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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.166,720DL&W 10172,808201401 
Bellevue CollieryShaft / Slope1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.184,203DL&W 10199,22920487 
Belmont CollieryTunnel1Carbondale Twp.LackawannaA. Langdon & Co.28,342New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad029,68898153 
Brennan CollieryTunnel1Fell Twp.LackawannaFrisbie & Co.20,856020,856100106 
Bridge CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaBridge Coal Co., Limited79,5500107,291271248 
Brisbin CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.46,534DL&W 1057,25177363 
Capouse CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaLackawanna Iron & Coal Co.318,831DL&W 10327,791203584 
CarbondaleNo. 3CollieryShaft1CarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.4,11208,807228154 
CarbondaleNo. 1CollieryShaft1CarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.51,758054,888222251 
Cayuga CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.161,224DL&W 10172,917204418 
Central CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.236,632DL&W 10287,742215491 
Church CollierySlope / Tunnel1ScrantonLackawannaChurch Coal Co., Limited6,000016,50022933 
Clark CollieryTunnel1ScrantonLackawannaClark Coal Co.005,96517014 
Clifford CollieryShaft1Clifford Twp.SusquehannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.000 27Sinking shaft.
Coal Brook CollieryCoal Brook Tunnel / Midland Tunnel1CarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.279,6280283,010243619 
Continental CollieryShaft1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.26,065DL&W 1030,32539369 
DiamondNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Shaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.221,016DL&W 10241,899195166 
Dixon CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.202,2710213,169237395 
Dodge CollieryShaft1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.148,930DL&W 10154,056195323 
Dolph CollieryTunnel1WintonLackawannaDolph Coal Co., Limited67,934068,433201229 
Eaton CollieryShaft / Tunnel1ArchbaldLackawannaJones, Simpson & Co.126,6250127,105237370 
Eddy Creek CollieryShaft1OlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.174,5050185,944247471 
Edgerton CollieryTunnel1ArchbaldLackawannaEdgerton Coal Co., Limited160,1410160,547228279 
Erie CollieryShaft1GlenwoodLackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.121,8160123,388196436 
Fair Lawn CollierySlope1ScrantonLackawannaFair Lawn Coal Co., Limited47,190057,846206179 
Filer CollierySlope1WintonLackawannaJessup Coal Co.34,093DL&W 1043,995133230 
Forest City CollieryShaft / Slope1Clifford Twp.SusquehannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.173,0840176,421266353 
Glenwood CollieryShaft1GlenwoodLackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.000 122Sinking shaft and building breaker.
Grassy Island CollieryShaft1OlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.35,586045,62782351 
Grassy Island CollieryShaft / Tunnel1WintonLackawannaGrassy Island Coal Co., Limited67,860070,048158327 
Green Ridge CollierySlope1DunmoreLackawannaO. S. Johnson & Co.136,1860141,357280390 
Hampton CollieryShaft1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.174,645DL&W 10181,835211428 
Holden CollieryShaft1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.146,370DL&W 10150,740214246 
Hyde Park CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.112,070DL&W 10116,699193312 
JermynNo. 1CollieryShaft1JermynLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.197,3870217,810248438 
JermynNo. 4CollieryShaft1PriceburgLackawannaJohn Jermyn171,5680173,303221516 
Keystone CollieryTunnel1GlenwoodLackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.145,5760145,867254308 
Lackawanna CollieryShaft1BlakelyLackawannaLackawanna Coal Co.170,7050173,212229391 
Leggetts Creek CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.179,1040193,041238448 
Manville CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.106,631D&H 10114,649121211Manville Colliery is worked every alternate month by the DL&W and D&H.
Manville CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.110,463DL&W 10116,524122210Manville Colliery is worked every alternate month by the DL&W and D&H.
Marshwood CollierySlope / Tunnel1Dickson CityLackawannaMoosic Mountain Coal Co.00220   
Marvine CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.189,5540202,074242398 
Meadow Brook CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaWilliam Connell & Co.132,6470182,254218337 
Meadow Brook CollieryTunnel1ScrantonLackawannaWilliam Connell & Co.167,5040167,50419580 
Mount Pleasant CollierySlope1ScrantonLackawannaWilliam T. Smith137,031DL&W 10146,016197357 
National CollieryShaft / Slope1ScrantonLackawannaWilliam Connell & Co.0DL&W 100195247Coal statistics reported with Meadow Brook Tunnel Breaker.
OlyphantNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Shaft1OlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.107,7410115,253218294 
Oxford CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.122,140DL&W 10124,182171378 
Pancoast CollieryShaft1Dickson CityLackawannaPancoast Coal Co., Limited164,267DL&W 10178,436222453 
PCCNo. 3CollieryShaft1DunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.60,205E&WV 1065,586261186 
PCCNo. 4CollieryShaft1DunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.70,100E&WV 1070,444261137 
PCCNo. 1CollieryShaft1DunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0E&WV 101,05529030 
PCCNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Shaft1DunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.58,589E&WV 1058,98028495 
PCCNo. 5CollieryShaft1DunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.98,541E&WV 10114,280286303 
Peckville CollieryTunnel1WintonLackawannaPeckville Coal Co.80101,8016 Idle.
Pierce CollieryTunnel1ArchbaldLackawannaJones, Simpson & Co.148,843DL&W 10151,657209333 
Pine Brook CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaLackawanna Iron & Coal Co.138,861DL&W 10145,904172516 
Powderly CollierySlope1Carbondale Twp.LackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.86,265091,586233244 
Pyne CollieryShaft / Slope1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.197,345DL&W 10206,476203405 
Racket Brook Colliery1Carbondale Twp.LackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.204,7240206,91525875 
Richmond CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaElk Hill Coal & Iron Co.18,469019,41913587 
S. V. White CollieryTunnel1WintonLackawannaWinton Coal Co.58,698060,609202213 
Simpson CollierySlope / Tunnel1Fell Twp.LackawannaNorthwest Coal Co., Limited105,0870105,781259218 
Sloan CollieryShaft1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.207,776DL&W 10207,949213474 
Spencer CollieryShaft1DunmoreLackawannaA. D. & F. M. Spencer110,437NYS&W 10117,509131291 
Stafford CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1008847Coal reported with Meadow Brook Tunnel Breaker.
Storrs Colliery1Dickson CityLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 103,000 35 
Taylor CollieryShaft / Drift1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.183,240DL&W 10190,118210455 
Tripp CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.000286416Coal reported with Diamond No. 2 Breaker.
Tripp Colliery1ScrantonLackawannaTripp & Co.319DL&W 1010,64214012 
Von Storch CollieryShaft / Slope1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.248,0650268,181232599 
Watkins Colliery1CarbondaleLackawannaWatkin's Son & Co.2190472874 
White Oak CollierySlope / Tunnel1ArchbaldLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.123,1690129,365248308 

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


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