1940
District 10
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Operation NameNumberTypeOpeningDistrictCityCountyCompany NameRailroad Shipments (tons)Railroad to MineTruck Shipments (tons)Total Production (tons)Days WorkedEmployeesNotes
Black Diamond Colliery10Luzerne 1LuzerneBlack Diamond Breaker Corp.29,27547,765100,04930820Breaker only.
Connell Colliery10Bernice 1SullivanBernice White Ash Coal Co.17,560034,59619355 
Delaware Colliery10Plains Twp. 1LuzerneHudson Coal Co.343,9550362,077206601Coal prepared at Pine Ridge and Laflin.
Delaware Stripping10Plains Twp. 1LuzerneHudson Coal Co.29,377029,37717425Coal prepared at Pine Ridge and Laflin.
East Boston CollieryShaft 110Kingston Twp. 1LuzerneLuzerne Anthracite Coal Co.161,02082,916343,016247455Breaker only. Preparing mine-run purchased coal.
Forksville Colliery10 SullivanForksville Coal Co.008,89919638 
Gunton Colliery10 SullivanBernice Basin Coal Co.8402,6493,7493069Discontinued operation on February 15, 1940.
Henry Colliery10Plains Twp. 1LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.465,1153,025494,240190718 
Laflin CollieryShaft 110Laflin 1LuzerneHudson Coal Co.00020771Mine idle; preparing coal from other locations only.
Loyalsock Colliery10Forksville 1SullivanMonahan Coal Co.0Truck 12,4003,60018225 
Luzerne Mine10 LuzerneAlderson Mining Co.0Truck 118,77018,77024126Run of mine coal.
Madeira Colliery10Plains 1LuzerneJohn Conlon Coal Co.102,5010132,604164266 
Mineral Spring Colliery10Wilkes-Barre 1LuzerneMineral Spring Coal Co.190,1990276,694170555 
Miners Mills Mine10Miners Mills 1LuzerneCapone Coal Co.87,441087,44126986Run of mine coal prepared at Kehoe-Berge, 7th District.
Miners Mills Stripping10Miners Mills 1LuzerneCapone Coal Co.0Truck 17,4067,40612113 
O&O Mine10 LuzerneO. & O. Coal Co.0Truck 12,3822,38216812Discontinued operation on August 15, 1940.
Packer Mine10Wilkes-BarreLuzerneDuryea Anthracite Co.249,2400249,240252235Run of mine coal prepared at West End Colliery, 14th District.
Payne Stripping10 LuzerneWilliam T. Payne0Truck 15,1885,1882911New operation.
Pine Ridge CollieryShaft 110Miners Mills 1LuzerneHudson Coal Co.292,7050360,633206593 
Pine Ridge Stripping10Miners Mills 1LuzerneHudson Coal Co.10,522010,52210325 
West Side Colliery10 LuzerneWest Side Coal Co.0Truck 150,82750,82720099 
Westminster Washery10 LuzerneWestminster Washery2,17202,242656New operation.

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


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