Seneca Breaker
New Seneca (Newton) Breaker
| Photographer/Illustrator | Year | Repository |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1890 | Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania |
Additional Photographs/Illustrations are listed below :
| Year (if known) | Description |
|---|---|
| 1910 | New Seneca Breaker |
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Brief Chronology of Mining Developments
Production Statistics Table
| Year | Month | Day | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1856 | - | - | start of slope sinking according to later Mine Inspectors' Report |
| 1858 | Jul | 5th | Seneca Coal Company first chartered |
| 1860 | Dec | - | newspaper report that Hurd and Flagg had leased the Seneca Coal Works |
| 1861 | Jan | 11th | shipment contract between Hurd and Flagg and Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad to deliver 200,000 tons prepared coal |
| 1861 | Mar | 29th | lateral railroad connecting to Lackawanna and Bloomsburg Railroad was shortly to be completed, so they could start delivering on their shipment contract with the DL& W Railroad |
| 1861 | May | - | first rail shipments from Seneca (461 tons) |
| 1882 | - | - | old breaker and slope abandoned |
| 1888 | - | - | new Seneca breaker completed (capacity 1500 tons per day) to prepare coal from Twin and Ravine Shafts |
| 1896 | - | - | for post 1895 data see entry under Twin Shaft |
Production Statistics Table
| Year | Current Name | Tonnage Mined | Tonnage Shipped | Employees | Days Worked | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1872 | Seneca Colliery | 55719 | - | 167 | - | Pittston and Elmira Coal Company |
| 1873 | Seneca Colliery | 77137 | - | 172 | - | Pittston and Elmira Coal Company |
| 1874 | Seneca Slope | 55626 | - | 162 | - | Pittston and Elmira Coal Company |
| 1875 | Seneca Slope | 73212 | - | 197 | - | Pittston Coal Company |
| 1876 | Seneca Slope | 36408 | 28502 | 174 | 124 | Pittston Coal Company |
| 1877 | Seneca Slope | 64508 | - | 286 | 212 | Pittston Coal Company |
| 1878 | Seneca Slope | 51278 | - | 288 | 178 | Pittston Coal Company |
| 1879 | Seneca Slope | 59013 | - | 218 | 204.25 | Pittston Coal Company |
| 1880 | Seneca Slope | 63104 | - | 205 | 202 | Pittston Coal Company |
| 1881 | Seneca Slope | 54270 | - | 180 | 219 | Pittston Coal Company |
| 1882 | Seneca Slope | 21973 | - | 199 | 104 | Pittston Coal Company |
| 1883 | Mine Abandoned | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1884 | Mine Abandoned | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1885 | Mine Abandoned | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1886 | Mine Abandoned | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1887 | Mine Abandoned | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1888 | Seneca Shaft | 62898 | 59334 | 259 | 145 | Butler Colliery Company |
| 1889 | Seneca Breaker | 241046 | 228463 | 568 | 224.7 | Newton Coal Company |
| 1890 | Seneca Breaker | 179449 | 167651 | 518 | 179.7 | Newton Coal Company |
| 1891 | Ravine | 238832 | 227664 | 586 | 221 | Newton Coal Company |
| 1892 | Ravine Shaft | 232063 | 204905 | 699 | 191 | Newton Coal Company |
| 1893 | Ravine Shaft | 294630 | 263721 | 795 | 189.1 | Newton Coal Company |
| 1894 | Twin Shaft | - | - | 764 | - | Newton Coal Company |
| 1894 | Ravine Shaft | 331630 | 299488 | 112 | 186.9 | Newton Coal Company |
| 1895 | Ravine Shaft | - | - | 131 | - | Newton Coal Company |
| 1895 | Twin Shaft | 361011 | 328279 | 739 | 207.3 | Newton Coal Company |