1886
District 2
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Operation NameNumberTypeOpeningDistrictCityCountyCompany NameRailroad Shipments (tons)Railroad to MineTruck Shipments (tons)Total Production (tons)Days WorkedEmployeesNotes
Barnum CollieryNos. 1 & 2 Shafts2Marcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.207,942E&WV0207,942230516 
Bennett CollieryShaft2Plains Twp.LuzerneWaddell & Walters93,970Lehigh & Susquehanna097,193241257 
Bernice CollieryDift2BerniceSullivanState Line & Sullivan R.R. Co.59,331061,767244227 
Black Diamond CollieryShaft2Kingston Twp.LuzerneJohn C. Haddock107,965Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0121,160147800 
Boston CollierySlope / Drift2Jenkins Twp.LuzerneNelson Cowan31,350Lehigh & Susquehanna031,350121255 
Butler CollieryShaft / Slope2Pittston Twp.LuzerneButler Coal Co.18,051D&H / Lehigh & Susquehanna020,935142128 
Clear Spring CollieryShaft2West PittstonLuzerneClear Spring Coal Co.124,777Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0132,125160359 
Consolidated CollieryShaft / Slope2Pleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzerneHillside Coal & Iron Co.95,972E&WV097,171162360 
Dunn CollieryShaft2Old Forge Twp.LackawannaPennsylvania Anthracite Coal Co.117,540Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0118,596187387 
East Boston CollieryShaft2Kingston Twp.LuzerneW. G. Payne & Co.99,546Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0101,654161289 
Elmwood CollieryShaft2Pittston Twp.LuzerneFlorence Coal Co.74,170D&H / LV077,682206297 
Enterprise CollieryShaft / Slope2Plains Twp.LuzerneA. Langdon90,085LV095,704241218 
Ewen CollieryNo. 4 Shaft (Idle) / No. 1 Tunnel (Idle) / No. 4 Slope / No. 7 Shaft2Jenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.93,853E&WV 1093,853173441 
Exeter CollieryShaft2ExeterLuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.0LV00  Idle in 1886.
Fairmount CollieryShaft2Pittston Twp.LuzerneJ. Rice7,000D&H / Lehigh & Susquehanna07,30048122 
Forty Fort CollieryShaft2Kingston Twp.LuzerneWyoming Valley Coal Co.128,000Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0136,700270291 
Glendale Colliery2Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaGlendale Coal Co.14,748Lehigh & Susquehanna015,627  Breaker destroyed by lightning May 20, 1886 (source NYT).
Greenwood CollieryShaft / Slope2Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaPennsylvania Anthracite Coal Co.82,178D&H / Lehigh & Susquehanna084,43347374 
Hallstead CollieryShaft2Marcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.174,211Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0182,474182474 
Harry E. CollieryShaft / Slope2KingstonLuzerneWyoming Valley Coal Co.62,000Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)074,000259364 
Heidelberg CollieryShaft / Slope2Pittston Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.109,700LV0110,000201278 
Henry CollieryShaft2Plains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.177,094LV0187,627186414 
Hillman CollierySlope2Plains Twp.LuzerneH. Baker Hillman87,679LV087,679189120 
Hunt CollieryShaft2WyomingLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.55,222Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)062,342213236 
Katydid CollieryTunnel2Moosic Twp.LackawannaJohn M. Robertson14,574015,48719745 
Keystone CollierySlope / Drifts2Plains Twp.LuzerneKeystone Coal Co.2,45702,60717110 
Laurel Run CollierySlope2ParsonsLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.114,609Lehigh & Susquehanna0114,609191355 
Law CollieryLaw Shaft / No. 13 Shaft 12Pittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.202,447E&WV0202,447252440 
Maltby CollieryShaft2near WyomingLuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.0LV00  Idle in 1886.
Midvale CollierySlope2Plains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.0LV00  Idle in 1886.
Mill Creek CollieryShaft / Slope2Plains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.129,167Lehigh & Susquehanna0129,167196240 
Mill Hollow CollieryShaft2Luzerne BoroughLuzerneThomas Waddell51,912Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)057,007   
Mineral Spring CollieryMineral Spring Slope / Coal Brook Slope2ParsonsLuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.71,589LV076,285175212 
Mosier CollieryShaft / Slope2HughestownLuzerneButler Coal Co.92,834LV092,834236256 
Old Forge CollieryNo. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft (Idle)2Old Forge Twp.LackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.152,015E&WV0152,015289339 
PCCNo. 10CollieryNo. 9 Shaft / No. 10 Shaft / No. 10 Jr. Shaft / Abbott's Slope2HughestownLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.170,815E&WV0170,815199508 
PCCNo. 14CollieryShaft / Slope2Jenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.52,567E&WV052,56787350 
PCCNo. 6CollieryNo. 5 Shaft / No. 6 Shaft / No. 11 Shaft2Jenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.108,725E&WV0108,725184556 
PCCNo. 8CollieryNo. 1 Shaft / No. 8 Shaft2PittstonLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.71,249E&WV071,249184305 
Pettebone CollieryShaft2Kingston Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100 39Has not started to ship coal yet.
Pine Ridge CollieryShaft2Miners MillsLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.146,013Lehigh & Susquehanna0150,634198404 
Prospect CollieryShafts (2)2Plains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.304,286LV0304,480217668 
Raubville CollieryShaft2Luzerne BoroughLuzerneThomas Waddell51,912057,007205224 
Schooley CollieryShaft2WyomingLuzerneNelson Cowan140,598LV0140,598201483 
Sibley CollieryShaft2Old Forge Twp.LackawannaElliott, McClure & Co.65,394Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)065,394142288Breaker burned down on the morning of February 6, 1886. It was immediately rebuilt, and the new breaker started operations on July 20, 1886.
Spring Brook Colliery2MoosicLackawannaWilliam E. Colbourn26,340D&H Canal026,615  Cannot get any report from this colliery; it was sold.
Twin CollieryShaft2PittstonLuzerneButler Coal Co.62,293LV062,293201210 
Wyoming CollieryShaft2Plains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.151,364LV0159,074183348 

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


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