1878

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
Archbald		Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Lackawanna Twp.	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0	DL&W¹	0		4	Idle throughout 1878.
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
Bellevue		Colliery	Shaft / Slope	Eastern	Lackawanna Twp.	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0	DL&W¹	126,540	138	369
Boston		Colliery	Shaft¹	Middle	near Kingston	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	103,441	DL&W¹	103,441	168	287
Brisbin		Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0	DL&W¹	99,826	153	313
Butler		Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Pittston Twp.	Luzerne	Butler Coal Co.	0		52,226	167	204
Capouse		Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Scranton	Lackawanna	Lackawanna Iron & Coal Co.	0		156,478	176	380
Carbondale	No. 3	Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Carbondale	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	0		7,935	141	256
Carbondale	No. 1	Colliery	Shaft / White Bridge Tunnel	Eastern	Carbondale	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	0		10,861	140	265
Cayuga		Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0	DL&W¹	98,058	153	282
Central		Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0	DL&W¹	125,100	168	310
Chauncey		Colliery		Middle	near Plymouth	Luzerne	Albrighton & Co.	23,901		23,901	231	84
Coal Brook		Colliery	Tunnels (5)	Eastern	Carbondale	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	0		137,460	142	542
Columbia		Colliery	Tunnel	Eastern	Pittston Twp.	Luzerne	Grove Brothers	0		0			Idle throughout 1878.
Continental		Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Lackawanna Twp.	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0	DL&W¹	7,489	18	12
Conyngham		Colliery	Shaft	Middle	near Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	0		0
Dawson		Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Pleasant Valley (Avoca)	Luzerne	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	0	PCC Gravity¹	42,444	193	134
Diamond	No. 2	Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0	DL&W¹	117,769	165	364
Diamond		Colliery	Shaft¹	Middle	near Wilkes-Barre	Luzerne	Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.	0		0		83
Dodge		Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Lackawanna Twp.	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0	DL&W¹	0		9	Idle throughout 1878.
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
Eaton		Colliery	Shaft / Slope / Tunnel¹	Eastern	Archbald	Lackawanna	Jones, Simpson & Co.	0		60,767	142	242
Eddy Creek		Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	0		42,018	75	328
Elk Hill		Colliery	Tunnel¹	Eastern	Dickson City	Lackawanna	Elk Hill Coal & Iron Co.	0		43,392	121	172
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
Erie		Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Carbondale Twp.	Lackawanna	Hillside Coal & Iron Co.	0		120,798	235	339
Espy		Colliery		Middle	Hanover Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.	0		0
Everhart		Colliery		Eastern	Jenkins Twp.	Luzerne	Thomas Waddell & Co.	0		32,276	124	136
Exeter		Colliery	Shaft¹	Middle	West Pittston	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	150,000		150,000	125	321
Fair Lawn		Colliery	Slope	Eastern	Scranton	Lackawanna	Fair Lawn Coal Co.	0		42,000	159	130
Filer		Colliery		Eastern	Winton	Lackawanna	Filer & Livey	0	DL&W¹	104,680	155	392
Forest City		Colliery		Eastern	Carbondale	Lackawanna	Hillside Coal & Iron Co.	0		19,670	162	58
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
Grassy Island		Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Olyphant	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	0		88,803	143	347
Green Ridge		Colliery	Slope	Eastern	Dunmore	Lackawanna	Green Ridge Coal Co.	0	D&H¹	86,000	130	302
Greenwood		Colliery	Slope / Tunnel¹	Eastern	Lackawanna Twp.	Lackawanna	Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal Co.	0		139,445	149	393
Gypsy Grove		Colliery	No. 3 Shaft / No. 4 Shaft	Eastern	Dunmore	Lackawanna	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	0	PCC Gravity¹	73,696	190	274
Hampton		Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Lackawanna Twp.	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0	DL&W¹	0		13	Idle throughout 1878.
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
Hillside		Colliery	Shaft¹	Eastern	Pleasant Valley (Avoca)	Luzerne	Hillside Coal & Iron Co.	0		97,291	217	297
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
Hyde Park		Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Scranton	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0	DL&W¹	0		5	Idle throughout 1878.
Jermyn	No. 1	Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Jermyn	Lackawanna	John Jermyn	0		48,413	140	269
Jermyn Green Ridge Shaft		Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Green Ridge	Lackawanna	John Jermyn	0		79,813	114	292
Jermyn Slope		Colliery	Slope	Eastern	Jermyn	Lackawanna	Glenwood Coal Co.	0		69,189	140	159
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
Law		Colliery	Law Shaft	Eastern	Pittston Twp.	Luzerne	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	0	PCC Gravity¹	39,962	190	132
Leggetts Creek		Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	0		112,377	142	415
Maltby		Colliery	Shaft¹	Middle	near Wyoming	Luzerne	C. S. Maltby	16,944		19,947	38	245
Marvine		Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	0		32,385	84	6
Meadow Brook		Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Scranton	Lackawanna	William Connell & Co.	0		74,540	133	266
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
Mount Pleasant		Colliery	Slope	Eastern	Scranton	Lackawanna	William T. Smith	0	DL&W¹	80,000	158	274
National		Colliery		Eastern	Scranton	Lackawanna	William Connell & Co.	0		68,056	137	270
Nottingham	No. 15	Colliery	Shaft¹	Middle	near Plymouth	Luzerne	Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.	230,895		0	138	739	Total production not individualy reported.
Oxford		Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Scranton	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0	DL&W¹	0			Idle throughout 1878.
Park		Colliery	Slope	Eastern	Scranton	Lackawanna	School Fund Coal Association	0		52,355	150	180
PCC	No. 1	Colliery	No. 1 Shaft	Eastern	Pittston Twp.	Luzerne	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	0	PCC Gravity¹	8,268	192	22
PCC	No. 1	Colliery	No. 1 Tunnel	Eastern	Pittston Twp.	Luzerne	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	0	PCC Gravity¹	29,622	175	79
PCC	No. 10	Colliery	No. 10 Shaft 14 ft. Vein	Eastern	Pittston Twp.	Luzerne	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	0	PCC Gravity¹	61,495	195	58
PCC	No. 10	Colliery	No. 10 Shaft 7 ft. Vein	Eastern	Pittston Twp.	Luzerne	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	0	PCC Gravity¹	42,212	195	291
PCC	No. 11	Colliery	No. 11 Shaft	Eastern	Jenkins Twp.	Luzerne	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	0	PCC Gravity¹	25,071	146
PCC	No. 12	Colliery	No. 12 Shaft	Eastern	Pleasant Valley (Avoca)	Luzerne	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	0	PCC Gravity¹	50,125	190	142
PCC	No. 13	Colliery	No. 13 Shaft	Eastern	Lackawanna Twp.	Lackawanna	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	0	PCC Gravity¹	12,718	190	35
PCC	No. 2	Colliery	No. 2 Slope	Eastern	Dunmore	Lackawanna	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	0	PCC Gravity¹	35,134	172	188
PCC	No. 2	Colliery	Slope	Eastern	Jenkins Twp.	Luzerne	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	0	PCC Gravity¹	35,177	176	94
PCC	No. 4	Colliery	No. 4 Slope	Eastern	Jenkins Twp.	Luzerne	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	0	PCC Gravity¹	53,311	195	145
PCC	No. 4	Colliery	No. 4 Shaft	Eastern	Pittston	Luzerne	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	0	PCC Gravity¹	52,225	165	155
PCC	No. 5	Colliery	No. 5 Shaft	Eastern	Jenkins Twp.	Luzerne	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	0	PCC Gravity¹	55,431	193	173
PCC	No. 6	Colliery	No. 6 Shaft	Eastern	Jenkins Twp.	Luzerne	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	0	PCC Gravity¹	44,899	192	171
PCC	No. 6	Colliery	No. 6 Slope	Eastern	Pittston Twp.	Luzerne	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	0	PCC Gravity¹	20,529	192	55
PCC	No. 7	Colliery	No. 7 Shaft	Eastern	Jenkins Twp.	Luzerne	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	0	PCC Gravity¹	61,853	193	157
PCC	No. 8	Colliery	No. 8 Shaft	Eastern	Pittston Twp.	Luzerne	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	0	PCC Gravity¹	56,860	192	202
PCC	No. 9	Colliery	No. 9 Shaft	Eastern	Pittston	Luzerne	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	0	PCC Gravity¹	43,169	194	147
Phoenix		Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Pittston Twp.	Luzerne	J. B. Hutchison	0		27,729	140	141
Pierce		Colliery		Eastern	Archbald	Lackawanna	Pierce Coal Co.	0		66,786	145	267	Combined with Winton Colliery. Called Pierce in 1878.
Pine Brook		Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Scranton	Lackawanna	Lackawanna Iron & Coal Co.	0		81,011	121	160
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
Pyne		Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Lackawanna Twp.	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0	DL&W¹	109,506	153	297
Racket Brook		Colliery		Eastern	Carbondale Twp.	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	0		108,008	160	86
Roaring Brook		Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Dunmore	Lackawanna	Roaring Brook Coal Co.	0		76,053	120	330
Rock Hill		Colliery	Tunnel	Eastern	Pittston	Luzerne	Bowekley & Son	0		13,459	123	53
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
Scranton Mines		Colliery	Slope	Eastern	Lackawanna Twp.	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0	DL&W¹	0		5	Idle throughout 1878.
Seneca		Colliery	Slope	Eastern	Pittston	Luzerne	Pittston Coal Co.	0		51,276	133	288
Sibley		Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Old Forge Twp.	Lackawanna	Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal Co.	0		51,472	138	247
Sloan		Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Lackawanna Twp.	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0	DL&W¹	97,840	142	317
Spring Brook		Colliery	Tunnel¹	Eastern	Lackawanna Twp.	Lackawanna	Hillside Coal & Iron Co.	0		49,408	116	241
Stark		Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Moosic	Lackawanna	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	0	PCC Gravity¹	61,953	174	205
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
Taylor		Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Lackawanna Twp.	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0	Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)¹	102,392	152	353
Tomkins		Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Pittston	Luzerne	Alva Tomkins	0		10,363	87	105
Tripp		Colliery	No. 2 Slope / Tripp's Slope	Eastern	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	0		123,999	165	336
Twin		Colliery	Shaft	Eastern	Pittston	Luzerne	Pittston Coal Co.	0		30,315	133	199
Von Storch		Colliery	Slope / Shaft	Eastern	Scranton	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	0		164,635	165	549
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.
White Oak		Colliery	Slope / Tunnel	Eastern	Archbald	Lackawanna	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	0		69,859	121	320
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.