1870
District Middle
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Operation NameNumberTypeOpeningDistrictCityCountyCompany NameRailroad Shipments (tons)Railroad to MineTruck Shipments (tons)Total Production (tons)Days WorkedEmployeesNotes
Avondale CollieryShaftMiddlenear PlymouthLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.000 154Steuben was a former name.
BaltimoreNo. 1CollieryTunnelMiddlenear Wilkes-Barre 1LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 193 
BaltimoreNo. 3CollieryMiddlenear Wilkes-Barre 1LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 166 
Boston CollieryShaftMiddlenear KingstonLuzernedata not available000 166 
Brown's CollierySlopeMiddle Luzernedata not available000 54Operations started in 1869.
East Boston CollieryShaft 1Middlenear KingstonLuzerneConsumer's Coal Co.000 65 
Empire CollieryShaftMiddleEmpire 1LuzerneWilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co.000 165 
Enterprise CollieryMiddle Luzernedata not available000 188 
Fellows & Dodson CollieryMiddlePlymouthLuzerneFellows, Dodson & Co.000 27 
Fuller CollieryShaftMiddlenear Plymouth 1LuzerneNorthern Coal & Iron Co.000 108 
Gaylord CollierySlopeMiddlenear Plymouth 1Luzernedata not available000 114 
Grand Tunnel CollieryTunnelMiddleWest Nanticoke 1LuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.000 82 
HartfordNo. 6CollieryMiddlenear Ashley 1LuzerneWilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co.000 187Called Ashley No. 6 on some maps but not in the inspection reports.
Harvey CollieryMiddleWest Nanticoke 1LuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.000 53 
Henry CollieryShaftMiddlePlainesvilleLuzerneH. W. Burroughs000 79 
Hillman CollieryMiddleBack Road 1LuzerneH. B. Hillman & Son000 80 
HollenbackNo. 3CollieryMiddlenear Wilkes-BarreLuzerneWilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co.000 60 
Jersey CollieryMiddlenear Plymouth 1LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100 79 
LanceNo. 11CollieryShaft 1Middlenear PlymouthLuzerneWilliam L. Lance000   
Landmesser CollierySlopeMiddleAshley 1LuzerneWilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co.000 33 
Laurel Run CollierySlopeMiddlenear Parson's Station 1LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 58 
Maffet CollierySlopeMiddlePlainesville 1LuzerneWilkes-Barre & Seneca L C Co.000 16 
Mill Creek CollierySlopeMiddleMill CreekLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 178 
Mocanaqua CollieryMiddleShickshinnyLuzerneMocanaqua Coal Co.000 101 
Morgan CollieryShaftMiddlenear Kingston 1LuzerneWaterman & Beaver000 60 
NewportNo. 1CollieryMiddleNewport Twp.LuzerneLehigh Coal & Navigation Co.000 88 
NewportNo. 2CollieryMiddleNewport Twp.LuzerneLehigh Coal & Navigation Co.000 30 
NottinghamNo. 15CollieryShaftMiddlenear PlymouthLuzerneBroderick & Conyngham000 59 
Old Slope CollierySlopeMiddleWilkes-Barre 1LuzerneFranklin Coal Co.000 41 
Paxton CollieryDrift 1MiddleShickshinny 1LuzernePaxton Coal Co.000 40 
Pine Ridge CollieryShaftMiddlenear Laurel RunLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Coal & Canal Company000 20 
Port Bowkley CollierySlopeMiddlePlainesville 1LuzerneWyoming Coal & Traction Co.000 106 
Red Ash CollieryMiddle LuzerneWilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co.000 31 
Scranton CollieryMiddleLackawanna Twp. 1Luzernedata not available000 111 
Sugar NotchNo. 9CollieryShaftMiddleSugar NotchLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.000 77 
Swetland CollieryShaftMiddlenear Plymouth 1LuzerneNorthern Coal & Iron Co.000 107 
Washington CollierySlope 1Middlenear Plymouth 1Luzernedata not available000 138 
Waterman & Beaver CollieryMiddlenear KingstonLuzerneWaterman & Beaver000   
West Pittston CollieryMiddleWest PittstonLuzerneLehigh Valley Railroad Co.000   

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


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