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Dorrance

Year	Operation Name	Type	Opening	District	City	County	Company Name	Railroad Shipments (tons)	Railroad to Mine	Truck Shipments (tons)	Total Production (tons)	Days Worked	Employees	Notes
1881	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft	Middle	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	0		0	0			Digging new shaft, 250 feet of probable 1,000 feet completed.
1882	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft	Middle	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	0		0	0		30	Digging new shaft, 600 feet of probable 1,000 feet completed.
1883	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft	Middle	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	0		0	685		53	No breaker.
1884	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft	Middle	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	0	LV	0	11,743	131	109
1885	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	3	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	0	LV	0	19,231	145	108
1886	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	3	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	33,128	LV	0	42,904	222	132
1887	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	3	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	40,046	LV¹	0	51,650	244	136
1888	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	3	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	67,971	LV¹	0	73,094	225	171
1889	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	3	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	101,784	LV¹	0	110,198	231	228
1890	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	3	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	115,352	LV¹	0	102,609	237	241
1891	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	107,012	LV¹	0	117,218	235	261
1892	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	85,910	LV¹	0	98,313	199	269
1893	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	115,255	LV¹	0	122,366	171	327
1894	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	135,823	LV¹	0	114,889	139	376
1895	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	157,446	LV¹	0	180,630	170	530
1896	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	155,003	LV¹	0	193,432	140	652
1897	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	197,753	LV¹	0	249,982	143	686
1898	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	200,492	LV	0	247,903	147	585
1899	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	189,587	LV¹	0	238,837	155	551
1900	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	148,531	LV	0	192,524	133	529
1901	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	212,330	LV	0	280,243	192	558
1902	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	4	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	134,827	LV	0	181,824	113	621
1903	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft (2)	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	270,145	LV	0	341,797	222	693
1904	Dorrance	Colliery	Baltimore Shaft / Hillman Shaft	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	219,795	LV	0	293,325	228	729
1905	Dorrance	Colliery	Baltimore Shaft / Hillman Shaft	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	248,779	LV	0	335,100	242	717
1906	Dorrance	Colliery	Baltimore Shaft / Hillman Shaft	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	225,999	LV	0	297,424	203	694
1907	Dorrance	Colliery	Baltimore Shaft / Hillman Shaft	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	231,539	LV	0	324,173	218	671
1908	Dorrance	Colliery	Baltimore Shaft / Hillman Shaft	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	225,343	LV	0	295,218	181	697
1909	Dorrance	Colliery	Baltimore Shaft / Hillman Shaft	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	276,819	LV	0	351,626	203	682
1910	Dorrance	Colliery	Baltimore Shaft / Hillman Shaft	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	320,616	LV	0	406,373	225	725
1911	Dorrance	Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft / No. 3 Shaft	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	349,890	LV	0	440,548	246	720
1912	Dorrance	Colliery	Baltimore Shaft / Hillman Shaft	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	366,878	LV	0	460,920	229	747
1913	Dorrance	Colliery	Baltimore Shaft / Hillman Shaft	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	434,497	LV	0	533,752	250	786
1914	Dorrance	Colliery	Baltimore Shaft / Hillman Shaft	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	456,721	LV	0	555,511	229	808
1915	Dorrance	Colliery	Baltimore Shaft / Hillman Shaft	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	477,298	LV	0	584,469	225	871
1916	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	386,625	LV	0	497,644	220	751
1917	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	475,557	LV	0	600,142	280	754
1918	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	502,175	LV	0	629,092	297	772
1919	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	470,421	LV	0	595,064	274	815
1920	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	424,397	LV	0	545,383	271	786
1921	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	449,404	LV	0	569,508	283	857
1922	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	230,734	LV	0	315,199	152	899
1923	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	392,799	LV	0	508,683	260	842
1924	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	418,977	LV	0	528,984	275	858
1925	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	284,742	LV	26,398	370,317	190	926
1926	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	413,536	LV	0	523,400	251	805
1927	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	333,123	LV	0	442,669	213	970
1928	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	415,722	LV	0	539,010	245	1052
1929	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	512,063	LV	0	647,851	285	1050
1930	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	534,173	LV	0	659,839	276	1073
1931	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	677,654		0	845,656	281	1087
1932	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	594,437		0	767,970	276	947
1933	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	599,152		8,330	758,727	250	891
1934	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	711,038		29,308	898,423	295	932
1935	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	698,325		28,971	896,185	283	961
1936	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	489,521		35,705	678,630	222	975
1937	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	485,686		41,759	673,948	206	986
1938	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	477,278		54,357	664,709	204	976
1939	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	505,760		56,733	690,508	213	1027
1940	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	469,911		60,569	647,499	195	1051
1941	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	528,492		70,420	707,412	220	1057
1942	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	534,723		87,106	743,387	261	990
1943	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	433,756		71,688	635,877	278	882
1944	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	402,996		63,628	582,866	308	773
1945	Dorrance	Colliery	Shaft¹	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	323,794		57,659	499,170	279	727
1946	Dorrance	Breaker		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	359,454		51,596	540,905	285	784
1947	Dorrance	Breaker		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	354,013		59,365	523,913	271	781
1948	Dorrance	Breaker		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	340,464		57,686	493,546	265	777
1949	Dorrance	Breaker		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	224,097		52,000	354,830	202	762
1950	Dorrance	Breaker		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	239,110		50,866	385,617	215	769
1951	Dorrance	Breaker		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	211,972		49,896	355,160	204	748
1952	Dorrance	Breaker		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	142,774		35,950	244,122	162	681
1952	Dorrance	Stripping		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	6,233		0	6,700	92	6	Coal prepared at Prospect Breaker.
1953	Dorrance	Breaker	Shaft	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	126,016		47,495	221,992	147	703
1953	Dorrance	Stripping		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	13,550		0	15,355	97	6
1954	Dorrance	Breaker		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	72,088		40,935	139,004	153	495	Mining suspended from May 5 to October 4, 1954. Breaker continued operating.
1955	Dorrance	Breaker		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	171,367		98,597	311,271	223	361
1956	Dorrance	Breaker		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	183,484		10,779	336,284	245	364
1957	Dorrance	Breaker		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	135,478		100,936	282,643	219	375
1958	Dorrance	Breaker		11	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	50,532		70,138	152,512	147	369
1959	Dorrance	Breaker		11	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	157	62	Operated by Lehigh Valley Coal Co. until March 15th and by Lehigh Valley Anthracite from May 1st.
1959	Dorrance	Breaker		11	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	14,269		23,982	45,993	39	329	Operated by Lehigh Valley Coal Co. until March 15th and by Lehigh Valley Anthracite from May 1st.
1960	Dorrance	Breaker		11	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	74	53
1961	Dorrance	Breaker	Slope	11	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	86	47
1962	Dorrance	Breaker		11	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	112	53
1963	Dorrance	Breaker		11	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	206	61
1964	Dorrance	Breaker		11	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	157	56
1965	Dorrance	Breaker		10	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	127	56
1966	Dorrance	Breaker		13	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	129	55

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