Pettebone (Peach Orchard)

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This report is designed for data analysis. Please use the Operation reports from the first section of the main page for normal research.

Year	Operation Name	Type	Opening	District	City	County	Company Name	Railroad Shipments (tons)	Railroad to Mine	Total Production (tons)	Days Worked	Employees	Notes
1882	Pettebone	Colliery	Shaft	Middle	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0	DL&W¹	0			New shaft just started. Location may be called Dorrancetown until 1921, however, location from inspection reports are used.
1883	Pettebone	Colliery	Shaft	Middle	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0	DL&W¹	0			Started digging new shaft April 1883; 80 feet of probable 1,000 feet completed.
1884	Pettebone	Colliery	Shaft	Middle	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0	DL&W¹	0			Digging new shaft, 300 feet of probable 1,080 feet completed.
1885	Pettebone	Colliery	Shaft	2	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0	DL&W¹	0		52	Not shipping coal yet.
1886	Pettebone	Colliery	Shaft	2	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0	DL&W¹	0		39	Has not started to ship coal yet.
1887	Pettebone	Colliery	Shaft	2	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0	DL&W¹	0		90	Did not ship coal in 1887.
1888	Pettebone	Colliery	Shaft	2	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0	DL&W¹	0		54
1889	Pettebone	Colliery	Shaft	2	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	523	DL&W¹	2,033		73
1890	Pettebone	Colliery	Shaft	2	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	444	DL&W¹	5,992		122
1891	Pettebone	Colliery	Shaft	3	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	64,332	DL&W¹	75,645	206	310
1892	Pettebone	Colliery	Shaft	3	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	106,071	DL&W¹	127,534	200	403
1893	Pettebone	Colliery	Shaft	3	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	68,260	DL&W¹	79,787	106
1894	Pettebone	Colliery	Shaft	3	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	6,580	DL&W¹	8,100	32	241
1895	Pettebone	Colliery	Shaft	3	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	85,156	DL&W¹	93,915	166	368
1896	Pettebone	Colliery	Shaft	3	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	97,832	DL&W¹	107,240	136	410
1897	Pettebone	Colliery	Shaft	3	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	140,616	DL&W¹	150,184	156	529
1898	Pettebone	Colliery	Shaft	3	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	222,831	DL&W	233,065	191	614
1899	Pettebone	Colliery	Shaft	3	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	230,475	DL&W	249,701	182	716
1900	Pettebone	Colliery	Shaft	3	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	268,678	DL&W	294,661	180	716
1901	Pettebone	Colliery	Shaft	3	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	310,141	DL&W	335,765	200	741
1902	Pettebone	Colliery	Shaft	3	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	116,175	DL&W	130,171	80	695
1903	Pettebone	Colliery	Shaft	6	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	242,229	DL&W	270,788	168	636
1903	Pettebone	Washery		6	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	7,399	DL&W	9,336	20	23
1904	Pettebone	Colliery	Shaft	6	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	185,372	DL&W	236,546	178	611
1904	Pettebone	Washery		6	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	12,550	DL&W	13,495	63	26
1905	Pettebone	Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft	6	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	156,742	DL&W	167,784	159	488
1906	Pettebone	Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft	8	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	84,423	DL&W	111,583	98	325
1906	Pettebone	Washery		8	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	40,082	DL&W	41,738	153	18
1907	Pettebone	Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / Pettebone Shaft	8	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	26,070	DL&W	39,452	43	179
1907	Pettebone	Washery		8	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	40,755	DL&W	40,755		26
1908	Pettebone	Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft	8	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	43,808	DL&W	67,771	57	201
1909	Pettebone	Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft	8	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	27,635	DL&W	42,594	33	219
1910	Pettebone	Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft	8	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	5,253	DL&W	5,273	33	155
1911	Pettebone	Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft	8	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	94,884	DL&W	94,894	294	293
1912	Pettebone	Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft	8	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	93,779	DL&W	93,786	250	289
1913	Pettebone	Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft	8	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	124,143	DL&W	124,147	282	312
1914	Pettebone	Colliery	No. 3 Shaft (sinking shaft) / No. 4 Shaft (sinking shaft)	7	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0	DL&W	0		92	New mine (Shafts 3 & 4) also known as Peach Orchard linked via narrow gauge railway.
1914	Pettebone	Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft	8	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	119,860	DL&W	119,860	253	317
1915	Pettebone	Colliery	No. 3 Shaft / No. 4 Shaft	7	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	18,340	DL&W	20,690	84	132	Peach Orchard Mine.
1915	Pettebone	Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft	8	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	97,397	DL&W	103,525	212	328
1916	Pettebone	Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft / No. 3 Shaft / No. 4 Shaft	9	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	189,615	DL&W	219,124	279	572
1917	Pettebone	Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft / No. 3 Shaft / No. 4 Shaft	9	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	385,132	DL&W	399,581	319	738
1918	Pettebone	Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft / No. 3 Shaft / No. 4 Shaft	10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	396,610	DL&W	419,049	337	813
1919	Pettebone	Colliery		10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	478,367	DL&W	527,596	289	879
1920	Pettebone	Colliery		10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	521,870	DL&W	578,198	299	863
1921	Pettebone	Colliery		10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	611,628	DL&W	679,866	295	946
1922	Pettebone	Colliery		10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	348,492	DL&W	388,507	162	968
1923	Pettebone	Colliery		10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	627,846	DL&W	680,280	289	916
1924	Pettebone	Colliery		10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	599,646	DL&W	664,849	291	1004
1925	Pettebone	Colliery		10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	354,736	DL&W	404,768	197	1247
1926	Pettebone	Colliery		10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	528,442	DL&W	569,257	256	1232
1927	Pettebone	Colliery		10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	462,401	DL&W	515,203	253	1193
1928	Pettebone	Colliery		10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	451,733	DL&W	497,137	249	1168
1929	Pettebone	Colliery		10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	364,308	DL&W	402,611	227	1141
1930	Pettebone	Colliery		10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	334,581	DL&W	376,459	210	1157
1931	Pettebone	Colliery		10	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Coal Co.	0		0		28	Idle.
1948	Pettebone	Bank		11	Kingston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Cardoni & Nardone	7,423		7,423	23	5	Coal prepared at No. 14 and Miners Mills breakers.

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