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Spring Brook
YearOperation NameNumberTypeOpeningDistrictCityCountyCompany NameRailroad Shipments (tons)Railroad to MineTruck Shipments (tons)Total Production (tons)Days WorkedEmployeesNotes
1872Spring Brook CollieryTunnels (2)EasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneGlenwood Coal Co.0010,216 151 
1873Spring Brook CollieryTunnel 1EasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneGlenwood Coal Co.0023,153 111 
1874Spring Brook CollieryTunnelEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneGlenwood Coal Co.00100,816 244 
1875Spring Brook CollieryTunnelEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneGlenwood Coal Co.00120,794 280 
1876Spring Brook CollieryTunnel 1EasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneGlenwood Coal Co.46,538047,81492226Abandoned in Sept due to poor quality of coal.
1878Spring Brook CollieryTunnel 1EasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.0049,408116241 
1879Spring Brook CollieryTunnel 1EasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.00105,571271234 
1880Spring Brook CollieryTunnelEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.0095,480206283 
1881Spring Brook CollieryTunnelEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.0090,590 248 
1882Spring Brook CollieryTunnelEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.0069,700223237 
1883Spring Brook CollieryTunnelEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.009,052101178 
1884Spring Brook CollieryTunnelEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaWilliam E. Colbourn0D&H Canal038,700175178 
1885Spring Brook CollieryDrift1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaWilliam E. Colbourn32,522D&H Canal033,076141118 
1886Spring Brook Colliery2MoosicLackawannaWilliam E. Colbourn26,340D&H Canal026,615  Cannot get any report from this colliery; it was sold.
1896Spring Brook Colliery2MoosicLackawannaSpring Brook Coal Co., Limited000 47Not operated during 1896.
1897Spring Brook Colliery2MoosicLackawannaSpring Brook Coal Co.000  Not in operation during 1897.
1898Spring Brook Colliery2MoosicLackawannaSpring Brook Coal Co.1,04801,4191094 
1900Spring Brook CollieryShaft / Slope2Moosic 1LackawannaSpring Brook Coal Co.15,349D&H018,20284120 
1901Spring Brook CollieryShaft / Slope2Moosic 1LackawannaSpring Brook Coal Co.28,156D&H035,645151123 
1902Spring Brook CollieryShaft / Slope2Moosic 1LackawannaHudson Coal Co.16,424D&H020,45986167 
1903Spring Brook CollieryShaft / Slope / No. 1 Drift / No. 2 Drift4Moosic 1LackawannaDelaware & Hudson Co.53,962D&H061,291213240 
1904Spring Brook CollieryShaft / Slope / No. 1 Drift / No. 2 Drift4Moosic 1LackawannaDelaware & Hudson Co.61,754D&H070,582165345 
1905Spring Brook CollieryNo. 1 Slope / No. 2 Slope / No. 1 Drift / No. 2 Drift / Slocum Drift4Moosic 1LackawannaDelaware & Hudson Co.66,911D&H075,123160373 
1906Spring Brook CollieryNo. 1 Slope / No. 2 Slope / No. 2 Drift5Moosic 1LackawannaHudson Coal Co.53,198D&H062,563122315 
1907Spring Brook CollieryNo. 1 Slope / No. 2 Slope / No. 2 Slope5Moosic 1LackawannaHudson Coal Co.51,833D&H059,166124248 
1908Spring Brook CollieryNo. 1 Slope / No. 2 Slope / No. 2 Slope5Moosic 1LackawannaHudson Coal Co.43,919D&H051,472107186 
1909Spring Brook CollieryNo. 1 Slope / No. 2 Slope / No. 2 Drift5Moosic 1LackawannaHudson Coal Co.24,501D&H032,16167124 
1910Spring Brook CollieryNo. 1 Slope / No. 2 Slope / No. 3 Drift5Moosic 1LackawannaHudson Coal Co.25,162D&H034,52467131 
1911Spring Brook CollieryNo. 1 Slope / No. 2 Slope / No. 3 Slope5Moosic 1LackawannaHudson Coal Co.44,576D&H055,951103127 
1912Spring Brook CollieryNo. 1 Slope / No. 2 Slope / No. 3 Slope5Moosic 1LackawannaHudson Coal Co.28,585D&H039,72677113 
1913Spring Brook CollieryNo. 1 Slope / No. 2 Slope / No. 3 Slope5Moosic 1LackawannaHudson Coal Co.16,789D&H026,7565292Abandonded.
1929Spring Brook Colliery5Moosic 1LackawannaSpring Brook Coal Co.758D&H07583425 
1930Spring Brook Colliery5Moosic 1LackawannaSpring Brook Coal Co.2,500D&H03,50026218 
1938Spring Brook Colliery7Avoca 1LuzerneSpring Brook Preparation Co.0008820Prepared coal from other sites only.
1939Spring Brook Colliery7Avoca 1LuzerneSpring Brook Preparation Co.0002149Preparation only.
1958Spring Brook Breaker6Avoca 1LuzerneSpring Brook Coal Co.000749 
1959Spring Brook Bank5Moosic 1LackawannaSpring Brook Coal Co.67401,176154 
1959Spring Brook Breaker5Moosic 1LackawannaSpring Brook Coal Co.0001510Ceased operations June 1959.

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


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