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Wilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co.
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YearOperation NameNumberTypeOpeningDistrictCityCountyCompany NameRailroad Shipments (tons)Railroad to MineTruck Shipments (tons)Total Production (tons)Days WorkedEmployeesNotes
1870 Empire CollieryShaftMiddleEmpire 1LuzerneWilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co.000 165 
1870 HartfordNo. 6CollieryMiddlenear Ashley 1LuzerneWilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co.000 187Called Ashley No. 6 on some maps but not in the inspection reports.
1870 HollenbackNo. 3CollieryMiddlenear Wilkes-BarreLuzerneWilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co.000 60 
1870 Landmesser CollierySlopeMiddleAshley 1LuzerneWilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co.000 33 
1870 Red Ash CollieryMiddle LuzerneWilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co.000 31 
1871 Diamond CollieryShaft 1Middlenear Wilkes-BarreLuzerneWilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co.000 126 
1871 Empire CollieryShaftMiddleEmpireLuzerneWilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co.000 336 
1871 Fellows & Dodson CollieryMiddlenear PlymouthLuzerneFellows, Dodson & Co.000 33 
1871 Germania CollieryMiddlenear AshleyLuzerneWilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co.000   
1871 HartfordNo. 6CollieryMiddlenear AshleyLuzerneWilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co.000 278 
1871 Hollenback CollieryMiddlenear Wilkes-BarreLuzerneWilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co.000 237 
1871 LanceNo. 11CollieryShaft 1Middlenear PlymouthLuzerneWilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co.000   
1871 Landmesser CollierySlopeMiddleAshleyLuzerneWilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co.000 31 
1871 Red Ash CollieryMiddleSugar NotchLuzerneWilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co.000 61 
1871 Sugar NotchNo. 9CollieryShaftMiddleSugar NotchLuzerneWilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co.000 251 
1872 Audenreid CollieryMiddlenear Wilkes-BarreLuzerneWilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co.000   
1872 Diamond CollieryShaft 1Middlenear Wilkes-BarreLuzerneWilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co.000   
1872 Dodson CollieryMiddlenear PlymouthLuzerneWilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co.000   
1872 EmpireNo. 2CollieryShaftMiddlenear Wilkes-BarreLuzerneWilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co.000  Not shipping coal.
1872 Gaylord CollierySlope 1Middlenear PlymouthLuzerneWilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co.000   
1872 HartfordNo. 6CollieryMiddlenear AshleyLuzerneWilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co.000   
1872 Hollenback CollieryMiddlenear Wilkes-BarreLuzerneWilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co.000  Coal from No. 3 included.

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

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