1874
All Districts
Select column header to sort. Hyperlinked items will open a new window.
Operation NameNumberTypeOpeningDistrictCityCountyCompany NameRailroad Shipments (tons)Railroad to MineTruck Shipments (tons)Total Production (tons)Days WorkedEmployeesNotes
Archbald CollieryShaft / SlopeEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 101,183   
Beaver CollieryTunnelEasternPittstonLuzerneWaterman & Beaver0015,243 21 
Bellevue CollieryShaft / SlopeEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 101,820 32 
Breaker Tunnel MineTunnelEasternCarbondaleLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 79 
Brennan CollieryTunnelEasternCarbondaleLuzerneThomas Brennan008,345 18 
Brisbin CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100 5 
Brown's CollieryTunnelEasternPleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1059,048 139 
Butler CollieryShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzerneButler Coal Co.0079,298 204 
Capouse CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1072,000 217 
Carbon Hill CollierySlope / TunnelEasternOld Forge Twp.LuzerneGlenwood Coal Co.0047,579 164 
CarbondaleNo. 3CollieryShaftEasternCarbondaleLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0012,001 175 
CarbondaleNo. 1CollierySlope / TunnelEasternBlakely Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0067,409 217 
Cayuga CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10123,358 266 
Central CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10141,425 279 
Chestnut Hill CollieryTunnelEasternCarbondaleLuzerneEli E. Hendricks & Co.009,383 21 
Coal Brook CollieryTunnelEasternCarbondaleLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 202 
Columbia CollieryTunnelEasternPittston Twp.LuzerneGrove Brothers of Danville000 42 
Continental CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10130,797 319 
Corey CollieryTunnels (5) / SlopeEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneLackawanna and Susquehanna Coal and Iron Co.00153,565 215 
Dawson CollieryShaftEasternPleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1078,775 16864 employees included with Hillside Breaker.
DiamondNo. 2CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10175,788 374 
Dodge CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10101,663 312 
Dunmore Screens CollieryEasternDunmoreLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 100 67 
Eagle CollieryShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzerneWaddell, Schooly & Co.002,240 22 
Eddy Creek CollieryShaft / Dip MineEasternBlakely Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0081,902 229 
Elk Creek CollieryTunnelEasternFell Twp.LuzerneClarkson & Brennan0085 4 
Elk Hill CollieryTunnelEasternBlakely Twp.LuzerneElk Hill Coal & Iron Co.0076,788 183 
Erie CollieryShaftEasternCarbondale Twp.LuzerneGlenwood Coal Co.0018,262 165 
Everhart CollieryTunnelEasternJenkins Twp.LuzerneEverhart Coal Co.0010,080 109 
Fair Lawn CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLuzerneHosic, Archbald & Hosic0021,075 144 
Fellows CollierySlope / TunnelEasternScrantonLuzerneJ. T. Fellows0012,995 56 
Filer CollierySlope / TunnelEasternBlakely Twp.LuzerneFiler & Co.0DL&W 100 34Reference DL&W contract with Meeker Luzerne County deed 173/496.
Grant's CollieryTunnelEasternScrantonLuzerneH. K. Grant004,218 20 
Grassy Island CollieryShaftEasternBlakely Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00112,186 371 
Green Ridge CollierySlopeEasternDunmoreLuzerneJ. P. W. Reily & Co.0D&H 10138,892 281 
Greenwood CollierySlope / TunnelEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneLackawanna and Susquehanna Coal and Iron Co.000 214127 employees included with Hillside Breaker.
Gypsy Grove CollieryShaft / Tunnels (4)EasternDunmoreLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 10147,004 239 
Hampton CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1096,095 314 
Heidelberg CollieryTunnelEasternPleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzerneHillside Coal & Iron Co.000 13486 employees included with Hillside Breaker.
Hillside CollieryShaftEasternPleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzerneHillside Coal & Iron Co.0053,521 234 
Horans CollieryTunnelEasternCarbondaleLuzerneAnthony Horan007,543 18 
Hyde Park CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1044,187 279 
Jefferson Tunnel MineTunnelEasternFell Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000   
JermynNo. 1CollieryShaftEasternGibsonburg BoroughLuzerneJohn Jermyn & Co.0094,793 281 
Jermyn Slope CollierySlopeEasternGibsonburg BoroughLuzerneJohn Jermyn & Co.00135,660 365 
Jones-Simpson CollieryShaft / Tunnels (3)EasternBlakely Twp.LuzerneJones, Simpson & Co.00131,450 367 
Lackawanna Tunnel MineTunnelEasternCarbondaleLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 50 
Law CollieryLaw ShaftEasternPleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 104,117 90 
Leggetts Creek CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00136,267 417 
Marvine CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 31 
Maryland National Anthracite CollieryShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.000  Not working in 1874.
Meadow Brook CollieryShaft / No. 3 Tunnel / No. 4 TunnelEasternScrantonLuzerneWilliam Connell & Co.0087,687 287 
Midland MineTunnelEasternFell Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 100 
Mill Ridge MineTunnelEasternFell Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 141 
Mount Pleasant CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1051,520 192 
National CollieryTunnelEasternScrantonLuzerneWyoming Valley Railroad & Coal Co.0056,207 203 
Oak Hill CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneGlenwood Coal Co.000   
Ontario CollierySlopeEasternPleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzerneLuzerne Coal & Iron Co.0011,200 248 
Oxford CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1030,599 259 
PCCNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 ShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 100 28 
PCCNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 TunnelEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1023,630 56 
PCCNo. 10CollieryNo. 10 ShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1074,967 142 
PCCNo. 11CollieryNo. 11 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1052,590 81 
PCCNo. 12CollieryNo. 12 ShaftEasternPleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1018,718 125 
PCCNo. 2CollieryShaft / SlopeEasternDunmoreLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1054,370 92 
PCCNo. 2CollierySlopeEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1058,084 93 
PCCNo. 2CollieryShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 100 60 
PCCNo. 4CollieryNo. 4 SlopeEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1092,945 132 
PCCNo. 4CollieryNo. 4 ShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 10114,736 152 
PCCNo. 5CollieryNo. 5 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1089,383 145 
PCCNo. 5CollieryNo. 5 SlopeEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1037,078 34 
PCCNo. 6CollieryNo. 6 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1070,493 149 
PCCNo. 6CollieryNo. 6 SlopeEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1027,167 53 
PCCNo. 6 1/2CollieryEasternDunmoreLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 100 19 
PCCNo. 7CollieryNo. 7 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 10106,105 153 
PCCNo. 8CollieryNo. 8 ShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1078,906 213 
PCCNo. 9CollieryNo. 9 ShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1061,289 127 
Phoenix CollieryShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePugh & Jones0014,411 69Formerly Rough & Ready.
Pine Brook CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneLackawanna Iron & Coal Co.0051,600 132 
Powderly CollierySlope / Rock TunnelEasternCarbondale Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0024,509 208 
Pyne CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1043,749 151 
Racket Brook CollieryEasternCarbondale Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00142,818 75 
Ravine CollieryShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePittston & Elmira Coal Co.0053,677 167 
Roaring Brook CollieryShaftEasternDunmoreLuzerneRoaring Brook Coal Co.00131,040 272 
Rock Hill CollieryTunnelEasternPittstonLuzerneBowkly & Son0021,859 53 
Rolling Mill CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneLackawanna Iron & Coal Co.0048,000 91 
Scranton Mines CollierySlopeEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10139,389 322 
Seneca CollierySlopeEasternPittstonLuzernePittston & Elmira Coal Co.0055,026 162 
Sibley CollieryShaftEasternOld Forge Twp.LuzerneElliott, Keorner & Co.00107,886 293 
Sloan CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10128,336 299 
Spring Brook CollieryTunnelEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneGlenwood Coal Co.00100,816 244 
Stafford BrookNo. 2CollierySlope / TunnelEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneB. F. Fillmore006,060 20 
Stafford Brook CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneSusquehanna & West Valley Railroad Co.0038,091 108 
Stark CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 10116,224 232 
Taylor CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W) 10124,754 300 
Tomkins CollieryShaftEasternPittstonLuzerneAlva Tomkins0018,440 91 
Tripp CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.00152,485 359 
Twin CollieryShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePittston & Elmira Coal Co.0045,273 155 
Valley Tunnel MineTunnelEasternCarbondaleLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00211,024 81 
Von Storch CollieryShaft / Slopes (2)EasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0077,889 476 
White Bridge MineNo. 1 Slope / White Bridge TunnelEasternCarbondaleLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0032,146 247 
White Oak CollierySlope / TunnelEasternBlakely Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00122,188 324 
Winton CollierySlope / TunnelEasternBlakely Twp.LuzerneFiler & Co.0031,223 224 

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


up arrow