1884
District Eastern
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Operation NameNumberTypeOpeningDistrictCityCountyCompany NameRailroad Shipments (tons)Railroad to MineTruck Shipments (tons)Total Production (tons)Days WorkedEmployeesNotes
Amity CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaAmity Coal Co0011,91166194Renamed Holden after taken over by DL&W.
Archbald CollieryShaft / SlopeEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W0114,876170331 
BarnumNo. 1MineNo. 1 7 ft & 14ft. VeinsEasternMarcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1034,846106146 
BarnumNo. 1MineEasternMarcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 10109,977212142 
BarnumNo. 1MineNo. 1 Marcy Vein ShaftEasternMarcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 10109,977 19 
BarnumNo. 2MineNo. 2 14 ft Vein ShaftEasternMarcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1073,90221269 
BarnumNo. 2MineNo. 2 7 ft Vein ShaftEasternMarcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1073,90221286 
Beaver CollieryShaft / SlopeEasternPittstonLuzerneWaterman & Beaver0LV02,975 19Abandoned April 1, 1884.
Bellevue CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)074,553180437 
Bellevue CollierySlopeEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)068,164  Inlcuded with Bellevue Shaft Colliery.
Belmont CollieryTunnelEasternCarbondale Twp.LackawannaButler Coal Co.0New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad018,331135 Not working at present.
Brennan CollieryTunnelEasternFell Twp.LackawannaWatkins & Williams0New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad07,200129 Not working at present.
Bridge CollieryShaft / SlopeEasternScrantonLackawannaBridge Coal Co., Limited0D&H / Lehigh & Susquehanna064,560198256 
Brisbin CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W0130,601178362 
Butler CollieryShaft / SlopeEasternPittston Twp.LuzerneButler Coal Co.0D&H / Lehigh & Susquehanna032,066204139 
Capouse CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaLackawanna Iron & Coal Co.0DL&W0375,307209608 
Carbon Hill CollieryShaftEasternOld Forge Twp.LackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.000   
CarbondaleNo. 3CollieryShaftEasternCarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0D&H Canal011,001191115 
CarbondaleNo. 1CollieryShaftEasternCarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0D&H Canal051,955204266 
Cayuga CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W0113,218173350 
Central CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W0173,335180433 
Central MineLaw ShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1072,991206195 
Central MineNo. 12 ShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1049,496207119 
Central MineNo. 13 ShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1033,845210139 
Coal Brook CollieryTunnelEasternCarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0D&H Canal0199,698209562 
Continental CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W0136,894180347 
DiamondNo. 2CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W0100,005178311 
DiamondNo. 2CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W021,7891454 
Dickson CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0D&H Canal080,815   
Dodge CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0113,240176298 
Dolph CollieryTunnelEasternWintonLackawannaEdward Dolph0DL&W011,699135148 
Dunmore Breaker CollieryEasternDunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 10021251 
Dunn CollieryShaft / SlopeEasternOld Forge Twp.LackawannaPennsylvania Anthracite Coal Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)059,818181262 
Eagle CollieryShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0E&WV018,325184  
Eaton CollieryShaft / Slope / TunnelEasternBlakely Twp.LackawannaJones, Simpson & Co.0D&H Canal081,749199262 
Eddy Creek CollieryShaftEasternOlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0D&H Canal084,277206270 
Edgerton CollieryTunnelEasternArchbaldLackawannaEdgerton Coal Co., Limited0D&H Canal023,27687259 
Erie CollieryErie Shaft / Keystone TunnelEasternGlenwoodLackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.0D&H Canal0155,501199478 
Everhart CollierySlopeEasternJenkins Twp.LuzerneAllen & Poole0Lehigh & Susquehanna028,000135 No report. Amount of coal esitmated. Not working at present.
Fair Lawn CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLackawannaFair Lawn Coal Co.0DL&W012,09068183 
Fairmount CollieryShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzerneFairmount Coal Co.0D&H / Lehigh & Susquehanna047,592192173 
Filer CollierySlopeEasternWintonLackawannaJones & Shurtliff0DL&W042,614 193 
Florence CollieryShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzerneFlorence Coal Co.0021,759104177 
Forest City CollieryShaft / Slope 1EasternClifford Twp.SusquehannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.0New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad072,696240210 
Glendale CollieryTunnelEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaGlendale Coal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna09,81155129 
Grassy Island CollieryShaftEasternOlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0D&H Canal0115,582206341 
Grassy Island CollieryShaftEasternWintonLackawannaGrassy Island Coal Co., Limited0D&H Canal0107,649195402 
Green Ridge CollierySlopeEasternDunmoreLackawannaO. S. Johnson & Co.00139,000205406 
Greenwood CollieryShaft / Slope / TunnelEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaPennsylvania Anthracite Coal Co.0D&H / Lehigh & Susquehanna0130,955185454 
Gypsy GroveNo. 3CollieryNo. 3 ShaftEasternDunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0E&WV049,047213186 
Gypsy GroveNo. 4CollieryNo. 4 ShaftEasternDunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0E&WV055,189213118 
Hampton CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W0146,596177427 
Heidelberg CollieryHeidelberg Shaft / Ontario BreakerEasternPittston Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.0LV085,000184306 
Hillside CollieryHillside Shaft / Consolidated ShaftEasternPleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzerneHillside Coal & Iron Co.0060,387170283 
Holden CollieryShaftEasternTaylorsvilleLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)011,911   
Hyde Park CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W0138,861180393 
JermynNo. 1CollieryShaftEasternJermynLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0D&H Canal0117,092206321 
JermynNo. 4CollieryShaftEasternPricevilleLackawannaJohn Jermyn0DL&W095,746195399 
Jermyn Slope CollierySlopeEasternJermynLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0D&H Canal066,021195110Jermyn No. 2
Lackawanna CollieryShaftEasternBlakelyLackawannaLackawanna Coal Co.0DL&W0126,000196300 
Leggetts Creek CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0D&H Canal0133,531198412 
Lucas CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaUnion Coal Co.0080,815 336 
Manville CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0D&H 1086,78094  
Manville CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W084,10792398 
Marvine CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0D&H Canal0154,833205408 
Meadow Brook CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaWilliam Connell & Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0143,263207339 
Mosier CollieryShaft / SlopeEasternHughestownLuzerneButler Coal Co.0LV069,662212230 
Mount Pleasant CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLackawannaWilliam T. Smith0DL&W0107,000178372 
National CollieryNational Shaft / Meadow Brook TunnelEasternScrantonLackawannaWilliam Connell & Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0119,627182349 
Old Forge CollieryShaftEasternOld Forge Twp.LackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0E&WV014,92342251 
OlyphantNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 ShaftEasternOlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0D&H Canal072,145204247 
Oxford CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)068,104177271 
Pancoast CollieryShaftEasternDickson CityLackawannaPancoast Coal Co.0DL&W088,902194327 
PCCNo. 3CollieryNo. 3 ShaftEasternDunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0E&WV 100 1Used for pumping water.
PCCNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 TunnelEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0E&WV040,393205107 
PCCNo. 10MineNo. 10 Shaft 14 ft VeinEasternHughestownLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0E&WV025,66721232 
PCCNo. 10MineNo. 10 Shaft 7 ft VeinEasternHughestownLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0E&WV025,66721229 
PCCNo. 10MineNo. 10 Shaft Marcy VeinEasternHughestownLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0E&WV090,185211244 
PCCNo. 10MineNo. 9 ShaftEasternHughestownLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0E&WV083,137212182 
PCCNo. 14CollieryShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0E&WV00 43Sinking.
PCCNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 ShaftEasternDunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0E&WV051,834212117 
PCCNo. 2MineSlopeEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0E&WV 1039,237205101 
PCCNo. 2MineShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0E&WV 100 67 
PCCNo. 4MineNo. 4 SlopeEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1062,911211152 
PCCNo. 4Colliery14-foot VeinEasternPittstonLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0E&WV 1056,595205154 
PCCNo. 4CollieryMarcy VeinEasternPittstonLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0E&WV 100205  
PCCNo. 4CollieryNo. 4 ShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0E&WV 1065,911210170 
PCCNo. 5CollieryShaftEasternDunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0E&WV051,982238212 
PCCNo. 6MineNo. 11 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0E&WV027,34820973 
PCCNo. 6MineNo. 6 Shaft (abandoned)EasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0E&WV 1049,498210180 
PCCNo. 6 1/2CollieryEasternDunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 10020064 
PCCNo. 7CollieryNo. 7 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0E&WV077,533204169 
PCCNo. 8CollieryNo. 1 ShaftEasternHughestownLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0E&WV049,817211123 
PCCNo. 8CollieryNo. 6 SlopeEasternHughestownLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0E&WV02,13739  
PCCNo. 8CollieryNo. 8 ShaftEasternHughestownLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0E&WV060,317211169 
Phoenix CollieryShaftEasternMarcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzernePhoenix Coal Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)046,714185162 
Pierce CollieryTunnelEasternBlakely Twp.LackawannaJones, Simpson & Co.0DL&W098,028169296 
Pine Brook CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaLackawanna Iron & Coal Co.0DL&W043,537101160 
Powderly CollierySlopeEasternCarbondale Twp.LackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0D&H Canal049,922206177 
Pyne CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0148,193180372 
Racket Brook CollieryEasternCarbondale Twp.LackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0D&H Canal0157,79720875 
Richmond CollieryShaft / TunnelEasternScrantonLackawannaWilliam H. Richmond0DL&W06,0793575 
Scranton Mines CollierySlopeEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W076,525171252 
Sibley CollieryShaftEasternOld Forge Twp.LackawannaPennsylvania Anthracite Coal Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)047,818168188 
Sloan CollieryShaft / SlopeEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W0124,538176385 
Spencer CollieryShaftEasternDunmoreLackawannaAndrew D. & Frank M. Spencer0NYS&W 1055,070109272Lackawanna County Deed Book 20 page 468
Spring Brook CollieryTunnelEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaWilliam E. Colbourn0D&H Canal038,700175178 
Stark CollieryShaftEasternMoosicLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0E&WV039,490169  
Stetler CollieryShaftEasternMarcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzerneS. N. Stetler & Co.00177,924207418Hallstead in pencil on Steamtown DLW map 52858
Storrs CollieryShaftEasternDickson CityLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100 13 
Taylor CollieryShaft / DriftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0124,118175416 
Tomkins CollieryShaftEasternPittstonLuzerneAlva Tomkins0LV016,247141124 
Tripp CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.004,1469246 
Tripp CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0065,347176242 
Twin CollieryShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePittston Coal Co.0LV046,969204199 
Von Storch CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0D&H Canal0209,450203573 
White Oak CollierySlope / Tunnel 1EasternArchbaldLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0D&H Canal0114,353207329 

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


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