51,754	294	15	Coal prepared at Dorrance Breaker.
1961	Franklin	Colliery		11	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Number One Contracting Co.	32,708		17,611	63,944	221	76	Coal prepared at Dorrance Breaker.
1961	Franklin	Stripping		11	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Number One Contracting Co.	41,636		37,641	99,134	294	18	Coal prepared at Dorrance Breaker.
1962	Franklin	Colliery		11	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	33,696		22,065	69,937	244	54	Coal prepared at Dorrance Breaker.
1962	Franklin	Stripping		11	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	7,328		4,799	15,210	101	11	Coal prepared at Dorrance Breaker.
1963	Franklin	Colliery		11	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	37,280		19,881	66,792	241	98	Coal prepared at Dorrance Breaker.
1964	Franklin	Colliery		11	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	23,855		15,105	48,638	202	99	Coal prepared at Dorrance Breaker.
1965	Franklin	Cleaning Plant		10	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	219	31
1966	Franklin	Cleaning Plant		13	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	52	28
1967	Franklin	Cleaning Plant		13	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	360	2
1968	Franklin	Cleaning Plant		5	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	168	16
1969	Franklin	Cleaning Plant		5	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	242	14
1970	Franklin	Cleaning Plant		5	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	220	11

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