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1878
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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	Notes
Audenreid		Colliery		Middle	near Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.	63,783		0	100	485	Total production not individualy reported.
Avondale		Colliery	Shaft¹	Middle	near Plymouth	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	188,022	DL&W¹	188,022	245	388
Baltimore		Colliery		Middle	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	98,028		102,818	137	318
Baltimore Tunnel		Colliery	Tunnel¹	Middle	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	129,460		138,680	106	323
Boston		Colliery	Shaft¹	Middle	near Kingston	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	103,441	DL&W¹	103,441	168	287
Chauncey		Colliery		Middle	near Plymouth	Luzerne	Albrighton & Co.	23,901		23,901	231	84
Conyngham		Colliery	Shaft	Middle	near Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	0		0
Diamond		Colliery	Shaft¹	Middle	near Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.	0		0		83
Dodson		Colliery	Shaft	Middle	near Plymouth	Luzerne	Plymouth Coal Co.	0		0
East Boston		Colliery	Shaft¹	Middle	near Kingston	Luzerne	William G. Payne & Co.	73,140		73,140		265
Ellenwood		Colliery	Shaft	Middle	Kingston	Luzerne	Broderick & Co.	0		0
Empire	No. 2	Colliery	No. 2 Shaft	Middle	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.	0		0		701
Empire	No. 4	Colliery	No. 4 Shaft	Middle	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.	246,361		0			Employees included with Empire No. 2 Breaker. Total production not individualy reported.
Enterprise		Colliery	Shaft¹	Middle	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Forty Fort Coal Co.	64,500		64,500	106	261
Espy		Colliery		Middle	Hanover Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.	0		0
Exeter		Colliery	Shaft¹	Middle	West Pittston	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	150,000		150,000	125	321
Forty Fort		Colliery		Middle	Wyoming	Luzerne	Forty Fort Coal Co.	85,050		85,050	108	441
Franklin		Colliery		Middle	Ashley	Luzerne	Franklin Coal Co.	73,353		83,241	90	325
Gaylord		Colliery	Slope¹	Middle	Plymouth	Luzerne	Gaylord Coal Co.	31,124		32,468	69	134
Hartford	No. 6	Colliery		Middle	near Ashley	Luzerne	Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.	16,948		0	19		Total production not individualy reported.
Henry		Colliery	Shaft¹	Middle	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	110,000		110,000	160	342
Hillman		Colliery	Slope¹	Middle	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	H. Baker Hillman	30,000		30,000	107	93
Hollenback		Colliery	No. 3 Shaft	Middle	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Robert S. Pool	0		0		16
Hutchinson		Colliery	Shaft¹	Middle	near Kingston	Luzerne	Charles Hutchinson	99,048		99,048	189	282
Jersey		Colliery		Middle	near Plymouth	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0	DL&W¹	0
Jersey	No. 2	Colliery		Middle	Ashley	Luzerne	Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.	0		0			Total production not individualy reported.
Kingston	No. 1	Colliery	No. 1 Shaft	Middle	Kingston	Luzerne	Kingston Coal Co.	80,691		80,691	128	232
Kingston	No. 2	Colliery	No. 2 Shaft¹	Middle	Kingston	Luzerne	Kingston Coal Co.	151,432		154,611	126	360
Lance	No. 11	Colliery	Shaft¹	Middle	near Plymouth	Luzerne	Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.	14,404		0	23	283	Total production not individualy reported.
Laurel Run		Colliery	Slope¹	Middle	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	95,253		100,978	125	302
Maltby		Colliery	Shaft¹	Middle	near Wyoming	Luzerne	C. S. Maltby	16,944		19,947	38	245
Midvale		Colliery		Middle	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	0		0
Mill Creek		Colliery	Slope¹	Middle	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	151,178		158,478	154	385
Mineral Spring		Colliery	Slope¹	Middle	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	0		0
Mocanaqua		Colliery		Middle	Shickshinny	Luzerne	Mocanaqua Coal Co.	0		0
Nottingham	No. 15	Colliery	Shaft¹	Middle	near Plymouth	Luzerne	Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.	230,895		0	138	739	Total production not individualy reported.
Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft¹	Middle	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	105,606		114,066	127	391
Plymouth	No. 1	Colliery	Shaft¹	Middle	Plymouth	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	0		0
Plymouth	No. 2	Colliery	Shaft¹	Middle	Plymouth	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	100,676		103,776	165	337
Plymouth	No. 3	Colliery	Shaft¹	Middle	Plymouth	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	0		0
Plymouth	No. 4	Colliery	Shaft¹	Middle	Plymouth	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	60,000		63,057	160	223
Plymouth	No. 5	Colliery	Shaft¹	Middle	Plymouth	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	132,800		134,446	190	331
Pools		Colliery		Middle	Chauncey	Luzerne	Robert S. Pool	17,455		19,763	118	72
Prospect		Colliery	Shaft¹	Middle	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	135,000		135,000	150	456
Salem		Colliery	Tunnel¹	Middle	Salem Twp.	Luzerne	Salem Coal Co.	35,865		38,496	200	197
SCC	No. 1	Colliery	Slope / Tunnel¹	Middle	East Nanticoke	Luzerne	Susquehanna Coal Co.	77,656		82,294	121	504
SCC	No. 2	Colliery	Shaft / Slope¹	Middle	East Nanticoke	Luzerne	Susquehanna Coal Co.	254,638		254,638	184	611
SCC	No. 3	Colliery	Tunnel	Middle	West Nanticoke	Luzerne	Susquehanna Coal Co.	84,062		84,407	117	332
Sugar Notch	No. 10	Colliery	Slope	Middle	Sugar Notch	Luzerne	Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.	153,662		0	172	524	Total production not individualy reported.
Sugar Notch	No. 9	Colliery	Shaft	Middle	Sugar Notch	Luzerne	Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.	0		0
Wanamie	No. 1	Colliery	Slope¹	Middle	Wanamie	Luzerne	Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.	63,617		0	81		Total production not individualy reported.
Wanamie	No. 2	Colliery	Slope¹	Middle	Wanamie	Luzerne	Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.	53,211		0	60	389	Total production not individualy reported.
Warrior Run		Colliery	Slope¹	Middle	Warrior Run	Luzerne	A. J. Davis & Co.	50,500		56,453	101	253
Washington		Colliery	Slope¹	Middle	near Plymouth	Luzerne	Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.	103,590		0	154	340	Total production not individualy reported.
Wyoming		Colliery	Shaft¹	Middle	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Riverside Coal Co.	127,250		127,250	134	390
Young		Colliery	Slope	Middle	Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	0		0

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