1899

1899
District 3
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Operation Name	Number	Type	Opening	District	City	County	Company Name	Railroad Shipments (tons)	Railroad to Mine	Total Production (tons)	Days Worked	Employees
Avoca		Colliery	Shaft	3	Avoca	Luzerne	Avoca Coal Co.	47,361	LV	53,922	140	284
Babylon		Colliery	Shaft / Tunnel	3	Duryea	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	132,915	LV	145,140	123	483
Barnum		Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft / No. 3 Shaft	3	Marcy Twp. (Duryea)	Luzerne	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	263,526	E&WV	271,643	183	585
Bennett		Washery		3	Miners Mills	Luzerne	North American Coal Co.	76,908		83,163	281	22
Bernice		Colliery	Drift	3	Bernice	Sullivan	Sullivan Railroad Co.	158,037	LV	163,555	269	351
Black Diamond		Colliery	Shaft	3	Luzerne Borough	Luzerne	John C. Haddock	111,775		150,034	177	320
Brookside		Washery		3	Avoca	Luzerne	Brookside Coal Co.	52,334		54,204	187	29
Butler		Colliery	Butler Shaft / Chapman Shaft	3	Pittston Twp.	Luzerne	Butler Mine Co., Limited	112,389		120,011	185	451
Clear Spring		Colliery	Shaft	3	Pittston	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	189,573	DL&W	217,528	217	610
Crescent		Colliery	Tunnel	3	Jenkins Twp.	Luzerne	Crescent Coal Co.	16,952	LV	18,612	70	88
Delaware		Colliery	Shaft	3	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Coal Co.	119,196	D&H	140,940	142	384
East Boston		Colliery	Shaft	3	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	W. G. Payne & Co.	186,028	DL&W¹	202,063	175	639
Elmwood		Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft	3	Pittston Twp.	Luzerne	Florence Coal Co., Limited	70,174		83,834	136	216
Exeter		Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft	3	Exeter	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	244,284	LV	271,995	158	549
Fernwood		Colliery	Shaft / Tunnel	3	Pittston Twp.	Luzerne	Butler Mine Co., Limited	89,210		96,759	194	418
Gardner Creek		Colliery	Tunnel	3		Luzerne	Gardner Creek Coal Co.	32,585		37,436	179	126
Griffith		Colliery	Tunnel	3		Luzerne	Wyoming Coal & Land Co.	71,557		84,579	137	294
Hallstead		Colliery	Shaft	3	Duryea	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	88,577	DL&W	108,049	162	293
Harry E.		Colliery	Harry E. Shaft / Forty Fort Shaft	3	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	316,425	LV	353,612	238	686
Heidelberg		Colliery	Shaft	3	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	139,271	LV	152,933	174	320
Heidelberg		Colliery	Slope	3	Avoca¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	131,463	LV	138,973	171	291
Henry		Colliery	Midvale Slope / Henry Shaft / Wyoming Shaft	3	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	139,231	LV	168,905	34	296
Katydid		Colliery	Slope	3	Avoca	Luzerne	Robertson & Law	80,526		84,572	114	181
Laflin		Colliery	Shaft	3	Laflin	Luzerne	Laflin Coal Co.	58,442		68,607	89	245
Langcliffe		Colliery	Shaft / Tunnel	3	Avoca	Luzerne	Langcliffe Coal Co., Limited	115,631		122,579	182	340
Laurel Run		Colliery	Slope	3	Parsons	Luzerne	Laurel Run Coal Co.	101,321		111,601	158	400
Law		Colliery	Law Shaft / No. 13 Shaft	3	Pittston Twp.	Luzerne	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	196,129	E&WV	204,136	180	474
Louise		Colliery	Slope / Tunnel	3	Luzerne¹	Luzerne	Raub Coal Co., Limited	122,389		131,782	165	500
Luzerne		Washery		3		Luzerne	North American Coal Co.	29,251		32,063	137	23
Lykens		Colliery	Drift	3		Sullivan	W. B. Gunton	9,639		11,933	78	114
Maltby		Colliery	Shaft	3	Swoyersville¹	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	214,824	LV¹	238,294	155	494
Mill Hollow		Colliery	Shaft	3	Luzerne Borough	Luzerne	Raub Coal Co., Limited	18,938		22,895	56
Miner		Colliery	Tunnel	3	Jenkins Twp.	Luzerne	William B. Miner	4,580		4,580
Mount Lookout		Colliery	Shaft	3	Wyoming	Luzerne	Temple Iron Co.	155,729	LV	180,002	116	70
PCC	No. 1	Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / No. 8 Shaft	3	Hughestown	Luzerne	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	132,441	E&WV¹	135,501	179	352
PCC	No. 14	Colliery	No. 14 Shaft / No. 14 Tunnel	3	Jenkins Twp.	Luzerne	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	213,495	E&WV¹	224,913	174	513
PCC	No. 5	Colliery	No. 5 Shaft / No. 6 Shaft / No. 11 Shaft	3	Jenkins Twp.	Luzerne	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	248,844	E&WV¹	259,355	167	805
PCC	No. 6	Washery		3	Jenkins Twp.¹	Luzerne	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	21,689	E&WV¹	35,755	100	34
PCC	No. 7	Colliery	No. 4 Shaft / No. 7 Shaft / Hoyt Shaft	3	Jenkins Twp.	Luzerne	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	241,323	E&WV¹	256,377	157	737
PCC	No. 8	Washery		3	Pittston¹	Luzerne	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	31,066	E&WV¹	36,223	87	51
PCC	No. 9	Colliery	No. 9 Shaft / No. 10 Shaft / No. 10 Jr. Shaft	3	Hughestown	Luzerne	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	192,091	E&WV¹	207,228	180	501
Pettebone		Colliery	Shaft	3	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	230,475	DL&W	249,701	182	716
Phoenix		Colliery	Phoenix Shaft / Columbia Shaft	3	Duryea	Luzerne	Old Forge Coal Mining Co.	141,271	LV	167,406	169	376
Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft	3	Miners Mills	Luzerne	Algonquin Coal Co.	194,107		217,451	199	559
Prospect		Colliery	Prospect Shaft / Oakwood Shaft	3	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	226,861	LV	255,188	140	782
Ridgewood		Colliery	Shaft	3	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Keystone Coal Co.	50,342		59,265	112	221
Schooley		Colliery	Shaft	3	Exeter	Luzerne	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	46,918	E&WV¹	52,133	60
Stevens		Colliery	Shaft / Slope	3	West Pittston¹	Luzerne	Stevens Coal Co.	147,132	LV	166,881	112	350
Twin		Colliery	Twin No. 1 Shaft / Twin No. 2 Shaft / Seneca Shaft / Ravine Shaft	3	Pittston	Luzerne	Newton Coal Co.	144,545	LV	200,377	150	583

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