1963

1963
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Operation Name	Number	Type	Opening	District	City	County	Company Name	Railroad Shipments (tons)	Truck Shipments (tons)	Total Production (tons)	Days Worked	Employees	Notes
Ace		Breaker		1	Blakely	Lackawanna	Ace Coal Co.	0	0	0	112	11
Ace	No. 1	Mine	Slope	1	Blakely	Lackawanna	Ace Coal Co.	278	259	1,190	187	3
Archbald		Colliery		3	Taylor¹	Lackawanna	Moffat Coal Co.	23,396	3,360	44,020	234	49
Archbald		Stripping		3	Taylor¹	Lackawanna	Moffat Coal Co.	2,343	298	3,893	326	6	Mining finished.
Avondale		Bank		11	Plymouth Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	0	0	95,627	143	3	All coal used at Nanticoke Power Plant.
Barnum		Stripping		11	Duryea¹	Luzerne	Rosenn, Harold	210	570	1,900	36	4	Coal prepared at Bel Air Breaker.
Beggin		Mine		1		Lackawanna	Beggin Coal Co.	0	0	242	35	3	Mining finished.
Bel Air		Breaker		11	Duryea	Luzerne	Bel Air Coal Co.	0	0	0	285	21
Bell Mountain		Mine		1		Lackawanna	Bell Mountain Coal Co.	0	0	102	170	2	Mine employing less than five persons.
Bellevue		Washery		3	Scranton	Lackawanna	Monroe Co., Inc.	0	0	0	201	5
Bliss		Breaker		11	Mildred	Sullivan	Bliss Coal Co.	0	0	2,199	110	3	Stripping.
Bliss	No. 1	Mine	Drift	11	Mildred	Sullivan	Bliss Coal Co.	0	0	2,991	89	5
Bliss		Stripping		11	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	23,063	5,090	36,809	255	42	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
Bolands		Breaker		1	Carbondale	Lackawanna	DeAngelis Supreme Anthracite Inc.	0	0	0	230	22
Bolands		Mine		1	Carbondale	Lackawanna	DeAngelis Supreme Anthracite Inc.	670	0	1,207	230	5
Booth		Breaker		11		Sullivan	E. & B. Coal Sales	0	0	3,609	191	5	Stripping.
Brisbin		Mine	Slope	3		Lackawanna	Diamond Colliery Coal Co.	0	0	0	360	2	Maintenance men.
Buffalo		Stripping		1		Lackawanna	Kaminski Brothers, Inc.	1,536	199	4,836	130	6	Stripping operation finished. Coal prepared at Ace, Pompey and Penbrook breakers.
Bulls Head		Stripping		3	Scranton	Lackawanna	Coalbrook Sales Co.. Inc.	227	182	409	30	4	Coal prepared at Bolands Breaker.
Bulls Head		Bank		3		Lackawanna	N. & R. Coal Co.	260	390	650	70	4	Mining finished. Coal prepared at Morgan and Bolands breakers.
Butler		Colliery		11	Pittston Twp.¹	Luzerne	Macarelli Coal Co.	241	690	2,309	220	4	Coal prepared at Morgan and Bel Air breakers.
Buttonwood		Stripping		13	Ashley	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	19,975	4,237	31,991	215	20	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
Buttonwood		Stripping		13	Ashley	Luzerne	R. A. Corp.	7,577	1,593	12,771	130	3	Coal prepared at Loree and Marvine breakers.
Buttonwood		Colliery		13	Ashley	Luzerne	San Mining Co., Inc.	29,552	6,011	47,393	223	42	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
Bylite		Breaker		11	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Bylite Corp.	0	0	7,829	64	18
Capouse		Stripping		3	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	Kaminski Brothers, Inc.	3,386	1,774	12,678	215	6	Coal prepared at multiple breakers.
Carbondale		Breaker		1	Carbondale	Lackawanna	Carbondale Coal Co.	0	0	0	0	12
Carbondale Mine Fire		Stripping		1	Carbondale	Lackawanna	Carbondale Coal Co.	159,881	75,020	292,355	307	104	Coal prepared at multiple breakers.
CBM		Shops		11		Luzerne	C. B. M. Coal Co.	0	0	0	281	3
Childs		Stripping		1		Lackawanna	Halsey Contracting Co.	4,483	924	800	266	10
Coal Brook		Bank		1	Carbondale	Lackawanna	DeAngelis Supreme Anthracite Inc.	1,713	0	3,087	70	4	Coal prepared at Bolands and Waddell breakers.
Continental		Mine	Slope	3	Taylor¹	Lackawanna	Moffat Coal Co.	35,442	4,511	59,105	240	93
Delaware		Stripping		11	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Hudson Realty Co., Inc.	5,918	1,059	9,597	194	4	Coal prepared at Loree Breaker.
Diamond		Stripping		3	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	Diamond Colliery Coal Co.	19,760	2,044	34,069	289	13	Coal prepared at Pompey Breaker.
Diamond		Bank		3	Scranton¹	Lackawanna	Monroe Co., Inc.	14,516	52,634	67,166	201	11	Coal prepared at Bellevue Washery.
Do-Leb		Mine		1		Lackawanna	Do-Leb Coal Co.	0	0	181	30	2	Mining finished.
Dorrance		Breaker		11	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	0	0	0	206	61
Dunmore		Bank		3	Dunmore	Lackawanna	Wyoming Co.	4,950	0	4,950	82	4	Coal prepared at No. 1 Washery.
Eddy Creek		Stripping		1	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Hudson Realty Co., Inc.	5,628	2,048	10,704	301	5
EL Railroad		Bank		11		Luzerne	Pompey Coal Co.	10,629	1,100	21,001	80	4	Coal prepared at Pompey Breaker.
Empire		Bank		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	C. B. M. Coal Co.	6,120	1,004	9,116	105	2	Coal prepared at Loree Breaker.
Empire-Kidder		Stripping		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	4,371	1,047	7,242	73	20	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
Erie		Stripping		1	Mayfield	Lackawanna	Kuna Coal Co.	82	77	352	170	2	Coal prepared at Ace Breaker.
Erie		Bank		1	Mayfield	Lackawanna	Kuna Coal Co.	0	0	0	20	2	Stripping operation finished.
Erie Grassy		Stripping		1		Lackawanna	Halsey Contracting Co.	0	0	1,621	266	10
Ewen		Mine		11	Jenkins Twp.¹	Luzerne	Gigliello Coal Co.	3,371	349	5,812	221	8	Coal prepared at Pompey Breaker.
Forest City		Bank		1	Forest City¹	Wayne	Matisko Coal Co.	6,909	479	8,007	184	14	Coal prepared at Pompey, Waddell and Penbrook breakers.
Franklin		Colliery		11	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	37,280	19,881	66,792	241	98	Coal prepared at Dorrance Breaker.
Gaylord		Stripping		11		Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	266,193	141,954	476,915	330	102	Coal prepared at Harry E. and Dorrance breakers.
Georgetown		Stripping		11		Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	26,496	4,747	42,896	239	12	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
Glen Lyon		Mine		11	Glen Lyon	Luzerne	Susquehanna Coal Co.	258,899	204,393	545,050	242	317	Coal prepared at Glen Lyon and Bel Air breakers.
Glen Lyon		Breaker		14	Glen Lyon	Luzerne	Grant Anthracite Co.	0	0	0	215	114
Gravity		Stripping		1		Lackawanna	Hudson Realty Co., Inc.	14,586	2,709	21,673	278	7
Gravity		Colliery		1	Archbald	Lackawanna	Northwest Mining Co., Inc.	1,937	360	2,878	233	11	Coal prepared at Raymond Breaker.
Grzywacz		Mine		1		Lackawanna	Grzywacz Coal Co.	0	0	1,271	220	3	Mine employing less than five persons.
Harry E.		Breaker		11	Swoyersville	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	0	0	0	24	33	Operation discontinued February 11, 1963.
Huber		Breaker		13	Ashley	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	465,751	136,404	720,687	259	905	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
Jermyn		Stripping		1		Lackawanna	Hudson Realty Co., Inc.	0	0	0	2	3	Stripping operation finished.
Kassa		Breaker		11	Dupont²	Luzerne	Kassa Coal Co.	0	0	1,344	128	2	Bank coal and breaker refuse sold to local power plants.
Kidder-Baltimore		Stripping		11	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	119,816	63,894	214,664	330	55	Coal prepared at Harry E. and Dorrance breakers.
Laflin		Mine		11	Laflin¹	Luzerne	Grove Excavating Co.	765	592	1,737	34	17	Operation discontinued February 15, 1963. Coal prepared at Morgan Breaker.
Laflin		Colliery		11	Laflin¹	Luzerne	Heights Coal Co.	6,881	702	13,077	207	12	Coal prepared at Bel Air, DeAngelis and Pompey breakers.
Laflin		Stripping		11	Laflin¹	Luzerne	Heights Coal Co.	8,215	941	15,473	186	3	Coal prepared at Bel Air, DeAngelis and Pompey breakers.
Laflin		Mine		11	Laflin¹	Luzerne	Mitchell Coal Co., Inc.	13,180	1,364	22,725	220	18	Coal prepared at Pompey Breaker.
Lance		Bank		11	Plymouth	Luzerne	C. B. M. Coal Co.	0	0	26,960	71	8	All coal used at Nanticoke Power Plant.
Laurel Run		Bank		11	Parsons¹	Luzerne	C. B. M. Coal Co.	321	60	544	17	4	Coal prepared at Loree Breaker.
Loomis		Breaker		11	Nanticoke	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	132,676	45,192	213,233	222	52	Bank coal.
Loree		Breaker		11	Larksville	Luzerne	Hudson Realty Co., Inc.	43,417	7,773	70,528	255	102
Maffet		Stripping		13	Sugar Notch	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	6,532	1,185	10,576	123	5	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
Maltby		Breaker		11	Swoyersville	Luzerne	Dicksville Coal Co.	0	0	1,837	87	21
Maltby		Stripping		11	Swoyersville	Luzerne	K. P. T. Coal Co.	0	0	2,127	70	4	Coal prepared at Dicksville Breaker.
Marvine		Breaker		1	Scranton	Lackawanna	Glen Alden Corporation	0	0	0	39	102	Operation abandoned February 19, 1963.
Marvine		Maintenance		1	Scranton	Lackawanna	Glen Alden Corporation	0	0	0	252	102
Micklick		Mine		1		Lackawanna	Micklick Coal Co.	0	0	714	192	2	Mine employing less than five persons.
Miners Mills		Stripping		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Capone Coal Co.	24,790	20,480	53,540	280	22	Coal prepared at Morgan and Bel Air breakers.
Moffat	No. 179	Mine	Slope	3		Lackawanna	Moffat Coal Co.	6,423	818	10,673	239	12
Moffat	No. 185	Mine	Slope	3		Lackawanna	Moffat Coal Co.	2,523	321	4,192	137	5	Mining finished.
Moffat	No. 190	Mine	Slope	3	Scranton	Lackawanna	Moffat Coal Co.	11,251	1,432	18,762	241	67
Morgan		Breaker		3	Old Forge	Lackawanna	Old Forge Coal Co.	0	0	0	21	19	Breaker closed.
No. 1		Washery		3	Dunmore¹	Lackawanna	Wyoming Co.	0	0	0	82	4
No. 14		Bank		11	Jenkins Twp.¹	Luzerne	Wyoming Co.	4,140	360	8,400	72	6	Coal prepared at No. 1 Washery.
No. 14 Drifts		Colliery		11		Luzerne	Oliver Coal Co.	0	0	1,643	110	5	Coal prepared at Dicksville Breaker.
Nottingham		Bank		11	Plymouth	Luzerne	C. B. M. Coal Co.	2,554	1,111	4,111	28	3	Coal prepared at Loree Breaker.
Oak Hill	No. 9	Mine	Slope	3	Moosic¹	Lackawanna	A. C. & A. Coal Co.	1,482	1,162	3,295	178	6	Coal prepared at Ace, Bel Air and Morgan breakers.
Olyphant		Bank		1	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Lackawanna Cinder & Silt Co.	1,676	296	2,523	23	4	Coal prepared at Loree and Raymond breakers.
Olyphant		Colliery		1	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Mazzoni Coal Co.	9,078	939	15,652	240	13	Coal prepared at Pompey Breaker.
Ontario		Colliery		1	Peckville¹	Lackawanna	Mid Valley Coal Co.	8,919	922	15,367	250	14	Coal prepared at Pompey Breaker.
Ontario		Stripping		1	Peckville¹	Lackawanna	Pasternak Bros.	3,011	908	8,100	278	5	Coal prepared at Penbrook, Ace and Bolands breaker.
Ontario		Colliery		1	Peckville¹	Lackawanna	Triple Coal Co.	2,095	217	3,613	250	5	Operation finished. Coal prepared at Pompey Breaker.
Penbrook		Breaker		1	Archbald	Lackawanna	Penbrook Coal Co.	0	0	0	270	6
Penbrook		Bank		1	Archbald	Lackawanna	Penbrook Coal Co.	2,307	144	2,451	270	6	Coal prepared at Waddell Breaker.
Pine Ridge		Stripping		11	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Hudson Realty Co., Inc.	27,115	5,004	44,204	196	18	Coal prepared at Huber, Loree and Marvine breakers.
Pompey		Breaker		1	Jessup	Lackawanna	Pompey Coal Co.	0	0	0	301	33
Powderly		Bank		1	Carbondale	Lackawanna	DeAngelis Supreme Anthracite Inc.	1,297	0	1,375	70	2	Coal prepared at Bolands and Waddell breakers.
Powderly		Stripping		1	Carbondale	Lackawanna	Hudson Realty Co., Inc.	26,471	4,916	39,332	256	32
Raymond		Stripping		1	Archbald	Lackawanna	Belack, William	206	1	476	50	4	Coal prepared at Penbrook, Pompey and Bolands breakers.
Raymond		Colliery		1	Archbald	Lackawanna	Esgro Coal Co.	1,537	118	3,760	50	240	Coal prepared at Penbrook and Pompey breakers.
Raymond		Breaker		1	Archbald	Lackawanna	Northwest Mining Co., Inc.	0	0	0	248	33
Raymond		Colliery		1	Archbald	Lackawanna	Pientack Coal Co.	719	52	1,839	220	4	Coal prepared at Pompey and Penbrook breaker.
S&M		Mine		1		Lackawanna	S. & M. Coal Co.	0	0	1,928	223	3	Mine employing less than five persons.
Sebastopol		Breaker		11	Jenkins Twp.²	Luzerne	Sebastopol Coal Co.	0	0	1,185	20	6
Sibley Mountain Slope		Mine		3	Ransom Twp.	Lackawanna	Mountain Slope Coal Co.	5,987	4,592	12,825	229	14	Coal prepared at Bel Air, Harry E. and Dicksville breakers.
Sloan	No. 133	Mine	Slope	3	Scranton	Lackawanna	Moffat Coal Co.	17,473	2,224	29,140	241	57
Sloan		Stripping		3	Scranton	Lackawanna	Moffat Coal Co.	877	112	1,458	326	6	Mining finished.
South Wilkes-Barre		Colliery		11	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	V-R Coal Corp.	58,417	13,323	99,952	240	88	Coal prepared at Loree, Marvine and Huber breakers.
Stevens		Mine		11	West Pittston¹	Luzerne	Eastern Mining Corp.	5,359	5,762	15,561	127	16	Coal prepared at Bel Air, Morgan and Dicksville breakers.
Storrs		Stripping		3	Dickson City¹	Lackawanna	Empire Coal Co.	20,030	2,550	33,284	302	12
Storrs		Stripping		3	Dickson City¹	Lackawanna	Harris & Walsh Coal Co.	27,948	3,558	46,441	291	19
Storrs		Colliery		3	Dickson City¹	Lackawanna	Moffat Coal Co.	36,444	4,639	60,559	241	82
Sturgis		Mine		1	Taylor²	Lackawanna	Sturgis Coal Co.	0	0	137	210	2	Mine employing less than five persons.
Suffolk		Bank		3		Lackawanna	N. & R. Coal Co.	126	154	280	12	4	Mining finished. Coal prepared at Morgan and Bolands breakers.
Sugar Notch		Colliery		13	Sugar Notch¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	93,138	27,130	144,218	258	124	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
Sugar Notch		Stripping		13	Sugar Notch¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	18,838	4,111	30,032	230	20	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
Sugar Notch		Bank		13	Sugar Notch¹	Luzerne	Sullivan Trail Coal Co.	986	1,478	2,464	11	2	All coal shipped unprepared to power plants.
Sullivan Trail Coal Co.		Shops		11		Luzerne	Sullivan Trail Coal Co.	0	0	0	264	144
Taylor		Breaker		3	Taylor	Lackawanna	Moffat Coal Co.	0	0	0	111	57
Taylor		Colliery		3	Taylor	Lackawanna	Moffat Coal Co.	7,388	940	12,320	111	67	Mining finished.
Taylor		Shops		3	Taylor	Lackawanna	Moffat Coal Co.	0	0	0	241	38
Taylor		Stripping		3	Taylor	Lackawanna	Moffat Coal Co.	3,075	391	5,109	326	6	Mining finished.
Truesdale		Colliery		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	64,210	18,764	115,482	233	113	Coal prepared at Huber, Loree and Marvine breakers.
Truesdale		Stripping		13	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	101,249	21,905	162,125	255	32	Coal prepared at Huber, Loree and Marvine breakers.
Underwood		Stripping		1	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	C. & S. Excavating Co.	1,457	143	2,730	25	10	Coal prepared at Penbrook and Pompey breakers.
Underwood		Bank		1	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Perry Coal Sales Co.	2,452	157	2,609	20	10	Stripping operation finished. Coal prepared at Waddell Breaker.
Underwood		Colliery		1	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Turnpike Coal Co.	2,901	438	6,128	64	20	Coal prepared at Ace, Penbrook and Pompey breakers.
Underwood		Stripping		1	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Turnpike Coal Co.	2,928	337	5,327	100	5	Coal prepared at Ace, Penbrook and Pompey breakers.
Underwood		Colliery		1	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Village Slope Coal Co.	14,063	1,363	26,745	240	36	Coal prepared at Pompey and Penbrook breakers.
Verbi		Mine		1		Lackawanna	Verbi Coal Co.	0	0	2,271	248	3	Mine employing less than five persons.
Waddell		Washery		1	Winton	Lackawanna	Waddell Coal Co.	0	0	0	106	6
Wagner		Mine		1		Lackawanna	Wagner Coal Co.	0	0	2,380	230	4	Mine employing less than five persons.
Wanamie		Stripping		11	Wanamie¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	78,647	22,836	121,968	365	37	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
Wanamie		Stripping		11	Wanamie¹	Luzerne	Susquehanna Coal Co.	33,076	26,113	69,633	242	56	Coal prepared at Glen Lyon and Bel Air breakers.
Wanamie		Colliery		14	Wanamie¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	493,619	145,454	763,238	257	726	Prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
Wanamie		Mine	Slope	14	Wanamie¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	35,516	10,477	54,900	241	35	Prepared at Huber Breaker.
Wanamie		Stripping		14	Wanamie¹	Luzerne	Glen Alden Corporation	90,534	23,264	142,397	241	46	Prepared at Huber, Loree and Marvine breakers.
Warrior Run		Bank		13	Warrior Run¹	Luzerne	Bartoli Construction Co.	0	0	21,890	147	3	All coal shipped unprepared to power plants.
West Mayfield		Stripping		1		Lackawanna	Halsey Contracting Co.	0	0	10,833	266	10
West Mountain		Stripping		1		Lackawanna	Slenska Coal Co.	91	17	408	30	5	Coal prepared at Penbrook and Ace breakers.
Westmoreland		Colliery		11		Luzerne	Talamelli Coal Co.	22,073	1,663	34,215	264	46	Coal prepared at Pompey Breaker.
William A.		Stripping		11	Duryea	Luzerne	Lombardi Coal Co.	0	0	1,372	41	4	Operation discontinued February 28, 1963. Coal prepared at DeAngelis Breaker.
William A.		Stripping		11	Duryea	Luzerne	Scranton Excavating Co.	33,350	5,544	56,122	320	15	Coal prepared at Morgan, Bolands and Bel Air breakers.

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.