1872
District Eastern
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Operation NameNumberTypeOpeningDistrictCityCountyCompany NameRailroad Shipments (tons)Railroad to MineTruck Shipments (tons)Total Production (tons)Days WorkedEmployeesNotes
Archbald CollieryShaft / SlopeEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1025,521 169 
Beaver CollieryTunnelEasternPittstonLuzerneBeaver & Co.0025,807 36 
Bellevue CollieryShaft / SlopeEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10182,540 396 
Breaker Tunnel MineTunnelEasternCarbondaleLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 76Coal production included with "Carbondale Tunnels".
Brisbin CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100 32 
Brown's CollieryTunnelEasternPleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1047,688 95 
Butler CollieryShaft / Tunnels (2)EasternPittston Twp.LuzerneButler Coal Co.0027,524 120 
Capouse CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneLackawanna Iron & Coal Co.00134,417 270formerly called Briggs
Carbon Hill CollieryShafts (2) / TunnelEasternOld Forge Twp.LuzerneGlenwood Coal Co.0036,539 132 
CarbondaleNo. 3MineShaftEasternCarbondaleLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 165Coal production included with Powderly Breaker.
CarbondaleNo. 1MineSlopeEasternBlakely Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 6Coal production included with Powderly Breaker.
Carbondale Tunnels CollieryTunnelEasternCarbondaleLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00167,858  Reported with individual openings
Cayuga CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1093,615 228 
Central CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1082,277 257 
Coal Brook CollieryTunnelEasternCarbondaleLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 295 
Columbia CollieryTunnelEasternPittston Twp.LuzerneGrove Brothers of Danville0025,841 42 
Continental CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10124,624 276 
Corey CollieryTunnels (2)EasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneLackawanna and Susquehanna Coal and Iron Co.0052,893 198 
Dawson CollieryShaftEasternPleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1070,858 142Operations started in 1869.
DHNo. 2CollieryTunnelEasternBlakely Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00113,180 197 
DHNo. 2CollieryTunnel 1EasternCarbondaleLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000  Abandoned.
DiamondNo. 2CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100 428 
Dodge CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10158,940 305 
Dunmore Screens CollieryEasternDunmoreLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 100 73 
Eagle CollieryShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzerneAlva Tomkins000  Reported as abandoned.
Eaton CollieryTunnels (4)EasternBlakely Twp.LuzerneEaton & Co.00144,918 344 
Eddy Creek CollieryShaftEasternBlakely Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00104,049 287Coal from No. 1 included.
Elk Hill CollieryTunnels (2)EasternBlakely Twp.LuzerneElk Hill Coal & Iron Co.0079,327 169 
Elliott Keorner Colliery CollieryShaft / SlopeEasternOld ForgeLuzerneElliott, Keorner & Co.000 48Breaker under construction.
Enterprise CollieryShaft / TunnelEasternPleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzerneHillside Coal & Iron Co.0064,900 224 
Erie CollieryShaftEasternCarbondale Twp.LuzerneGlenwood Coal Co.0010,266 149 
Everhart CollieryTunnelEasternJenkins Twp.LuzerneEverhart & Co.000 125 
Fair Lawn CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLuzerneFair Lawn Coal Co.000 22 
Fellows CollieryTunnelEasternScrantonLuzerneJ. T. Fellows0016,000 40 
Grassy Island CollieryShaftEasternBlakely Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00152,499 334 
Green Ridge CollierySlopeEasternDunmoreLuzerneFiler & Co.0D&H 10126,906 284xref Luzerne Deed Book 122 page 21
Greenwood CollieryTunnelEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneLackawanna and Susquehanna Coal and Iron Co.0040,964 164 
Gypsy Grove CollieryShaft / Tunnels (4)EasternDunmoreLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1098,891 227Operations started in 1870.
Hampton CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1098,928 302 
Hyde Park CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10104,387 290 
Jefferson Tunnel MineTunnelEasternCarbondaleLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 26Coal production included with "Carbondale Tunnels".
JermynNo. 1CollieryShaftEasternGibsonburg BoroughLuzerneJohn Jermyn00117,741 311 
Jermyn Slope CollierySlopeEasternGibsonburg BoroughLuzerneJohn Jermyn00144,343 369 
Lackawanna Tunnel MineTunnelEasternCarbondaleLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 82Coal production included with "Carbondale Tunnels".
Leggetts Creek CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00162,028 352Alternate spellings: Leggitts and Legitts were also used.
Marvine CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 59 
Maryland National Anthracite CollieryShaft / Slope / Tunnels (2)EasternPittstonLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0016,000 75 
Meadow Brook CollieryTunnels (4)EasternScrantonLuzerneWilliam Connell & Co.00162,963 281 
Mill Ridge MineTunnelEasternCarbondaleLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 36Coal production included with "Carbondale Tunnels".
Mount Pleasant CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLuzerneMount Pleasant Coal Co.00104,136 177 
National CollieryTunnels (4)EasternScrantonLuzerneSusquehanna & West Valley Railroad Co.00109,589 248 
New Breaker CollieryEasternDunmoreLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.000 15 
Oak Hill CollieryTunnels (3)EasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneGlenwood Coal Co.0029,607 111 
OlyphantNo. 3CollierySlopeEasternBlakely Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0023,285 31 
Ontario CollierySlope / Tunnels (2)EasternPleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzerneLuzerne Coal & Iron Co.0050,000 201 
Oxford CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10129,952 255 
PCCNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 ShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.000  Used for pumping only.
PCCNo. 10CollieryNo. 10 ShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 10147,408 305Operations started in 1867.
PCCNo. 11CollieryNo. 11 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1040,868 66 
PCCNo. 12CollieryNo. 12 ShaftEasternPleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 100 20 
PCCNo. 13CollieryNo. 13 ShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 100 20 
PCCNo. 2CollieryShaftEasternDunmoreLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1052,098 110 
PCCNo. 2CollierySlopeEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1026,466 74 
PCCNo. 2CollieryShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 100 52Operations started in 1868. Used for pumping only.
PCCNo. 3CollieryNo. 3 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 100  Abandoned.
PCCNo. 3CollieryNo. 3 ShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 100  Used for pumping only.
PCCNo. 4CollieryNo. 4 SlopeEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1074,607 128Operations started in 1853.
PCCNo. 4CollieryNo. 4 ShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1093,050 143Operations started in 1864.
PCCNo. 5CollieryNo. 5 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1064,069 96 
PCCNo. 5CollieryNo. 5 SlopeEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1094,024 134Operations started in 1869.
PCCNo. 6CollieryNo. 6 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1065,248 168 
PCCNo. 6CollieryNo. 6 SlopeEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1031,247 66Operations started in 1855.
PCCNo. 7CollieryNo. 7 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1076,512 145Operations started in 1854.
PCCNo. 8CollieryNo. 8 ShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1090,568 195Operations started in 1861.
PCCNo. 9CollieryNo. 9 ShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1027,584 64 
Pine Brook CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneLackawanna Iron & Coal Co.0028,505 140 
Powderly CollierySlopeEasternCarbondale Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00335,593 168Coal from Powderly Slope included.
Pyne CollieryShaft / SlopeEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100 59 
Racket Brook CollieryEasternCarbondale Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 54 
Ravine CollieryShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePittston & Elmira Coal Co.0044,521 147 
Roaring Brook CollieryShaftEasternDunmoreLuzerneRoaring Brook Coal Co.00168,957 327 
Rock Hill CollieryTunnelEasternPittstonLuzerneBowkly & Son0016,000 48 
Rolling Mill CollierySlope / TunnelEasternScrantonLuzerneLackawanna Iron & Coal Co.0042,569 143 
Rough & Ready CollieryShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzerneNational Iron Co. of Danville005,000 32 
Scranton Mines CollierySlopeEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10113,886 276 
Seneca CollierySlopeEasternPittstonLuzernePittston & Elmira Coal Co.0055,719 167 
Sloan CollieryShaft / SlopeEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100 25 
Spring Brook CollieryTunnels (2)EasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneGlenwood Coal Co.0010,216 151 
Stafford Brook CollieryShaft / Tunnels (2)EasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneSusquehanna & West Valley Railroad Co.0072,580 143 
Stark CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1082,916 179 
Taylor CollieryShaft / DriftEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W) 10159,989 314 
Tomkins CollieryShaft / Tunnels (2)EasternPittstonLuzerneAlva Tomkins0016,484 99 
Tripp CollieryTripp Slope / Diamond SlopeEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.00375,764 366Coal from Diamond Slope included.
Twin CollieryShafts (2)EasternPittstonLuzernePittston & Elmira Coal Co.0049,807 138 
Valley Tunnel MineTunnelEasternCarbondaleLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 62Coal production included with "Carbondale Tunnels".
Von Storch CollieryShaft / SlopeEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00166,481 416 
White Bridge MineTunnelEasternCarbondaleLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 194Coal production included with Powderly Breaker.
White Oak CollierySlope / Tunnels (2)EasternBlakely Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00136,690 326 

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


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