1886
District 1
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Operation NameNumberTypeOpeningDistrictCityCountyCompany NameRailroad Shipments (tons)Railroad to MineTruck Shipments (tons)Total Production (tons)Days WorkedEmployeesNotes
Archbald CollieryShaft1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.157,556DL&W0167,656189409 
Bellevue CollieryShaft1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.168,862Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0184,242183359 
Bellevue CollierySlope1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)00183101Inlcuded with Bellevue Shaft Colliery.
Belmont CollieryTunnel1Carbondale Twp.LackawannaW. W. Watkins & Son10,695New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad011,90788127 
Brennan CollieryTunnel1Fell Twp.LackawannaH. J. Brennan & Bro.2,790New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad02,9105012 
Bridge CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaBridge Coal Co., Limited78,649D&H / Lehigh & Susquehanna0102,902244278 
Brisbin CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.16,715DL&W022,40712271 
Capouse CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaLackawanna Iron & Coal Co.380,052DL&W0390,600221641 
CarbondaleNo. 3CollieryShaft1CarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0D&H Canal00  Idle in 1886.
CarbondaleNo. 1CollieryShaft1CarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.27,165D&H Canal030,295197255 
Cayuga CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.159,770DL&W0170,450178369 
Central CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.205,450DL&W0227,956180458 
Church CollierySlope / Tunnel1ScrantonLackawannaChurch Coal Co., Limited2,700D&H010,74019322 
Coal Brook CollieryCoal Brook Tunnel / Midland Tunnel1CarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.233,879D&H Canal0239,502211607 
Continental CollieryShaft1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.22,328DL&W026,5082620 
DiamondNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Shaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W0018271 
Diamond-Tripp CollieryTripp Shaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.213,429DL&W0232,753182457 
Dickson CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.158,636D&H Canal0169,347   
Dixon CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.158,6360169,346189853 
Dodge CollieryShaft1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.148,053Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0153,063180330 
Dolph CollieryTunnel1WintonLackawannaDolph Coal Co., Limited61,627DL&W062,195184271 
Eaton CollieryShaft / Tunnel1Blakely Twp.LackawannaJones, Simpson & Co.94,996D&H Canal095,243193324 
Eddy Creek CollieryShaft1OlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.143,625D&H Canal0163,573198462 
Edgerton CollieryTunnel1ArchbaldLackawannaEdgerton Coal Co., Limited112,576D&H Canal0113,797196217 
Erie CollieryShaft1GlenwoodLackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.123,275D&H Canal0125,008210442 
Fair Lawn CollierySlope1ScrantonLackawannaFair Lawn Coal Co., Limited40,685DL&W054,776177183Aug 30 - explosion of gas kills 6
Filer CollierySlope1WintonLackawannaGriffiths, Thomas & Co.43,262DL&W045,207146197 
Forest City CollieryShaft / Slope1Clifford Twp.SusquehannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.92,148New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad097,071197290 
Grassy Island CollieryShaft1OlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.100,903D&H Canal0112,417186271 
Grassy Island CollieryShaft / Tunnel1WintonLackawannaGrassy Island Coal Co., Limited85,214D&H Canal087,500157344 
Green Ridge CollierySlope1DunmoreLackawannaO. S. Johnson & Co.130,8550135,486191404 
Gypsy Grove CollieryNo. 3 Shaft1DunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.122,231E&WV0122,231220327 
Hampton CollieryShaft1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.40,375DL&W044,49756382 
Holden CollieryShaft1TaylorsvilleLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.114,072Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0117,923195296 
Hyde Park CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.136,565DL&W0142,321188289 
JermynNo. 1CollieryShaft1JermynLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.150,353D&H Canal0167,891208389 
JermynNo. 4CollieryShaft1PricevilleLackawannaJohn Jermyn161,883DL&W0163,251206448 
Jermyn Slope CollieryShaft1JermynLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.81,723D&H Canal085,73414666Jermyn No. 2
Keystone CollieryTunnel1GlenwoodLackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.118,7930118,951250529 
Lackawanna CollieryShaft1BlakelyLackawannaLackawanna Coal Co.153,329DL&W0155,016201366 
Leggetts Creek CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.152,674D&H Canal0165,461193464 
Manville CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.83,687D&H 1090,939100407Manville Colliery is worked every alternate month by the DL&W and D&H.
Manville CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.63,431DL&W065,53869407Manville Colliery is worked every alternate month by the DL&W and D&H.
Marshwood CollierySlope / Tunnel1OlyphantLackawannaMoosic Mountain Coal Co.0D&H Canal0475  Not yet in operation.
Marvine CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.144,555D&H Canal0157,075185380 
Meadow Brook CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaWilliam Connell & Co.140,927Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0176,500213324 
Meadow Brook CollieryTunnel1ScrantonLackawannaWilliam Connell & Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0020075Coal prepared at National Breaker.
Mount Pleasant CollierySlope1ScrantonLackawannaWilliam T. Smith125,282DL&W0133,582180348 
National CollieryShaft / Slope1ScrantonLackawannaWilliam Connell & Co.98,922Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)098,922146283 
OlyphantNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Shaft1OlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0D&H Canal00  Idle in 1886.
Oxford CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.120,006Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0127,240183326 
Pancoast CollieryShaft1Dickson CityLackawannaPancoast Coal Co., Limited121,814DL&W0136,449204400 
PCCNo. 1CollieryShaft1DunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0E&WV00 25Shaft sunk to lower vein; no coal shipped.
PCCNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Shaft1DunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.66,212E&WV066,652258119 
PCCNo. 5CollieryShaft1DunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.107,020E&WV0109,212270272 
Pierce CollieryTunnel1Blakely Twp.LackawannaJones, Simpson & Co.83,496DL&W084,921133311 
Pine Brook CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaLackawanna Iron & Coal Co.4,363DL&W08,5757063 
Powderly CollierySlope1Carbondale Twp.LackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.77,597D&H Canal082,292204255 
Pyne CollieryShaft / Slope1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.166,996Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0174,133182396 
Racket Brook Colliery1Carbondale Twp.LackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.182,757D&H Canal0184,94824176 
Richmond CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaElk Hill Coal & Iron Co.37,597DL&W039,847152139 
S. V. White CollieryTunnel1WintonLackawannaWinton Coal Co.44,758D&H Canal045,671224202 
Simpson CollierySlope / Tunnel1Fell Twp.LackawannaJones, Simpson & Co.22,225New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad023,225122127Northwest
Sloan CollieryShaft1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.165,812DL&W0176,955168441 
Spencer CollieryShaft1DunmoreLackawannaA. D. & F. M. Spencer75,829NYS&W 1083,131133255 
Storrs Colliery1Dickson CityLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100 29No coal shipped, driving headlings and airways.
Taylor CollieryShaft / Drift1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.185,732Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0186,713209454 
Von Storch CollieryShaft / Slope1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.214,029D&H Canal0236,990199600 
White Oak CollierySlope / Tunnel1ArchbaldLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.109,168D&H Canal0115,453206342 

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


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