1887
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Operation NameNumberTypeOpeningDistrictCityCountyCompany NameRailroad Shipments (tons)Railroad to MineTruck Shipments (tons)Total Production (tons)Days WorkedEmployeesNotes
Alden Colliery3Newport Twp.LuzerneAlden Coal Co.255,4440263,073261636 
Archbald CollieryShaft1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.166,720DL&W 10172,808201401 
Avondale CollieryShaft 13Plymouth Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.166,168DL&W 10172,589201435 
Baltimore CollierySlope / Shaft3Wilkes-BarreLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.69,645069,645197263 
Baltimore Tunnel CollieryTunnel 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.130,4190132,854222374 
Barnum CollieryNos. 1 & 2 Shafts2Marcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.189,067E&WV 10189,067215474 
Bellevue CollieryShaft / Slope1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.184,203DL&W 10199,22920487 
Belmont CollieryTunnel1Carbondale Twp.LackawannaA. Langdon & Co.28,342New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad029,68898153 
Bennett CollieryShaft2Plains Twp.LuzerneWaddell & Walters107,8230112,362234237 
Bernice CollieryDift2BerniceSullivanState Line & Sullivan R.R. Co.90,018092,679273249 
Black Diamond CollieryShaft2Kingston Twp.LuzerneJohn C. Haddock120,448DL&W 10135,450176304 
Boston CollierySlope / Drift2Jenkins Twp.LuzerneNelson Cowan40,518043,232180163 
Boston Colliery3Plymouth Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.39,609040,20950322 
Brennan CollieryTunnel1Fell Twp.LackawannaFrisbie & Co.20,856020,856100106 
Bridge CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaBridge Coal Co., Limited79,5500107,291271248 
Brisbin CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.46,534DL&W 1057,25177363 
Butler CollieryShaft / Slope2Pittston Twp.LuzerneS. B. Bennett000215125 
Capouse CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaLackawanna Iron & Coal Co.318,831DL&W 10327,791203584 
CarbondaleNo. 3CollieryShaft1CarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.4,11208,807228154 
CarbondaleNo. 1CollieryShaft1CarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.51,758054,888222251 
Cayuga CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.161,224DL&W 10172,917204418 
Central CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.236,632DL&W 10287,742215491 
Central MineNo. 13 Shaft2Old Forge Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.85,052E&WV 1085,052222183 
Central MineLaws Shaft2Pittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.86,643E&WV 1086,643222248 
Church CollierySlope / Tunnel1ScrantonLackawannaChurch Coal Co., Limited6,000016,50022933 
Clark CollieryTunnel1ScrantonLackawannaClark Coal Co.005,96517014 
Clear Spring CollieryShaft2West PittstonLuzerneClear Spring Coal Co.149,1700159,425191367 
Clifford CollieryShaft1Clifford Twp.SusquehannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.000 27Sinking shaft.
Coal Brook CollieryCoal Brook Tunnel / Midland Tunnel1CarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.279,6280283,010243619 
Columbia CollieryShaft / Tunnel2Marcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzerneOld Forge Coal Co., Limited56,942058,539165257 
Consolidated CollieryShaft / Slope2AvocaLuzerneHillside Coal & Iron Co.117,9110118,828189876Called Brownville Breaker on period map.
Continental CollieryShaft1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.26,065DL&W 1030,32539369 
Conyngham CollieryShaft 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.83,150084,656195259 
DiamondNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Shaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.221,016DL&W 10241,899195166 
Diamond CollieryShaft 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.94,143094,525195247 
Dixon CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.202,2710213,169237395 
Dodge CollieryShaft1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.148,930DL&W 10154,056195323 
Dodson CollieryShaft 13Plymouth Twp.LuzernePlymouth Coal Co.139,091DL&W 10154,041184369 
Dolph CollieryTunnel1WintonLackawannaDolph Coal Co., Limited67,934068,433201229 
Dorrance CollieryShaft 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.40,046LV 1051,650244136 
Dunn CollieryShaft2Old Forge Twp.LackawannaPennsylvania Anthracite Coal Co.74,467079,828111359 
East Boston CollieryShaft2Kingston Twp.LuzerneW. G. Payne & Co.152,091DL&W 10154,124234358 
East End Colliery3Conyngham Twp.LuzerneWest End Coal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna 100  Did not work in 1887.
Eaton CollieryShaft / Tunnel1ArchbaldLackawannaJones, Simpson & Co.126,6250127,105237370 
Eddy Creek CollieryShaft1OlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.174,5050185,944247471 
Edgerton CollieryTunnel1ArchbaldLackawannaEdgerton Coal Co., Limited160,1410160,547228279 
Elmwood CollieryShaft2Pittston Twp.LuzerneFlorence Coal Co.161,6370169,023274302 
EmpireNo. 2CollieryShaft 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.246,7920249,372197811 
Enterprise CollieryShaft / Slope2Plains Twp.LuzerneA. Langdon106,1250112,417252311 
Erie CollieryShaft1GlenwoodLackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.121,8160123,388196436 
Ewen MineNo. 1 Shaft2HughestownLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.62,877E&WV 1062,877260131 
Ewen MineNo. 8 Shaft2HughestownLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.62,148E&WV 1062,148260234 
Ewen MineNo. 4 Slope2Jenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.72,609E&WV 1072,609251153 
Ewen MineNo. 7 Shaft2Jenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.92,376E&WV 1092,376260162 
Exeter CollieryShaft2ExeterLuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.9,968LV 1010,03236209 
Fair Lawn CollierySlope1ScrantonLackawannaFair Lawn Coal Co., Limited47,190057,846206179 
Fairmount CollieryShaft2Pittston Twp.LuzerneH. W. Harris & Co.16,500017,700  Coal shipped by J. Rice before selling out to H. W. Harris & Co.
Fairmount CollieryShaft2Pittston Twp.LuzerneJ. Rice7,39607,87750178 
Filer CollierySlope1WintonLackawannaJessup Coal Co.34,093DL&W 1043,995133230 
Forest City CollieryShaft / Slope1Clifford Twp.SusquehannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.173,0840176,421266353 
Forty Fort CollieryShaft2Kingston Twp.LuzerneWyoming Valley Coal Co.100,6000110,750253276 
Franklin CollierySlopes3Wilkes-BarreLuzerneFranklin Coal Co.156,861LV 10169,336244505 
Gaylord CollierySlope / Shaft3PlymouthLuzerneKingston Coal Co.239,7260248,276184582 
Glenwood CollieryShaft1GlenwoodLackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.000 122Sinking shaft and building breaker.
Grassy Island CollieryShaft1OlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.35,586045,62782351 
Grassy Island CollieryShaft / Tunnel1WintonLackawannaGrassy Island Coal Co., Limited67,860070,048158327 
Green Ridge CollierySlope1DunmoreLackawannaO. S. Johnson & Co.136,1860141,357280390 
Greenwood CollieryShaft / Slope2Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaPennsylvania Anthracite Coal Co.101,9000103,366150412 
Hallstead CollieryShaft2Marcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.203,583DL&W 10215,157210493 
Hampton CollieryShaft1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.174,645DL&W 10181,835211428 
Harry E. CollieryShaft / Slope2KingstonLuzerneWyoming Valley Coal Co.128,7000140,850249394 
HartfordNo. 6Colliery3AshleyLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.119,0390123,118184478 
Heidelberg CollieryShaft / Slope2Pittston Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.113,785LV 10114,006202310 
Henry CollieryShaft2Plains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.175,817LV 10186,258207408 
Hillman CollierySlope2Plains Twp.LuzerneH. Baker Hillman60,000LV 1060,000274102 
Hillman Vein CollieryShaft 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneHillman Vein Coal Co.75,032097,417247327 
Holden CollieryShaft1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.146,370DL&W 10150,740214246 
HollenbackNo. 2Colliery3Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.232,0360254,560219578 
Hunt CollieryShaft2WyomingLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.52,811DL&W 1059,150209236 
Hyde Park CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.112,070DL&W 10116,699193312 
JermynNo. 1CollieryShaft1JermynLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.197,3870217,810248438 
JermynNo. 4CollieryShaft1PriceburgLackawannaJohn Jermyn171,5680173,303221516 
Katydid CollieryTunnel2Moosic Twp.LackawannaJohn M. Robertson11,459013,03216757 
Keystone CollieryTunnel1GlenwoodLackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.145,5760145,867254308 
Keystone CollierySlope / Tunnel2Plains Twp.LuzerneKeystone Coal Co.89,599089,786258250 
KingstonNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 Shaft / No. 4 Shaft3EdwardsvilleLuzerneKingston Coal Co.234,3870249,762234594 
KingstonNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Shaft / No. 3 Shaft3EdwardsvilleLuzerneKingston Coal Co.363,5070371,599240760 
Lackawanna CollieryShaft1BlakelyLackawannaLackawanna Coal Co.170,7050173,212229391 
LanceNo. 11CollieryShaft 13PlymouthLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.193,6220193,688210560 
Laurel Run CollierySlope2ParsonsLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.130,1250130,125230352 
Leggetts Creek CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.179,1040193,041238448 
Maffet Colliery3Sugar NotchLuzerneHanover Coal Co.133,0680136,658206360 
Manville CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.106,631D&H 10114,649121211Manville Colliery is worked every alternate month by the DL&W and D&H.
Manville CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.110,463DL&W 10116,524122210Manville Colliery is worked every alternate month by the DL&W and D&H.
Marshwood CollierySlope / Tunnel1Dickson CityLackawannaMoosic Mountain Coal Co.00220   
Marvine CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.189,5540202,074242398 
Meadow Brook CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaWilliam Connell & Co.132,6470182,254218337 
Meadow Brook CollieryTunnel1ScrantonLackawannaWilliam Connell & Co.167,5040167,50419580 
Mill Creek CollieryShaft / Slope2Plains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.102,8140102,814209238 
Mill Hollow CollieryShaft2Luzerne BoroughLuzerneThomas Waddell57,750062,913215213 
Mineral Spring CollieryMineral Spring Slope / Coal Brook Slope2ParsonsLuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.84,536LV 1090,306202217 
Mosier CollieryShaft / Slope2HughestownLuzerneButler Coal Co.95,837098,130222247 
Mount Pleasant CollierySlope1ScrantonLackawannaWilliam T. Smith137,031DL&W 10146,016197357 
National CollieryShaft / Slope1ScrantonLackawannaWilliam Connell & Co.0DL&W 100195247Coal statistics reported with Meadow Brook Tunnel Breaker.
NottinghamNo. 15CollieryShaft 13PlymouthLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.489,4790498,0142061107 
Old Forge CollieryShafts (2)2Old Forge Twp.LackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.160,241E&WV 10160,241228332 
OlyphantNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Shaft1OlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.107,7410115,253218294 
Oxford CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.122,140DL&W 10124,182171378 
Pancoast CollieryShaft1Dickson CityLackawannaPancoast Coal Co., Limited164,267DL&W 10178,436222453 
Parrish CollierySlope 13PlymouthLuzerneParrish Coal Co.185,743DL&W 10187,957182617 
PCCNo. 3CollieryShaft1DunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.60,205E&WV 1065,586261186 
PCCNo. 4CollieryShaft1DunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.70,100E&WV 1070,444261137 
PCCNo. 1CollieryShaft1DunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0E&WV 101,05529030 
PCCNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Shaft1DunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.58,589E&WV 1058,98028495 
PCCNo. 5CollieryShaft1DunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.98,541E&WV 10114,280286303 
PCCNo. 10MineNo. 10 Shaft / No. 10 Jr. Shaft / Abbott's Slope2HughestownLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.78,910Erie 1078,910217341 
PCCNo. 10MineNo. 9 Shaft2HughestownLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.109,933Erie 10109,933207153 
PCCNo. 14CollieryShaft / Slope2Jenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.75,404E&WV 1075,404111363 
PCCNo. 6MineNo. 11 Shaft2Jenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.26,648E&WV 1026,64821868 
PCCNo. 6MineNo. 5 Shaft2Jenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.56,801E&WV 1056,801218130 
PCCNo. 6MineNo. 6 Shaft2Jenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.56,241E&WV 1056,241218231 
Peckville CollieryTunnel1WintonLackawannaPeckville Coal Co.80101,8016 Idle.
Pettebone CollieryShaft2Kingston Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100 90Did not ship coal in 1887.
Pierce CollieryTunnel1ArchbaldLackawannaJones, Simpson & Co.148,843DL&W 10151,657209333 
Pine Brook CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaLackawanna Iron & Coal Co.138,861DL&W 10145,904172516 
Pine Ridge CollieryShaft2Miners MillsLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.198,5900202,016250468 
PlymouthNo. 2CollieryShaft3PlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.177,3070177,307216443 
PlymouthNo. 3CollieryShaft3PlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.222,0920223,93926442 
PlymouthNo. 4CollieryShaft3PlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.173,8010173,801215362 
PlymouthNo. 5CollieryShaft3PlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.200,1290203,732217423 
Powderly CollierySlope1Carbondale Twp.LackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.86,265091,586233244 
Prospect CollieryShafts (2)2Plains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.317,706LV 10317,853223635 
Pyne CollieryShaft / Slope1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.197,345DL&W 10206,476203405 
Racket Brook Colliery1Carbondale Twp.LackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.204,7240206,91525875 
Red AshNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 Slope 13Wilkes-Barre Twp.LuzerneRed Ash Coal Co.145,7810145,781194308 
Red AshNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Slope / Tunnel 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneRed Ash Coal Co.175,1200177,712207365 
ReynoldsNo. 16CollierySlope 13PlymouthLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.149,4680149,630203533 
Richmond CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaElk Hill Coal & Iron Co.18,469019,41913587 
S. V. White CollieryTunnel1WintonLackawannaWinton Coal Co.58,698060,609202213 
SCCNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 Slope / No. 1 Tunnel / No. 4 Tunnel3NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.00188,453241431Railroad shipment of 1,562,456 tons not individually reported.
SCCNo. 2CollieryNo. 1 Shaft / No. 1 Shaft deep / No. 2 Slope3NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.00460,4032461474Railroad shipment of 1,562,456 tons not individually reported.
SCCNo. 3CollieryNo. 3 Slope or Grand Tunnel3West NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.00117,885193310Railroad shipment of 1,562,456 tons not individually reported.
SCCNo. 5CollieryNo. 2 Shaft / No. 4 Slope3NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.00514,8052451104Railroad shipment of 1,562,456 tons not individually reported.
SCCNo. 6CollieryNo. 6 Shaft / No. 6 Slope / No. 6 Tunnel3Glen LyonLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.00279,9822281119Railroad shipment of 1,562,456 tons not individually reported.
Schooley CollieryShaft2ExeterLuzerneNelson Cowan96,2080103,138209272 
Sibley CollieryShaft2Old Forge Twp.LackawannaElliott, McClure & Co.122,9000132,875224276 
Simpson CollierySlope / Tunnel1Fell Twp.LackawannaNorthwest Coal Co., Limited105,0870105,781259218 
Sloan CollieryShaft1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.207,776DL&W 10207,949213474 
South Wilkes-Barre CollieryShaft 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.5,86905,869 21No Breaker.
Spencer CollieryShaft1DunmoreLackawannaA. D. & F. M. Spencer110,437NYS&W 10117,509131291 
Stafford CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1008847Coal reported with Meadow Brook Tunnel Breaker.
StantonNo. 7CollieryShaft 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.266,4750273,472220653 
Storrs Colliery1Dickson CityLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 103,000 35 
Sugar NotchNo. 9CollieryShaft3Sugar NotchLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.182,7220184,839207620 
Taylor CollieryShaft / Drift1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.183,240DL&W 10190,118210455 
Tripp CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.000286416Coal reported with Diamond No. 2 Breaker.
Tripp Colliery1ScrantonLackawannaTripp & Co.319DL&W 1010,64214012 
Twin CollieryShaft2PittstonLuzerneButler Coal Co.47,615LV 1051,129169165 
Von Storch CollieryShaft / Slope1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.248,0650268,181232599 
WanamieNo. 18CollierySlope 13Newport Twp.LuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.149,2150151,051207506 
Warrior Run CollierySlope 13Hanover Twp.LuzerneA. J. Davis80,854092,388202260 
Watkins Colliery1CarbondaleLackawannaWatkin's Son & Co.2190472874 
West End Colliery3MocanaquaLuzerneWest End Coal Co.152,860PRR 10172,259264392 
White Oak CollierySlope / Tunnel1ArchbaldLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.123,1690129,365248308 
Woodward CollieryNo. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft3Plymouth Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 104,464 111Breaker not ready.
Wyoming CollieryShaft2Plains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.135,187LV 10143,187178318 

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


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