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Red Ash

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
1870	Red Ash		Colliery		Middle		Luzerne	Wilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co.	0		0	0		31
1871	Red Ash		Colliery		Middle	Sugar Notch	Luzerne	Wilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co.	0		0	0		61
1879	Red Ash		Colliery		Middle	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	M. B. Williams, Parrish & Co.	0		0	24,800	124	131
1880	Red Ash		Colliery	Slope	Middle	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	0		0	65,000	186	217
1881	Red Ash		Colliery		Middle	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	0		0	92,599	227	259
1882	Red Ash	No. 1	Colliery	No. 1 Slope	Middle	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	0		0	97,454	232	216
1882	Red Ash	No. 2	Colliery	No. 2 Slope / Tunnel¹	Middle	Wilkes-Barre Twp.	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	0		0	69,204	195	238
1883	Red Ash	No. 1	Colliery	No. 1 Slope	Middle	Wilkes-Barre Twp.	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	0		0	91,170	215	234
1883	Red Ash	No. 2	Colliery	No. 2 Slope / Tunnel¹	Middle	Wilkes-Barre Twp.	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	0		0	118,134	209	296
1884	Red Ash	No. 1	Colliery	No. 1 Slope¹	Middle	Wilkes-Barre Twp.	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	0	Lehigh & Susquehanna	0	92,831	166	315
1884	Red Ash	No. 2	Colliery	No. 2 Slope / Tunnel¹	Middle	Wilkes-Barre Twp.	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	0	Lehigh & Susquehanna	0	104,478	166	343
1885	Red Ash	No. 1	Colliery	No. 1 Slope¹	3	Wilkes-Barre Twp.	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	0	Lehigh & Susquehanna	0	105,822	151	311
1885	Red Ash	No. 2	Colliery	No. 2 Slope / Tunnel¹	3	Wilkes-Barre Twp.	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	0	Lehigh & Susquehanna	0	110,220	153	342
1886	Red Ash	No. 1	Colliery	No. 1 Slope¹	3	Wilkes-Barre Twp.	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	115,820	Lehigh & Susquehanna	0	115,820	163	318
1886	Red Ash	No. 2	Colliery	No. 2 Slope / Tunnel¹	3	Wilkes-Barre Twp.	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	129,781	Lehigh & Susquehanna	0	131,957	162	350
1887	Red Ash	No. 1	Colliery	No. 1 Slope¹	3	Wilkes-Barre Twp.	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	145,781		0	145,781	194	308
1887	Red Ash	No. 2	Colliery	No. 2 Slope / Tunnel¹	3	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	175,120		0	177,712	207	365
1888	Red Ash	No. 1	Colliery	No. 1 Slope¹	3	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	0		0	165,195	242	328	15x,xx5 tons of railroad shippments unreadable.
1888	Red Ash	No. 2	Colliery	No. 2 Slope / Tunnel¹	3	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	0		0	199,479	242	375	xxx,243 tons of railroad shippments unreadable
1889	Red Ash	No. 1	Colliery	No. 1 Slope¹	3	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	139,378		0	139,378	178	324
1889	Red Ash	No. 2	Colliery	No. 2 Slope / Tunnel¹	3	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	161,253		0	164,170	175	400
1890	Red Ash	No. 1	Colliery	No. 1 Slope¹	3	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	122,013		0	122,013	171	284
1890	Red Ash	No. 2	Colliery	No. 2 Slope / Tunnel¹	3	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	155,536		0	158,698	169	393
1891	Red Ash	No. 1	Colliery	No. 1 Slope¹	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	120,791		0	120,791	188	303
1891	Red Ash	No. 2	Colliery	No. 2 Slope / Tunnel¹	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	176,086		0	176,086	200	383
1892	Red Ash	No. 1	Colliery	No. 1 Slope¹	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	112,248		0	112,248	186	361
1892	Red Ash	No. 2	Colliery	No. 2 Slope / Tunnel¹	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	153,315		0	156,989	178	389
1893	Red Ash	No. 1	Colliery	No. 1 Slope¹	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	126,430		0	126,430	192	358
1893	Red Ash	No. 2	Colliery	No. 2 Slope / Tunnel¹	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	166,963		0	166,963	184	403
1894	Red Ash	No. 1	Colliery	No. 1 Slope¹	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	96,530		0	96,530	127	324
1894	Red Ash	No. 2	Colliery	No. 2 Slope / Tunnel¹	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	113,201		0	116,190	123	387
1895	Red Ash	No. 1	Colliery	No. 1 Slope¹	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	99,880		0	106,758	122	327
1895	Red Ash	No. 2	Colliery	No. 2 Slope / Tunnel¹	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	108,393		0	114,867	125	363
1896	Red Ash	No. 1	Colliery	No. 1 Slope¹	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	107,926		0	114,766	137	356
1896	Red Ash	No. 2	Colliery	No. 2 Slope / Tunnel¹	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	140,572		0	147,173	135	427
1897	Red Ash	No. 1	Colliery	No. 1 Slope¹	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	86,331		0	93,171	98	325
1897	Red Ash	No. 2	Colliery	No. 2 Slope / Tunnel¹	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	110,415		0	116,787	101	407
1898	Red Ash	No. 1	Colliery	No. 1 Slope¹	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	71,522	LV	0	78,362	90	297
1898	Red Ash	No. 2	Colliery	No. 2 Slope / Tunnel¹	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	90,903	LV	0	97,006	91	355
1899	Red Ash	No. 1	Colliery	No. 1 Slope¹	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	40,624		0	48,124	2	136
1899	Red Ash	No. 2	Colliery	No. 2 Slope / Tunnel¹	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	162,212		0	168,552	212	366
1900	Red Ash	No. 1	Colliery	No. 1 Slope¹	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	0	CNJ	0	0		143
1900	Red Ash	No. 2	Colliery	No. 2 Slope / Tunnel¹	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	163,073	CNJ	0	174,987	165	537
1901	Red Ash	No. 1	Colliery	No. 1 Slope¹	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	0	CNJ	0	0	222	203	Coal taken to Red Ash No. 2 Breaker.
1901	Red Ash	No. 2	Colliery	No. 2 Slope / Tunnel¹	4	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	238,465	CNJ	0	250,584	222	354
1902	Red Ash	No. 1	Colliery	No. 1 Slope¹	4	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	0	CNJ	0	0
1902	Red Ash	No. 2	Colliery	No. 2 Slope / Tunnel¹	4	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	119,914	CNJ	0	125,115	114	534
1903	Red Ash		Colliery	Slope / Tunnel	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	141,300	CNJ	0	152,777	131	486
1904	Red Ash		Washery		7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	201,309	CNJ	0	214,951
1904	Red Ash	No. 1	Colliery	No. 1 Slope	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	0	CNJ	0	0	234	212	Coal taken to No. 2 Breaker.
1904	Red Ash	No. 2	Colliery	No. 2 Slope / Tunnel	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	194,585	CNJ	0	197,508	224	276	Coal from Red Ash No. 1 included.
1905	Red Ash	No. 1	Colliery	No. 1 Slope	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	0	CNJ	0	0	210	235	Coal taken to the No. 2 Breaker.
1905	Red Ash	No. 2	Colliery	No. 2 Slope	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	219,790	CNJ	0	235,056	212	329	Coal from Red Ash No. 1 included.
1906	Red Ash	No. 1	Colliery	No. 1 Slope	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	157,453	CNJ	0	168,830	164	212
1906	Red Ash	No. 2	Colliery	No. 2 Slope	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	0	CNJ	0	0	164	274	Coal production numbers included in No. 1 Colliery
1907	Red Ash	No. 1	Colliery	No. 1 Slope	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	211,636	CNJ	0	229,585	197	546
1908	Red Ash		Colliery	No. 1 Slope / No. 2 Slope and Tunnel	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	173,262	CNJ	0	189,040	168	651
1909	Red Ash	No. 2	Colliery	No. 1 Slope / No. 2 Slope	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	206,996	CNJ	0	224,941	175	611
1910	Red Ash	No. 2	Colliery	No. 1 Slope / No. 2 Slope	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	197,007	CNJ	0	215,923	178	636
1911	Red Ash		Washery		7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	19,456	CNJ	0	33,386
1911	Red Ash	No. 2	Colliery	No. 1 Slope / No. 2 Slope	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	180,999	CNJ	0	185,086	181	624
1912	Red Ash		Washery		7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	34,344	CNJ	0	45,464			Data included with Red Ash Colliery.
1912	Red Ash	No. 2	Colliery	No. 1 Slope / No. 2 Slope	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	191,339	CNJ	0	199,359	191	653
1913	Red Ash		Washery		7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	48,455	CNJ	0	58,921			Included with numbers from Red Ash Breaker.
1913	Red Ash	No. 2	Colliery	No. 1 Slope / No. 2 Slope / No. 2 Tunnel	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	161,622	CNJ	0	168,106	172	661
1914	Red Ash		Washery		7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	38,176	CNJ	0	49,380			Included with data from Red Ash Colliery.
1914	Red Ash	No. 2	Colliery	No. 1 Slope / No. 2 Slope / No. 2 Tunnel	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	163,251	CNJ	0	168,692	184	592
1915	Red Ash		Colliery	No. 1 Slope / No. 2 Slope / No. 2 Tunnel	7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	116,846	CNJ	0	119,933	135	249
1915	Red Ash		Washery		7	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	46,920	CNJ	0	61,056	135
1916	Red Ash		Washery		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	59,564	CNJ	0	74,113	128		Employees included with Red Ash Breaker.
1916	Red Ash	No. 2	Colliery	No. 1 Slope / No. 2 Slope	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	99,687	CNJ	0	102,109	128	327
1917	Red Ash	No. 2	Colliery	No. 1 Slope / No. 2 Slope	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	188,455	CNJ	0	202,967	124	361
1918	Red Ash	No. 2	Colliery	No. 1 Slope / No. 2 Slope	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	175,483	CNJ	0	197,512	182	342
1919	Red Ash	No. 2	Colliery	No. 1 Slope / No. 2 Slope¹	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	78,071	CNJ	0	90,432	122	275	Red Ash No. 2 Slope idle due to mine fire; stripping in operation.
1920	Red Ash	No. 2	Colliery	No. 1 Slope / No. 2 Slope¹	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	91,065	CNJ	0	107,253	219	290	Idle due to mine fire; stripping in operation.
1921	Red Ash	No. 2	Colliery	No. 1 Slope / No. 2 Slope¹	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	40,584	CNJ	0	54,809	121	250	No. 2 slope idle due to mime fire, stripping and Slope No. 1 in operation.
1922	Red Ash	No. 2	Colliery	No. 1 Slope / No. 2 Slope¹	11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Red Ash Coal Co.	22,809	CNJ	0	31,692	46	218
1933	Red Ash		Colliery		12	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Plymouth Red Ash Coal Co.	1,746		0	5,783	38	93
1941	Red Ash		Mine	Shaft	9	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Pittston Duryea Coal Co.	11,948		6,127	21,854	40	193
1942	Red Ash		Mine	Shaft	9	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Pittston Duryea Coal Co.	154,893		59,091	232,842	205	353	Coal prepared at William A. Breaker, 7th District.
1942	Red Ash		Mine	Slope	9	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Sleepy Hollow Coal Co.	3,629		191	3,820	181	16	Coal prepared at Dial Rock Colliery.
1943	Red Ash		Mine	Shaft	9	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Pittston Duryea Coal Co.	122,394		51,673	200,750	269	277
1944	Red Ash		Mine	Shaft	9	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Pittston Duryea Coal Co.	78,681		39,242	131,465	305	210
1945	Red Ash		Mine	Shaft	9	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Pittston Duryea Coal Co.	64,581		40,552	114,790	281	298	Run of mine operation.
1946	Red Ash		Mine	Shaft	9	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Kehoe-Berge Coal Co.	119,969		53,665	189,309	280	411	Coal prepared at William A. Breaker.
1947	Red Ash		Mine	Shaft	9	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Kehoe-Berge Coal Co.	149,692		30,178	191,564	263	384	Coal prepared at William A. Breaker.
1948	Red Ash		Mine		9	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Kehoe-Berge Coal Co.	118,226		40,820	169,929	273	365	Coal prepared at William A. Breaker.
1961	Red Ash		Mine		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	K. P. T. Coal Co.	0		0	331	74	5	Coal prepared at Dicksville Breaker.

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