1878
District Eastern
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Operation NameNumberTypeOpeningDistrictCityCountyCompany NameRailroad Shipments (tons)Railroad to MineTruck Shipments (tons)Total Production (tons)Days WorkedEmployeesNotes
Archbald CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100 4Idle throughout 1878.
Bellevue CollieryShaft / SlopeEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10126,540138369 
Brisbin CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1099,826153313 
Butler CollieryShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzerneButler Coal Co.0052,226167204 
Capouse CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaLackawanna Iron & Coal Co.00156,478176380 
CarbondaleNo. 3CollieryShaftEasternCarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.007,935141256 
CarbondaleNo. 1CollieryShaft / White Bridge TunnelEasternCarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0010,861140265 
Cayuga CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1098,058153282 
Central CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10125,100168310 
Coal Brook CollieryTunnels (5)EasternCarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00137,460142542 
Columbia CollieryTunnelEasternPittston Twp.LuzerneGrove Brothers000  Idle throughout 1878.
Continental CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 107,4891812 
Dawson CollieryShaftEasternPleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1042,444193134 
DiamondNo. 2CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10117,769165364 
Dodge CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100 9Idle throughout 1878.
Eaton CollieryShaft / Slope / Tunnel 1EasternArchbaldLackawannaJones, Simpson & Co.0060,767142242 
Eddy Creek CollieryShaftEasternOlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0042,01875328 
Elk Hill CollieryTunnel 1EasternDickson CityLackawannaElk Hill Coal & Iron Co.0043,392121172 
Erie CollieryShaftEasternCarbondale Twp.LackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.00120,798235339 
Everhart CollieryEasternJenkins Twp.LuzerneThomas Waddell & Co.0032,276124136 
Fair Lawn CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLackawannaFair Lawn Coal Co.0042,000159130 
Filer CollieryEasternWintonLackawannaFiler & Livey0DL&W 10104,680155392 
Forest City CollieryEasternCarbondaleLackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.0019,67016258 
Grassy Island CollieryShaftEasternOlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0088,803143347 
Green Ridge CollierySlopeEasternDunmoreLackawannaGreen Ridge Coal Co.0D&H 1086,000130302 
Greenwood CollierySlope / Tunnel 1EasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaPennsylvania Anthracite Coal Co.00139,445149393 
Gypsy Grove CollieryNo. 3 Shaft / No. 4 ShaftEasternDunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1073,696190274 
Hampton CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100 13Idle throughout 1878.
Hillside CollieryShaft 1EasternPleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzerneHillside Coal & Iron Co.0097,291217297 
Hyde Park CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100 5Idle throughout 1878.
JermynNo. 1CollieryShaftEasternJermynLackawannaJohn Jermyn0048,413140269 
Jermyn Green Ridge Shaft CollieryShaftEasternGreen RidgeLackawannaJohn Jermyn0079,813114292 
Jermyn Slope CollierySlopeEasternJermynLackawannaGlenwood Coal Co.0069,189140159 
Law CollieryLaw ShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1039,962190132 
Leggetts Creek CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00112,377142415 
Marvine CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0032,385846 
Meadow Brook CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaWilliam Connell & Co.0074,540133266 
Mount Pleasant CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLackawannaWilliam T. Smith0DL&W 1080,000158274 
National CollieryEasternScrantonLackawannaWilliam Connell & Co.0068,056137270 
Oxford CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100  Idle throughout 1878.
Park CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLackawannaSchool Fund Coal Association0052,355150180 
PCCNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 ShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 108,26819222 
PCCNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 TunnelEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1029,62217579 
PCCNo. 10CollieryNo. 10 Shaft 14 ft. VeinEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1061,49519558 
PCCNo. 10CollieryNo. 10 Shaft 7 ft. VeinEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1042,212195291 
PCCNo. 11CollieryNo. 11 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1025,071146  
PCCNo. 12CollieryNo. 12 ShaftEasternPleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1050,125190142 
PCCNo. 13CollieryNo. 13 ShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1012,71819035 
PCCNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 SlopeEasternDunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1035,134172188 
PCCNo. 2CollierySlopeEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1035,17717694 
PCCNo. 4CollieryNo. 4 SlopeEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1053,311195145 
PCCNo. 4CollieryNo. 4 ShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1052,225165155 
PCCNo. 5CollieryNo. 5 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1055,431193173 
PCCNo. 6CollieryNo. 6 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1044,899192171 
PCCNo. 6CollieryNo. 6 SlopeEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1020,52919255 
PCCNo. 7CollieryNo. 7 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1061,853193157 
PCCNo. 8CollieryNo. 8 ShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1056,860192202 
PCCNo. 9CollieryNo. 9 ShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1043,169194147 
Phoenix CollieryShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzerneJ. B. Hutchison0027,729140141 
Pierce CollieryEasternArchbaldLackawannaPierce Coal Co.0066,786145267Combined with Winton Colliery. Called Pierce in 1878.
Pine Brook CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaLackawanna Iron & Coal Co.0081,011121160 
Pyne CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10109,506153297 
Racket Brook CollieryEasternCarbondale Twp.LackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00108,00816086 
Roaring Brook CollieryShaftEasternDunmoreLackawannaRoaring Brook Coal Co.0076,053120330 
Rock Hill CollieryTunnelEasternPittstonLuzerneBowekley & Son0013,45912353 
Scranton Mines CollierySlopeEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100 5Idle throughout 1878.
Seneca CollierySlopeEasternPittstonLuzernePittston Coal Co.0051,276133288 
Sibley CollieryShaftEasternOld Forge Twp.LackawannaPennsylvania Anthracite Coal Co.0051,472138247 
Sloan CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1097,840142317 
Spring Brook CollieryTunnel 1EasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.0049,408116241 
Stark CollieryShaftEasternMoosicLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1061,953174205 
Taylor CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W) 10102,392152353 
Tomkins CollieryShaftEasternPittstonLuzerneAlva Tomkins0010,36387105 
Tripp CollieryNo. 2 Slope / Tripp's SlopeEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.00123,999165336 
Twin CollieryShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePittston Coal Co.0030,315133199 
Von Storch CollierySlope / ShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00164,635165549 
White Oak CollierySlope / TunnelEasternArchbaldLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0069,859121320 

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


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