1969

1969
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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	Truck¹	62	625	249	1
Ace		Cleaning Plant		5	Blakely	Lackawanna	Ace Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	249	3
Ace		Breaker		5	Blakely	Lackawanna	Ace Coal Co.	0		0	0	23	7	Abandoned during 1969.
Avoca		Bank		5	Avoca¹	Lackawanna	Perry Coal Sales Co.	192		394	2,925	261	1	Coal prepared at Waddell, Ace and Harry E. breakers and Avoca Cleaning Plant.
Avoca		Cleaning Plant		5	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Perry Coal Sales Co.	0		0	0	261	3
Baltimore	16-2	Stripping		1	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	36,411		55,942	11,678	356	52	Coal prepared at Harry E. Breaker.
Baltimore	16-21	Stripping		1	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	405		623	1,300	34	24	Coal prepared at Harry E. Breaker.
Bernice	35-4	Stripping		1	Mildred	Sullivan	Bliss Coal Co.	0		0	6,073	67	7	All coal prepared at Bliss Crushing Plant.
Birdseye	78-8	Stripping		1	Throop¹	Lackawanna	C. & S. Excavating Co.	960		1,514	5,272	143	8	Coal prepared at Raymond Breaker.
Bliss	35-3	Stripping		1	Mildred	Sullivan	Bliss Coal Co.	0		0	17,753	223	0	All coal prepared at Bliss Crushing Plant.
Bliss		Crushing Plant		1	Mildred	Sullivan	Bliss Coal Co.	0		0	0	290	2
Blue Ridge	21-3	Stripping		1	Archbald	Lackawanna	Pasternak Bros.	17		27	94	4	0	Coal prepared at Ace Breaker.
Bolands		Breaker		5	Carbondale	Lackawanna	DeAngelis Inc.	0		0	0	23	8	Abandoned during 1969.
Bolands		Mine		5	Carbondale	Lackawanna	Opalka Brothers	0	Truck¹	340	340	88	3	Coal prepared at Bolands Breaker.
Booth	151-1	Stripping		1	Mildred	Sullivan	Barca Coal & Land Co.	0	Truck¹	3,906	3,906	103	4	All coal prepared at Booth Breaker.
Booth		Bank		5		Sullivan	Barca Coal & Land Co.	0	Truck¹	782	782	76	1
Booth		Breaker		5		Sullivan	Barca Coal & Land Co.	0		0	0	76	4	Coal prepared at Bolands Breaker.
Carbondale	No. 2	Cleaning Plant		1	Carbondale	Lackawanna	Carbondale Coal Co.	0		0	0	216	7
Carbondale Mine Fire	64-1	Stripping		1	Carbondale	Lackawanna	Carbondale Coal Co.	13,472		21,249	74,027	298	80	Coal prepared at Taylor, Raymond and Olyphant breakers.
Cedar Ave Mine Fire		Cut		1	Scranton	Lackawanna	Coalbrook Sales Co., Inc.	953		1,506	5,264	0	0	Coal prepared at Taylor Breaker.
Ciarafoni		Mine	Slope	6		Luzerne	Ciarafoni Coal Co., Inc	6,920		12,372	20,980	234	18	Coal prepared at Glen Lyon Breaker.
Coal Brook		Bank		5	Carbondale	Lackawanna	Coalbrook Iron & Metal Co.	4,927		15,168	20,095	120	4	Direct sales.
D&H Railroad		Bank		5		Lackawanna	Baumann, John C.	3,050		38,056	41,484	80	4	Coal prepared at Ace and Waddell Breakers.
D&H Railroad		Bank		5		Lackawanna	Blue Coal Corporation	393		177	931	7	3	Abandoned during 1969.
Dunmore		Bank		5	Dunmore	Lackawanna	Popple Sales Co., Raymond	0	Truck¹	73,054	73,054	162	7	Direct sales.
Edgerton	81-6R	Stripping		1	Archbald	Lackawanna	Northwest Mining Co., Inc.	16,327		25,656	89,707	298	40	Coal prepared at Huber, Taylor and Raymond breakers.
Empire		Bank		5	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	C. B. M. Coal Co.	34,563		38,811	89,346	208	9	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Empire		Bank		5	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	4,535		5,094	11,724	41	9	Changed to C. B. M. Coal Co. in February 1969.
Exeter		Bank		5	Exeter¹	Luzerne	Racho, George	0	Truck¹	14,557	14,557	37	7	Direct sales.
Franklin		Cleaning Plant		5	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	242	14
Glen Lyon	No. 3	Mine	Slope	6	Glen Lyon	Luzerne	Glen Nan Coal Co., Inc.	174,900		286,216	532,920	236	369	Coal prepared at Glen Lyon, Huber, Kassa and Penbrook breakers.
Glen Lyon		Breaker		6	Glen Lyon	Luzerne	Susquehanna Coal Co.	0		0	0	208	104
Gravity	81-3	Stripping		1	Archbald	Lackawanna	Northwest Mining Co., Inc.	939		1,484	5,188	52	0	Coal prepared at Raymond Breaker.
Greenfield Road	81-8	Stripping		1		Lackawanna	Northwest Mining Co., Inc.	4,632		7,319	25,592	289	15	Coal prepared at Olyphant, Huber, Taylor and Raymond breakers.
Harry E.		Bank		5	Swoyersville	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	1,031		1,583	3,305	170	2	Coal prepared at Jeddo No. 7 and Harry E. breakers.
Harry E.		Breaker		5	Swoyersville	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	170	36
Huber	30-49	Stripping		1	Ashley	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	157		70	371	33	4	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Huber		Breaker		5	Ashley	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	0		0	0	232	50
Huber		General		5	Ashley	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	0		0	0	232	116
Kassa		Breaker		5		Luzerne	Silverbrook Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	305	7
Laflin		Bank		5	Laflin¹	Luzerne	Laflin Heights Coal Co.	0		0	0	15	2	Abandoned during 1969.
Lehigh Valley Railroad		Bed		5		Luzerne	C. B. M. Coal Co.	202		91	479	290	2	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Loomis	30-66	Stripping		1	Nanticoke	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	3,418		1,537	8,096	59	10	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Loree	30-51	Stripping		1	Larksville	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	6,969		3,132	16,502	291	16	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Loree		General		5	Larksville	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	0		0	0	157	7
Louise	147-1	Stripping		1	Luzerne¹	Sullivan	S. B. P. Coal Co.	0	Truck¹	12,294	12,294	181	7	Coal prepared at S. B. P. Crushing Plant.
Marvine		Bag Plant		5	Scranton	Lackawanna	Blue Coal Corporation	0		0	0	257	13
Marvine		Sizing Plant		5	Scranton	Lackawanna	Northwest Mining Co., Inc.	0		0	0	296	10
Middle Road	30-52	Stripping		1		Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	12,903		5,841	31,318	215	0	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Middle Road	30-68	Stripping		1		Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	3,520		1,540	7,569	43	12	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Mountain Pittston Slope	No. 32	Bank	Slope	5		Luzerne	Mountain Coal Co.	2,890		4,440	9,269	153	10	Coal prepared at Harry E. Breaker.
Murrin	81-9	Stripping		1		Lackawanna	Northwest Mining Co., Inc.	1,687		2,666	9,322	171	15	Coal prepared at Olyphant, Huber, Taylor and Raymond breakers.
Nanticoke		Bank		6	Nanticoke¹	Luzerne	Bartoli Construction Co.	0		0	0	0	0	All coal shipped unprepared to United Gas Improvement, Hunlock Plant.
New Boston	24-5	Stripping		1	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Kaminski Brothers, Inc.	0		0	365	24	4	Coal prepared at Kassa Breaker.
No. 6		Bank		6		Luzerne	Silverbrook Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	16,927	247	6	Ceased operation during 1969. Coal prepared at Kassa Breaker.
No. 8	81-10	Stripping	Tunnel	1	Archbald	Lackawanna	Northwest Mining Co., Inc.	979		1,538	5,379	83	20	Coal prepared at Huber, Taylor and Raymond breakers.
O&W		Bank		5		Susquehanna	Taminini Construction Co.	88		140	487	13	4	Abandoned during 1969. Coal prepared at Raymond Breaker.
O'Toole		Sizing Plant		5	Moosic	Lackawanna	O'Toole, John F.	0		0	0	256	1
Olyphant		Bank		5	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Olyphant Premium Anthracite Co.	45,806		11,265	80,123	265	5	Coal prepared at Harry E. Breaker.
Olyphant		Cleaning Plant		5	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Olyphant Premium Anthracite Co.	0		0	0	265	18
Ontario	21-1	Stripping		1	Peckville¹	Lackawanna	Pasternak Bros.	1,091		1,723	6,025	111	0	Coal prepared at Ace and Penbrook breakers.
Ontario	21-2	Stripping		1	Peckville¹	Lackawanna	Pasternak Bros.	921		1,456	5,090	144	4	Coal prepared at Ace and Penbrook breakers.
Owego	149-1	Stripping		1		Lackawanna	Raymond Colliery Co.	2,738		4,327	15,128	90	36	Coal prepared at Huber, Taylor and Raymond breakers.
Penbrook		Bank		5	Archbald	Lackawanna	Penbrook Coal Co.	825		0	825	116	1	Coal prepared at Waddell Washery.
Penbrook		Breaker		5	Archbald	Lackawanna	Penbrook Coal Co.	0		0	0	116	1
Perry		Bank		5	Taylor	Lackawanna	Perry Coal Sales Co.	29,705		0	29,705	253	2	Coal prepared at Waddell, Ace and Harry E. breakers and Avoca Cleaning Plant.
Pompey		Bank		5	Jessup	Lackawanna	Pompey Coal Co.	2,415		0	2,415	171	2	Coal prepared at Waddell Washery.
Powderly	81-7	Stripping		1	Carbondale	Lackawanna	Northwest Mining Co., Inc.	523		828	2,894	228	4	Coal prepared at Raymond Breaker.
Prospect		Bank		5	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	18,430		16,403	41,181	242	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	242	6
Raymond		Breaker		5	Eynon	Lackawanna	Northwest Mining Co., Inc.	0		0	0	246	26
SBP		Crushing Plant		1		Sullivan	S. B. P. Coal Co.	0		0	0	181	1
SCC	No. 5	Bank		6	Nanticoke¹	Luzerne	L. J. B., Inc.	943		1,549	3,388	19	5	Coal prepared at Harry E. and Penbrook breakers.
Sebastopol		Bank		5	Jenkins Twp.²	Luzerne	Sebastopol Coal Co.	6,468		0	6,468	188	5	Coal prepared at Ziffenblatt Cleaning Plant.
South Cross Valley Hwy		Stripping		1	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Glasgow Construction Co.	192		86	455	0	0	Coal recovered while excavating highway. Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Spruce St.		Cut		1		Lackawanna	S. & B. Trucking Co.	750		1,150	2,415	0	0	Coal recovered while excavation for highway. Coal prepared at Harry E. Breaker.
Stearns	30-67	Stripping		1		Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	2,379		1,069	5,636	50	15	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Stillwater		Bank		5		Susquehanna	O. S. C. Co.	0	Truck¹	638	638	20	4	Abandoned during 1969. Direct sales.
Sugar Notch	30-48	Stripping		1	Sugar Notch¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	24,253		10,901	57,428	301	22	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Sugar Notch	30-55	Stripping		1	Sugar Notch¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	17,382		7,814	41,156	229	6	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Sugar Notch	30-50	Stripping		1	Sugar Notch¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	2,000		899	4,736	202	0	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Sugar Notch	30-72	Stripping		1	Sugar Notch¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	250		112	591	18	5	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Sugar Notch	No. 134	Mine	Slope	5	Sugar Notch¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	1,797		808	4,256	181	2	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Sugar Notch		Bank		5	Sugar Notch¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	899		404	2,128	181	2	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Taylor		Breaker		5	Taylor	Lackawanna	Moffat Premium Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	124	54
Taylor		Bank		5		Luzerne	Scranton Excavating Co.	3,191		1,102	9,860	278	3	Coal prepared at Taylor and Raymond breakers.
Throop Mine Fire		Cut		1	Throop¹	Lackawanna	Empire Contracting Co.	0		0	1,775	0	0	Coal prepared at Kassa and Ace breakers.
Truesdale	No. 20	Stripping	Tunnel	1	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	404		182	957	54	3	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Truesdale	No. 214 (30-38)	Stripping	Slope	1	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	4,876		2,192	11,546	263	6	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Truesdale	30-57	Stripping		1	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	4,500		2,023	10,659	54	0	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Truesdale	30-58	Stripping		1	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	2,817		1,266	6,671	36	0	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Truesdale	30-61	Stripping		1	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	4,773		2,145	11,297	91	0	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Truesdale	30-64	Stripping		1	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	9,824		4,416	23,259	127	8	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Vullo		Bank		5		Luzerne	Vullo & Vantaggi	58		494	1,645	40	3	Coal prepared at Penbrook Breaker.
Waddell		Washery		5	Winton	Lackawanna	American Silt Processing Co., Inc.	0		0	0	197	5
Waddell		Bank		5	Winton	Lackawanna	American Silt Processing Co., Inc.	1,900		0	1,900	197	2
Wanamie	30-59	Stripping		1	Wanamie¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	10,962		4,928	25,963	98	0	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Wanamie	30-63	Stripping		1	Wanamie¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	2,141		962	5,068	21	0	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Wanamie	30-23	Stripping		1	Wanamie¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	14,813		6,659	35,071	252	12	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Wanamie	30-21	Stripping		1	Wanamie¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	9,898		4,449	23,440	125	0	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Wanamie	30-60	Stripping		1	Wanamie¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	5,908		2,656	13,991	130	0	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Wanamie	30-6	Stripping		1	Wanamie¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	2,862		1,287	6,777	142	12	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Wanamie	30-56	Stripping		1	Wanamie¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	1,273		572	3,014	23	0	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Wanamie	30-47	Stripping		1	Wanamie¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	66,079		29,703	156,469	299	55	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Wanamie		Bank		6	Wanamie¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	7,491		3,367	17,741	72	6	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Wanamie		Colliery		6	Wanamie¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	96,094		43,195	227,547	245	378	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Wanamie		Bank		6	Wanamie¹	Luzerne	Pollock Inc.	0	Truck¹	311,638	311,638	253	9	All coal shipped unprepared to United Gas Improvement, Hunlock Plant.
Warrior Run		Bank		6	Warrior Run¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	2,881		1,295	6,824	67	5	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Woodward		Storage		5	Edwardsville	Luzerne	Silverbrook Anthracite, Inc.	0	Truck¹	2,384	2,390	0	0	Coal from storage at Kassa Breaker for two years.
Ziffenblatt		Cleaning Plant		5	Duryea	Luzerne	G. M. C. Energy Fuels	0		0	0	187	5

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.