1968

1968
District 5
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Operation Name	Number	Type	Opening	District	City	County	Company Name	Railroad Shipments (tons)	Railroad to Mine	Truck Shipments (tons)	Total Production (tons)	Days Worked	Employees	Notes
Ace		Bank		5	Blakely	Lackawanna	Ace Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	1,230	280	3
Ace		Cleaning Plant		5	Blakely	Lackawanna	Ace Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	280	4
Ace		Breaker		5	Blakely	Lackawanna	Ace Coal Co.	0		0	0	50	7
Archbald		Bank		5	Taylor¹	Lackawanna	Martinelli, Mathew	0		0	0	15	1
Avoca		Cleaning Plant		5	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Perry Coal Sales Co.	0		0	0	213	3
Bel Air		Breaker		5	Duryea	Luzerne	Duryea Coal Sales Co.	0		0	0	244	9
Bolands		Breaker		5	Carbondale	Lackawanna	DeAngelis Inc.	0		0	0	247	10
Bolands		Mine		5	Carbondale	Lackawanna	Opalka Brothers	0	Truck¹	2,672	2,922	201	4	Coal prepared at Bolands Breaker.
CBM		Shops		5		Luzerne	C. B. M. Coal Co.	0		0	0	282	2
Coal Brook		Bank		5	Carbondale	Lackawanna	Coalbrook Iron & Metal Co.	0	Truck¹	6,137	6,137	112	4	Coal prepared at Bolands Breaker.
Dunmore		Bank		5	Dunmore	Lackawanna	Popple Sales Co., Raymond	2,751		89,098	92,191	188	6	Coal prepared at Waddell Washery and Penbrook Breaker.
Empire		Bank		5	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	33,973		30,198	81,168	170	9	Coal prepared at Jeddo No. 7 and Harry E. breakers.
Exeter		Bank		5	Exeter¹	Luzerne	Racho, George	0	Truck¹	53,102	53,102	112	10	Direct sales.
Franklin		Cleaning Plant		5	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	168	16
Gravity		Colliery		5	Archbald	Lackawanna	Northwest Mining Co., Inc.	0		0	0	4	4	Abandoned in January 1968.
Harry E.		Breaker		5	Swoyersville	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	174	36
Huber		Breaker		5	Ashley	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	0		0	0	241	51
Huber		Shops		5	Ashley	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	0		0	0	241	120
Johnson		Bank		5	Dickson City¹	Lackawanna	Oliver & Heapps	1		1,070	1,184	23	3	Ceased operations in May 1968. Coal prepared at Penbrook and Bolands breakers.
Kassa		Breaker		5		Luzerne	Silverbrook Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	240	4
Kidder		Bank		5	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	697		629	1,704	0	0	Coal prepared at Jeddo No. 7 and Harry E. breakers.
Laflin		Bank		5	Laflin¹	Luzerne	Laflin Heights Coal Co.	0	Truck¹	8,009	8,009	55	4	Direct sales.
Laflin		Bank		5	Laflin¹	Luzerne	Scranton Excavating Co.	6,802		5,311	30,196	274	4	Coal prepared at Taylor, Bel Air, Penbrook and Glen Lyon breakers.
Lehigh Valley Railroad		Bed		5		Luzerne	C. B. M. Coal Co.	7,260		4,095	18,615	108	3	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Loree		Breaker		5	Larksville	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	0		0	0	73	30
Loree		General		5	Larksville	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	0		0	0	248	20
Marvine		Bag Plant		5	Scranton	Lackawanna	Blue Coal Corporation	0		0	0	295	13
Marvine		Sizing Plant		5	Scranton	Lackawanna	Northwest Mining Co., Inc.	0		0	0	301	13
Matisko		Bank		5		Susquehanna	Matisko Coal Co.	0		0	1,432	104	1
Matisko		Cleaning Plant		5	Forest City	Susquehanna	Matisko Coal Co.	0		0	0	104	1
Mountain	No. 32	Bank	Slope	5		Luzerne	Mountain Coal Co.	7,912		7,148	19,359	240	14	Coal prepared at Harry E. Breaker.
O'Toole		Cleaning Plant		5	Moosic	Lackawanna	O'Toole, John F.	0		0	0	256	1
Olyphant		Bank		5	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Olyphant Premium Anthracite Co.	8,168		3,130	16,866	128	6	Coal prepared at Olyphant Cleaning Plant, Huber and Raymond breakers.
Olyphant		Cleaning Plant		5	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Olyphant Premium Anthracite Co.	0		0	0	128	14
Ontario	No. 52	Mine	Drift	5	Peckville¹	Lackawanna	Panzitta Construction Co.	0		0	0	4	2	Ceased operations in January 1968.
OSC		Bank		5		Susquehanna	O. S. C. Co.	0	Truck¹	5,368	8,157	65	4	Railroad bank. Coal prepared at Bolands Breaker.
Penbrook		Bank		5	Archbald	Lackawanna	Penbrook Coal Co.	1,915		0	1,915	141	2	Coal prepared at Waddell Washery.
Penbrook		Breaker		5	Archbald	Lackawanna	Penbrook Coal Co.	0		0	0	141	5
Perry		Bank		5	Taylor	Lackawanna	Perry Coal Sales Co.	18,838		126	21,140	213	3	Coal prepared at Kassa, Bel Air, Taylor breakers and Avoca Cleaning Plant.
Pine Ridge		Bank		5	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lear Coal Co.	3,234		15,427	18,661	141	4	Direct sales and coal prepared at Avoca Cleaning Plant.
Pompey		Breaker		5	Jessup	Lackawanna	Pompey Coal Co.	0		0	0	187	19	Ceased operations in July 1968.
Pompey		Bank		5	Jessup	Lackawanna	Pompey Coal Co.	8,229		197	12,168	158	3	Coal prepared at Waddell Washery.
Prospect		Bank		5	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	11,458		10,287	27,776	225	3	Coal prepared at Jeddo No. 7 and Harry E. breakers.
Prospect		Cleaning Plant		5	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	225	5
Raymond		Breaker		5	Eynon	Lackawanna	Northwest Mining Co., Inc.	0		0	0	250	23
Sebastopol		Bank		5	Jenkins Twp.²	Luzerne	Sebastopol Coal Co.	11,012		0	11,012	207	4	Coal prepared at Ziffenblatt Cleaning Plant.
Simpson		Bank		5	Fell Twp.	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	16,444		8,240	43,610	202	3	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
Storrs		Bank		5	Dickson City¹	Lackawanna	Giovannini, Joseph	690		0	690	25	3	Ceased operations in July 1968. Coal prepared at Waddell Washery.
Sugar Notch	No. 133	Mine	Slope	5	Sugar Notch¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	4,104		2,357	10,587	119	15	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
Sugar Notch	No. 134	Mine	Slope	5	Sugar Notch¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	1,997		1,146	5,151	199	6	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
Sugar Notch		Bank		5	Sugar Notch¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	915		515	2,345	16	4	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
Taylor		Bank		5	Taylor	Lackawanna	Martinelli, Mathew	361		64	2,384	41	0	Coal prepared at Matisko Breaker and Ace Cleaning Plant.
Taylor		Breaker		5	Taylor	Lackawanna	Moffat Premium Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	144	65
Truesdale	No. 218	Mine	Slope	5	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	5,308		3,049	13,694	140	18	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
Vandling		Bank		5		Lackawanna	Heapps, William	360		948	1,308	35	2	Ceased operations in September 1968. Coal prepared at Waddell Washery and Bolands Breaker.
Waddell		Bank		5	Winton	Lackawanna	American Silt Processing Co., Inc.	950		0	950	160	2	Direct sales.
Waddell		Washery		5	Winton	Lackawanna	American Silt Processing Co., Inc.	0		0	0	160	5	Direct sales.
Ziffenblatt		Cleaning Plant		5	Duryea	Luzerne	G. M. C. Energy Fuels	0		0	0	207	4

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

Note 2: From a list of Anthracite Operators. This may not be the operation location.