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Newport
(Lee)
YearOperation NameNumberTypeOpeningDistrictCityCountyCompany NameRailroad Shipments (tons)Railroad to MineTruck Shipments (tons)Total Production (tons)Days WorkedEmployeesNotes
1883Newport CollieryShaftMiddleNewport Twp.LuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.000  Started digging new shaft November 1883; 56 feet of probable 800 feet completed.
1884Newport CollieryShaftMiddleNewport Twp.LuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.000  Digging new shaft, 494 feet of probable 800 feet completed.
1888Newport Colliery3Newport Twp.LuzerneNewport Coal Co.000 109Idle.
1889Newport Colliery3Newport Twp.LuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.64,149067,041212297 
1890Lee Colliery3Newport Twp.LuzerneNewport Coal Co.85,870099,313191255 
1891Lee Colliery4Newport Twp.LuzerneNewport Coal Co.61,842065,194175227 
1892Lee Colliery4Newport Twp.LuzerneNewport Coal Co.49,576052,800181206 
1893Lee Colliery4Newport Twp.LuzerneNewport Coal Co.56,094059,334192218 
1894Lee Colliery4Newport Twp.LuzerneNewport Coal Co.25,845026,005100  
1895Lee Colliery4Newport Twp.LuzerneLee Coal Co.73701,49612140 
1896Lee Colliery4LeeLuzerneLee Coal Co.3,91305,32324 Sold to Melville Coal Co.
1896Lee Colliery4LeeLuzerneMelville Coal Co.33,848039,516123229 
1897Lee Colliery4LeeLuzerneMelville Coal Co.69,624071,078150245 
1898Lee Colliery4LeeLuzerneMelville Coal Co.73,690PRR081,392137278 
1899Lee Colliery4LeeLuzerneMelville Coal Co.102,9660116,310179460 
1900Lee Colliery4LeeLuzerneMelville Coal Co.58,216CNJ071,32699427 
1948Newport Stripping7Newport Twp. 1LuzerneGlen Alden Coal Co.30,948034,322  Coal prepared at Bliss Breaker.
1949Newport Stripping7Newport Twp. 1LuzerneGlen Alden Coal Co.11,910012,812 55Coal prepared at Truesdale Breaker.
1949Newport Stripping7Newport Twp. 1LuzerneGlen Alden Coal Co.325,96723,020394,6152101031 
1950Newport Stripping7Newport Twp. 1LuzerneNewport Excavating Co.251,5170257,305236110Coal prepared at Loomis Breaker.
1951Newport Stripping7Newport Twp. 1LuzerneNewport Excavating Co.176,5530178,568228139Coal prepared at Loomis and Truesdale breakers.
1952Newport Stripping7Newport Twp. 1LuzerneNewport Excavating Co.229,3070235,94524887Coal prepared at Loomis, Huber and Truesdale breakers.
1953Newport Stripping7Newport Twp. 1LuzerneNewport Excavating Co.186,7920187,02811885 
1954Newport Stripping7Newport Twp. 1LuzerneNewport Excavating Co.360,8460370,81324698Coal prepared at Lance and Woodward breakers.
1958Newport Stripping7Newport Twp. 1LuzerneGlen Alden Corporation124,83738,283198,854207147Coal prepared at Huber and Woodward breakers.
1959Newport Stripping7Newport Twp. 1LuzerneGlen Alden Corporation62,50413,37490,12823732Coal prepared at Huber and Woodward breakers.
1960Lee MineSlope14 LuzerneM. A. Hanna Susquehanna Collieries Div.1,3081,0772,4563412Coal prepared at Glen Lyon Breaker.
1960Newport Stripping7Newport Twp. 1LuzerneB. & S. Coal Co.8,9291,67820,02342 Coal prepared at Woodward, Loree and Pompey breakers.
1960Newport Stripping7Newport Twp. 1LuzerneGlen Alden Corporation57,16313,51786,056162Coal prepared at Huber and Woodward breakers.

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


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