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Paxton

(Salem)

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
1870	Paxton	Colliery	Drift¹	Middle	Shickshinny¹	Luzerne	Paxton Coal Co.	0		0	0		40
1871	Paxton	Colliery	Drift¹	Middle	Shickshinny	Luzerne	Paxton Coal Co.	0		0	0		60
1872	Paxton	Colliery	Drift¹	Middle	Shickshinny	Luzerne	Paxton Coal Co.	0		0	0
1875	Paxton	Colliery	Drift	Middle	Shickshinny	Luzerne	Salem Coal Co.	0		0	60,000		155
1876	Paxton	Colliery	Drift¹	Middle	Shickshinny	Luzerne	Salem Coal Co.	0		0	34,500	175	175
1878	Salem	Colliery	Tunnel¹	Middle	Salem Twp.	Luzerne	Salem Coal Co.	35,865		0	38,496	200	197
1879	Salem	Colliery	Tunnel¹	Middle	Salem Twp.	Luzerne	Salem Coal Co.	35,400		0	40,000	228	167
1880	Salem	Colliery	Tunnel	Middle	Salem Twp.	Luzerne	Salem Coal Co.	0		0	40,000	214	154
1881	Salem	Colliery	Tunnel	Middle	Salem Twp.	Luzerne	Salem Coal Co.	0		0	52,450	280	153
1882	Salem	Colliery	Tunnel	Middle	Salem Twp.	Luzerne	Salem Coal Co.	0		0	47,450	250	180
1883	Salem	Colliery	Tunnel	Middle	Salem Twp.	Luzerne	Salem Coal Co.	0		0	51,786	248	176
1884	Salem	Colliery		Middle	Salem Twp.	Luzerne	Salem Coal Co.	0	Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)	0	42,940	221	197
1885	Salem	Colliery		3	Salem Twp.	Luzerne	Salem Coal Co.	0	Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)	0	33,098	225	117
1886	Salem	Colliery		3	Salem Twp.	Luzerne	Salem Coal Co.	10,491	Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)	0	13,882	141	69
1912	Salem	Colliery	Penobscot Drift / Ross Drift / Upper Paddy Run Drift / Middle Paddy Run Drift / Beadle Drift / Churchey Drift / Ross Split Drift / Log Drift / No. 3 Drift	10	Salem Twp.¹	Luzerne	E. S. Stackhouse Coal Co.	79,309	DL&W	0	82,539	296	178
1913	Salem	Colliery	Penobscot Drift / Penobscot Slope (New mine) / Ross Drift / Beadle Drift / Churchey Drift / Ross Split Drift / No. 4 Drift (New mine) / No. 3 Drift / Old Tunnel (New mine) / New Tunnel (New mine)	10	Salem Twp.¹	Luzerne	E. S. Stackhouse Coal Co.	45,158	DL&W	0	47,091	166	172
1914	Salem	Colliery	Beadle Drift / Red Ash Drift (new mine) / No. 4 Drift / No. 3 Drift / No. 1 Tunnel (new mine) / No. 2 Tunnel (new mine) / Crary Drift (new mine)	10	Salem Twp.¹	Luzerne	E. S. Stackhouse Coal Co.	64,147	DL&W	0	66,695	162	181
1915	Salem	Colliery	No. 4 Drift / No. 3 Drift / No. 1 Tunnel / No. 2 Tunnel / Beadle Drift (abandoned) / Red Ash Drift (abandoned) / Crary Drift (abandoned)	10	Salem Twp.¹	Luzerne	E. S. Stackhouse Coal Co.	75,113	DL&W	0	77,835	201	204
1916	Salem	Colliery	No. 1 Tunnel / No. 2 Tunnel / No. 3 Drift / No. 4 Drift	14	Salem Twp.¹	Luzerne	E. S. Stackhouse Coal Co.	66,737	DL&W	0	69,445	218	161
1917	Salem	Colliery	No. 1 Drift / No. 2 Drift / No. 3 Drift / No. 4 Drift	14	Salem Twp.¹	Luzerne	E. S. Stackhouse Coal Co.	87,961	DL&W	0	91,300	286	203
1918	Salem	Colliery	No. 1 Tunnel / No. 2 Tunnel / No. 3 Drift / No. 4 Drift	14	Salem Twp.¹	Luzerne	E. S. Stackhouse Coal Co.	80,682	DL&W	0	83,713	286	174
1919	Salem	Colliery		14	Salem Twp.¹	Luzerne	E. S. Stackhouse Coal Co.	61,686	DL&W	0	64,741	234	177
1920	Salem	Colliery		14	Salem Twp.¹	Luzerne	E. S. Stackhouse Coal Co.	71,946	DL&W	0	75,349	276	169
1921	Salem	Colliery		14	Salem Twp.¹	Luzerne	E. S. Stackhouse Coal Co.	37,958	DL&W	0	39,846	204	189
1922	Salem	Colliery		14	Salem Twp.¹	Luzerne	E. S. Stackhouse Coal Co.	47,499	DL&W	0	49,529	151	223
1923	Salem	Colliery		14	Salem Twp.¹	Luzerne	E. S. Stackhouse Coal Co.	61,031	DL&W	0	63,467	270	213
1924	Salem	Colliery		14	Salem Twp.¹	Luzerne	E. S. Stackhouse Coal Co.	32,530	DL&W	0	33,277	195	172
1925	Salem	Colliery		14	Salem Twp.¹	Luzerne	E. S. Stackhouse Coal Co.	25,245	DL&W	0	26,532	139	171
1926	Salem	Colliery		14	Salem Twp.¹	Luzerne	E. S. Stackhouse Coal Co.	57,866	DL&W	0	59,404	245	156
1927	Salem	Colliery		14	Salem Twp.¹	Luzerne	Stackhouse Coal Co.	48,277	DL&W	0	49,700	229	162
1928	Salem	Colliery		14	Salem Twp.¹	Luzerne	Stackhouse Coal Co.	28,270	DL&W	0	31,918	166	115
1929	Salem	Colliery		14	Salem Twp.¹	Luzerne	E. S. Stackhouse Coal Co.	28,834	DL&W	0	41,431	198	116
1930	Salem	Colliery		14	Salem Twp.¹	Luzerne	E. S. Stackhouse	17,938	DL&W	0	35,615	156	122
1931	Salem	Colliery		14	Salem Twp.¹	Luzerne	Indian Valley Coal Co.	44,568		0	70,882	295	163
1932	Salem	Colliery		14	Salem Twp.¹	Luzerne	Indian Valley Coal Co.	38,525		0	63,106	274	142
1933	Salem	Colliery		14	Salem Twp.¹	Luzerne	Five Mountain Coal Co.	5,250		0	5,325	31
1933	Salem	Colliery		14	Salem Twp.¹	Luzerne	Salem Collieries Co.	3,350		0	3,971	45	103
1933	Salem	Colliery		14	Salem Twp.¹	Luzerne	Shickshinny Coal Co.	4,266		0	4,326	23
1934	Salem	Colliery		14	Salem Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Moriches Coal Co.	567		0	1,213	36	54
1934	Salem	Colliery		14	Salem Twp.¹	Luzerne	Salem Collieries Co.	2,405		0	3,105	49	120
1935	Salem	Colliery		14	Salem Twp.¹	Luzerne	East Moriches Coal Co.	1,644		0	2,044	48	54
1938	Salem	Stripping		14	Salem Twp.¹	Luzerne	Floyd G. Wilcox	6,240		0	6,387	50	13
1939	Salem	Stripping		14	Salem Twp.¹	Luzerne	Various contractors and lessees	0	Truck¹	1,285	1,285	135	35	Operated in 1938 by Floyd G. Wilcox who now leases to various contractors.
1940	Salem	Stripping		14	Salem Twp.¹	Luzerne	Various contractors and lessees	0		0	1,671	60	42
1941	Salem	Stripping		14	Salem Twp.¹	Luzerne	Floyd Wilcox	0		0	1,965	258	22
1942	Salem	Stripping		14	Salem Twp.¹	Luzerne	Floyd Wilcox	0		0	578	164	10

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