1891
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Operation NameNumberTypeOpeningDistrictCityCountyCompany NameRailroad Shipments (tons)Railroad to MineTruck Shipments (tons)Total Production (tons)Days WorkedEmployeesNotes
Alden Colliery4AldenLuzerneAlden Coal Co.248,8460257,787232667 
Annora CollieryTunnel3LaflinLuzerneAnnora Coal Co.155,6870155,687205368 
Archbald CollieryShaft2Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.156,320DL&W 10164,727172505 
Avoca CollieryShaft3AvocaLuzerneAvoca Coal Co.61,881062,868223216 
Avondale CollieryShaft 14Plymouth Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.157,905DL&W 10178,682169504 
Babylon CollieryShaft3DuryeaLuzerneBabylon Coal Co.158,7770180,484198327 
BaltimoreNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Shaft4Wilkes-BarreLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.84,007084,007173220 
BaltimoreNo. 3CollieryNo. 3 Shaft4Wilkes-BarreLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.101,8850101,885206355 
Baltimore Tunnel CollieryTunnel4Wilkes-BarreLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.110,5750113,382195341 
Barnum CollieryShafts (2)3Marcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.215,481E&WV 10222,822200537 
Bellevue CollieryShaft / Slope2Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.223,814DL&W 10244,209196561 
Bennett CollieryShaft3Plains Twp.LuzerneThomas Waddell & Co.85,323089,503232191 
Bernice CollieryDrifts3BerniceSullivanState Line & Sullivan R.R. Co.71,540074,884232229 
Black Diamond CollieryShaft3Luzerne BoroughLuzerneJohn C. Haddock160,765DL&W 10175,679188381 
Boston Colliery4Plymouth Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.166,4120174,412183284 
Brisbin CollieryShaft2ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.176,468DL&W 10188,605190456 
Butler CollieryButler Shaft / Chapman Shaft3Jenkins Twp.LuzerneButler Mine Co., Limited45,524049,274213211 
Capouse CollieryShaft2ScrantonLackawannaLackawanna Iron & Coal Co.232,883DL&W 10242,894184556 
CarbondaleNo. 3CollieryShaft2CarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.27,019033,589172144 
CarbondaleNo. 1CollieryShaft2CarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.46,854047,94919976 
Cayuga CollieryShaft2ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.120,760DL&W 10137,731185419 
Central CollieryShaft2ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100  Coal prepared at Sloan and Hampton Collieries.
Central CollieryLaw Shaft / No. 13 Shaft3DuryeaLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.188,356E&WV 10197,501199437 
Church CollierySlope2ScrantonLackawannaChurch Coal Co., Limited6,467014,10715238 
Clark CollieryTunnel2ScrantonLackawannaJames Flynn & Co.8804,54615012 
Clear Spring CollieryShaft3PittstonLuzerneClear Spring Coal Co.160,1370173,306202402 
Clifford CollieryShaft / Slope2Forest CitySusquehannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.125,5130137,218208257 
Clinton CollierySlope / Drift2Fell Twp.Wayne & LackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.118,7370122,832221250 
Coal Brook CollieryTunnel2CarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.229,2890235,018210342 
Columbia CollieryShaft3Marcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzerneOld Forge Coal Co., Limited125,7240129,999182310 
Consolidated CollieryShaft / Slope3AvocaLuzerneHillside Coal & Iron Co.144,2730154,404231406 
Continental CollieryShaft2Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.165,767DL&W 10173,394200469 
Conyngham CollieryShaft 14Wilkes-BarreLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.17,114032,60998159 
Delaware CollieryShaft3Plains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.210,5730210,839221397 
DiamondNo. 2CollieryDiamond No. 2 Shaft / Trip Shaft2ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.209,576DL&W 10243,591191540 
Dickson CollieryShaft2ScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.245,3060255,161230444 
Dodge CollieryShaft2Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.162,264DL&W 10173,888191384 
Dodson CollieryShaft 14PlymouthLuzernePlymouth Coal Co.168,741DL&W 10187,126220372 
Dolph CollieryTunnel2WintonLackawannaDolph Coal Co., Limited67,040069,489144237 
Dorrance CollieryShaft 14Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.107,012LV 10117,218235261 
Dunn CollieryShaft3Old Forge Twp.LackawannaJermyn & Co.193,9880196,742203539 
East Boston CollieryShaft3Kingston Twp.LuzerneW. G. Payne & Co.192,974DL&W 10195,986222419 
Eddy Creek CollieryShaft2OlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.52,617059,18788300 
Edgerton CollieryDrifts2ArchbaldLackawannaEdgerton Coal Co., Limited204,5450217,403201405 
Elk Hill CollieryTunnel 12ScrantonLackawannaElk Hill Coal & Iron Co.37,215042,328139150 
Elmwood CollieryShaft3Pittston Twp.LuzerneFlorence Coal Co.107,5500118,299184264 
EmpireNo. 4CollieryNo. 4 Shaft 14Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.314,1600317,168202819 
Enterprise CollieryShaft / Slope3Plains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.000  Idle all year.
Erie CollieryShaft2MayfieldLackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.196,6800209,654237496 
Ewen CollieryNo. 4 Slope / No. 7 Shaft / No. 4 Shaft / Hoyt Shaft3Jenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.209,536E&WV 10218,942200621 
Exeter CollieryShaft3ExeterLuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.40,782LV 1044,312143238 
Fairmount CollieryShaft3Pittston Twp.LuzerneAbbott Coal Co.3,50003,9369751 
Fernwood CollieryShaft3Jenkins Twp.LuzerneButler Mine Co., Limited35,924037,876223101 
Forest City CollieryShaft / Slope2Forest CitySusquehannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.203,0220229,043244566 
Forty Fort CollieryShaft3Kingston Twp.LuzerneWyoming Valley Coal Co.79,889083,615188283 
Franklin CollierySlopes4Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.123,847LV 10126,754194428 
Frisbee Colliery2Fell Twp.LackawannaFrisbee Coal Co.10,387010,96220030 
Gaylord CollieryShaft / Slope4PlymouthLuzerneKingston Coal Co.305,6080312,392239614 
Glenwood CollieryNo. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft2MayfieldLackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.267,6630278,911244482 
Grassy Island CollieryShaft / Drift2OlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.150,6010162,099222421 
Grassy Island CollieryShaft / Drift2WintonLackawannaGrassy Island Coal Co., Limited6802,582 22Coal prepared and shipped from Racket Brook Breaker.
Green Ridge CollierySlope2DunmoreLackawannaO. S. Johnson & Co.120,6260131,925226248 
GreenwoodNo. 2CollieryShafts (2) / Tunnel3Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaGreenwood Coal Co., Limited142,6280158,735155358 
Gypsy Grove CollieryNo. 3 Shaft / No. 4 Shaft2DunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.126,226E&WV 10129,181205266 
Hallstead CollieryShaft3DuryeaLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.160,564DL&W 10175,409164459 
Hampton CollieryShaft2Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.145,646DL&W 10155,778197423 
Harry E. CollieryShaft3Kingston Twp.LuzerneWyoming Valley Coal Co.11,235013,10739221 
Heidelberg CollieryShaft3Pittston Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.47,981LV 1048,478180273 
Heidelberg CollierySlope3Pittston Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.6,086LV 106,10724204 
Henry CollieryShaft3Plains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.132,305LV 10135,168180427 
Hillman CollierySlope3Plains Twp.LuzerneAbbott Coal Co.12,000LV 1014,500 158 
Hillman Vein CollieryShaft 14Wilkes-BarreLuzerneHillman Vein Coal Co.91,4440118,443251249 
Holden CollieryShaft2Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.129,233DL&W 10135,389176242 
HollenbackNo. 2Colliery4Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.38,331048,93755230 
Hunt CollieryShaft3Kingston Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100 3 
Hyde Park CollieryShaft2ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.117,836DL&W 10126,388177366 
JermynNo. 1CollieryShaft2JermynLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.183,7350194,137202440 
JermynNo. 3CollieryShaft2Dickson City BoroughLackawannaJohn Jermyn163,0150169,615234489 
JermynNo. 4CollieryShaft2Dickson City BoroughLackawannaJohn Jermyn114,0640128,092195348 
JermynNo. 2CollieryShaft3Old Forge Twp.LackawannaJermyn & Co.132,6250132,625175385 
JerseyNo. 8Colliery4AshleyLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.128,6000134,912185425 
Jones-Simpson CollieryShaft / Drift2ArchbaldLackawannaJones, Simpson & Co.157,1310165,200213465 
Katydid CollierySlope3AvocaLuzerneJohn M. Robertson & Co.23,804025,71520795 
Keystone CollieryTunnel2MayfieldLackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.92,504094,304236208 
Keystone CollierySlope3Plains Twp.LuzerneKeystone Coal Co.99,040099,742202282 
KingstonNo. 1CollieryShaft4EdwardsvilleLuzerneKingston Coal Co.58,035064,33361248 
KingstonNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Shaft / No. 3 Shaft4EdwardsvilleLuzerneKingston Coal Co.342,0120350,392246608 
KingstonNo. 4CollieryNo. 4 Shaft4EdwardsvilleLuzerneKingston Coal Co.31,045032,54553176 
Lackawanna CollieryShaft2BlakelyLackawannaLackawanna Coal Co.336,1530345,658300571 
LanceNo. 11CollieryShaft 14PlymouthLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.282,4970283,512203708 
Langcliffe CollieryShaft3AvocaLuzerneLangcliffe Coal Co.166,6150172,059239438 
Laurel Run CollierySlope3ParsonsLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.83,010083,010177329 
Lee Colliery4Newport Twp.LuzerneNewport Coal Co.61,842065,194175227 
Leeks Colliery2Clifford BoroughWayneW. M. Leeks2,92003,45021018Reported as Weeks, but local historian indicates correct name is Leeks. Local coal sales.
Leggetts Creek CollieryShaft2ScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.171,8520180,064220377 
Maffet Colliery4Sugar NotchLuzerneHanover Coal Co.137,0440137,865185270 
Maltby CollieryShaft3Kingston Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.80,118LV 1081,381192289 
Manville CollieryShaft2ScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.39,375D&H 1044,30373 Manville Colliery is worked every alternate month by the DL&W and D&H.
Manville CollieryShaft2ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.38,786DL&W 1049,03674277Manville Colliery is worked every alternate month by the DL&W and D&H.
Marshwood CollierySlope2Olyphant 1LackawannaMoosic Mountain Coal Co.55,749063,597218143 
Marvine CollieryShaft2ScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.174,3040185,801221427 
Meadow Brook CollieryShaft2ScrantonLackawannaWilliam Connell & Co.193,2480233,478226338 
Meadow Brook CollieryTunnel2ScrantonLackawannaWilliam Connell & Co.55,760056,28019145 
Midland MineTunnel2Fell Twp.LackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00021011Coal reported with Coal Brook in Carbondale City.
Midvale CollierySlope3Plains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.5,18905,19322112 
Mill Creek CollierySlope 12Fell Twp.LackawannaW. P. Williams3,90004,37618711 
Mill Creek CollierySlope3Plains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.49,144049,144141147 
Mill Hollow CollieryShaft3Luzerne BoroughLuzerneThomas Waddell & Co.100,1480112,062220300 
Mineral Spring CollieryMineral Spring Slope / Coal Brook Slope3ParsonsLuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.5,394LV 105,51316197 
Morning Star CollieryTunnel3WyomingLuzerneJohn A. Hutchins & Co.10,186010,89613293 
Mosier CollieryShaft3HughestownLuzerneNewton Coal Co.10,811010,8205876 
Mount Jessup CollierySlope2WintonLackawannaMount Jessup Coal Co., Ltd.62,562DL&W 1069,679171251 
Mount Lookout CollieryShaft3WyomingLuzerneMount Lookout Coal Co.27,079030,84171162 
Mount Pleasant CollieryShaft2ScrantonLackawannaWilliam T. Smith162,059DL&W 10186,982200471 
Murray CollieryShaft2DunmoreLackawannaMurray and Jackson14,504019,56429429 
Murrin Colliery2Fell Twp.LackawannaJohn Murrin Local Coal Mine Sales002,22216610 
National CollieryShaft / Slope 12ScrantonLackawannaWilliam Connell & Co.63,524DL&W 1089,148191239 
NottinghamNo. 15CollieryShaft 14PlymouthLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.632,3730637,8072251297 
Old Forge CollieryNo. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft3Old Forge Twp.LackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.187,817E&WV 10190,753200467 
OlyphantNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Shaft2OlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.130,4580138,670226346 
Ontario CollieryShaft2Blakely BoroughLackawannaNew York & Scranton Coal Co.57,537068,087223314 
Oxford CollieryShaft2ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.129,929DL&W 10152,946188403 
Pancoast CollieryShaft2Dickson CityLackawannaPancoast Coal Co., Limited172,231DL&W 10186,485228414 
Parrish CollierySlope 14PlymouthLuzerneParrish Coal Co.297,969DL&W 10302,867205569 
PCCNo. 9CollieryNo. 9 Shaft / No. 10 Shaft / Abbott's Slope3HughestownLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.138,487E&WV 10142,797196460 
PCCNo. 1CollieryShaft2DunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.86,859E&WV 1089,784206220 
PCCNo. 5CollieryShaft2DunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.150,698E&WV 10153,252210390 
PCCNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 Shaft / No. 8 Shaft3HughestownLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.124,949E&WV 10126,562216325 
PCCNo. 14CollieryShaft / Slope / Tunnels3Jenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.182,486E&WV 10188,246198398 
PCCNo. 6CollieryNo. 5 Shaft / No. 6 Shaft / No. 11 Shaft3Jenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.118,862E&WV 10122,742196384 
Pettebone CollieryShaft3Kingston Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.64,332DL&W 1075,645206310 
Phoenix CollieryShaft3Marcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzerneOld Forge Coal Co., Limited18,220019,7254045 
Pierce CollierySlope / Tunnel2ArchbaldLackawannaPierce Coal Co., Limited95,710DL&W 1099,145147212 
Pine Brook CollieryShaft2ScrantonLackawannaLackawanna Iron & Coal Co.218,158DL&W 10243,464184578 
Pine Ridge CollieryShaft3Miners MillsLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.153,2570158,756209450 
PlymouthNo. 2CollieryShaft 14PlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.116,2330116,233155303 
PlymouthNo. 3CollieryShaft 14PlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.180,4140181,894187433 
PlymouthNo. 4CollieryShaft 14PlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.148,5120148,512189402 
PlymouthNo. 5CollieryShaft 14PlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.168,4660172,463185318 
Powderly CollierySlope2Carbondale Twp.LackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.78,610083,537205249 
Prospect CollieryShafts (2) / Slope3Plains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.219,541LV 10219,584203640 
Providence CollieryShaft2ScrantonLackawannaProvidence Coal Co.56,073071,596231197 
Pyne CollieryShaft / Slope2Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.164,887DL&W 10176,419189407 
Racket Brook Colliery2Carbondale Twp.LackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.135,0260136,85124299 
Red AshNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 Slope 14Wilkes-BarreLuzerneRed Ash Coal Co.120,7910120,791188303 
Red AshNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Slope / Tunnel 14Wilkes-BarreLuzerneRed Ash Coal Co.176,0860176,086200383 
Reese & Moser CollieryDrifts2Carbondale Twp.LackawannaReese & Moser42,151043,501369124Days reported worked exceed 365.
ReynoldsNo. 16CollierySlope 14PlymouthLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.170,1060170,106194544 
Riverside CollieryShaft2ArchbaldLackawannadata not available4,38004,606684 
Rushbrook CollieryShaft2ArchbaldLackawannaRushbrook Coal Co.29,752033,411191132 
S. V. White CollieryShaft2WintonLackawannaWinton Coal Co., Limited66,809070,344198192 
SCCNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 Slope / No. 1 Tunnel / No. 4 Tunnel4NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.00119,059149 Breaker was abandoned in August 1891.
SCCNo. 2CollieryNo. 1 Shaft George Vein / No. 1 Shaft Forge Vein / No. 1 Shaft Lee Vein / No. 2 Slope4NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.00505,9202641613Railroad shippment of 1,449,024 tons not individually reported.
SCCNo. 3CollieryNo 3 Slope4West NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.0058,964108125Railroad shippment of 1,449,024 tons not individually reported.
SCCNo. 5CollieryNo. 2 Shaft / No. 4 Slope4NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.00447,1652701018Railroad shippment of 1,449,024 tons not individually reported.
SCCNo. 6CollieryNo. 6 Shaft / No. 6 Slope / No. 6 Tunnel4Glen LyonLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.00335,3362491052Railroad shippment of 1,449,024 tons not individually reported.
Schooley CollieryShaft3ExeterLuzerneButler Mine Co., Limited91,1900100,890188252 
Sibley CollieryShaft3Old Forge Twp.LackawannaElliott, McClure & Co.119,1630132,482211313 
Simpson CollierySlopes2Fell Twp.LackawannaNorthwest Coal Co.276,1430293,500267410 
Sloan CollieryCentral Incline2Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.173,661DL&W 10202,246184470 
South Wilkes-Barre CollieryNo. 3 Shaft / No. 5 Shaft4Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.55,370055,370 175 
Spencer CollieryShaft2DunmoreLackawannaA. D. & F. M. Spencer134,915NYS&W 10146,100182326 
Stafford CollieryShaft2ScrantonLackawannaWilliam Connell & Co.28,615029,81519172 
StantonNo. 7CollieryShaft 14Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.21,840031,804 376 
Stevens CollierySlope3ExeterLuzerneStevens Coal Co.22,819023,977246177 
Storrs CollieryNo. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft / No. 3 Shaft2Dickson CityLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.243,052DL&W 10264,587174771 
Sugar NotchNo. 9CollieryShaft 14Sugar NotchLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.181,3580183,446192607 
Taylor CollieryShaft / Drift2Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.172,106DL&W 10183,003194449 
Tripp Colliery2ScrantonLackawannaTripp & Co.300DL&W 1015,40026433 
Twin CollieryTwin Shaft / Ravine Shaft3PittstonLuzerneNewton Coal Co.227,664LV 10238,831221586 
Von Storch CollieryShaft / Slope2ScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.240,1040255,981224605 
WanamieNo. 18CollierySlope 14WanamieLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.161,9000163,430190565 
Warrior Run CollierySlope 14Hanover Twp.LuzerneA. J. Davis82,357098,257187266 
West End Colliery4MocanaquaLuzerneWest End Coal Co.178,327PRR 10193,333257422 
West Side Colliery2JermynLackawannaWest Side Coal Co.1,49402,2995823 
White Bridge MineTunnel2CarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000242176No coal mined in 1891; pumped to keep mine free from water.
White Oak CollieryNo. 3 Tunnel / No. 5 Tunnel2ArchbaldLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.164,7540166,944220401 
William A. CollieryShaft3Old Forge Twp.LackawannaWilliam Connell & Son150,9240160,868212293 
Wilson Creek CollieryTunnel2Fell Twp.LackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000210252Coal reported with Coal Brook in Carbondale City.
Woodward CollieryNo. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft4Plymouth Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.155,105DL&W 10180,832194475 
Wyoming CollieryShaft / Slope3Plains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.69,743LV 1075,764109318 

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


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