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Austin
(Austin Heights, C&M)
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Year	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
1892	Austin		Colliery	Tunnel	2	Old Forge Twp.	Lackawanna	Austin Coal Co.	17,309		0	18,709	71	115	1892 Feb 24 - first run of coal. Scranton Republican page 8.
1893	Austin		Colliery	Tunnel	2	Old Forge Twp.	Lackawanna	Austin Coal Co.	47,542		0	50,209	163	174
1894	Austin		Colliery	Drift	2	Old Forge Twp.	Lackawanna	Austin Coal Co.	64,907		0	68,875	150	377	1894 Jan 24 - Contractors McDonald and Sayer completed grading tracks for the new Lawrence Breaker on the Austin Branch. Scranton Tribune page 2.
1895	Austin		Colliery	Drift	2	Old Forge Twp.	Lackawanna	Austin Coal Co.	48,832		0	51,750	110	375
1896	Austin		Colliery	Tunnel	2	Old Forge Twp.	Lackawanna	Austin Coal Co.	52,757		0	56,706	164	280
1897	Austin		Colliery	Tunnel	2	Old Forge Twp.	Lackawanna	Austin Coal Co.	41,765		0	44,424	139	252
1898	Austin		Colliery	Tunnel	2	Old Forge Twp.	Lackawanna	Austin Coal Co.	55,005	LV	0	59,594	142	228
1899	Austin		Colliery	Tunnel	2	Old Forge	Lackawanna	Austin Coal Co.	50,532	LV	0	56,212	140	168
1900	Austin		Colliery	Tunnel	2	Old Forge	Lackawanna	Austin Tunnel Co.	58,549	LV	0	64,437	129	182
1901	Austin		Colliery	Tunnel¹	2	Old Forge	Lackawanna	Austin Tunnel Co.	14,216	LV	0	18,892	66	87
1902	Austin		Colliery	Drift	2	Old Forge	Lackawanna	Austin Coal Co.	19,678	LV	0	23,614	65	124
1903	Austin		Colliery	Drift	4	Old Forge	Lackawanna	Austin Coal Co.	61,427	LV	0	66,894	117	153
1904	Austin		Colliery	Tunnel	4	Old Forge	Lackawanna	Austin Coal Co.	58,439	LV	0	63,347	128	161
1905	Austin		Colliery	Tunnel	4	Old Forge	Lackawanna	Austin Coal Co.	46,337	LV	0	55,888	136	170
1906	Austin		Colliery	Tunnel	5	Old Forge	Lackawanna	Austin Coal Co.	50,181	LV	0	61,664	159	218
1907	Austin		Colliery	Tunnel	5	Old Forge	Lackawanna	Austin Coal Co.	30,235	LV	0	37,785	151	160
1908	Austin		Colliery	Tunnel	5	Old Forge	Lackawanna	Austin Coal Co.	32,853	LV	0	38,673	176	145
1909	Austin		Colliery	Tunnel	5	Old Forge	Lackawanna	Austin Coal Co.	13,930	LV	0	18,434	85	102
1910	Austin		Colliery	Drift	5	Old Forge	Lackawanna	Austin Coal Co.	8,969	LV	0	12,645	54	99	1910 June 4 - O&W connects to LVRR on the Austin Branch. Pittston Gazette page 8
1911	Austin		Colliery	Drift	5	Old Forge	Lackawanna	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	16,300	LV	0	18,522		46	1911 Jan 11 - C.P. Matthews sells the Austin Coal Co colliery to the LVRR. Scranton Truth page 5. Coal prepared at William A. Colliery
1912	Austin		Colliery	Drift	5	Old Forge	Lackawanna	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	15,231	LV	0	15,394		38	Coal prepared at William A. Colliery, 8th district.
1913	Austin		Colliery	Drift	5	Old Forge	Lackawanna	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	13,035	LV	0	13,347	220	37	Coal prepared at William A. Breaker, 8th District.
1914	Austin		Colliery	Drift	5	Old Forge	Lackawanna	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	23,969	LV	0	23,969		49	Coal prepared at William A. Breaker, 8th District.
1915	Austin		Colliery	Drift	5	Old Forge	Lackawanna	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	20,661	LV	0	20,661		45	Coal prepared at William A. Breaker, 8th District.
1916	Austin		Colliery	Drift	7	Old Forge	Lackawanna	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	9,094	LV	0	9,094		39	Coal prepared at William A. Breaker, 9th District.
1927	Austin		Colliery	Tunnel	7	Old Forge	Lackawanna	Raub Coal Co.	44,223	LV	0	44,223	279	142	Coal prepared at Pine Brook Breaker, 4th District.
1928	Austin		Colliery	Tunnel	7	Old Forge	Lackawanna	Raub Coal Co.	42,188	LV	0	42,188	246	132	Coal prepared at Louise Breaker, 10th District.
1929	Austin		Colliery	Tunnel¹	7	Old Forge	Lackawanna	Raub Coal Co.	35,139	LV	0	35,139	244	86	Coal prepared at Louise Breaker, 10th District.
1930	Austin		Colliery	Tunnel¹	7	Old Forge	Lackawanna	Raub Coal Co.	27,642	LV	0	27,642	212	98
1931	Austin		Colliery	Tunnel¹	7	Old Forge	Lackawanna	Raub Coal Co.	11,356	LV¹	0	11,440	79	86	Coal prepared at Louise Colliery, 10th District.
1932	Austin		Colliery	Tunnel¹	7	Old Forge	Lackawanna	Raub Coal Co.	21,491	LV¹	0	21,491	11	93	Coal prepared at Louise Colliery, 10th District.
1934	Austin		Mine	Tunnel	7	Old Forge	Lackawanna	Pine Coal Co.	9,792		13,946	26,599	181	98
1935	Austin		Mine	Tunnel	7	Old Forge	Lackawanna	Pine Coal Co.	8,305		16,187	29,987	203	92
1936	Austin		Mine	Tunnel	7	Old Forge	Lackawanna	Pine Coal Co.	9,314		7,065	20,262	141	103
1937	Austin		Mine	Tunnel	7	Old Forge	Lackawanna	Pine Coal Co.	2,054		7,344	9,990	62	81
1938	Austin		Mine	Tunnel	7	Old Forge	Lackawanna	Pine Coal Co.	1,703		91	2,310	23	36
1944	Austin		Stripping		5	Old Forge	Lackawanna	Con-Mack Coal Co.	2,057		160	2,286	91	6
1945	Austin		Bank		5	Old Forge	Lackawanna	Con-Mack Coal Co.	627		0	627	12	5
1951	Austin		Stripping		5	Old Forge	Lackawanna	Lombardi Coal Co.	1,573		0	2,268	32	4	Discontinued operation in September. Coal prepared at Russell Breaker.
1953	Austin Heights		Mine	Slope	5		Luzerne	Lombardi Coal Co.	10,138		2,621	16,571	253	22
1954	Austin		Stripping		5	Old Forge	Lackawanna	Old Forge Coal Co.	794		0	1,478	40	7	Coal prepared at Morgan Breaker.
1955	Austin	No. 28	Mine	Slope	5	Old Forge	Lackawanna	C. & L. Coal Co.	0		0	179	106	3	Mine employing less than five persons.
1955	Austin	No. 29	Mine	Slope	5	Old Forge	Lackawanna	C. & M. Coal Co.	0		0	75	115	4	Mine employing less than five persons.
1955	Austin	No. 26	Mine	Slope	5	Old Forge	Lackawanna	Lombardi Coal Co.	36,900		0	5,701	212	15	Coal prepared at Pompey and Dial Rock breakers.
1956	Austin	No. 26	Mine	Slope	5	Old Forge	Lackawanna	Lombardi Coal Co.	804		2	840	85	7	Discontinued operation in June 1956.
1956	C&M		Mine		5	Old Forge¹	Lackawanna	C. & M. Coal Co.	1,596		0	1,596	200	4	Mine employing less than five persons.
1958	C&M		Bank		2	Old Forge¹	Lackawanna	C. & M. Coal Co.	1,170		3,330	4,500	64	8	177 tons sold unprepared to PP&L. 3,153 tons sold unprepared to Olyphant Electric Plant. 1,170 tons prepared at Dial Rock Breaker.

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