1970

1970
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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
Askam	30-75	Mine	Shaft	1		Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	2,523		1,368	346	77	10	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Avoca		Cleaning Plant		5	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Perry Coal Sales Co.	0		0	0	268	3
Baltimore	16-2	Stripping		1	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	12,299		33,299	61,172	356	46	Coal prepared at Harry E. Breaker.
Baltimore	16-21	Stripping		1	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	11,467		31,047	57,034	357	20	Coal prepared at Harry E. Breaker.
Baltimore		Bank		5	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	174		470	863	8	8	Coal prepared at Harry E. Breaker.
Bliss	35-4	Stripping		1	Mildred	Sullivan	Bliss Coal Co.	0		0	24,222	297	6	All coal prepared at Bliss Crushing Plant.
Bliss		Crushing Plant		1	Mildred	Sullivan	Bliss Coal Co.	0		0	0	297	2
Bliss		Bank		6	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	645		349	1,876	59	6	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Bliss-Alden	30-73, 30-74	Stripping		1		Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	31,921		17,308	92,879	213	72	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Booth	151-1	Stripping		1	Mildred	Sullivan	Barca Coal & Land Co.	0	Truck¹	14,812	14,812	199	5	All coal prepared at Booth Breaker.
Booth		Breaker		5		Sullivan	Barca Coal & Land Co.	0		0	0	197	7
Carbondale	No. 2	Cleaning Plant		1	Carbondale	Lackawanna	Carbondale Coal Co.	0		0	0	250	7
Carbondale Mine Fire	64-1	Stripping		1	Carbondale	Lackawanna	Carbondale Coal Co.	854		1,270	4,437	298	13	Coal prepared at Taylor, Raymond and Huber breakers.
Cedar Ave Mine Fire		Cut		1	Scranton	Lackawanna	Coalbrook Sales Co., Inc.	148		306	989	0	0	Coal prepared at Taylor Breaker.
Ciarafoni		Mine	Slope	6		Luzerne	Ciarafoni Coal Co., Inc	5,107		11,483	18,650	246	15	Coal prepared at Glen Lyon Breaker.
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.
Edgerton	81-6	Stripping		1	Archbald	Lackawanna	Northwest Mining Co., Inc.	14,202		31,246	98,322	298	35	Coal prepared at Huber, Taylor and Raymond breakers.
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.
Federal Mine Fire Project	64-1	Other		1	Carbondale	Lackawanna	Carbondale Coal Co.	324		699	1,963	0	0	Coal prepared at Taylor, Raymond and Huber breakers.
Franklin		Cleaning Plant		5	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	220	11
Glen Lyon	No. 3	Mine	Slope	6	Glen Lyon	Luzerne	Glen Nan Coal Co., Inc.	112,734		200,605	389,365	226	324	Coal prepared at Glen Lyon, Huber, Kassa and Taylor breakers.
Glen Lyon		Breaker		6	Glen Lyon	Luzerne	Susquehanna Coal Co.	0		0	0	161	96
Greenfield Road	81-8	Stripping		1		Lackawanna	Northwest Mining Co., Inc.	1,521		3,278	10,300	159	20	Coal prepared at Huber, Taylor and Raymond breakers.
Hanover Shopping Mall		Stripping		1		Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	564		306	1,644	0	0	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Harry E.		Breaker		5	Swoyersville	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	186	42
Honey Pot		Bank		6		Luzerne	Susquehanna Coal Co.	3,419		7,690	12,482	134	5	Coal prepared at Glen Lyon Breaker.
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
Loomis	30-66	Stripping		1	Nanticoke	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	10,845		5,880	31,566	261	13	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Loree	30-51	Stripping		1	Larksville	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	3,334		1,808	9,710	201	0	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Louise	147-1	Stripping		1	Luzerne¹	Sullivan	S. B. P. Coal Co.	381		0	76,880	260	15	Coal prepared at S. B. P. Crushing Plant.
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.
Middle Road	30-68	Stripping		1		Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	7,643		4,144	22,252	220	0	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Murrin	81-9	Stripping		1		Lackawanna	Northwest Mining Co., Inc.	5,941		7,090	26,548	297	20	Coal prepared at Huber, Taylor and Raymond breakers.
New Boston	24-5	Stripping		1	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Kaminski Brothers, Inc.	0		0	862	0	0	Coal stocked during 1969. Prepared at Kassa Breaker.
No. 6		Bank		6		Luzerne	L. J. B., Inc.	2,517		0	7,894	102	8	Coal prepared at Kassa and Waddell breakers.
No. 8	81-10	Stripping	Tunnel	1	Archbald	Lackawanna	Northwest Mining Co., Inc.	3,911		7,209	23,730	298	20	Coal prepared at Huber, Taylor and Raymond 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
Ontario	21-2	Stripping		1	Peckville¹	Lackawanna	Pasternak Bros.	0		0	15,250	210	4	Coal prepared at Ace Breaker.
Owego	149-1	Stripping		1		Lackawanna	Raymond Colliery Co.	19,267		31,364	105,716	297	73	Coal prepared at Olyphant, Huber, Taylor and Raymond breakers.
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.
Powderly	81-7	Stripping		1	Carbondale	Lackawanna	Northwest Mining Co., Inc.	696		1,551	4,766	271	4	Coal prepared at Huber, Taylor and Raymond breakers.
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
SBP		Crushing Plant		1		Sullivan	S. B. P. Coal Co.	0		0	0	260	1
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.
South Cross Valley Hwy		Other		1	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Number One Contracting Co.	2,033		1,102	5,914	0	0	Coal prepared at Huber and Harry E. breakers.
Stearns	30-67	Stripping		1		Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	24,002		13,014	69,866	304	35	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Sugar Notch	30-48	Stripping		1	Sugar Notch¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	2,637		1,430	7,685	101	0	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Sugar Notch	30-55	Stripping		1	Sugar Notch¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	9,782		5,304	28,472	304	3	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Sugar Notch	30-64	Stripping		1	Sugar Notch¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	5,546		3,007	16,152	195	0	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Sugar Notch	30-72	Stripping		1	Sugar Notch¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	3,443		1,867	10,023	290	5	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
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.
Swoyersville Fire		Other		1	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Number One Contracting Co.	602		199	1,770	0	0	Coal prepared at Huber and Harry E. breakers.
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.
Truesdale	No. 214 (30-38)	Stripping	Slope	1	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	5,535		3,001	16,110	294	7	Coal prepared at Huber 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
Wanamie	30-6	Stripping		1	Wanamie¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	6,512		3,530	18,953	292	8	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Wanamie	30-21	Stripping		1	Wanamie¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	5,858		3,176	17,049	290	8	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Wanamie	30-23	Stripping		1	Wanamie¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	7,742		4,197	22,537	296	14	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Wanamie	30-47	Stripping		1	Wanamie¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	21,843		11,842	63,610	278	6	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Wanamie	30-63	Stripping		1	Wanamie¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	8,310		4,506	24,175	178	0	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Wanamie	30-70	Stripping		1	Wanamie¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	4,915		2,665	14,307	75	31	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Wanamie		Colliery		6	Wanamie¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	43,195		23,420	125,779	250	346	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Wanamie		Bank		6	Wanamie¹	Luzerne	Pollock Inc.	0	Truck¹	87,279	87,279	212	7	All coal shipped unprepared to United Gas Improvement, Hunlock Plant.
Warrior Run		Bank		6	Warrior Run¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	1,083		587	3,153	33	1	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
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.