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Sullivan Trail

(Clear Spring)

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
1882	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft	Middle	West Pittston	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	0		0	0		19	Digging new shaft, 160 feet of 900 probable feet completed.
1883	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft¹	Middle	West Pittston	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	0		0	101,000	256	255
1884	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft	Middle	West Pittston	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	0	Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)	0	145,750	209	342
1885	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft	2	West Pittston	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	129,934	Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)	0	136,256	166	334
1886	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft	2	West Pittston	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	124,777	Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)	0	132,125	160	359
1887	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft	2	West Pittston	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	149,170		0	159,425	191	367
1888	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft	2	West Pittston	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	165,804		0	180,625	224	367
1889	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft	2	West Pittston	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	138,918		0	150,582	164	346
1890	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft	2	West Pittston	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	157,273		0	169,275	192	412
1891	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft	3	Pittston	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	160,137		0	173,306	202	402
1892	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft	3	West Pittston	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	175,510		0	189,391	220	417
1893	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft	3	Pittston	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	174,212		0	189,729	231	445
1894	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft	3	Pittston	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	182,491		0	196,363	191	474
1895	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft	3	Pittston	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	183,873		0	208,299	199	506
1896	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft	3	Pittston	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	173,643		0	188,630	207	489
1897	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft	3	Pittston	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	157,064		0	171,679	196	564
1898	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft	3	Pittston	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	156,189	DL&W	0	169,312	191	532
1899	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft	3	Pittston	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	189,573	DL&W	0	217,528	217	610
1900	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft	3	Pittston	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	183,610	DL&W	0	212,857	200
1901	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft	3	Pittston	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	230,874	DL&W	0	261,897	252	658
1902	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft	3	Pittston¹	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	123,495	DL&W	0	143,545	144	592
1903	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft	6	Pittston¹	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	210,690	DL&W	0	234,010	235	769
1904	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft	6	Pittston¹	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	190,343	DL&W	0	202,203	230	821
1904	Clear Spring	Washery		6	Pittston¹	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	9,819	DL&W	0	10,521	47	25
1905	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft	6	Pittston¹	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	174,941	DL&W	0	202,518	251	786
1905	Clear Spring	Washery		6	Pittston¹	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	133,297	DL&W	0	141,742	220	25
1906	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft	8	Pittston¹	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	125,826	DL&W	0	149,310	197	652
1906	Clear Spring	Washery		8	Pittston¹	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	75,660	DL&W	0	84,734	112	38
1907	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft	8	Pittston¹	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	188,520	DL&W	0	213,183	248	674
1907	Clear Spring	Washery		8	Pittston¹	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	58,824	DL&W	0	60,033		33
1908	Clear Spring	Colliery	No. 1 Shaft	8	Pittston¹	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	182,710	DL&W	0	211,332	235	728
1908	Clear Spring	Washery		8	Pittston¹	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	25,459	DL&W	0	30,940	216	20
1909	Clear Spring	Colliery	No. 1 Shaft	8	Pittston¹	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	47,181	DL&W	0	67,560	87	376
1909	Clear Spring	Washery		8	Pittston¹	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	8,539	DL&W	0	18,477	241	43
1910	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft	8	Pittston¹	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	100,349	DL&W	0	132,536	261	662
1911	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft	8	Pittston¹	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	35,753	DL&W	0	50,652	83	662
1912	Clear Spring	Washery		8	Pittston¹	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	5,789	LV	0	6,089	25	30
1934	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft¹	9	Pittston¹	Luzerne	Sullivan Trail Coal Co.	1,345		0	1,350	263	57	Coal prepared by Suffolk Coal Co., 5th District.
1935	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft¹	9	Pittston¹	Luzerne	Sullivan Trail Coal Co.	177,387		7,279	184,684	305	161
1936	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft¹	9	Pittston¹	Luzerne	Sullivan Trail Coal Co.	309,334		0	377,808	283	333
1937	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft¹	9	Pittston¹	Luzerne	Sullivan Trail Coal Co.	261,606		71,782	337,357	259	548
1938	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft¹	9	Pittston¹	Luzerne	Sullivan Trail Coal Co.	347,800		0	430,685	261	583
1939	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft¹	9	Pittston¹	Luzerne	Sullivan Trail Coal Co.	351,398		0	430,595	243	561
1940	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft¹	9	Pittston¹	Luzerne	Sullivan Trail Coal Co.	231,296		7,916	325,805	187	495
1941	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft¹	9	Pittston¹	Luzerne	Sullivan Trail Coal Co.	49,860		129,621	166,240	245	393
1942	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft¹	9	Pittston¹	Luzerne	Sullivan Trail Coal Co.	22,098		99,799	166,074	301	252
1943	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft¹	9	Pittston¹	Luzerne	Sullivan Trail Coal Co.	20,194		2,500	23,146	250	114
1944	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft	9	Pittston¹	Luzerne	Sullivan Trail Coal Co.	57,645		26,672	86,038	303	95	All bank coal.
1944	Sullivan Trail	Bank		10		Luzerne	Sullivan Trail Coal Co.	29,454		0	29,454	103	7
1945	Clear Spring	Colliery	Shaft	9	Pittston¹	Luzerne	Sullivan Trail Coal Co.	7,507		2,129	9,844	179	124	Bank coal.
1946	Clear Spring	Breaker		9	Pittston¹	Luzerne	Sullivan Trail Coal Co.	0		0	0	287	118	Preparation plant. Prepared coal from outside 9th District.
1967	Sullivan Trail	Breaker		13		Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	168	3

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