Madeira
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YearOperation NameNumberTypeOpeningDistrictCityCountyCompany NameRailroad Shipments (tons)Railroad to MineTruck Shipments (tons)Total Production (tons)Days WorkedEmployeesNotes
1912Madeira CollierySlope6Plains 1LuzerneWilkes-Barre Colliery Co.9,255D&H011,07715537 
1913Madeira CollierySlope6Plains 1LuzerneWilkes-Barre Colliery Co.56,970D&H061,320287163 
1914Madeira CollierySlope / Tunnel6Plains 1LuzerneWilkes-Barre Colliery Co.143,240D&H0147,228290273 
1915Madeira CollierySlope / Drift6Plains 1LuzerneWilkes-Barre Colliery Co.145,038D&H0150,196262306 
1916Madeira CollierySlope / Drift10Plains 1LuzerneWilkes-Barre Colliery Co.127,656D&H0133,298290264 
1917Madeira CollieryNo. 1 Slope / No. 1 Drift10Plains 1LuzerneWilkes-Barre Colliery Co.161,716D&H0165,757301371 
1918Madeira CollieryNo. 1 Tunnel / No. 1 Slope / No. 2 Slope10Plains 1LuzerneWilkes-Barre Colliery Co.166,093D&H0170,326301426 
1919Madeira Colliery10Plains 1LuzerneWilkes-Barre Colliery Co.160,540D&H0164,012276339 
1920Madeira Colliery10Plains 1LuzerneWilkes-Barre Colliery Co.137,957D&H0142,463281355 
1921Madeira Colliery10Plains 1LuzerneWilkes-Barre Colliery Co.166,902D&H / DL&W0170,449278375 
1922Madeira Colliery10Plains 1LuzerneWilkes-Barre Colliery Co.95,413D&H098,706151395 
1923Madeira Colliery10Plains 1LuzerneWilkes-Barre Colliery Co.134,871D&H / Erie0138,744245300 
1924Madeira Colliery10Plains 1LuzerneColonial Colliery Co.161,554D&H / Erie0165,399292353 
1925Madeira Colliery10Plains 1LuzerneColonial Colliery Co.99,314D&H / Erie0102,086172267 
1926Madeira Colliery10Plains 1LuzerneColonial Colliery Co.101,229D&H / Erie0104,546239253 
1927Madeira Colliery10Plains 1LuzerneJohn Conlon Coal Co.83,806D&H / Erie091,846201394 
1928Madeira Colliery10Plains 1LuzerneJohn Conlon Coal Co.151,724D&H / Erie0172,912267390 
1929Madeira Colliery10Plains 1LuzerneJohn Conlon Coal Co.137,942D&H / Erie0157,578243381 
1930Madeira Colliery10Plains 1LuzerneJohn Conlon Coal Co.151,411D&H / Erie0175,043256394 
1931Madeira Colliery10Plains 1LuzerneJohn Conlon Coal Co.109,3620136,290217347 
1933Madeira Colliery10Plains 1LuzerneJohn Conlon Coal Co.72,4320103,985237308 
1936Madeira Colliery10Plains 1LuzerneJohn Conlon Coal Co.15,243027,64329089 
1937Madeira Colliery10Plains 1LuzerneJohn Conlon Coal Co.23,627052,017262160 
1938Madeira Colliery10Plains 1LuzerneJohn Conlon Coal Co.89,5330114,462272179 
1939Madeira Colliery10Plains 1LuzerneJohn Conlon Coal Co.105,5570135,942211245 
1940Madeira Colliery10Plains 1LuzerneJohn Conlon Coal Co.102,5010132,604164266 
1941Madeira Colliery10Plains 1LuzerneJohn Conlon Coal Co.109,9410139,044215211 
1942Madeira Colliery10Plains 1LuzerneJohn Conlon Coal Co.93,3120119,032248146 
1943Madeira Colliery10Plains 1LuzerneJohn Conlon Coal Co.85,3080112,579293151 
1944Madeira Colliery10Plains 1LuzerneConlon Coal Co.64,719089,322308150 
1945Madeira Colliery10Plains 1LuzerneConlon Coal Co.50,820068,880280121 
1946Madeira Breaker10Plains 1LuzerneConlon Coal Co.67,590081,751289126Includes 29,750 tons stripping coal.
1947Madeira Breaker10Plains 1LuzerneConlon Coal Co.59,078069,940268131Includes 9,479 tons stripping coal.
1948Madeira Breaker10Plains 1LuzerneConlon Coal Co.73,387084,785277141Includes 6,660 tons stripping coal.
1949Madeira Breaker10Plains 1LuzerneConlon Coal Co.57,005063,421203119Includes 13,024 tons stripping coal.
1950Madeira Breaker10Plains 1LuzerneConlon Coal Co.27,580042,27621492Includes 6,707 tons stripping coal.
1951Madeira Breaker10Plains 1LuzerneConlon Coal Co.56,741062,41322279Breaker discontinued operation on June 25. From then on coal was prepared at Pompey Breaker.
1952Madeira Mine10Plains 1LuzerneConlon Coal Co.129,9160130,216229105Coal prepared at Pompey Breaker.
1953Madeira Mine10Plains 1LuzerneConlon Coal Co.0039,35721798 
1953Madeira Stripping10Plains 1LuzerneConlon Coal Co.0086,2752170 
1954Madeira Mine10Plains 1LuzerneConlon Coal Co.8,00515,28023,28524370 
1954Madeira Stripping10Plains 1LuzerneConlon Coal Co.86,0205,76091,78026015 
1955Madeira Stripping10Plains 1LuzerneC. B. & M. Coal Co.30,337041,98628322 
1955Madeira Mine10Plains 1LuzerneConlon Coal Co.6,97608,59515222 
1956Madeira Stripping10Plains 1LuzerneC. B. & M. Coal Co.25,06173735,8542146Coal prepared at Pompey Breaker.
1956Madeira Mine10Plains 1LuzerneConlon Coal Co.8,66251314,71322520 
1957Madeira Stripping10Plains 1LuzerneC. B. & M. Coal Co.5,2511027,270978Coal prepared at Pompey, Russell, Adams and Valley View breakers.
1957Madeira Colliery10Plains 1LuzerneConlon Coal Co.45814674405Mined to exhaustion, February 1957.
1958Madeira Stripping10Plains 1LuzerneC. B. M. Coal Co.2,0001655,0032536Coal prepared at multiple breakers.

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


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