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YearOperation NameNumberTypeOpeningDistrictCityCountyCompany NameRailroad Shipments (tons)Railroad to MineTruck Shipments (tons)Total Production (tons)Days WorkedEmployeesNotes
1882 West End CollieryTunnelMiddleMocanaquaLuzerneWest End Coal Co.0088,711283241 
1883 West End CollieryTunnelMiddleMocanaquaLuzerneWest End Coal Co.0096,500278224 
1884 East End CollieryMiddleConyngham Twp.LuzerneWest End Coal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna 1030,838191144 
1884 West End CollieryMiddleMocanaquaLuzerneWest End Coal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna / North and West Branch Railroad0135,044280277 
1885 East End Colliery3Conyngham Twp.LuzerneWest End Coal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna 1021,486132157 
1885 West End Colliery3MocanaquaLuzerneWest End Coal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna / North and West Branch Railroad0128,899281297Aug 11 - 10 miners suffocated by boiler fire.
1886 East End Colliery3Conyngham Twp.LuzerneWest End Coal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna 100  Did not work in 1886.
1886 West End Colliery3MocanaquaLuzerneWest End Coal Co.128,732Lehigh & Susquehanna / North and West Branch Railroad0141,196264343 
1887 East End Colliery3Conyngham Twp.LuzerneWest End Coal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna 100  Did not work in 1887.
1887 West End Colliery3MocanaquaLuzerneWest End Coal Co.152,860PRR 10172,259264392 
1888 West End Colliery3MocanaquaLuzerneWest End Coal Co.182,478PRR 10196,567280480 
1889 West End Colliery3MocanaquaLuzerneWest End Coal Co.187,718PRR 10204,866271441 
1890 West End Colliery3MocanaquaLuzerneWest End Coal Co.151,798PRR 10167,747211407 
1891 West End Colliery4MocanaquaLuzerneWest End Coal Co.178,327PRR 10193,333257422 
1892 West End Colliery4MocanaquaLuzerneWest End Coal Co.179,834PRR 10196,237278422 
1893 West End Colliery4MocanaquaLuzerneWest End Coal Co.137,775PRR 10152,945170512Wood Breaker burned and was rebuilt.
1894 West End Colliery4MocanaquaLuzerneWest End Coal Co.201,901PRR 10224,526243580 
1895 West End Colliery4MocanaquaLuzerneWest End Coal Co.214,273PRR 10235,789218382 
1896 West End Colliery4MocanaquaLuzerneWest End Coal Co.166,466PRR 10186,404171557 
1897 West End Colliery4MocanaquaLuzerneWest End Coal Co.96,197PRR 10121,830104593Wood Breaker burned again and was rebuilt using steel.
1898 West End Colliery4MocanaquaLuzerneWest End Coal Co.145,708PRR0171,114137547 
1899 West End Colliery4MocanaquaLuzerneWest End Coal Co.172,569PRR 10206,827181530 
1900 West End Colliery4Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.168,294PRR0196,480168457 
1901 West End Colliery4Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.73,290PRR099,636150489Includes Lee.
1902 West End Colliery4Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.123,122PRR0147,225108712 
1903 West End CollierySand Drift / Long Drift8Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.351,297PRR0381,208242734 
1903 West End Washery8Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.102,064PRR0102,76421120 
1904 Melville Washery8 LuzerneWest End Coal Co.1,493PRR01,563169 
1904 West End CollieryWest End Drift / Ross Drift / East Drift / Sand Drift / No. 1 Lee Drift / No. 2 Lee Drift8Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.431,757PRR0461,188230825 
1904 West End Washery8Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.8,509PRR08,509247 
1905 West End CollieryWest End Drift (2) / No. 1 Lee Drift / No. 2 Lee Drift / East Drift / Golden Drift / Barney Draft / Church Drift / Sand Drift8Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.475,194PRR0513,795281985 
1906 West End CollieryLong Drift / No. 1 Lee Drift / No. 2 Lee Drift / East Drift / Golden Drift / Barney Draft / Sand Drift / Ross Drift10Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.402,585CNJ / PRR0444,8152181071 
1906 West End Washery10Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.21,936CNJ / PRR021,9367212 
1907 West End CollierySand Drift / Long Drift / No. 1 Lee Drift / Golden Drift10Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.570,521PRR0619,9262571238 
1907 West End Washery10Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.63,754PRR063,754 15 
1908 West End CollierySand Drift / Long Drift / No. 1 Lee Drift / Barney Drift / Golden Drift / No. 6 Slope10Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.649,463CNJ / PRR0698,4632661459 
1908 West End Washery10Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.23,253CNJ / PRR023,253947 
1909 West End CollierySand Drift / Long Drift / No. 1 Lee Drift / No. 3 Lee Drift / Barney Drift / Golden Drift / No. 6 Slope10Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.561,639CNJ / PRR0621,9382491409 
1910 West End CollierySand Drift / Long Drift / No. 1 Lee Drift / No. 3 Lee Drift / Barney Drift / Golden Drift / No. 6 Slope10Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.608,680CNJ / PRR0656,9942561461 
1911 West End CollieryLong Drift / Sand Drift / No. 1 Lee Drift / No. 3 Lee Drift / Barney Drift / No. 6 Slope10Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.621,223CNJ / PRR0672,1172731340 
1911 West End Washery10Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.82,514CNJ / PRR082,51430010 
1912 West End CollieryLong Drift / Sand Drift / Barney Drift / Lee Shaft / No. 2 Lee Drift / No. 3 Lee Drift / No. 6 Slope10Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.485,899CNJ / PRR0533,5612111141 
1913 West End CollieryLong Drift / Sand Drift / Barney Drift / Lee Shaft / No. 1 Lee Drift / No. 3 Lee Drift10Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.575,131CNJ / PRR0631,2552321332 
1914 West End CollieryLong Drift / Sand Drift / Barney Drift / Lee Shaft / No. 1 Lee Drift / No. 3 Lee Drift10Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.555,257CNJ / PRR0641,1552811216 
1915 West End CollieryLong Drift / Sand Drift / Barney Drift / Lee Shaft / No. 1 Lee Drift / No. 3 Lee Drift10Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.493,834CNJ / PRR0578,2312501202 
1916 West End CollieryLee Shaft / No. 1 Lee Drift / Sand Drift / Barney Drift / Golden Drift / No. 3 Lee Drift / Long Drift14Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.525,967CNJ / PRR0611,0562901018 
1917 West End CollieryLee Shaft / No. 1 Lee Drift / Sand Drift / Barney Drift / Golden Drift / No. 3 Lee Drift / Long Drift14Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.572,080CNJ / PRR0645,794290953 
1918 West End CollieryLee Shaft / No. 1 Lee Drift / Sand Drift / Barney Drift / Golden Drift / No. 3 Lee Drift / Long Drift14Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.582,468CNJ / PRR0608,089298999 
1919 West End Colliery14Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.476,318CNJ / PRR0493,666250895 
1920 West End Colliery14Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.520,127CNJ / PRR0542,039294969 
1921 West End Colliery14Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.498,372CNJ / PRR0520,311247996 
1922 West End Colliery14Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.318,260CNJ / PRR0339,0471431057 
1923 West End Colliery14Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.493,895CNJ / PRR0518,1562851076 
1923 West End Washery14Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.59,284CNJ / PRR059,284  Data included with colliery.
1924 West End Colliery14Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.488,938CNJ / PRR1,661506,4262931071 
1925 West End Colliery14Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.267,409PRR0279,9211651009 
1926 West End Colliery14Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.363,000PRR0377,3942371013 
1927 West End Colliery14Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.406,975PRR0425,235249977 
1928 West End Colliery14Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.223,600PRR0235,896153856 
1929 West End Colliery14Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.326,552CNJ / PRR0339,524225820 
1930 West End Colliery14Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.377,061CNJ / PRR0392,729277827 
1931 West End Colliery14Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.439,2970257,067289777 
1932 West End Bank14Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.13,84513,67027,586  Data included with colliery.
1932 West End Colliery14Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.367,75330,455432,309289736Reports of a second breaker being constructed.
1933 West End Colliery14Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.359,24158,918432,050206665 
1934 West End Bank14Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.56,95210,82568,384   
1934 West End Colliery14Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.250,23844,474307,614245566 
1935 West End Bank14Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.53,0426,73259,774   
1935 West End Colliery14Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.378,152PRR / CNJ36,640426,830213513 
1936 West End Bank14Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.67,90021,96489,864   
1936 West End Colliery14Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.163,44834,449210,340229406 
1937 West End Bank14Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.12,04150,12162,267   
1937 West End Colliery14Mocanaqua 1LuzerneWest End Coal Co.185,52631,495229,749216384 

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

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