1968

1968
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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
Ace		Bank		5	Blakely	Lackawanna	Ace Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	1,230	280	3
Ace		Cleaning Plant		5	Blakely	Lackawanna	Ace Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	280	4
Ace		Breaker		5	Blakely	Lackawanna	Ace Coal Co.	0		0	0	50	7
Airport		Stripping		1	Wilkes-Barre	Lackawanna	Gasperini Construction Co.	2		160	251	0	0	Coal prepared at Ace Breaker and O'Toole Cleaning Plant. Construction grading at airport.
Archbald		Bank		5	Taylor¹	Lackawanna	Martinelli, Mathew	0		0	0	15	1
Avoca		Cleaning Plant		5	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Perry Coal Sales Co.	0		0	0	213	3
Avondale		Bank		6	Plymouth Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	1,028		410	2,832	3	5	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
Baltimore	135-2	Stripping		1	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Glen Nan Coal Co., Inc.	2,773		4,660	8,320	63	0	Coal prepared at Glen Lyon Breaker. Workmen transferred to other operations at same company.
Baltimore	16-2R4	Stripping		1	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	58,552		52,897	143,262	359	72	Coal prepared at Harry E. Breaker.
Bel Air		Breaker		5	Duryea	Luzerne	Duryea Coal Sales Co.	0		0	0	244	9
Birdseye	78-8	Stripping		1	Throop¹	Lackawanna	C. & S. Excavating Co.	4,863		6,124	22,516	280	8	Coal prepared at Raymond Breaker.
Bliss	35-3A2	Stripping		1	Mildred	Sullivan	Bliss Coal Co.	0	Truck¹	35,324	35,324	298	9	All coal prepared at Bliss Crushing Plant.
Bliss		Crushing Plant		1	Mildred	Sullivan	Bliss Coal Co.	0		0	0	298	2
Bliss	30-45	Stripping		1	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	899		516	2,316	27	0	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Bolands		Breaker		5	Carbondale	Lackawanna	DeAngelis Inc.	0		0	0	247	10
Bolands		Mine		5	Carbondale	Lackawanna	Opalka Brothers	0	Truck¹	2,672	2,922	201	4	Coal prepared at Bolands Breaker.
Booth	10-1R4	Stripping		1		Sullivan	E. & B. Coal Sales	0		0	1,835	170	2
Booth		Cleaning Plant		1		Sullivan	E. & B. Coal Sales	0		0	0	72	2
Carbondale	No. 1	Cleaning Plant		1	Carbondale	Lackawanna	Carbondale Coal Co.	0		0	0	132	5
Carbondale	No. 2	Cleaning Plant		1	Carbondale	Lackawanna	Carbondale Coal Co.	0		0	0	244	7
Carbondale Mine Fire	64-1R5	Stripping		1	Carbondale	Lackawanna	Carbondale Coal Co.	47,568		59,624	219,247	306	116	Coal prepared at Huber, Taylor and Raymond breakers.
CBM		Shops		5		Luzerne	C. B. M. Coal Co.	0		0	0	282	2
Cedar Ave Mine Fire		Cut		1	Scranton	Lackawanna	Coalbrook Sales Co., Inc.	3,879		12,270	23,295	0	0	Coal prepared at Ace Breaker. All coal purchased by U.S. Government.
Ciarafoni		Mine	Slope	6		Luzerne	Ciarafoni Coal Co., Inc	1,220		2,182	3,701	110	18	Coal prepared at Glen Lyon Breaker.
Coal Brook		Bank		5	Carbondale	Lackawanna	Coalbrook Iron & Metal Co.	0	Truck¹	6,137	6,137	112	4	Coal prepared at Bolands Breaker.
Dunmore		Bank		5	Dunmore	Lackawanna	Popple Sales Co., Raymond	2,751		89,098	92,191	188	6	Coal prepared at Waddell Washery and Penbrook Breaker.
Eddy Creek	64-R2	Stripping		1	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	Carbondale Coal Co.	2,539		3,198	11,758	96	0	Coal prepared at Huber, Taylor and Raymond breakers.
Edgerton	81-6R	Stripping		1	Archbald	Lackawanna	Northwest Mining Co., Inc.	7,422		9,345	34,359	215	7	Coal prepared at Raymond Breaker.
Empire		Bank		5	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	33,973		30,198	81,168	170	9	Coal prepared at Jeddo No. 7 and Harry E. breakers.
Exeter		Bank		5	Exeter¹	Luzerne	Racho, George	0	Truck¹	53,102	53,102	112	10	Direct sales.
Franklin		Cleaning Plant		5	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	168	16
Glen Lyon	No. 3	Mine	Slope	6	Glen Lyon	Luzerne	Glen Nan Coal Co., Inc.	212,650		385,166	663,099	241	455	Coal prepared at Ace, Glen Lyon, Huber, Kassa and Penbrook breakers.
Glen Lyon	No. 9	Mine	Slope	6	Glen Lyon	Luzerne	Glyon Mining, Inc.	4,016		7,170	18,345	218	17	Mine finished and sealed during November 1968. Coal prepared at Glen Lyon, Penbrook and Huber breakers.
Glen Lyon		Bank		6	Glen Lyon	Luzerne	Scranton Excavating Co.	0		0	48	14	4	Coal prepared at Bel Air Breaker.
Glen Lyon		Breaker		6	Glen Lyon	Luzerne	Susquehanna Coal Co.	0		0	0	261	106
Grassy Island	78-7	Stripping		1	Olyphant¹	Lackawanna	C. & S. Excavating Co.	115		145	532	22	0	Coal prepared at Raymond Breaker.
Gravity	81-3R4	Stripping		1	Archbald	Lackawanna	Northwest Mining Co., Inc.	3,666		4,617	16,973	304	10	Coal prepared at Raymond Breaker.
Gravity		Colliery		5	Archbald	Lackawanna	Northwest Mining Co., Inc.	0		0	0	4	4	Abandoned in January 1968.
Greenfield Road	81-8	Stripping		1		Lackawanna	Northwest Mining Co., Inc.	0		0	0	11	5	New operation. No coal produced during 1968.
Harry E.		Breaker		5	Swoyersville	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	174	36
Huber	30-49A3	Stripping		1	Ashley	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	10,204		5,860	26,319	216	8	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Huber	30-40A5	Stripping		1	Ashley	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	1,692		972	4,366	145	8	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Huber		Breaker		5	Ashley	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	0		0	0	241	51
Huber		Shops		5	Ashley	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	0		0	0	241	120
Johnson		Bank		5	Dickson City¹	Lackawanna	Oliver & Heapps	1		1,070	1,184	23	3	Ceased operations in May 1968. Coal prepared at Penbrook and Bolands breakers.
Kassa		Breaker		5		Luzerne	Silverbrook Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	240	4
Kidder		Bank		5	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	697		629	1,704	0	0	Coal prepared at Jeddo No. 7 and Harry E. breakers.
Laflin		Bank		5	Laflin¹	Luzerne	Laflin Heights Coal Co.	0	Truck¹	8,009	8,009	55	4	Direct sales.
Laflin		Bank		5	Laflin¹	Luzerne	Scranton Excavating Co.	6,802		5,311	30,196	274	4	Coal prepared at Taylor, Bel Air, Penbrook and Glen Lyon breakers.
Lehigh Valley Railroad		Bed		5		Luzerne	C. B. M. Coal Co.	7,260		4,095	18,615	108	3	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Loree	30-51	Stripping		1	Larksville	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	12,764		5,055	35,270	268	16	Coal prepared at Loree and Huber breakers.
Loree		Breaker		5	Larksville	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	0		0	0	73	30
Loree		General		5	Larksville	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	0		0	0	248	20
Marvine		Bag Plant		5	Scranton	Lackawanna	Blue Coal Corporation	0		0	0	295	13
Marvine		Sizing Plant		5	Scranton	Lackawanna	Northwest Mining Co., Inc.	0		0	0	301	13
Matisko		Bank		5		Susquehanna	Matisko Coal Co.	0		0	1,432	104	1
Matisko		Cleaning Plant		5	Forest City	Susquehanna	Matisko Coal Co.	0		0	0	104	1
Middle Road	30-52A	Stripping		1		Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	17,079		9,809	44,069	273	10	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Mountain	No. 32	Bank	Slope	5		Luzerne	Mountain Coal Co.	7,912		7,148	19,359	240	14	Coal prepared at Harry E. Breaker.
Nanticoke		Bank		6	Nanticoke¹	Luzerne	Bartoli Construction Co.	0	Truck¹	7,418	7,418	207	3	All coal shipped unprepared to United Gas Improvement, Hunlock Plant.
No. 6		Bank		6		Luzerne	Silverbrook Anthracite, Inc.	403		0	3,000	57	10	Coal prepared at Kassa Breaker.
O'Toole		Cleaning Plant		5	Moosic	Lackawanna	O'Toole, John F.	0		0	0	256	1
Olyphant		Bank		5	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Olyphant Premium Anthracite Co.	8,168		3,130	16,866	128	6	Coal prepared at Olyphant Cleaning Plant, Huber and Raymond breakers.
Olyphant		Cleaning Plant		5	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Olyphant Premium Anthracite Co.	0		0	0	128	14
Ontario	21-1R5	Stripping		1	Peckville¹	Lackawanna	Pasternak Bros.	3,305		4,163	15,304	295	5	Coal prepared at Ace, Pompey, Kassa and Penbrook breakers.
Ontario	No. 52	Mine	Drift	5	Peckville¹	Lackawanna	Panzitta Construction Co.	0		0	0	4	2	Ceased operations in January 1968.
OSC		Bank		5		Susquehanna	O. S. C. Co.	0	Truck¹	5,368	8,157	65	4	Railroad bank. Coal prepared at Bolands Breaker.
Penbrook		Bank		5	Archbald	Lackawanna	Penbrook Coal Co.	1,915		0	1,915	141	2	Coal prepared at Waddell Washery.
Penbrook		Breaker		5	Archbald	Lackawanna	Penbrook Coal Co.	0		0	0	141	5
Perry		Bank		5	Taylor	Lackawanna	Perry Coal Sales Co.	18,838		126	21,140	213	3	Coal prepared at Kassa, Bel Air, Taylor breakers and Avoca Cleaning Plant.
Pine Ridge		Bank		5	Wilkes-Barre¹	Luzerne	Lear Coal Co.	3,234		15,427	18,661	141	4	Direct sales and coal prepared at Avoca Cleaning Plant.
Pompey		Breaker		5	Jessup	Lackawanna	Pompey Coal Co.	0		0	0	187	19	Ceased operations in July 1968.
Pompey		Bank		5	Jessup	Lackawanna	Pompey Coal Co.	8,229		197	12,168	158	3	Coal prepared at Waddell Washery.
Powderly	81-1R4	Stripping		1	Carbondale	Lackawanna	Northwest Mining Co., Inc.	579		729	2,679	113	4	Coal prepared at Raymond Breaker.
Powderly	81-7	Stripping		1	Carbondale	Lackawanna	Northwest Mining Co., Inc.	0		0	0	6	2	New operation. No coal produced during 1968.
Prospect		Bank		5	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	11,458		10,287	27,776	225	3	Coal prepared at Jeddo No. 7 and Harry E. breakers.
Prospect		Cleaning Plant		5	Plains Twp.¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	225	5
Raymond		Breaker		5	Eynon	Lackawanna	Northwest Mining Co., Inc.	0		0	0	250	23
SCC	No. 5	Bank		6	Nanticoke¹	Luzerne	L. J. B., Inc.	7,854		11,382	25,199	82	10	Coal prepared at Glen Lyon, Harry E., and Kassa breakers.
Sebastopol		Bank		5	Jenkins Twp.²	Luzerne	Sebastopol Coal Co.	11,012		0	11,012	207	4	Coal prepared at Ziffenblatt Cleaning Plant.
Simpson		Bank		5	Fell Twp.	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	16,444		8,240	43,610	202	3	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
Spruce St.		Bank		1	Scranton	Lackawanna	Penna. Dept of Highways	2,917		1,062	6,392	20	7	Coal prepared at Taylor and Ace breakers. All coal purchased by Pennsylvania Department of Highways.
Storrs		Bank		5	Dickson City¹	Lackawanna	Giovannini, Joseph	690		0	690	25	3	Ceased operations in July 1968. Coal prepared at Waddell Washery.
Sugar Notch	30-48	Stripping		1	Sugar Notch¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	35,038		20,124	90,390	280	12	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Sugar Notch	30-55	Stripping		1	Sugar Notch¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	857		492	2,213	39	0	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Sugar Notch	30-50	Stripping		1	Sugar Notch¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	2,591		1,488	6,686	280	5	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Sugar Notch	30-53	Stripping		1	Sugar Notch¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	1,143		656	2,950	96	0	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Sugar Notch	No. 133	Mine	Slope	5	Sugar Notch¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	4,104		2,357	10,587	119	15	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
Sugar Notch	No. 134	Mine	Slope	5	Sugar Notch¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	1,997		1,146	5,151	199	6	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
Sugar Notch		Bank		5	Sugar Notch¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	915		515	2,345	16	4	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
Taylor		Bank		5	Taylor	Lackawanna	Martinelli, Mathew	361		64	2,384	41	0	Coal prepared at Matisko Breaker and Ace Cleaning Plant.
Taylor		Breaker		5	Taylor	Lackawanna	Moffat Premium Anthracite, Inc.	0		0	0	144	65
Throop Mine Fire		Cut		1	Throop¹	Lackawanna	Empire Contracting Co.	3		222	278	0	0	Coal prepared at Ace Breaker.
Truesdale	No. 214 (30-38R2)	Stripping	Slope	1	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	1,932		1,109	4,984	75	0	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Truesdale	No. 214 (30-54A)	Stripping	Slope	1	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	6,235		3,581	16,087	193	9	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Truesdale	30-43A	Stripping		1	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	2,400		1,379	6,189	45	0	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Truesdale	No. 218	Mine	Slope	5	Hanover Twp.¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	5,308		3,049	13,694	140	18	Coal prepared at Huber and Loree breakers.
Twin	135-1	Stripping		1	Pittston	Luzerne	Glen Nan Coal Co., Inc.	2,052		3,316	5,855	56	0	Coal prepared at Glen Lyon Breaker. Workmen transferred to other operations at same company.
Vandling		Bank		5		Lackawanna	Heapps, William	360		948	1,308	35	2	Ceased operations in September 1968. Coal prepared at Waddell Washery and Bolands Breaker.
Waddell		Bank		5	Winton	Lackawanna	American Silt Processing Co., Inc.	950		0	950	160	2	Direct sales.
Waddell		Washery		5	Winton	Lackawanna	American Silt Processing Co., Inc.	0		0	0	160	5	Direct sales.
Wanamie	30-23R4	Stripping		1	Wanamie¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	13,518		7,764	34,872	254	12	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Wanamie	30-17	Stripping		1	Wanamie¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	3,644		1,950	9,212	0	0	Stock coal mined in 1965. Prepared at Huber Breaker.
Wanamie	30-21R3	Stripping		1	Wanamie¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	18,817		807	48,554	270	11	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Wanamie	30-6R5	Stripping		1	Wanamie¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	645		371	1,666	39	4	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Wanamie	30-56	Stripping		1	Wanamie¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	6,283		3,609	16,215	117	15	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Wanamie	30-47A3	Stripping		1	Wanamie¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	71,158		40,870	183,591	290	42	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Wanamie		Colliery		6	Wanamie¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	94,947		54,533	244,980	243	409	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
Wanamie		Bank		6	Wanamie¹	Luzerne	Pollock Inc.	0	Truck¹	210,848	210,848	237	9	All coal shipped unprepared to United Gas Improvement, Hunlock Plant.
Warrior Run		Bank		6	Warrior Run¹	Luzerne	Blue Coal Corporation	1,002		575	2,586	20	1	Coal prepared at Huber Breaker.
William A.	6-2R4	Stripping		1	Duryea	Luzerne	Scranton Excavating Co.	240		302	1,109	24	7	Coal prepared at Harry E. and Taylor breakers.
Ziffenblatt		Cleaning Plant		5	Duryea	Luzerne	G. M. C. Energy Fuels	0		0	0	207	4

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.