1885
District 3
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Operation NameNumberTypeOpeningDistrictCityCountyCompany NameRailroad Shipments (tons)Railroad to MineTruck Shipments (tons)Total Production (tons)Days WorkedEmployeesNotes
Alden Colliery3Newport Twp.LuzerneAlden Coal Co.0LV0192,958212542 
Avondale CollieryShaft 13near PlymouthLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0151,190181450 
Baltimore Slope CollierySlope3Plains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna088,575205211 
Baltimore Tunnel CollieryTunnel 13Plains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna028,36960331 
Boston Colliery3Plymouth Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0D&H / Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0149,304190317 
Chauncey CollierySlope 13near PlymouthLuzerneT. P. McFarland0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)018,42018560 
Conyngham CollieryShaft 13near Wilkes-BarreLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna0105,478194270 
Diamond CollieryShaft 13near Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna0126,241171530 
Dodson CollieryShaft 13near PlymouthLuzernePlymouth Coal Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0150,730190375 
Dorrance CollieryShaft 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.0LV019,231145108 
East End Colliery3Conyngham Twp.LuzerneWest End Coal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna 1021,486132157 
EmpireNo. 2CollieryShaft 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna0203,301168783 
Franklin CollierySlopes3AshleyLuzerneFranklin Coal Co.0LV0139,274177450 
Gaylord CollieryShaft / Slope3PlymouthLuzerneKingston Coal Co.0D&H / Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0170,249181476 
HartfordNo. 6Colliery3near AshleyLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna0116,098173517 
Hillman Vein CollieryShaft 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneHillman Vein Coal Co.0LV062,316177243 
HollenbackNo. 2Colliery3Plains Twp.LuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna0175,401175668 
KingstonNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 Shaft / No. 4 Shaft 13EdwardsvilleLuzerneKingston Coal Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0198,082209416 
KingstonNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Shaft / No. 3 Shaft 13KingstonLuzerneKingston Coal Co.00290,462216661 
LanceNo. 11CollieryShaft 13near PlymouthLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0125,482170490 
Maffet Colliery3Sugar NotchLuzerneHanover Coal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna0115,679164303 
NewportNo. 6CollieryNewport Shaft / Newport Slope / Newport Tunnel 13Glen LyonLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.0North and West Branch Railroad040,94390564 
NottinghamNo. 15CollieryShaft 13near PlymouthLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0371,9251701233 
Parrish CollierySlope 13PlymouthLuzerneParrish Coal Co.140,174Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0143,249259365 
PlymouthNo. 2CollieryShaft3PlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0D&H / Lehigh & Susquehanna020,02539338 
PlymouthNo. 3CollieryShaft3PlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0D&H / Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0193,346206425 
PlymouthNo. 4CollieryShaft3PlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0D&H / Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0104,822159320 
PlymouthNo. 5CollieryShaft3PlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0D&H / Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0177,674197424 
Red AshNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 Slope 13Wilkes-Barre Twp.LuzerneRed Ash Coal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna0105,822151311 
Red AshNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Slope / Tunnel 13Wilkes-Barre Twp.LuzerneRed Ash Coal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna0110,220153342 
ReynoldsNo. 16CollierySlope 13PlymouthLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0137,184171470 
Salem Colliery3Salem Twp.LuzerneSalem Coal Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)033,098225117 
SCCNo. 1CollierySlope / Tunnel 13NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.0North and West Branch Railroad0198,970300486 
SCCNo. 2CollieryShaft / Slope 13East NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.0North and West Branch Railroad0495,4743071350 
SCCNo. 3CollieryTunnel3West NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0190,970294414 
SCCNo. 5CollieryShaft 13EmpireLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.0North and West Branch Railroad0540,3783021106 
StantonNo. 7CollieryShaft 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna0163,483151669 
Sugar NotchNo. 10CollierySlope3Sugar NotchLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna06,147 28 
Sugar NotchNo. 9CollieryShaft3Sugar NotchLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna0152,758167697 
WanamieNo. 18CollierySlope 13WanamieLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna0138,659174519 
Warrior Run CollierySlope 13Warrior RunLuzerneA. J. Davis0LV080,400170245 
West End Colliery3MocanaquaLuzerneWest End Coal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna / North and West Branch Railroad0128,899281297Aug 11 - 10 miners suffocated by boiler fire.

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


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