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Seneca
(Ravine)
YearOperation NameNumberTypeOpeningDistrictCityCountyCompany NameRailroad Shipments (tons)Railroad to MineTruck Shipments (tons)Total Production (tons)Days WorkedEmployeesNotes
1872Ravine CollieryShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePittston & Elmira Coal Co.0044,521 147 
1872Seneca CollierySlopeEasternPittstonLuzernePittston & Elmira Coal Co.0055,719 167 
1873Ravine CollieryShaft 1EasternPittstonLuzernePittston & Elmira Coal Co.0055,410 168 
1873Seneca CollierySlope 1EasternPittstonLuzernePittston & Elmira Coal Co.0077,137 172 
1874Ravine CollieryShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePittston & Elmira Coal Co.0053,677 167 
1874Seneca CollierySlopeEasternPittstonLuzernePittston & Elmira Coal Co.0055,026 162 
1875Ravine CollieryShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePittston Coal Co.0068,675 191 
1875Seneca CollierySlopeEasternPittstonLuzernePittston Coal Co.0073,212 197 
1876Ravine CollieryShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePittston Coal Co.18,875021,37575188 
1876Seneca CollierySlopeEasternPittstonLuzernePittston Coal Co.28,502036,408124174 
1877Ravine CollieryShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePittston Coal Co.0014,35846178 
1877Seneca CollierySlopeEasternPittstonLuzernePittston Coal Co.0064,508212276 
1878Seneca CollierySlopeEasternPittstonLuzernePittston Coal Co.0051,276133288 
1879Ravine CollieryShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePittston Coal Co.000 4 
1879Seneca CollierySlopeEasternPittstonLuzernePittston Coal Co.0059,013204218 
1880Ravine CollieryShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePittston Coal Co.000  Idle all year.
1880Seneca CollierySlopeEasternPittstonLuzernePittston Coal Co.0063,103202205 
1881Seneca CollierySlopeEasternPittstonLuzernePittston Coal Co.0054,270 180 
1882Seneca CollierySlopeEasternPittstonLuzernePittston Coal Co.0021,973104199 
1888Seneca CollieryShaft2PittstonLuzerneButler Coal Co.59,333062,897145259 
1889Seneca CollierySeneca Shaft / Ravine Shaft2PittstonLuzerneNewton Coal Co.228,4630241,045224316 
1890Seneca CollierySeneca Shaft / Ravine Shaft2PittstonLuzerneNewton Coal Co.167,6500179,448179278 
1894Ravine CollieryShaft3PittstonLuzerneNewton Coal Co.299,4880331,630186112 
1895Ravine CollieryTwin Shaft / Ravine Shaft3PittstonLuzerneNewton Coal Co.328,2790361,011207870 
1903Seneca CollieryTwin Shaft / Coxey Shaft / Columbia Shaft6Pittston 1LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.233,273LV0257,010194656 
1904Seneca CollieryTwin Shaft / Coxey Shaft / Columbia Shaft6Pittston 1LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.159,958LV0184,503197605 
1905Seneca CollieryTwin Shaft / Coxey Shaft / Pittston Shaft6Pittston 1LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.179,129LV0209,331232588 
1906Seneca CollieryTwin Shaft / Coxey Shaft / Pittston Shaft / Columbia Shaft5Pittston 1LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.174,652LV0216,469188560 
1907Seneca CollieryTwin Shaft / Coxey Shaft / Pittston Shaft5Pittston 1LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.199,588LV0242,759219517 
1908Seneca CollieryTwin Shaft / Coxey Shaft (abandoned) / Pittston Shaft8Pittston 1LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.154,511LV0195,308202500 
1909Seneca CollieryTwin Shaft / Coxey Shaft (abandoned) / Pittston Shaft8Pittston 1LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.172,205LV0209,103230499 
1910Seneca CollieryTwin Shaft / Coxey Shaft (abandoned) / Pittston Shaft8Pittston 1LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.242,608LV0279,855239578 
1911Seneca CollieryTwin Shaft / Coxey Shaft / Pittston Shaft8Pittston 1LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.291,602LV0336,240259532 
1912Seneca MineTwin Shaft / Coxey Shaft ( ) / Pittston Shaft8Pittston 1LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.241,940LV0286,684222541Mine used for ventilation and emergency purposes only; no coal removed.
1913Seneca CollieryTwin Shaft / Coxey Shaft (Idle) / Pittston Shaft8Pittston 1LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.257,215LV0299,514231541 
1914Seneca CollieryTwin Shaft / Coxey Shaft / Pittston Shaft8Pittston 1LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.235,012LV0275,037227561 
1915Seneca CollieryTwin Shaft / Coxey Shaft (Idle) / Pittston Shaft8Pittston 1LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.242,935LV0292,804224618 
1916Seneca CollieryTwin Shaft / Pittston Shaft9Pittston 1LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.213,429LV0261,748240502 
1917Seneca CollieryShafts (3)9Pittston 1LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.288,951LV0341,082292533 
1918Seneca CollieryShaft9Pittston 1LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.249,037LV0317,610299547 
1919Seneca Colliery9Pittston 1LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.163,296LV0227,713276502 
1920Seneca Colliery9Pittston 1LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.167,335D&H / LV0241,956282530 
1921Seneca Colliery9Pittston 1LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.174,383D&H / LV0254,221270582 
1922Seneca Colliery9Pittston 1LackawannaLehigh Valley Coal Co.27,660LV027,66015188 
1922Seneca Colliery9Pittston 1LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.160,336D&H0237,627151881 
1923Seneca Colliery9Pittston 1LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.168,203LV0233,227266560 
1924Seneca Colliery9Pittston 1LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.159,239LV0211,341257538 
1925Seneca CollieryBroadwell Section9Pittston 1LackawannaLehigh Valley Coal Co.37,304LV038,31619797 
1925Seneca CollieryWilliam A Section9Pittston 1LackawannaLehigh Valley Coal Co.14,243LV014,653   
1925Seneca CollieryTwin Section9Pittston 1LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.113,249LV0158,222191519 
1925Seneca CollieryWilliam A Section9Pittston 1LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.80,711LV083,033194303 
1926Seneca CollieryBroadwell Section9Pittston 1LackawannaLehigh Valley Coal Co.53,874LV054,14025294 
1926Seneca CollieryWilliam A Section9Pittston 1LackawannaLehigh Valley Coal Co.26,776LV027,468255315 
1926Seneca Colliery9Pittston 1LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.156,246LV0206,489251515 
1926Seneca CollieryWilliam A Section9Pittston 1LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.100,673LV0109,872255315 
1927Seneca Colliery7Pittston 1LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.236,470LV0296,614296500Coal from William A included.
1928Seneca Colliery7Pittston 1LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.98,758LV0134,019176505Coal from William A included.
1929Seneca Colliery7Pittston 1LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.95,062LV0128,214153484Coal from William A included.
1930Seneca Colliery7Pittston 1LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.154,409LV0193,131224504 
1931Seneca Colliery7Pittston 1LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.254,6090299,441256584 
1932Seneca Colliery7Pittston 1LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.9,656012,74411506 
1935Seneca Colliery7Pittston 1LuzernePittston Duryea Coal Co.187,4250246,802316470 
1936Seneca Colliery7Pittston 1LuzernePittston Duryea Coal Co.70,9830121,942161453 
1937Seneca Colliery7Pittston 1LuzerneJunction Fuel Co.77,2605,54382,80316055 
1938Seneca Colliery7Pittston 1LuzerneKehoe-Berge Coal Co.113,84027,878147,921204227 
1939Seneca Colliery7Pittston 1LuzerneKehoe-Berge Coal Co.56,88237,423123,57784184 
1940Seneca Colliery7Pittston 1LuzerneKehoe-Berge Coal Co.78,5620108,29117771Bank coal prepared at Seneca Breaker.
1941Seneca Colliery7Pittston 1LuzerneKehoe-Berge Coal Co.20,330035,42918194 
1942Seneca Colliery7Pittston 1LuzerneKehoe-Berge Coal Co.4,0891,5606,14621512 
1942Seneca Stripping7Pittston 1LuzerneKehoe-Berge Coal Co.15,9656,09123,99920718 
1943Seneca Colliery5Pittston 1LuzerneKehoe-Berge Coal Co.1,3035502,1371454Transferred from 7th District.
1943Seneca Stripping5Pittston 1LuzerneKehoe-Berge Coal Co.7,8713,32312,90926110Transferred from 7th District.
1944Seneca Bank5Pittston 1LackawannaDouglas Coal Co.8,6559759,757895 
1944Seneca Bank5Pittston 1LuzerneKehoe-Berge Coal Co.2,1191,0573,541245 
1944Seneca Colliery5Pittston 1LuzerneKehoe-Berge Coal Co.7537125473 
1944Seneca Stripping5Pittston 1LuzerneKehoe-Berge Coal Co.5,1762,5818,6483037 
1944Seneca Bank5Pittston 1LackawannaSullivan Trail Coal Co.3,82303,823197 
1945Seneca Bank5Pittston 1LuzerneKehoe-Berge Coal Co.1,5579772,767485 
1945Seneca Stripping5Pittston 1LuzerneKehoe-Berge Coal Co.7,0804,44612,58428110 
1946Seneca Bank5Pittston 1LuzerneKehoe-Berge Coal Co.15,2676,83024,0922816 
1946Seneca ShopShaft5Pittston 1LuzerneKehoe-Berge Coal Co.00028111 
1946Seneca Bank5Pittston 1LuzerneOxford Coal Co.30,446030,4466417Coal prepared at Sullivan Trail Breaker.
1947Seneca Washery5Pittston 1LuzerneOxford Coal Co.63,146063,14611526Coal prepared at Moffat Breaker.
1947Seneca Bank5Pittston 1LuzerneKehoe-Berge Coal Co.1,2832591,642215Coal prepared at William A. Breaker.
1948Seneca Washery6Pittston 1LuzerneOxford Coal Co.65,453065,45314626Bank coal. Discontinued operation in October.
1949Seneca Bank5Pittston 1LuzerneKehoe-Berge Coal Co.8100810243Coal prepared at William A. Breaker.
1955Seneca Stripping5Pittston 1LuzerneKehoe-Berge Coal Co.13,0326,99924,76529712Coal prepared at William A. Breaker.
1956Seneca Stripping5Pittston 1LuzerneKehoe-Berge Coal Co.11,1676,86421,75029812 
1957Seneca Stripping5Pittston 1LuzerneKehoe-Berge Coal Co.5,2914,63311,9252508Coal prepared at William A. Breaker
1958Seneca Stripping5Pittston 1LuzerneKehoe-Berge Coal Co.3,3073,11710,7562107Coal prepared at William A. Breaker
1960Seneca Bank10Pittston 1LuzernePopple, Inc.0012,777332All coal sold as is to local power plants.
1961Seneca Bank11Pittston 1LuzernePopple, Inc.0017,507922Coal prepared at Morgan and Dorrance breakers.
1962Seneca Bank11Pittston 1LuzernePopple Coal Sales003,428222Bank coal sold "as is" to local power companies.

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


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