1940
District 1
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Operation NameNumberTypeOpeningDistrictCityCountyCompany NameRailroad Shipments (tons)Railroad to MineTruck Shipments (tons)Total Production (tons)Days WorkedEmployeesNotes
A&F Mine1 LackawannaA. & F. Coal Co.2,4732752,7484716 
B&BNo. 3Mine1Winton 1LackawannaB. & B. Coal Co.22,3343,94126,27526526Run of mine coal prepared at Pompey Breaker.
B&D Mine1 LackawannaB. & D. Coal Co.19,5037,06326,56627876Run of mine coal prepared at B. & D. Breaker, 2nd District.
B&L Colliery1 LackawannaB. & L. Coal Co.00015516Preparation only.
Barrett Mine1Peckville 1LackawannaEd Barrett Coal Co.2,6806,2558,93513430 
Bolands Colliery1Carbondale 1LackawannaDeAngelis Coal Co.54,42235,21890,740164256 
Caffrey Mine1 LackawannaArt Caffrey Coal Co.2,54102,5413716 
Carey Stripping1 LackawannaCarey, Baxter & Kennedy68,546068,54622931Coal prepared at Powderly Breaker.
Dante Colliery1 LackawannaDante Coal Co.00011321Preparation only.
Dwonczyk Mine1Jermyn 1LackawannaDwonczyk Coal Co.24,3593,55927,91815145Run of mine coal prepared at various breakers.
Eddie & JoeNo. 1MineSlope1 LackawannaEddie & Joe Coal Co.22,51113,17735,68822545Run of mine coal prepared at various breakers.
Edwards Stripping1 LackawannaEdwards Coal Co.19,0113,35322,36422134 
Forest City Colliery1Forest City 1Lackawanna Susquehanna WayneVolpe Coal Co.60,91167,331143,357142246 
GillenNo. 5Mine1Carbondale 1LackawannaGillen Coal Co.60,159060,15916980Coal prepared at Powderly Breaker.
Gillotti Mine1 LackawannaGillotti Coal Co.1,6098622,4711418Run of mine coal prepared at various breakers.
Grzybin Mine1 LackawannaGrzybin Coal Co.9,64512,66322,30827328Run of mine coal prepared at various breakers.
Husvar Mine1 LackawannaHusvar Coal Co.1,6122,1383,7501189Run of mine coal prepared at various breakers.
JermynNo. 1Colliery1Jermyn 1LackawannaHudson Coal Co.271,8610291,200192538Coal prepared at Powderly Breaker.
Jessup Colliery1 LackawannaGiombetti Coal Co.00015019Production of 10,657 tons included in Racket Brook numbers.
Lally Stripping1 LackawannaA. H. Lally Coal Co.31,646031,6461068Coal prepared at Powderly Breaker.
Lombardo Mine1 LackawannaSam Lombardo Coal Co.6,1902,0538,24325722Run of mine coal prepared at various breakers.
Meriollini Mine1 LackawannaMeriollini Coal Co.2,22212,15314,37526317Run of mine coal prepared at various breakers.
Motley Stripping1Mayfield 1LackawannaMotley Coal Co.20,252020,252428Coal prepared at Powderly Breaker.
Nayduck Mine1 LackawannaNayduck Coal Co.6,6533,1329,78516841Run of mine coal prepared at various breakers.
Northwest Colliery1Simpson 1LackawannaNorthwest Coal Co.87,01879,093173,111202305 
Paramount Colliery1 LackawannaParamount Coal Co.0002249Preparation only.
Pitha Mine1 LackawannaPitha Coal Co.11,13511,92023,05525433Run of mine coal prepared at various breakers.
Pompey CollierySlope1JessupLackawannaPompey Coal Co.53,875DL&W 19,48467,748237152 
Powderly CollierySlope 11CarbondaleLackawannaHudson Coal Co.0D&H 1052,17818793 
Racket Brook Colliery1Carbondale 1LackawannaGiombetti Coal Co.21,2418,09837,622154109 
Richmondale CollierySlope 11Scranton 1LackawannaRubin Coal Co.12,2175,74917,96614643 
Rodham Stripping1 LackawannaRodham Coal Co.9,79009,79018810Run of mine coal prepared at various breakers.
S&S Mine1 LackawannaS. & S. Coal Co.1,6812,2293,9101456Coal prepared at Forest City Breaker.
ScottNo. 17MineDrift1 LackawannaScott Coal Co.11,9753,18215,15730229Run of mine coal prepared at various breakers.
Sherlock Mine1 LackawannaSherlock Coal Co.7,26212,00819,27024723Run of mine coal prepared at various breakers.
Simpson CollierySlopes 11Fell Twp. 1LackawannaSimpson Coal Co.5,0352,8339,42813826 
Steam Fuels Colliery1 LackawannaSteam Fuels Coal Co.5,44505,445777Bank coal recovered at Forest City.
Sunnyside Mine1Winton 1LackawannaSunnyside Coal Co.8,63110,04918,68017126Run of mine coal prepared at various breakers.
Taylor Mine1TaylorLackawannaTaylor Coal Co.6,9207,50614,42620722Run of mine coal prepared at various breakers.
Vespi Bank1 LackawannaVespi Coal Co.3,432343,466308 
Wargo Mine1 LackawannaJohn Wargo Coal Co.4321,0091,441818Coal prepared at B. & L. Breaker.
West Mountain Mine1 LackawannaWest Mountain Coal Co.2,2745,3097,58320717Run of mine coal prepared at various breakers.

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


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