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Westmoreland

(Griffith)

Year	Operation Name	Number	Type	Opening	District	County	Company Name	Railroad Shipments (tons)	Railroad to Mine	Truck Shipments (tons)	Total Production (tons)	Days Worked	Employees	Notes
1898	Griffith		Colliery	Tunnel	3	Luzerne	Wyoming Coal & Land Co.	73,396		0	83,532	130	361
1899	Griffith		Colliery	Tunnel	3	Luzerne	Wyoming Coal & Land Co.	71,557		0	84,579	137	294
1900	Griffith		Colliery	Tunnel	3	Luzerne	Wyoming Coal & Land Co.	105,797	LV	0	118,665	172	219
1901	Griffith		Colliery	Tunnel	3	Luzerne	Wyoming Coal & Land Co.	96,191	LV	0	108,621	192	212
1902	Griffith		Colliery	Tunnel	3	Luzerne	Wyoming Coal & Land Co.	45,910	LV	0	53,439	109	201
1903	Griffith		Colliery	Tunnel	6	Luzerne	Wyoming Coal & Land Co.	75,024	LV	0	88,667	207	241
1904	Griffith		Colliery	Tunnel	6	Luzerne	Wyoming Coal & Land Co.	64,236	LV	0	76,449	193	249	Name changed to Westmoreland based on AP News article.
1905	Westmoreland		Colliery	Tunnel	6	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	36,408	LV	0	45,220	135	168
1906	Westmoreland		Colliery	Tunnel	8	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	46,821	LV	0	59,101	196	209
1907	Westmoreland		Colliery	Tunnel	8	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	110,087	LV	0	135,148	226	307
1908	Westmoreland		Colliery	No. 1 Tunnel	8	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	159,814	LV	0	174,250	205	330
1909	Westmoreland		Colliery	No. 1 Tunnel	8	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	149,834	LV	0	168,691	201	330
1910	Westmoreland		Colliery	No. 1 Tunnel	8	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	149,682	LV	0	170,993	215	330
1911	Westmoreland		Colliery	No. 1 Tunnel	8	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	177,802	LV	0	198,599	244	319
1912	Westmoreland		Colliery	No. 1 Tunnel	8	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	176,924	LV	0	200,699	223	339
1913	Westmoreland		Colliery	No. 1 Tunnel	8	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	205,117	LV	0	226,376	243	325
1914	Westmoreland		Colliery	No. 1 Tunnel	8	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	188,472	LV	0	209,524	229	364
1915	Westmoreland		Colliery	No. 1 Tunnel	8	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	179,816	LV	0	205,048	216	375
1916	Westmoreland		Colliery	Drift	9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	171,692	LV	0	188,667	232	330
1917	Westmoreland		Colliery	Slope / Drift	9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	232,398	LV	0	246,239	274	330
1918	Westmoreland		Colliery	Shaft / Drift	9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	224,345	LV	0	246,067	270	266
1919	Westmoreland		Colliery		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	193,472	LV	0	214,976	265	317
1920	Westmoreland		Colliery		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	182,764	LV	0	205,042	259	333
1921	Westmoreland		Colliery		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	179,368	LV	0	206,789	257	345
1922	Westmoreland		Colliery		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	96,944	LV	0	122,859	151	356
1923	Westmoreland		Colliery		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	108,724	LV	0	189,797	252	342
1924	Westmoreland		Colliery		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	156,550	LV	46,948	176,597	238	346
1925	Westmoreland		Colliery		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	115,966	LV	0	134,967	172	346
1926	Westmoreland		Colliery		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	153,241	LV	0	188,081	233	352
1927	Westmoreland		Colliery		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	128,572	LV	0	148,268	202	370
1928	Westmoreland		Colliery		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	143,619	LV	0	161,969	216	389
1929	Westmoreland		Colliery		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	179,587	LV	0	201,410	258	384
1930	Westmoreland		Colliery		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	130,730	LV	0	151,478	201	388
1931	Westmoreland		Colliery		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	55,450		0	64,600	70	362
1932	Westmoreland		Colliery		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	2,842		0	3,210		34	Idle. Testing new mechanical equipment. Coal sent to Prospect Colliery, 10th District.
1933	Westmoreland		Colliery		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	1,245		0	1,457		13	Coal prepared at Prospect Colliery, 10th District.
1934	Westmoreland		Colliery		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	128,903		0	141,081	181	273	Coal prepared at Prospect Colliery, 10th District.
1935	Westmoreland		Colliery		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	294,374		19	315,888	192	477
1936	Westmoreland		Colliery		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	369,497		90	402,165	209	601
1937	Westmoreland		Colliery		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	427,777		0	462,726	218	671
1938	Westmoreland		Colliery		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	349,618		0	388,670	180	708
1939	Westmoreland		Colliery		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	428,187		4	468,319	212	709
1940	Westmoreland		Colliery		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	395,302		0	435,507	195	709
1941	Westmoreland		Colliery		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	408,744		1,709	456,906	212	738
1942	Westmoreland		Colliery		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	493,375		0	547,812	257	749
1943	Westmoreland		Colliery		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	386,259		0	431,373	280	679
1944	Westmoreland		Colliery		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	352,952		0	397,192	312	595
1944	Westmoreland		Stripping		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	20,498		0	20,498	182	5
1945	Westmoreland		Mine		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	298,162		0	343,286	280	573	Run of mine operation.
1945	Westmoreland		Stripping		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	32,867		0	32,867	280	13
1946	Westmoreland		Mine		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	350,952		43	399,753	277	643	Coal prepared at Prospect Breaker.
1946	Westmoreland		Stripping		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	29,508		0	29,508	277	10
1947	Westmoreland		Mine		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	339,298		0	389,629	271	675	Coal prepared at Prospect Breaker.
1947	Westmoreland		Stripping		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	2,127		0	2,127	37	8	Coal prepared at Prospect Breaker.
1948	Westmoreland		Mine		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	331,176		1,679	381,310	253	722	Coal prepared at Prospect Breaker.
1948	Westmoreland		Stripping		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	8,876		0	8,876	179	5	Coal prepared at Prospect Breaker.
1949	Westmoreland		Mine		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	249,698		4,148	286,081	183	728	Coal prepared at Prospect Breaker.
1949	Westmoreland		Stripping		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	15,457		0	15,427	283	7	Coal prepared at Prospect Breaker.
1950	Westmoreland		Mine		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	300,514		4,024	330,190	207	764	Coal prepared at Prospect Breaker.
1950	Westmoreland		Stripping		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	18,554		0	20,087	304	8
1951	Westmoreland		Bank		9	Luzerne	Capone Coal Co.	0	Truck¹	10,311	10,311	31	3	Coal prepared at Miners Mills Breaker.
1951	Westmoreland		Mine		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	253,162		0	253,162			Coal prepared at Prospect Breaker.
1951	Westmoreland		Stripping		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	17,714		0	17,714
1952	Westmoreland		Mine		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	184,821		18,831	222,688	167	574	Coal prepared at Prospect Breaker.
1952	Westmoreland		Stripping		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	22,191		0	23,147	306	7	Coal prepared at Prospect Breaker.
1953	Westmoreland		Mine	Shaft / Drift	9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	24,707		7,208	36,548	30	547
1953	Westmoreland		Stripping		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	16,092		0	16,092	105	7
1954	Westmoreland		Stripping		9	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	3,331		1,891	5,913	43	6	Coal prepared at Dorrance Breaker.
1957	Westmoreland		Colliery		9	Luzerne	Talamelli Coal Co.	12,478		9,005	27,861	243	28	Coal prepared at Morgan and Dorrance breakers.
1958	Westmoreland		Bank		9	Luzerne	Fleetwood Contracting Co.	0	Truck¹	19,300	19,300	46	4	All coal shipped to PP&L.
1958	Westmoreland		Colliery		9	Luzerne	Talamelli Coal Co.	9,606		9,803	38,700	245	36	Coal prepared at Morgan and Dorrance breakers.
1959	Westmoreland		Bank		10	Luzerne	Fleetwood Contracting Co.	0		0	4,850	42	2	All coal shipped unprepared to Pennsylvania Power & Light Co.
1959	Westmoreland		Stripping		10	Luzerne	Sullivan Trail Coal Co.	1,364		1,234	3,249	62	6	Coal prepared at Harry E. Breaker.
1959	Westmoreland		Mine	Slope	10	Luzerne	Talamelli Coal Co.	72,340		22,500	111,240	261	55	Coal prepared at Harry E. Breaker.
1960	Westmoreland		Mine	Slope	10	Luzerne	Talamelli Coal Co.	15,667		11,663	39,316	259	62	Coal prepared at multiple breakers.
1961	Westmoreland		Colliery	Slope	11	Luzerne	Talamelli Coal Co.	19,872		9,215	65,747	274	66	Coal prepared at Northwest and Pompey breakers.
1962	Westmoreland		Colliery		11	Luzerne	Talamelli Coal Co.	9,460		6,998	43,426	288	46	Coal prepared at Dicksville, Northwest and Pompey breakers.
1963	Westmoreland		Colliery		11	Luzerne	Talamelli Coal Co.	22,073		1,663	34,215	264	46	Coal prepared at Pompey Breaker.
1964	Westmoreland		Colliery		11	Luzerne	Talamelli Coal Co.	8,143		354	11,801	238	13	Coal prepared at Pompey Breaker.
1965	Westmoreland		Colliery		10	Luzerne	Talamelli Coal Co.	280		21	412	45	5	Abandoned during 1965. Coal prepared at Pompey Breaker.
1965	Westmoreland		Colliery		10	Luzerne	Western Mining Corp.	1,333		582	2,501	102	7	Coal prepared at Kasa, Bel Air, Pompey and Dorrance breakers.
1966	Westmoreland	No. 32	Mine	Slope	13	Luzerne	Western Mining Corp.	1,324		82	2,549	30	9	Coal prepared at Bel Air and Pompey Breakers.

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