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Operation NameNumberTypeOpeningDistrictCityCountyCompany NameRailroad Shipments (tons)Railroad to MineTruck Shipments (tons)Total Production (tons)Days WorkedEmployeesNotes
Alden Colliery3AldenLuzerneAlden Coal Co.255,0840263,652224674 
Annora CollierySlopes2LaflinLuzerneAnnora Coal Co.5,21105,21117205 
Archbald CollierySlope / Shaft1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.140,509DL&W 10149,091142480 
Avoca CollieryShaft2AvocaLuzerneAvoca Coal Co.25,244026,033163181 
Avondale CollieryShaft 13Plymouth Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.115,489DL&W 10121,885133442 
Baltimore CollieryBaltimore Slope / No. 2 Shaft / No. 3 Shaft3Wilkes-BarreLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.96,014096,014199279 
Baltimore Tunnel CollieryTunnel 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.133,6030135,568226385 
Barnum CollieryNos. 1 & 2 Shafts2Marcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.158,544E&WV 10158,544166523 
Bellevue CollieryShaft / Slope1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.143,346DL&W 10160,522147402 
Bennett CollieryShaft2Plains Twp.LuzerneWaddell & Co.98,9830104,340222250 
Bernice CollieryDift2BerniceSullivanState Line & Sullivan R.R. Co.68,810071,390187256 
Black Diamond CollieryShaft2Luzerne BoroughLuzerneJohn C. Haddock70,783DL&W 1081,448112256 
Boston CollieryDrift / Tunnel2Jenkins Twp.LuzerneButler Coal Co.11,381011,8809593 
Boston Colliery3Plymouth Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.137,8540142,954159316 
Brennan CollieryTunnels1Fell Twp.LackawannaFrisbie, Blanchard & Co.9,649010,41412755 
Brisbin CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.136,617DL&W 10147,194143434 
Buffalo Tunnel CollieryTunnel1Fell Twp.LackawannaA. J. Hoole & Co.6,09306,6755852 
Butler CollieryShaft2Pittston Twp.LuzerneButler Mine Co., Limited50,780052,460213244 
Capouse CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaLackawanna Iron & Coal Co.242,247DL&W 10254,144158604 
CarbondaleNo. 3CollieryShaft1CarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.15,708054,728203147 
CarbondaleNo. 1CollieryShaft1CarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.43,4250107,597205260 
Cayuga CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.131,056DL&W 10141,185134433 
Central CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.177,737DL&W 10203,742139524 
Central CollieryLaws Shaft / No. 13 Shaft2Pittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.133,123E&WV 10133,123172450 
Church CollierySlope / Tunnel1ScrantonLackawannaChurch Coal Co., Limited5,400016,00014525 
Clark CollieryTunnel1ScrantonLackawannaClark Coal Co.004,26920112 
Clear Spring CollieryShaft2West PittstonLuzerneClear Spring Coal Co.138,9180150,582164346 
Clifford CollieryShaft / Slope1Forest CitySusquehannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.58,201069,964209137 
Clinton CollierySlope / Tunnels1Fell Twp.Wayne & LackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.7,74007,83214717 
Coal Brook CollieryTunnel1CarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.244,0480249,867234397 
Columbia CollieryShaft2Marcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzerneOld Forge Coal Co., Limited120,3040123,455180304 
Consolidated CollieryShaft / Slope2AvocaLuzerneHillside Coal & Iron Co.58,833059,22889355 
Continental CollieryShaft1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.177,475DL&W 10187,467143474 
Conyngham CollieryShaft 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.118,3890121,948229277 
Delaware CollieryShaft2Plains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.150,4110152,911222346 
DiamondNo. 2CollieryDiamond No. 2 Shaft / Trip Shaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.170,271DL&W 10204,588151457 
Diamond CollieryShaft 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.6,10907,27315  
Dickson CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.230,0610241,655233472 
Dodge CollieryShaft1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.124,719DL&W 10132,245146349 
Dodson CollieryShaft 13PlymouthLuzernePlymouth Coal Co.130,122DL&W 10145,170192451 
Dolph CollieryTunnel1WintonLackawannaDolph Coal Co., Limited76,463079,087168342 
Dorrance CollieryShaft 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.101,784LV 10110,198231228 
Dunn CollieryShaft2Old Forge Twp.LackawannaJohn Jermyn152,1540153,304164504 
East Boston CollieryShaft2Kingston Twp.LuzerneW. G. Payne & Co.131,418DL&W 10133,815145443 
Eaton CollieryShaft / Tunnel1ArchbaldLackawannaJones, Simpson & Co.129,3770136,937218424 
Eddy Creek CollieryShaft1OlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.90,398098,230132444 
Edgerton CollieryNo. 1 Tunnel / No. 2 Tunnel1ArchbaldLackawannaEdgerton Coal Co., Limited172,8380183,709183265 
Elmwood CollieryShaft2Pittston Twp.LuzerneFlorence Coal Co.125,5380132,730201320 
EmpireNo. 2CollieryShaft 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.236,0600238,545166803 
Enterprise CollieryShaft / Slope2Plains Twp.LuzerneA. Langdon124,8720132,519226377 
Erie CollieryShaft / Slope1MayfieldLackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.157,6730174,614198534 
Ewen CollieryNo. 1 Shaft / No. 8 Shaft / No. 4 Slope / No. 7 Shaft / No. 4 Shaft / Hoyt Shaft2Jenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.220,344E&WV 10220,344158792 
Exeter CollieryShaft2ExeterLuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.70,998LV 1072,409131359 
Fair Lawn CollierySlope1ScrantonLackawannaFair Lawn Coal Co., Limited42,722054,922178227 
Fairmount CollieryShaft2Pittston Twp.LuzerneO'Neil Brothers17,020017,82092106 
Fall Brook CollieryTunnel1Fell Twp.LackawannaJohn Murvin002,3791439 
Forest City CollieryShaft / Slope1Forest CitySusquehannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.172,8240191,863219341 
Forty Fort CollieryShaft2Kingston Twp.LuzerneWyoming Valley Coal Co.94,3000107,400218369 
Franklin CollierySlopes3Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.80,071LV 10100,603190426 
Gaylord CollierySlope / Shaft3PlymouthLuzerneKingston Coal Co.256,7240258,861172655 
Glenwood CollieryNo. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft1Mayville BoroughLackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.231,0070245,607186551 
Grassy Island CollieryShaft / Drift1WintonLackawannaA. Langdon85,918095,094136360 
Grassy Island CollieryShaft / Drift1OlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.164,5320176,763235400 
Green Ridge CollierySlope1DunmoreLackawannaO. S. Johnson & Co.112,0970124,651226266 
GreenwoodNo. 2CollieryShaft / Drift 12Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaGreenwood Coal Co., Limited67902,1691288 
Greenwood CollieryShaft / Drift2Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaGreenwood Coal Co., Limited59,285068,230114365 
Gypsy GroveNo. 1CollieryNo. 3 Shaft / No. 4 Shaft 11DunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.4,569E&WV 108,96228143 
Gypsy Grove CollieryNo. 3 Shaft / No. 4 Shaft1DunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.132,347E&WV 10137,847207330 
Hallstead CollieryShaft2Marcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.131,594DL&W 10141,521132516 
Hampton CollieryShaft1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.129,087DL&W 10142,688142479 
Harry E. CollieryShaft2Kingston Twp.LuzerneWyoming Valley Coal Co.104,1000116,400190396 
Heidelberg CollieryShaft2Pittston Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.16,109LV 1016,18097226 
Heidelberg CollierySlope2Pittston Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.26,142LV 1026,23765198 
Henry CollieryShaft2Plains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.129,757LV 10130,951147392 
Hillman CollierySlope2Plains Twp.LuzerneAbbott Coal Co.19,923LV 1021,454110101 
Hillman Vein CollieryShaft 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneHillman Vein Coal Co.46,778064,360146230 
Holden CollieryShaft1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.135,840DL&W 10143,401144338 
HollenbackNo. 2Colliery3Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.117,3430132,214128383 
Hunt CollieryShaft2Kingston Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.22,966DL&W 1028,921119176 
Hyde Park CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.109,540DL&W 10118,132137372 
JermynNo. 1CollieryShaft1JermynLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.171,2450193,239231429 
JermynNo. 3CollierySlope1Dickson City BoroughLackawannaJohn Jermyn1,86302,41318150 
JermynNo. 4CollieryShaft1Dickson City BoroughLackawannaJohn Jermyn150,7680163,968211619 
JerseyNo. 8Colliery3AshleyLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.102,1740107,566149447Name listed as "New Jersey" on report.
Katydid CollierySlope2Moosic Twp.LackawannaJohn M. Robertson18,221019,98419169 
Keystone CollieryTunnel1MayfieldLackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.104,5380106,738224322 
Keystone CollierySlope / Tunnel2Plains Twp.LuzerneKeystone Coal Co.100,3250102,301162366 
KingstonNo. 1CollieryShaft3EdwardsvilleLuzerneKingston Coal Co.173,6930183,248182401 
KingstonNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Shaft / No. 3 Shaft3EdwardsvilleLuzerneKingston Coal Co.293,4620293,462183529 
KingstonNo. 4CollieryNo. 4 Shaft3EdwardsvilleLuzerneKingston Coal Co.96,160096,160150288 
Lackawanna CollieryShaft1BlakelyLackawannaLackawanna Coal Co., Limited188,6110197,918219484 
LanceNo. 11CollieryShaft 13PlymouthLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.188,8630189,996172549 
Langcliffe CollieryShaft2AvocaLuzerneLangcliffe Coal Co.7,41907,82225162 
Laurel Run CollierySlope2ParsonsLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.115,2690115,269209294 
Leggetts Creek CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.164,2170187,829232467 
Maffet Colliery3Sugar NotchLuzerneHanover Coal Co.153,8900154,574210349 
Maltby CollieryShaft2Kingston Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.4,943LV 105,37520175 
Manville CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.79,025D&H 1085,28195193Manville Colliery is worked every alternate month by the DL&W and D&H.
Manville CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.60,480DL&W 1072,47190190Manville Colliery is worked every alternate month by the DL&W and D&H.
Marshwood CollierySlope / Tunnel1Dickson CityLackawannaMoosic Mountain Coal Co.59,647062,779217193 
Marvine CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.157,7720176,581229427 
Meadow Brook CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaWilliam Connell & Co.168,8360194,272185348 
Meadow Brook CollieryMeadow Brook Tunnel / National Shaft / National Slope1ScrantonLackawannaWilliam Connell & Co.160,9390178,609179385 
Midland MineWilson Creek Tunnel / Midland Tunnel1CarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000234282 
Mill Creek CollierySlope2Plains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.75,865075,865220179 
Mill Hollow CollieryShaft2Luzerne BoroughLuzerneWaddell & Co.99,0990103,657217289 
Mineral Spring CollieryMineral Spring Slope / Coal Brook Slope2ParsonsLuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.18,167LV 1021,35141230 
Mosier CollieryShaft2HughestownLuzerneNewton Coal Co.20,375020,38378169 
Mount Jessup CollierySlope1WintonLackawannaMount Jessup Coal Co., Ltd.32,352DL&W 1039,102186172 
Mount Pleasant CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaWilliam T. Smith43,140DL&W 1052,78772395 
Murray CollieryShaft1DunmoreLackawannaMurray and Jackson6,00008,08025418 
Newport Colliery3Newport Twp.LuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.64,149067,041212297 
NottinghamNo. 15CollieryShaft 13PlymouthLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.476,6790483,6461771099 
Old Forge CollieryShaft2Old Forge Twp.LackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.128,063E&WV 10128,063173366 
OlyphantNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Shaft1OlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.71,565078,165122357 
Oxford CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.107,228DL&W 10124,076146409 
Pancoast CollieryShaft1Dickson CityLackawannaPancoast Coal Co., Limited138,024DL&W 10153,111199621 
Parrish CollierySlope 13PlymouthLuzerneParrish Coal Co.277,589DL&W 10281,684202665 
PCCNo. 5CollieryShaft1DunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.134,583E&WV 10144,794212417 
PCCNo. 10CollieryNo. 9 Shaft / No. 10 Shaft / No. 10 Jr. Shaft / Abbott's Slope2HughestownLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.120,663Erie 10120,663171506 
PCCNo. 14CollieryShaft / Slope2Jenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.127,388E&WV 10127,388174378 
PCCNo. 6CollieryNo. 5 Shaft / No. 6 Shaft / No. 11 Shaft2Jenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.129,630E&WV 10129,630171427 
Pettebone CollieryShaft2Kingston Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.523DL&W 102,033 73 
Pierce CollierySlope / Tunnel1ArchbaldLackawannaPierce Coal Co., Limited87,163DL&W 1091,507102338 
Pine Brook CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaLackawanna Iron & Coal Co.319,597DL&W 10345,000182574 
Pine Ridge CollieryShaft2Miners MillsLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.168,6340172,662236475 
PlymouthNo. 2CollieryShaft3PlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.63,819063,819120348 
PlymouthNo. 3CollieryShaft3PlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.177,2670178,801196359 
PlymouthNo. 4CollieryShaft3PlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.163,1820163,202224369 
PlymouthNo. 5CollieryShaft3PlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.154,6740157,873182328 
Powderly CollierySlope1Carbondale Twp.LackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.85,4000140,428210276 
Prospect CollieryProspect Shaft / Oakwood Shaft / Midvale Slope2Plains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.246,374LV 10246,446177621 
Providence CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaProvidence Coal Co.34,421039,071172138 
Pyne CollieryShaft / Slope1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.151,105DL&W 10164,814150432 
Racket Brook Colliery1Carbondale Twp.LackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.179,3310235,00125475 
Red AshNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 Slope 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneRed Ash Coal Co.139,3780139,378178324 
Red AshNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Slope / Tunnel 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneRed Ash Coal Co.161,2530164,170175400 
ReynoldsNo. 16CollierySlope 13PlymouthLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.142,1420142,142177481 
Rushbrook CollieryShaft1ArchbaldLackawannaRushbrook Coal Co.002,00021212 
S. V. White CollieryTunnel1WintonLackawannaWinton Coal Co., Limited35,706037,993105225 
SCCNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 Slope / No. 1 Tunnel / No. 4 Tunnel3NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.00206,356239314Railroad shippments not reported.
SCCNo. 2CollieryNo. 1 Shaft / No. 1 Shaft deep / No. 2 Slope3NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.00440,5992391404Railroad shippments not reported.
SCCNo. 3CollieryNo. 3 Slope or Harvey3West NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.0071,999159199Railroad shipment of 1,597,579 tons not individually reported.
SCCNo. 4CollieryNo. 2 Shaft / No. 4 Slope3NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.00514,4392351207Railroad shipment of 1,597,579 tons not individually reported.
SCCNo. 6CollieryNo. 6 Shaft / No. 6 Slope / No. 6 Tunnel3Glen LyonLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.00385,4922141224Railroad shipment of 1,597,579 tons not individually reported.
Schooley CollieryShaft2ExeterLuzerneButler Mine Co., Limited125,0000128,000221327 
Seneca CollierySeneca Shaft / Ravine Shaft2PittstonLuzerneNewton Coal Co.228,4630241,045224316 
Sibley CollieryShaft2Old Forge Twp.LackawannaElliott, McClure & Co.109,7770120,228178337 
Simpson CollierySlopes1Fell Twp.LackawannaNorthwest Coal Co., Limited142,7240154,850219287 
Sloan CollieryShaft1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.144,258DL&W 10169,956138485 
South Wilkes-Barre CollieryShaft 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.19,782019,782 82No Breaker.
Spencer CollieryShaft1DunmoreLackawannaSpencer Brothers115,152NYS&W 10125,397160350 
Stafford CollieryShaft2ScrantonLackawannaWilliam Connell & Co.38,987038,98717989 
StantonNo. 7CollieryShaft 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.204,4890214,745159572 
Stevens CollierySlope2ExeterLuzerneStevens Coal Co.2,95903,0893095 
Storrs CollieryNo. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft / No. 3 Shaft1Dickson CityLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.6,592DL&W 1014,23025190 
Sugar NotchNo. 9CollieryShaft3Sugar NotchLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.142,4110144,469164516 
Taylor CollieryShaft / Drift1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.162,592DL&W 10174,355163459 
Tripp Colliery1ScrantonLackawannaTripp & Co.200DL&W 1013,00016041 
Twin CollieryShaft2PittstonLuzerneNewton Coal Co.0LV 100 252 
Von Storch CollieryShaft / Slope1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.232,2560254,758227630 
WanamieNo. 18CollierySlope 13WanamieLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.125,0600126,789170451 
Warrior Run CollierySlope 13Hanover Twp.LuzerneA. J. Davis83,247098,917196258 
Watkins CollierySlope / Tunnel1CarbondaleLackawannaCarbondale Coal Co.4,28006,01543121 
West End Colliery3MocanaquaLuzerneWest End Coal Co.187,718PRR 10204,866271441 
White Oak CollierySlope / Drift1ArchbaldLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.150,4320158,350230873 
Woodward CollieryNo. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft3Plymouth Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.74,763DL&W 1095,184135302 
Wyoming CollieryShaft / Slope2Plains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.85,602LV 1085,602113368 

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


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