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Amity

(Holden)

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
1884	Amity	Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Lackawanna Twp.	Lackawanna	Amity Coal Co	0		0	11,911	66	194	Renamed Holden after taken over by DL&W.
1884	Holden	Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Taylorsville	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0	Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)	0	11,911
1885	Holden	Colliery	Shaft	1	Taylorsville	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	29,280	Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)	0	30,759	76	210
1886	Holden	Colliery	Shaft	1	Taylorsville	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	114,072	Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)	0	117,923	195	296
1887	Holden	Colliery	Shaft	1	Lackawanna Twp.	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	146,370	DL&W¹	0	150,740	214	246
1888	Holden	Colliery	Shaft	1	Lackawanna Twp.	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	172,199	DL&W¹	0	181,315	208	311
1889	Holden	Colliery	Shaft	1	Lackawanna Twp.	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	135,840	DL&W¹	0	143,401	144	338
1890	Holden	Colliery	Shaft	1	Lackawanna Twp.	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	134,177	DL&W¹	0	141,854	183	312
1891	Holden	Colliery	Shaft	2	Lackawanna Twp.	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	129,233	DL&W¹	0	135,389	176	242
1892	Holden	Colliery	Shaft	2	Lackawanna Twp.	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	62,710	DL&W¹	0	68,604	129	212
1893	Holden	Colliery	Shaft	2	Lackawanna Twp.	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	78,042	DL&W¹	0	83,963	169	209
1894	Holden	Colliery	Shaft	2	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	48,472	DL&W¹	0	53,284	146	150
1895	Holden	Colliery	Shaft	2	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	54,873	DL&W¹	0	60,274	171	165
1896	Holden	Colliery	Shaft	2	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	53,812	DL&W¹	0	60,005	168	208
1897	Holden	Colliery	Shaft¹	2	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	52,018	DL&W¹	0	58,934	151	200
1898	Holden	Colliery	Shaft¹	2	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	56,290	DL&W¹	0	66,097	146	256
1899	Holden	Colliery	Shaft¹	2	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	58,999	DL&W	0	67,734	132	143
1900	Holden	Colliery	Shaft¹	2	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	35,724	DL&W	0	44,585	100	71
1901	Holden	Colliery	Shaft¹	2	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0	DL&W	0	0		38
1902	Holden	Colliery	Shaft	2	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	17,405	DL&W	0	19,217	43	242
1903	Holden	Colliery	Shaft	4	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	189,137	DL&W	0	202,498	226	417
1904	Holden	Colliery	Shaft	4	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	230,249	DL&W	0	247,003	258	435
1905	Holden	Colliery	Shaft	4	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	232,134	DL&W	0	247,094	237	425
1906	Holden	Colliery	Shaft	4	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	224,304	DL&W	0	239,228	207	467
1907	Holden	Colliery	Shaft	4	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	290,211	DL&W	0	306,764	247	493
1908	Holden	Colliery	Shaft	4	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	284,637	DL&W	0	301,509	239	459
1909	Holden	Colliery	Shaft	4	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	244,117	DL&W	0	260,436	210	515
1910	Holden	Colliery	Shaft	4	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	282,321	DL&W	0	300,761	238	496
1911	Holden	Colliery	Shaft	4	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	287,252	DL&W	0	306,880	277	497
1912	Holden	Colliery	Shaft	4	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	240,409	DL&W	0	256,670	200	484
1913	Holden	Colliery	Shaft	4	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	218,770	DL&W	0	234,090	284	426
1914	Holden	Colliery	Shaft / Slope	4	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	188,787	DL&W	0	205,484
1915	Holden	Colliery	Shaft / Slope	4	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	189,355	DL&W	0	203,248	231	450
1916	Holden	Colliery	Shaft / Slope	5	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	189,030	DL&W	0	205,265	278	390
1917	Holden	Colliery	Shaft	7	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	85,288	DL&W	0	90,165	161	356
1958	Holden	Bank		5	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	N. & R. Coal Co.	1,981		0	2,719	50	10	Coal prepared at Marvine and Spring Brook breakers.
1959	Holden	Bank		5	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	Lackawanna Contracting Co.	541		2,553	3,457	30	4	Ceased operations June 1959. Coal prepared at Marvine, Bolands and Valley View breakers.

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