1896
District 1
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Operation NameNumberTypeOpeningDistrictCityCountyCompany NameRailroad Shipments (tons)Railroad to MineTruck Shipments (tons)Total Production (tons)Days WorkedEmployeesNotes
Blue Ridge Colliery1ArchbaldLackawannaBlue Ridge Coal Co.132,7880133,302175544 
CarbondaleNo. 3CollieryShaft1CarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.31,194031,194204162 
CarbondaleNo. 1CollieryShaft1CarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.75,138075,138216344 
Clifford CollieryShaft 11Forest CitySusquehannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.234,6690146,310143424 
Clinton CollierySlope / Drift 11VandlingWayne & LackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.150,7320152,447224549 
Coal Brook CollieryTunnel 11CarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.284,1540284,154212790 
Dolph CollieryDrift 11WintonLackawannaDolph Coal Co., Limited117,9540120,711123556 
Eddy Creek CollieryShaft 11OlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.185,0880187,053199489 
Edgerton CollieryDrifts 11ArchbaldLackawannaEdgerton Coal Co.142,8060151,643140379 
Erie CollieryShaft 11MayfieldLackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.122,8710136,125143441 
Forest Colliery1ArchbaldLackawannaForest Mining Co.100,9230105,53174693 
Forest City CollieryShaft / Slope 11Forest CitySusquehannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.211,4060328,327143762 
Franklin CollieryRock Slope / Old Slope 11Fell Twp.LackawannaFranklin Coal Co.34,305034,305176123 
Glenwood CollieryShaft 11MayfieldLackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.123,0990134,643143434 
Grassy Island CollieryShaft / Slope 11OlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.223,4380266,648220465 
Gypsy Grove Colliery1DunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.109,936E&WV 10114,417135322 
Gypsy Grove Washery1DunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.32,282E&WV 1033,8557026 
JermynNo. 1CollieryShaft1JermynLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.261,3570264,333216583 
Johnson CollieryNo. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft1PriceburgLackawannaJohnson Coal Co.235,3640237,713258791Combined reporting for 2 breakers: Johnson No. 1 formerly Jermyn No. 3 and Johnson No. 2 formerly Jermyn No. 4
Keystone Colliery1Mayfield 1LackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.36,068037,103143119 
Lackawanna Colliery1OlyphantLackawannaLackawanna Coal Co.252,0120255,580232733 
Leggetts Creek CollieryShaft 11ScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.211,2400214,408207523 
Marvine CollieryShaft 11ScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.262,1940264,293212544 
Moosic Mountain Colliery1OlyphantLackawannaMoosic Mountain Coal Co.93,9840104,132185238 
Mount Jessup CollierySlope 11WintonLackawannaMount Jessup Coal Co., Ltd.85,734DL&W 1095,734185330 
Murray CollieryShaft 11DunmoreLackawannaMurray Coal Co.48,033054,14017783 
OlyphantNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Shaft 11OlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.154,1990156,387205440 
Ontario Colliery1PeckvilleLackawannaNew York & Susquehanna Coal Co.178,0620194,919193602 
Pancoast CollieryShaft 11ThroopLackawannaPancoast Coal Co.196,261DL&W 10198,725199653 
PCCNo. 1CollieryShaft 11DunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.121,702E&WV 10127,221142406 
Pierce CollieryTunnel 11WintonLackawannaPierce Coal Co.40,285DL&W 1041,075117175 
Powderly CollierySlope1CarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.83,412083,412217280 
Racket Brook Colliery1CarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.175,8290175,82921659Coal mined at Carbondale No. 1, D&H No. 3 shafts and Powderly Slope.
RichmondNo. 3CollieryNo. 3 Shaft 11Dickson CityLackawannaElk Hill Coal & Iron Co.42,796043,57095168 
RichmondNo. 4MineNo. 4 Shaft 11RichmondaleLackawannaElk Hill Coal & Iron Co.113,1860114,990191247 
Riverside CollieryShaft 11ArchbaldLackawannaRiverside Coal Co.70,637078,637153391 
Russell B. Colliery1Fell Twp.LackawannaRussell B Coal Co.30,766031,066307132 
Simpson CollierySlopes 11Fell Twp.LackawannaNorthwest Coal Co.158,0780169,235132448 
Sterrick Creek CollieryShaft 11PeckvilleLackawannaSterrick Creek Coal Co.154,7930162,611143592 
Storrs CollieryNo. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft / No. 3 Shaft 11Dickson CityLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.443,896DL&W 10476,9361831088 
Waddell CollieryDrift 11WintonLackawannaThomas Waddell Estate15,512018,27915286 
White Oak CollieryTunnel / Drift 11ArchbaldLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.218,4160221,316211590 

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


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