1962
District 11
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Operation NameNumberTypeOpeningDistrictCityCountyCompany NameRailroad Shipments (tons)Railroad to MineTruck Shipments (tons)Total Production (tons)Days WorkedEmployeesNotes
Avoca Bank11Avoca 1LuzernePopple Coal Sales0028,8321122Bank coal sold "as is" to local power companies.
Avondale Stripping11Plymouth Twp. 1LuzerneGlen Alden Corporation00104,9861883All coal used at Nanticoke Power Plant.
Baltimore Stripping11Wilkes-Barre 1LuzerneHudson Realty Co., Inc.2,8921,7896,7082411Coal prepared at Loree and Marvine breakers.
Bel Air Breaker11DuryeaLuzerneBel Air Coal Co.00018721 
Bliss BreakerDrift11MildredSullivanBliss Coal Co.008,4082883Stripping.
BlissNo. 1Mine11MildredSullivanBliss Coal Co.00580905 
Bliss Mills Stripping11Hanover Twp. 1LuzerneGlen Alden Corporation53,29215,500103,89024280Coal prepared at Huber, Loree, Marvine and Pompey breakers.
Bliss Red Ash Stripping11Hanover Twp. 1LuzerneGlen Alden Corporation4,5501,1418,7292576Operation discontinued November 1962. Coal prepared at Loree Breaker.
Booth Breaker11 SullivanE. & B. Coal Sales001,7231695Stripping.
Butler Stripping11Pittston Twp. 1LuzerneKaminski Brothers, Inc.1,84404,77900Stocked coal. Did not operate during 1962.
Butler CollierySlope11Pittston Twp. 1LuzerneMacarelli Coal Co.3101801,4672405Coal prepared at Morgan and Bel Air breakers.
Butler Bank11Pittston Twp. 1LuzernePopple Coal Sales003,797152Bank coal sold "as is" to local power companies.
Bylite Breaker11Plains Twp.LuzerneBylite Corp.0010,75714217 
CBM Shops11 LuzerneC. B. M. Coal Co.0002342 
Delaware Deep well pumps11Plains Twp. 1LuzerneGlen Alden Corporation0001580 
Delaware Stripping11Plains Twp. 1LuzerneHudson Realty Co., Inc.24,7627,48052,72226122Coal prepared at Loree and Marvine breakers.
Dorrance Breaker11Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.00011253 
Empire-Kidder StrippingHoyt Shaft11Wilkes-Barre 1LuzerneGlen Alden Corporation18,8206,14032,73023320Coal prepared at Loree, Marvine and Huber breakers.
Ewen Mine11Jenkins Twp. 1LuzerneGigliello Coal Co.1,2356185,9082318Coal prepared at Pompey and Morgan breakers.
Ewen Deep well pumpsTunnel11Jenkins Twp. 1LuzerneGlen Alden Corporation0001770 
Franklin Colliery11Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.33,69622,06569,93724454Coal prepared at Dorrance Breaker.
Franklin Stripping11Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.7,3284,79915,21010111Coal prepared at Dorrance Breaker.
Gaylord Stripping11 LuzerneLehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.209,364137,099434,54529382Coal prepared at Harry E. and Dorrance breakers.
Grand Tunnel Mine11 LuzerneGlen Alden Corporation5,4401,31810,90719629Mining discontinued November 30, 1962. Coal prepared at Loree and Marvine breakers.
Hallstead Bank11Duryea 1LuzerneZ. O. M. Construction Co.1,9186804,027723Coal prepared at Bellevue Washery.
Harry E. Breaker11SwoyersvilleLuzerneLehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.00014333 
Henry Stripping11Plains Twp. 1LuzerneCapone Coal Co.8,2204,21034,84424412Coal prepared at Morgan and Loomis breakers.
Kassa Breaker11Dupont 2LuzerneKassa Coal Co.0001022 
Kidder Stripping11Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.69,67145,623144,60629353Coal prepared at Dorrance Breaker.
Laflin Stripping11Laflin 1LuzerneC. B. M. Coal Co.6884131,560713Coal prepared at Bolands and Morgan breakers.
Laflin Colliery11Laflin 1LuzerneLaflin Heights Coal Co.9,6806,24032,36022357Coal prepared at Bolands, Morgan and Pompey breakers.
Lance Bank11PlymouthLuzerneC. B. M. Coal Co.18,96015,16849,2941704Coal prepared at Loree and Loomis breakers.
Lance Shops11PlymouthLuzerneGlen Alden Corporation0001070 
Loomis Colliery11NanticokeLuzerneGlen Alden Corporation0006142No coal production during 1962. Mining operation discontinued March 26, 1962.
Loomis Bank11NanticokeLuzerneLehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.138,50520,085169,89616354Coal prepared at Loomis Breaker.
Loree Breaker11LarksvilleLuzerneHudson Realty Co., Inc.43,92612,29085,640257120Coal prepared at Loree and Marvine breakers.
Maltby Breaker11SwoyersvilleLuzerneDicksville Coal Co.006,02120315 
Maltby Stripping11SwoyersvilleLuzerneK. P. T. Coal Co.00566834Coal prepared at Dicksville Breaker.
Maltby Colliery11SwoyersvilleLuzerneM Coal Co.004765061Coal prepared at Dicksville Breaker.
Miners Mills Colliery11Wilkes-Barre 1LuzerneCapone Coal Co.2,0201,0807,7161997Coal prepared at Morgan and Loomis breakers.
Mountain Mine11 LuzerneMountain Slope Coal Co.00000Mining discontinued during September 1961. Coal prepared at Bel Air Breaker.
No. 9 Bank11Pittston 2LuzernePopple Coal Sales0030,2381512Bank coal sold "as is" to local power companies.
No. 14 Bank11Jenkins Twp. 1LuzerneWyoming Co.7,2001,52013,6221846Coal prepared at Bellevue Washery.
No. 14 Drifts CollierySlope11 LuzerneOliver Coal Co.8146154,2302446Coal prepared at Dicksville, Morgan, Bel Air and Bolands breakers.
Nottingham Bank11PlymouthLuzerneC. B. M. Coal Co.2,2795714,823382Coal prepared at Loree Breaker.
Prospect Stripping11Plains Twp. 1LuzerneCapone Coal Co.8,1163,85031,48210410Coal prepared at Morgan and Loomis breakers.
Seneca Bank11Pittston 1LuzernePopple Coal Sales003,428222Bank coal sold "as is" to local power companies.
South Wilkes-Barre Colliery11Wilkes-BarreLuzerneGlen Alden Corporation0001500Coal prepared at Woodward, Loree and Marvine breakers.
South Wilkes-Barre Colliery11Wilkes-BarreLuzerneV-R Coal Corp.20,1405,21042,11521665Coal prepared at Loree, Marvine, Pompey, Taylor and Huber breakers.
Stanton Bank11Wilkes-Barre 1LuzerneReilly Contracting Co.3,0602,24015,4741315Coal prepared at Bellevue Washery.
Sullivan Trail Coal Co. Shops11 LuzerneSullivan Trail Coal Co.000249141 
Wanamie Stripping11Wanamie 1LuzerneGlen Alden Corporation30,4918,91551,92122911Coal prepared at Huber, Loree, Marvine and Pompey breakers.
Wanamie Stripping11Wanamie 1LuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.39,02631,22182,16122948Coal prepared at Glen Lyon and Bel Air breakers.
Westmoreland Colliery11 LuzerneTalamelli Coal Co.9,4606,99843,42628846Coal prepared at Dicksville, Northwest and Pompey breakers.
White Ash Breaker11 SullivanPastusic Brothers Coal Co.007500Mine did not operate during 1962. Coal stockpiled.
William A. Stripping11DuryeaLuzerneLombardi Coal Co.4602482,327824Coal prepared at Bolands and Bel Air breakers.
William A. Stripping11DuryeaLuzerneScranton Excavating Co.6,8502,61517,86419911Coal prepared at Bolands and Bel Air breakers.
WW Washery11WyomingLuzerneW. W. Coal Sales0001117Fine coal breaker preparation only. Operation discontinued August 30, 1962.
Wyoming Bank11Plains Twp. 1LuzernePopple Coal Sales007,293272Bank coal sold "as is" to local power companies.

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

Note 2: From a list of Anthracite Operators. This may not be the operation location.


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