1970

1970
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		Breaker		5	Blakely	Lackawanna	Ace Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	231	3
Avoca		Cleaning Plant		5	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Perry Coal Sales Co.	0		0	0	268	3
Baltimore		Bank		5	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	174		470	863	8	8	Coal prepared at Harry E. Breaker.
Booth		Breaker		5		Sullivan	Barca Coal & Land Co.	0		0	0	197	7
Coal Brook		Bank		5	Carbondale	Lackawanna	Coalbrook Iron & Metal Co.	0	Truck¹	9,561	9,561	175	1	Coal prepared at Waddell Washery.
Coal Brook		Screening Plant		5	Carbondale	Lackawanna	Coalbrook Iron & Metal Co.	0		0	0	175	2
D&H Railroad		Bank		5		Lackawanna	Baumann, John C.	0	Truck¹	6,537	6,537	22	4	Direct sales.
Dunmore		Bank		5	Dunmore	Lackawanna	Perry Coal Sales Co.	25,381		0	25,381	154	3	Coal prepared at Ace and Harry E. breakers and Avoca Cleaning Plant.
Dunmore		Bank		5	Dunmore	Lackawanna	Popple Sales Co., Raymond	0	Truck¹	63,807	63,807	144	9	Direct sales.
Empire		Bank		5	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	C. B. M. Coal Co.	14,665		35,504	66,581	294	13	Coal prepared at Jeddo No. 7 and Harry E. breakers.
Exeter		Bank		5	Exeter¹	Luzerne	Racho, George	0	Truck¹	22,557	22,557	100	9	Direct sales.
Franklin		Cleaning Plant		5	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	220	11
Harry E.		Breaker		5	Swoyersville	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	186	42
Huber		Breaker		5	Ashley	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	0		0	0	225	48
Huber		General		5	Ashley	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	0		0	0	225	124
Kassa		Breaker		5		Luzerne	Silverbrook Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	315	7
Marvine		Bag Plant		5	Scranton	Lackawanna	Blue Coal Corporation	0		0	0	259	12
Marvine		Bank		5	Scranton	Lackawanna	Northwest Mining Co., Inc.	3,077		1,344	7,877	165	3	Coal prepared at Olyphant, Raymond, Taylor and Huber breakers.
Marvine		Sizing Plant		5	Scranton	Lackawanna	Northwest Mining Co., Inc.	0		0	0	298	10	Coal prepared at Olyphant, Raymond, Taylor and Huber breakers.
O'Toole		Sizing Plant		5	Moosic	Lackawanna	O'Toole, John F.	0		0	0	258	1
Olyphant		Bank		5	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Olyphant Premium Anthracite Co.	29,003		7,270	52,451	251	6	Coal prepared at Olyphant, Raymond, Taylor and Huber breakers.
Olyphant		Cleaning Plant		5	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Olyphant Premium Anthracite Co.	0		0	0	251	18
Penbrook		Bank		5	Archbald	Lackawanna	Penbrook Coal Co.	628		0	628	22	2	Ceased operations in March 1970. Coal prepared at Waddell Washery.
Penbrook		Breaker		5	Archbald	Lackawanna	Penbrook Coal Co.	0		0	0	22	5
Penn State		Mine	Slope	5	Taylor	Lackawanna	Penn State Mining Co.	84		0	350	117	4	New mine began operations in March 1970. Coal prepared at Kassa Breaker.
Pittston		Bank		5		Luzerne	Coalbrook Iron & Metal Co.	1,950		34,733	36,683	175	1	Coal prepared at Waddell Washery.
Pittston		Bank	Slope	5		Luzerne	Mountain Coal Co.	2,400		6,499	11,938	242	8	Coal prepared at Harry E. Breaker.
Pittston		Bank		5		Luzerne	Perry Coal Sales Co.	6,767		498	8,597	154	2	Coal prepared at Ace and Harry E. breakers and Avoca Cleaning Plant.
Prospect		Bank		5	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	7,111		17,067	32,059	195	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	195	8
Raymond		Breaker		5	Eynon	Lackawanna	Northwest Mining Co., Inc.	0		0	0	191	25
Sebastopol		Bank		5	Jenkins Twp.²	Luzerne	Sebastopol Coal Co.	4,893		514	5,407	209	3	Coal prepared at Ziffenblatt Cleaning Plant and Waddell Washery.
Sugar Notch	No. 134	Mine	Slope	5	Sugar Notch¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	2,725		1,479	7,936	69	15	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Sugar Notch		Bank		5	Sugar Notch¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	2,887		1,566	8,402	201	9	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Taylor		Breaker		5	Taylor	Lackawanna	Moffat Premium Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	162	65
Taylor		Bank		5		Luzerne	Scranton Excavating Co.	2,347		626	6,664	259	4	Coal prepared at Taylor Breaker.
Vullo		Bank		5		Luzerne	Vullo & Vantaggi	96		960	3,199	10	2	Mine finished in February 1970. Coal prepared at Penbrook Breaker.
Waddell		Bank		5	Winton	Lackawanna	American Silt Processing Co., Inc.	950		0	950	205	1	Direct sales.
Waddell		Washery		5	Winton	Lackawanna	American Silt Processing Co., Inc.	0		0	0	205	4
Ziffenblatt		Cleaning Plant		5	Duryea	Luzerne	G. M. C. Energy Fuels	0		0	0	142	3

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.