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Operation NameNumberTypeOpeningDistrictCityCountyCompany NameRailroad Shipments (tons)Railroad to MineTruck Shipments (tons)Total Production (tons)Days WorkedEmployeesNotes
Albright CollieryMiddle LuzerneAlbright Coal Co.0012,83175111 
Alden CollieryShaftMiddleNewport Twp. 1LuzerneAlden Coal Co.000  Digging new shaft, 28 feet of 1,000 probable feet completed.
Avondale CollieryShaftMiddlenear PlymouthLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10168,989230367 
Baltimore Slope CollierySlopeMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00102,990236245 
Baltimore Tunnel CollieryTunnelMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00144,485245252 
Bennett CollieryShaftMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneThomas Waddell & Co.000  Digging new shaft, 290 feet of 1,000 probable feet completed.
Black Diamond CollieryShaftMiddleKingston Twp.Luzernedata not available0084,783207281 
Boston CollieryShaftMiddlenear KingstonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10105,561235232 
Chauncey CollieryTunnelMiddlenear PlymouthLuzerneT. P. McFarland0024,51520657 
Conyngham CollieryShaftMiddlenear Wilkes-BarreLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0038,775111197 
Diamond CollieryShaftMiddlenear Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.00179,216191304 
Dodson CollieryShaftMiddlenear PlymouthLuzernePlymouth Coal Co.0098,648244206 
Dorrance CollieryShaftMiddleWilkes-Barre 1LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.000  Digging new shaft, 250 feet of probable 1,000 feet completed.
East Boston CollieryShaftMiddlenear KingstonLuzerneWilliam G. Payne & Co.00112,000192238 
EmpireNo. 2CollieryShaftMiddleWilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.00308,282229729 
Enterprise CollieryShaftMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneH. C. Roberts & Co.00137,930219326 
Exeter CollieryShaftMiddleExeterLuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.00209,000218429 
Forty Fort CollieryShaft / TunnelMiddleWyomingLuzerneJ. H. Swoyer00112,331227291 
Franklin CollierySlopeMiddleAshleyLuzerneFranklin Coal Co.00145,229208445 
Gaylord CollieryShaft / SlopeMiddlePlymouthLuzerneGaylord Coal Co.00163,010266349 
HartfordNo. 6CollierySlopesMiddlenear AshleyLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.00213,155231567 
Henry CollieryShaftMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.00122,937220262 
Hillman CollierySlopeMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneH. Baker Hillman0052,000244110 
HollenbackNo. 2CollieryShaftMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.00238,051237504 
Hollenback CollierySlope 1MiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneR. S. Poole0019,45017650 
KingstonNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 ShaftMiddleKingstonLuzerneKingston Coal Co.00141,199242212 
KingstonNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Shaft / No. 3 Shaft (sinking)MiddleKingstonLuzerneKingston Coal Co.00252,887245313 
LanceNo. 11CollieryShaft 1Middlenear PlymouthLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.000  Idle.
Laurel Run CollierySlopeMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00164,174251273 
Maltby CollieryShaft 1Middlenear WyomingLuzerneC. S. Maltby0098,538236304 
Midvale CollierySlopeMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.0055,808207154 
Mill Creek CollierySlopeMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00165,283243325 
Mineral Spring CollierySlopeMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.0079,930195201 
NottinghamNo. 15CollieryShaftMiddlenear PlymouthLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.00371,198235956 
Pine Ridge CollieryShaftMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00135,612247257 
PlymouthNo. 2CollieryShaftMiddlePlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00124,277208304 
PlymouthNo. 3CollieryShaftMiddlePlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00199,811189288 
PlymouthNo. 4CollieryShaftMiddlePlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00101,287188233 
PlymouthNo. 5CollieryShaftMiddlePlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00204,415241325 
Prospect CollieryShaftMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.00224,227231504 
Raubville CollieryShaft / DriftsMiddleLuzerne BoroughLuzerneWaddell & Walters0040,770207143 
Red Ash CollieryMiddleWilkes-BarreLuzerneRed Ash Coal Co.0092,599227259 
ReynoldsNo. 16CollierySlopeMiddlePlymouthLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.00162,173242427 
Salem CollieryTunnelMiddleSalem Twp.LuzerneSalem Coal Co.0052,450280153 
SCCNo. 1CollierySlopeMiddleNanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.000255418 
SCCNo. 2CollierySlopeMiddleEast NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.00766,749245999 
SCCNo. 3CollieryTunnelMiddleWest NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.0085,926214262 
SCCNo. 5CollieryShaft 1MiddleEmpireLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.000270662 
South Wilkes-Barre CollieryShaftMiddleWilkes-Barre 1LuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.000  Digging new shaft, 586 feet of probable 1,100 feet completed.
Sugar NotchNo. 10CollierySlopeMiddleSugar NotchLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.00134,388209503 
Sugar NotchNo. 9CollieryShaftMiddleSugar NotchLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.00166,802222557 
Wanamie CollierySlopeMiddleWanamieLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.00121,377197394 
Warrior Run CollierySlopeMiddleWarrior RunLuzerneA. J. Davis0060,000149226 
Woodward CollieryShaftMiddlePlymouth Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100  Digging new shaft, 30 feet of probable 1,000 feet completed.
Wyoming CollieryShaftMiddlePlains Twp.Luzernedata not available00214,475243428 

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


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