1871
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.0DL&W 100 169 
BaltimoreNo. 1CollieryTunnelMiddlenear Wilkes-BarreLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 126 
BaltimoreNo. 3CollieryMiddlenear Wilkes-BarreLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 127 
BaltimoreNo. 2CollieryMiddlenear Wilkes-BarreLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 126 
Boston CollieryShaftMiddlenear KingstonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100 164 
Brown's CollierySlopeMiddleWilkes-BarreLuzerneFranklin Coal Co.000 112 
Chauncey CollieryMiddlenear PlymouthLuzerneRoberts, Albright & Co.000   
Diamond CollieryShaft 1Middlenear Wilkes-BarreLuzerneWilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co.000 126 
East Boston CollieryShaft 1Middlenear KingstonLuzerneConsumer's Coal Co.000 72 
Empire CollieryShaftMiddleEmpireLuzerneWilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co.000 336 
Enterprise CollieryMiddlePlainesvilleLuzerneJ. H. Swoyer000 154 
Fellows & Dodson CollieryMiddlenear PlymouthLuzerneFellows, Dodson & Co.000 33 
Franklin CollieryMiddlenear Wilkes-BarreLuzerneFranklin Coal Co.000   
Fuller CollieryShaftMiddlenear PlymouthLuzerneNorthern Coal & Iron Co.000 93 
Fuller CollieryShaft 1MiddlePlymouthLuzerneNorthern Coal & Iron Co.000   
Gaylord CollierySlopeMiddlenear PlymouthLuzerneHeadstom & Co.000   
Germania CollieryMiddlenear AshleyLuzerneWilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co.000   
Grand Tunnel CollieryTunnelMiddleWest NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.000 128 
HartfordNo. 6CollieryMiddlenear AshleyLuzerneWilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co.000 278 
Harvey CollieryMiddleWest NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.000   
Henry CollieryShaftMiddlePlainesvilleLuzerneLuzerne Coal & Iron Co.000 70 
Hillman CollieryMiddleBack RoadLuzerneH. B. Hillman & Son000 60 
Hollenback CollieryMiddlePlainesvilleLuzerneElliott & Co.000 105 
Hollenback CollieryMiddlenear Wilkes-BarreLuzerneWilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co.000 237 
Hutchinson CollieryShaft 1Middlenear KingstonLuzerneCharles Hutchinson & Co.000   
Jersey CollieryMiddlenear PlymouthLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100 76 
LanceNo. 11CollieryShaft 1Middlenear PlymouthLuzerneWilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co.000   
Landmesser CollierySlopeMiddleAshleyLuzerneWilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co.000 31 
Laurel Run CollierySlopeMiddlenear Parson's StationLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 116 
Maffet CollierySlopeMiddlePlainesvilleLuzerneWilkes-Barre & Seneca L C Co.000 54 
Maltby CollieryShaft 1MiddleMaltby Twp.LuzerneWilner & Co.000   
Mill Creek CollieryDriftMiddleMill CreekLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 41 
Mill Creek CollierySlopeMiddleMill CreekLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 154 
Mineral Spring CollierySlope 1MiddleMineral SpringLuzerneMineral Spring Coal Co.000   
Mitchell Shaft CollieryShaftMiddlePlainesvilleLuzerneLuzerne Coal & Iron Co.000   
Mocanaqua CollieryMiddleShickshinnyLuzerneMocanaqua Coal Co.000 130 
Morgan CollieryShaftMiddlenear KingstonLuzerneWaterman & Beaver000 67 
Nanticoke CollieryMiddleEast NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.000   
Nanticoke Mines CollieryMiddleEast NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.000   
NewportNo. 1CollieryMiddleNewport Twp.LuzerneLehigh Coal & Navigation Co.000 67 
NewportNo. 2CollieryMiddleNewport Twp.LuzerneLehigh Coal & Navigation Co.000 101 
NottinghamNo. 15CollieryShaftMiddlenear PlymouthLuzerneBroderick, Conyngham & Co.000 160 
Old Slope CollierySlopeMiddleWilkes-BarreLuzerneFranklin Coal Co.000 67 
Paxton CollieryDrift 1MiddleShickshinnyLuzernePaxton Coal Co.000 60 
Pine Ridge CollieryShaftMiddlenear Laurel RunLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 102 
PlymouthNo. 1CollieryShaft 1MiddlePlymouthLuzerneNorthern Coal & Iron Co.000   
PlymouthNo. 2CollieryShaft 1MiddlePlymouthLuzerneNorthern Coal & Iron Co.000   
PlymouthNo. 4CollieryShaft 1Middlenear PlymouthLuzerneNorthern Coal & Iron Co.000   
Port Bowkley CollierySlopeMiddlePlainesvilleLuzerneWyoming Coal & Traction Co.000 168 
Red Ash CollieryMiddleSugar NotchLuzerneWilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co.000 61 
SCCNo. 1CollierySlopeMiddleNanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.000 156 
SCCNo. 1CollieryTunnelMiddleNanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.000 84 
Scranton Mines CollierySlopeMiddleLackawanna Twp.Luzernedata not available000 125 
Sugar NotchNo. 9CollieryShaftMiddleSugar NotchLuzerneWilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co.000 251 
Swetland CollieryShaftMiddlenear PlymouthLuzerneNorthern Coal & Iron Co.000 118 
Warrior Run CollierySlope 1MiddleWarrior RunLuzerneA. J. Davis & Co.000   
Washington CollierySlope 1Middlenear PlymouthLuzerneBroderick, Conyngham & Co.000 217 
West Pittston CollieryMiddleWest PittstonLuzerneBrown B. Lake & Co.000  May 27 - 20 miners suffocated in breaker fire.

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


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