Valley View (Luzerne)

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(Sebastopol)

Year	Operation Name	Type	District	City	County	Company Name	Railroad Shipments (tons)	Railroad to Mine	Truck Shipments (tons)	Total Production (tons)	Days Worked	Employees	Notes
1938	Valley View	Washery	8		Luzerne	Valley View Coal Co.	36,327		0	44,623	275	20
1939	Valley View	Washery	8		Luzerne	Valley View Coal Co.	30,604		0	39,316	290	24	Tonnage is from banks and breaker tailings.
1940	Valley View	Washery	8		Luzerne	Valley View Coal Co.	37,476		0	37,476	235	26
1941	Valley View	Washery	8		Luzerne	Valley View Coal Co.	18,260		0	24,809	244	23
1942	Valley View	Washery	8		Luzerne	Valley View Coal Co.	27,389		0	37,022	279	26
1944	Valley View	Colliery	8		Luzerne	Valley View Coal Co.	1,514		0	1,781	16	27	Preparation plant tonnage is bank coal.
1945	Valley View	Colliery	8		Luzerne	Valley View Coal Co.	19,886		0	20,010	175	48
1946	Valley View	Bank	6		Luzerne	Valley View Coal Co.	38,612		0	38,612	153	12
1946	Valley View	Breaker	8		Luzerne	Valley View Coal Co.	28,613		0	28,621	228	43
1947	Valley View	Bank	6		Luzerne	Valley View Coal Co.	22,178		0	22,178	70	10	Coal prepared at Valley View Breaker.
1947	Valley View	Breaker	8		Luzerne	Valley View Coal Co.	66,122		0	67,729	193	48	Preparation plant. Prepared coal from outside 9th District.
1948	Valley View	Bank	6		Luzerne	Valley View Coal Co.	52,422		0	52,422	236	10	Coal prepared at Valley View Breaker.
1948	Valley View	Breaker	8		Luzerne	Valley View Coal Co.	24,688		0	25,492	181	49	Prepared coal from outside district.
1949	Valley View	Bank	6		Luzerne	Valley View Coal Co.	18,072		1,889	24,762	85	10	Coal prepared at Valley View Breaker.
1949	Valley View	Breaker	8		Luzerne	Valley View Coal Co.	32,815		1,801	42,946	164	40	Coal prepared from outside sources not included in total.
1950	Valley View	Bank	6		Luzerne	Valley View Coal Co.	3,871		0	3,871	46	6	Coal prepared at Valley View Breaker.
1950	Valley View	Breaker	8		Luzerne	Valley View Coal Co.	16,071		0	26,169	104	40	Coal prepared from outside sources not included in total.
1951	Valley View	Breaker	8		Luzerne	Valley View Coal Co.	30,255		18,312	51,765	193	37	Coal prepared from outside sources not included in total.
1952	Valley View	Breaker	8		Luzerne	Valley View Coal Co.	19,862		14,543	43,155	224	39	Coal prepared from outside sources not included in total.
1953	Valley View	Bank	6		Luzerne	Valley View Coal Co.	20,113		0	20,113	76	6
1953	Valley View	Breaker	8		Luzerne	Valley View Coal Co.	11,756		8,940	27,088	225	38	Bank coal.
1954	Valley View	Bank	6		Luzerne	Valley View Coal Co.	33,524		0	33,524	65	8	Coal prepared at Valley View Washery.
1954	Valley View	Breaker	8		Luzerne	Valley View Coal Co.	9,437		2,425	25,911	228	38	Bank coal.
1955	Valley View	Breaker	6		Luzerne	Valley View Coal Co.	7,217		12,419	29,220	217	35	Bank coal.
1956	Valley View	Breaker	6		Luzerne	Valley View Coal Co.	17,840		11,470	39,685	215	46	Bank coal.
1957	Valley View	Breaker	6		Luzerne	Valley View Coal Co.	0		0	0	169	32
1957	Valley View	Bank	6		Luzerne	Valley View Coal Co.	16,741		5,939	28,309	183	5
1958	Valley View	Breaker	6	Jenkins Twp.	Luzerne	Valley View Coal Co.	0		0	0	68	31
1959	Valley View	Breaker	10	Jenkins Twp.	Luzerne	Sebastopol Coal Co.	0		0	0	36	3
1960	Sebastopol	Breaker	10	Jenkins Twp.²	Luzerne	Sebastopol Coal Co.	0		0	0	17	10	Idle since March 13, 1960 when breaker was partially destroyed by fire.
1963	Sebastopol	Breaker	11	Jenkins Twp.²	Luzerne	Sebastopol Coal Co.	0		0	1,185	20	6
1964	Sebastopol	Breaker	11	Jenkins Twp.²	Luzerne	Sebastopol Coal Co.	0		0	0	193	2
1964	Sebastopol	Bank	11	Jenkins Twp.²	Luzerne	Sebastopol Coal Co.	660		1,250	16,419	193	2
1965	Sebastopol	Bank	10	Jenkins Twp.²	Luzerne	Sebastopol Coal Co.	843		9,447	10,290	243	4
1965	Sebastopol	Breaker	10	Jenkins Twp.²	Luzerne	Sebastopol Coal Co.	0		0	0	243	2
1966	Sebastopol	Bank	13	Jenkins Twp.²	Luzerne	Sebastopol Coal Co.	0	Truck¹	14,508	14,508	231	3	All coal shipped unprepared to PP&L.
1967	Sebastopol	Bank	13	Jenkins Twp.²	Luzerne	Sebastopol Coal Co.	588		17,177	19,065	230	6	Coal prepared at Taylor and Bel Air breakers.
1968	Sebastopol	Bank	5	Jenkins Twp.²	Luzerne	Sebastopol Coal Co.	11,012		0	11,012	207	4	Coal prepared at Ziffenblatt Cleaning Plant.
1969	Sebastopol	Bank	5	Jenkins Twp.²	Luzerne	Sebastopol Coal Co.	6,468		0	6,468	188	5	Coal prepared at Ziffenblatt Cleaning Plant.
1970	Sebastopol	Bank	5	Jenkins Twp.²	Luzerne	Sebastopol Coal Co.	4,893		514	5,407	209	3	Coal prepared at Ziffenblatt Cleaning Plant and Waddell Washery.

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.