1879
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Operation NameNumberTypeOpeningDistrictCityCountyCompany NameRailroad Shipments (tons)Railroad to MineTruck Shipments (tons)Total Production (tons)Days WorkedEmployeesNotes
Audenreid CollieryShaftMiddlenear Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.66,6760070616Merged with Stanton (Healey). Total production not reported.
Avondale CollieryShaftMiddlenear PlymouthLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10188,512266347 
Baltimore Slope CollierySlopeMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.147,2430152,743261256 
Baltimore Tunnel CollieryTunnel 1MiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.168,4130178,633230325 
Boston CollieryShaftMiddlenear KingstonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10113,797201265 
Chauncey CollieryTunnelMiddlenear PlymouthLuzerneMcFarland, Cooper & Co.20,000020,00020069Production numbers are estimates.
Diamond CollieryShaft 1Middlenear Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.155,41000171505Total production not reported.
Dodson CollieryShaft 1Middlenear PlymouthLuzernePlymouth Coal Co.44,671046,996206119 
East Boston CollieryShaftMiddlenear KingstonLuzerneWilliam G. Payne & Co.00104,332176283 
Ellenwood CollieryShaftMiddleKingstonLuzerneBroderick & Co.000 30Not in operaton in 1879.
EmpireNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 ShaftMiddleWilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.358,45700259829Total production not reported.
Enterprise CollieryShaftMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneH. C. Roberts & Co.00100,000190266 
Espy CollieryMiddleHanover Twp.LuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.000  Burned down; being rebuilt.
Exeter CollieryShaftMiddleExeterLuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.205,00000197471Total production not reported.
Forty Fort CollieryShaftMiddleWyomingLuzerneJ. H. Swoyer48,829051,874119249 
Franklin CollierySlopeMiddleAshleyLuzerneFranklin Coal Co.138,4860151,190179424 
Gaylord CollierySlope 1MiddlePlymouthLuzerneGaylord Coal Co.000  Burned down; being rebuilt.
HartfordNo. 6CollieryMiddlenear AshleyLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.186,18400192588Total production not reported.
Henry CollieryShaftMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.110,00000200277Total production not reported.
Hillman CollierySlopeMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneH. Baker Hillman0045,000208107 
HollenbackNo. 2CollierySlopeMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.000  Not in operaton in 1879.
Hutchinson CollieryShaft 1Middlenear KingstonLuzerneCharles Hutchinson00122,670256298 
JerseyNo. 2CollieryMiddleAshleyLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.000  Burned down; being rebuilt.
KingstonNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 ShaftMiddleKingstonLuzerneKingston Coal Co.154,9180158,349248240 
KingstonNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Shaft 1MiddleKingstonLuzerneKingston Coal Co.268,3160270,473231326 
LanceNo. 11CollieryShaft 1Middlenear PlymouthLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.111,40400172308Total production not reported.
Laurel Run CollierySlopeMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.146,3280115,107235302 
Maltby CollieryShaftMiddlenear WyomingLuzerneC. S. Maltby68,471073,684241210 
Midvale CollieryShaftMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.40,00000175184Total production not reported.
Mill Creek CollierySlope 1MiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.220,8230231,773280445 
Mineral Spring CollierySlope 1MiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.55,00000122225Total production not reported.
Mocanaqua CollieryMiddleShickshinnyLuzerneMocanaqua Coal Co.000  Not in operaton in 1879.
NottinghamNo. 15CollieryShaft 1Middlenear PlymouthLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.352,02600228853Total production not reported.
Pine Ridge CollieryShaftMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.88,602093,918164228 
PlymouthNo. 1CollieryShaftMiddlePlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000  Not in operaton in 1879.
PlymouthNo. 2CollieryShaftMiddlePlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.112,9460117,344277352 
PlymouthNo. 3CollieryShaftMiddlePlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000   
PlymouthNo. 4CollieryShaft 1MiddlePlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.110,2710114,126210244 
PlymouthNo. 5CollieryShaftMiddlePlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.141,0990146,359218332 
Pools CollieryMiddleChaunceyLuzerneRobert S. Pool11,450014,24113959 
Prospect CollieryShaft 1MiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.225,00000240539Total production not reported.
Red Ash CollieryMiddleWilkes-BarreLuzerneM. B. Williams, Parrish & Co.0024,800124131 
Salem CollieryTunnel 1MiddleSalem Twp.LuzerneSalem Coal Co.35,400040,000228167 
SCCNo. 1CollierySlope / Tunnel 1MiddleEast NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.00157,617248335 
SCCNo. 2CollieryShaft / Slope 1MiddleEast NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.00344,246247904 
SCCNo. 3CollieryTunnelMiddleWest NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.00105,000192283 
Sugar NotchNo. 10CollierySlopeMiddleSugar NotchLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.81,0120087580Total production not reported.
Sugar NotchNo. 9CollieryShaftMiddleSugar NotchLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.110,37800144509Total production not reported.
Waddell & Walters CollieryDriftMiddleMill Hollow (Luzerne)LuzerneWaddell & T. F. Walters29,066029,79113495 
WanamieNo. 1CollierySlope 1MiddleWanamieLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.000  Not in operaton in 1879.
WanamieNo. 2CollierySlope 1MiddleWanamieLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.165,77000221394Total production not reported.
Warrior Run CollierySlope 1MiddleWarrior RunLuzerneA. J. Davis & Co.55,077061,152110268 
Washington CollierySlope 1Middlenear PlymouthLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.184,98100265343Total production not reported.
Wyoming CollieryShaft / SlopeMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneJ. H. Swoyer147,2220158,337201393 
Young CollieryMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000  Not in operaton in 1879.

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


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