1883
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Operation NameNumberTypeOpeningDistrictCityCountyCompany NameRailroad Shipments (tons)Railroad to MineTruck Shipments (tons)Total Production (tons)Days WorkedEmployeesNotes
Alden CollieryShaft / TunnelMiddleNewport Twp.LuzerneAlden Coal Co.0091,417189438 
Archbald CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10125,079 302 
Avondale CollieryShaftMiddlenear PlymouthLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10171,464222409 
Baltimore Shaft CollieryShaftMiddlePlains Twp. 1LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000  Commenced sinking shaft in 1883.
Baltimore Slope CollierySlopeMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0051,574203178 
Baltimore Tunnel CollieryTunnelMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00136,099240338 
BarnumNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 Shaft 14 ft VeinEasternMarcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1039,15325069 
BarnumNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 Shaft 7 ft VeinEasternMarcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 10107,187250190 
BarnumNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Shaft 7 ft & 14ft. VeinsEasternMarcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 10110,733250195 
Beaver CollieryShaft / SlopeEasternPittstonLuzerneWaterman & Beaver0014,77926223 
Bellevue CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1089,393 137 
Bellevue CollierySlopeEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1032,884 282 
Belmont CollieryDriftsEasternCarbondale Twp.LackawannaButler Coal Co.0053,129259152 
Bennett CollieryShaftMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneWaddell & Walters0080,953229240 
Black Diamond CollieryShaftMiddleKingston Twp.LuzerneHaddock & Steel0094,442205322 
Boston CollieryShaft 1Middlenear KingstonLuzerneButler Coal Co.004,35111 This mine sold to D&H Co. in January 1883.
Boston CollieryShaftMiddlenear KingstonLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0068,077172207 
Bridge CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLackawannaBridge Coal Co.0081,065224264 
Brisbin CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10143,473 359 
Butler CollieryShaft / SlopeEasternPittston Twp.LuzerneButler Coal Co.0045,779265132 
Capouse CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaLackawanna Iron & Coal Co.00350,352211583 
Carbon Hill CollieryShaftEasternOld Forge Twp.LackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.000 15 
CarbondaleNo. 3CollieryShaftEasternCarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.007,026245109 
CarbondaleNo. 1CollieryShaftEasternCarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0027,608245252 
Cayuga CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10109,407 282 
Central CollieryShaftEasternScranton 1LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10169,978 415 
Central CollieryLaw ShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1075,041248163 
Central CollieryNo. 12 ShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1062,806232144 
Central CollieryNo. 13 ShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1019,75424873 
Chauncey CollieryTunnelMiddlenear PlymouthLuzerneT. P. McFarland0021,32724563 
Clear Spring CollieryShaft 1MiddleWest PittstonLuzerneClear Spring Coal Co.00101,000256255 
Coal Brook CollieryTunnel 1EasternCarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00191,620245452 
Columbia CollieryTunnelEasternMarcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzerneGrove Brothers004,6204650 
Continental CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10157,893 308 
Conyngham CollieryShaftMiddlenear Wilkes-BarreLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0039,64797251 
DiamondNo. 2CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10137,150 340 
DiamondNo. 2CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1053,260 197 
Diamond CollieryShaftMiddlenear Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.0089,579210328 
Diamond-Tripp CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0073,555 151 
Dodge CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10136,514 326 
Dodson CollieryShaftMiddlenear PlymouthLuzernePlymouth Coal Co.00121,497210578 
Dorrance CollieryShaftMiddleWilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.00685 53No breaker.
Dunmore Breaker CollieryEasternDunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 100 58 
Dunmore Screens CollieryEasternDunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 100 67 
Dunn CollieryShaft / SlopeEasternOld Forge Twp.LackawannaPennsylvania Anthracite Coal Co.0033,5362061 
Eagle CollieryShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1012,717 24 
East Boston CollieryShaftMiddlenear KingstonLuzerneW. G. Payne & Co.00119,000211259 
Eaton CollieryShaft / Slope / TunnelEasternArchbaldLackawannaJones, Simpson & Co.00101,969245278 
Eddy Creek CollieryShaft 1EasternOlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0065,351213168 
Elk Hill CollieryTunnelEasternDickson CityLackawannaElk Hill Coal & Iron Co.002,53814139Breaker burned.
EmpireNo. 2CollieryShaftMiddleWilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.00239,621209675 
Enterprise CollieryShaftMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneA. Langdon00138,542226307 
Erie CollieryShaftEasternGlenwoodLackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.0091,496240239 
Everhart CollierySlopeEasternJenkins Twp.LuzerneAllen & Poole0040,731250105 
Exeter CollieryShaftMiddleExeterLuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.00142,896236363 
Fair Lawn CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLackawannaFair Lawn Coal Co.0030,669150152 
Fairmount CollieryShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzerneA. Morris & Co.0035,917152168 
Filer CollierySlopeEasternWintonLackawannaGrassy Island Coal Co.0DL&W 1079,638221283 
Filer CollieryShaftEasternWintonLackawannaWatkins & Williams0DL&W048,234226143 
Florence CollieryShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzerneFlorence Coal Co.0013,83915092 
Forest City CollieryShaft / TunnelEasternClifford Twp.SusquehannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.0029,058175162 
Forty Fort CollieryShaft / TunnelMiddleWyomingLuzerneWyoming Valley Coal Co.00116,907225363 
Franklin CollierySlopeMiddleAshleyLuzerneFranklin Coal Co.00148,085242465 
Fuller CollieryShaftMiddleKingston Twp.LuzerneFuller Coal Co.0013,72595157 
Gaylord CollieryShaft / SlopeMiddlePlymouthLuzerneGaylord Coal Co.00161,342230406 
Grassy Island CollieryShaftEasternOlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00119,210246295 
Green Ridge CollierySlopeEasternDunmoreLackawannaO. S. Johnson & Co.00165,200245406 
Greenwood CollieryShaft / Slope / TunnelEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaPennsylvania Anthracite Coal Co.0054,190223426 
Hampton CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10167,857 414 
Harry E. CollieryShaft / TunnelMiddleKingstonLuzerneWyoming Valley Coal Co.0080,984214350 
HartfordNo. 6CollierySlopesMiddlenear AshleyLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.00207,664211700 
Heidelberg CollieryShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.0096,600230196 
Henry CollieryShaftMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.00111,770225269 
Hillman CollierySlopeMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneHillman Coal Co.0042,000249100 
Hillman Vein CollieryShaftMiddleWilkes-BarreLuzerneHillman Vein Coal Co.008,70865143 
Hillside CollieryShaftEasternPleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzerneHillside Coal & Iron Co.0066,450234241 
HollenbackNo. 2CollieryShaftMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.00246,393214474 
Hyde Park CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10156,083 371 
JermynNo. 1CollieryShaftEasternJermynLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00117,139238276 
JermynNo. 3CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0D&H 10112,241122  
JermynNo. 3CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1095,725 377 
JermynNo. 4CollieryShaftEasternPricevilleLackawannaJohn Jermyn0097,805238275 
Jermyn Slope CollieryEasternJermynLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0090,900244156Jermyn No. 2
Keystone CollieryTunnelEasternGlenwoodLackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.0048,094241119 
KingstonNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 Shaft / No. 4 Shaft (sinking)MiddleKingstonLuzerneKingston Coal Co.00181,656237360 
KingstonNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Shaft / No. 3 ShaftMiddleKingstonLuzerneKingston Coal Co.00262,958239492 
Lackawanna CollieryShaftEasternBlakelyLackawannaLackawanna Coal Co.0090,200242191 
LanceNo. 11CollieryShaftMiddlenear PlymouthLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.0033,783100217 
Laurel Run CollierySlopeMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00128,660242314 
Leggetts Creek CollieryShaft 1EasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00163,434239432 
Lucas CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaLucas Coal Co., Limited0070,000 295 
Maffet CollierySlope / TunnelMiddleSugar NotchLuzerneHanover Coal Co.0059,786201297 
Maltby CollieryShaftMiddlenear WyomingLuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.0012,516 57 
Marvine CollieryShaft 1EasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00172,538238368 
Meadow Brook CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaWilliam Connell & Co.00150,173227316 
Meadow Brook CollieryTunnelEasternScrantonLackawannaWilliam Connell & Co.00141,236218312 
Midvale CollierySlopeMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.0062,879225200 
Mill Creek CollierySlopeMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00171,636236350 
Mineral Spring CollierySlopeMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.0082,796222222 
Mosier CollieryShaftEasternHughestownLuzerneButler Coal Co.0080,031281170 
Mount Pleasant CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLackawannaWilliam T. Smith0DL&W 10130,000223283 
National CollieryNational Shaft / National Slope / Meadow Brook TunnelEasternScrantonLackawannaWilliam Connell & Co.00141,770218313 
Newport CollieryShaftMiddleNewport Twp.LuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.000  Started digging new shaft November 1883; 56 feet of probable 800 feet completed.
NottinghamNo. 15CollieryShaftMiddlenear PlymouthLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.00352,597211814 
OlyphantNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Shaft 1EasternOlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0070,530245247 
Oxford CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1012,923 139 
Pancoast CollieryShaft / SlopeEasternDickson CityLackawannaPancoast Coal Co.0054,576209188 
PCCNo. 3CollieryShaftEasternDunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1053,782248168 
PCCNo. 4CollieryShaftEasternDunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1068,003248118 
PCCNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 TunnelEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1040,68325094 
PCCNo. 10CollieryNo. 10 Shaft 7 ft Vein / No. 10 Shaft 14 ft VeinEasternHughestownLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1017,73716165 
PCCNo. 10CollieryNo. 10 Shaft Marcy VeinEasternHughestownLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1096,137230228 
PCCNo. 10CollieryNo. 9 ShaftEasternHughestownLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1093,216236164 
PCCNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 SlopeEasternDunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1060,067250101 
PCCNo. 2CollieryShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1048,134250129 
PCCNo. 4CollieryMarcy Vein / 14 ft. VeinEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1075,907250133 
PCCNo. 4CollieryNo. 4 SlopeEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1075,289250151 
PCCNo. 6CollieryNo. 11 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1031,91025189 
PCCNo. 6CollieryNo. 5 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1075,472251166 
PCCNo. 6CollieryNo. 6 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1057,806251159 
PCCNo. 7CollieryNo. 7 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1094,038248166 
PCCNo. 8CollieryNo. 1 ShaftEasternHughestownLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1038,49125097 
PCCNo. 8CollieryNo. 6 SlopeEasternHughestownLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1024,87725038 
PCCNo. 8CollieryNo. 8 ShaftEasternHughestownLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1062,829250146 
Pettebone CollieryShaftMiddleKingston Twp. 1LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100  Started digging new shaft April 1883; 80 feet of probable 1,000 feet completed.
Phoenix CollieryShaftEasternMarcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzernePhoenix Coal Co.0048,537248138 
Pierce CollieryTunnelEasternArchbaldLackawannaJones, Simpson & Co.00113,207211291 
Pine Brook CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaLackawanna Iron & Coal Co.0056,848152163 
Pine Ridge CollieryShaftMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00107,343223334 
PlymouthNo. 2CollieryShaftMiddlePlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00153,783232413 
PlymouthNo. 3CollieryShaftMiddlePlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00174,259232399 
PlymouthNo. 4CollieryShaftMiddlePlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00140,831223316 
PlymouthNo. 5CollieryShaftMiddlePlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00185,897232411 
Pools CollieryMiddleChaunceyLuzerneRobert S. Pool00455  Ceased working January 31st. Leased coal exhausted.
Powderly CollieryEasternCarbondale Twp.LackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0022,359188176 
Prospect CollieryShaftMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.00233,216226508 
Pyne CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10185,016 369 
Racket Brook CollieryEasternCarbondale Twp.LackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00191,58624762 
Raubville CollieryShaft / DriftsMiddleLuzerne BoroughLuzerneThomas Waddell0067,434198211 
Red AshNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 SlopeMiddleWilkes-Barre Twp.LuzerneRed Ash Coal Co.0091,170215234 
Red AshNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Slope / Tunnel 1MiddleWilkes-Barre Twp.LuzerneRed Ash Coal Co.00118,134209296 
ReynoldsNo. 16CollierySlopeMiddlePlymouthLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.00161,263214394 
Salem CollieryTunnelMiddleSalem Twp.LuzerneSalem Coal Co.0051,786248176 
SCCNo. 1CollierySlopeMiddleNanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.00171,084295506 
SCCNo. 2CollierySlopeMiddleEast NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.00420,5433021130 
SCCNo. 3CollieryTunnelMiddleWest NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.00415,971255332 
SCCNo. 5CollieryShaft 1MiddleEmpireLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.00111,720300908 
Schooley CollieryShaftMiddleWyomingLuzerneCowan & Dinniny009,504 108 
Scranton Mines CollierySlopeEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1088,769 272 
Sibley CollieryShaftEasternOld Forge Twp.LackawannaPennsylvania Anthracite Coal Co.001,080198178 
Sloan CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1049,175 317 
South Wilkes-Barre CollieryShaftMiddleWilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.00462 14No Breaker.
Spring Brook CollieryTunnelEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.009,052101178 
StantonNo. 7CollieryShaftMiddleWilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.0069,65474390 
Stark CollieryShaftEasternMoosicLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1061,356248160 
Stetler CollieryShaftEasternMarcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzerneS. N. Stetler & Co.00152,340229344 
Storrs CollieryShaftEasternDickson CityLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100 187Listed as "Stowe" on report, but I think it's a typo and this is Storrs.
Sugar NotchNo. 10CollierySlopeMiddleSugar NotchLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.0037,35982270 
Sugar NotchNo. 9CollieryShaftMiddleSugar NotchLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.00177,338213544 
Taylor CollieryShaft / DriftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W) 10149,786 403 
Tomkins CollieryShaftEasternPittstonLuzerneAlva Tomkins009,55510695 
Twin CollieryShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePittston Coal Co.0039,472274150 
Von Storch CollieryShaft / Slope 1EasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00250,267242575 
Wanamie CollierySlopeMiddleWanamieLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.00135,449184434 
Warrior Run CollierySlopeMiddleWarrior RunLuzerneA. J. Davis0089,425208257 
West End CollieryTunnelMiddleMocanaquaLuzerneWest End Coal Co.0096,500278224 
White Oak CollierySlope / Tunnel 1EasternArchbaldLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00135,500244330 
Woodward CollieryNo. 1 Shaft / No. 2 ShaftMiddlePlymouth Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100  Sinking shaft continuing; 400-500 feet out of 800 feet probable.
Wyoming CollieryShaftMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneWyoming Valley Coal Co.00247,605234562 

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


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