1873
District Eastern
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Operation NameNumberTypeOpeningDistrictCityCountyCompany NameRailroad Shipments (tons)Railroad to MineTruck Shipments (tons)Total Production (tons)Days WorkedEmployeesNotes
Archbald CollieryEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1063,975 195 
Beaver CollieryTunnel 1EasternPittstonLuzerneBeaver & Co.0015,120 38 
Bellevue CollieryShaft / SlopeEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10152,515 363 
Breaker Tunnel MineTunnelEasternCarbondaleLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 75 
Brisbin CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100 35 
Brown's CollieryEasternPleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1047,377 90 
Butler CollieryEasternPittston Twp.LuzerneButler Coal Co.0064,456 188 
Capouse CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneLackawanna Iron & Coal Co.00175,200 284 
Carbon Hill CollieryEasternOld Forge Twp.LuzerneGlenwood Coal Co.003,000 65 
CarbondaleNo. 3CollieryShaftEasternCarbondaleLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0029,562 203 
CarbondaleNo. 1CollieryEasternBlakely Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0085,423 236Coal from D&H No. 3 included.
CarbondaleNo. 1CollierySlopeEasternBlakely Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 27 
Cayuga CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10124,117 251 
Central CollieryEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10150,849 250 
Chestnut Hill CollieryEasternCarbondaleLuzerneEli E. Hendricks & Co.0012,684 40 
Coal Brook CollieryTunnelEasternCarbondaleLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00261,765 248 
Columbia CollieryTunnelEasternPittston Twp.LuzerneGrove Brothers of Danville0025,062 44 
Continental CollieryShaft 1EasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10169,451 293 
Corey CollieryEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneLackawanna and Susquehanna Coal and Iron Co.00171,649 260Coal from Greenwood included.
Dawson CollieryShaftEasternPleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1074,647 150 
Diamond CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10244,886 417 
Diamond CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10113,646 246 
Dodge CollieryShaft 1EasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10180,727 308 
Dunmore Screens CollieryEasternDunmoreLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 10155,968 70 
Eagle CollieryShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzerneWaddell & Schooly003,834 19 
Eaton CollieryTunnels (4) 1EasternBlakely Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00147,850 348 
Eddy Creek CollieryEasternBlakely Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00117,916 223 
Elk Hill CollieryTunnel 1EasternBlakely Twp.LuzerneElk Hill Coal & Iron Co.0083,176 206 
Erie CollieryShaft 1EasternCarbondale Twp.LuzerneGlenwood Coal Co.000   
Everhart CollieryTunnel 1EasternJenkins Twp.LuzerneEverhart & Co.000  Idle throughout 1873.
Fair Lawn CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLuzerneHosic, Archbald & Hosic005,376 53 
Fellows CollieryTunnel 1EasternScrantonLuzerneJ. T. Fellows0014,110 39 
Forest CollieryTunnelEasternCarbondaleLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 12 
Grassy Island CollieryShaftEasternBlakely Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00144,471 341 
Green Ridge CollierySlope 1EasternDunmoreLuzerneJ. P. W. Riley, Esq.0D&H 10133,701 287 
Greenwood CollieryTunnel 1EasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneLackawanna and Susquehanna Coal and Iron Co.00171,649 223121 employees included with Corey Breaker. Coal from Corey Breaker included here.
Gypsy Grove CollieryEasternDunmoreLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 10127,472 254 
Hampton CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10163,510 297 
Hillside CollieryShaft 1EasternPleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzerneHillside Coal & Iron Co.0072,007 252 
Hyde Park CollieryEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10133,893 324 
Jefferson Tunnel MineTunnelEasternFell Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000  Idle throughout 1873.
JermynNo. 1CollieryShaftEasternGibsonburg BoroughLuzerneJohn Jermyn0086,925 338 
Jermyn Slope CollierySlopeEasternGibsonburg BoroughLuzerneJohn Jermyn00173,085 418 
Lackawanna Tunnel MineTunnelEasternCarbondaleLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 79 
Law CollieryShaftEasternPleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 100 38 
Leggetts Creek CollieryShaft 1EasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00136,281 359 
Lloyd CollieryTunnelEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.00174 3 
Marvine CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 34 
Maryland National Anthracite CollieryEasternPittstonLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.000  Idle throughout 1873.
Meadow Brook CollieryEasternScrantonLuzerneWilliam Connell & Co.00192,936 277 
Midland MineTunnelEasternFell Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 25 
Mill Ridge MineTunnelEasternFell Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 71 
Mount Pleasant CollierySlope 1EasternScrantonLuzerneMount Pleasant Coal Co.00104,000 204 
National CollieryTunnel 1EasternScrantonLuzerneSusquehanna & West Valley Railroad Co.0095,784 209 
New Breaker CollieryEasternDunmoreLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0031,183 12 
Oak Hill CollieryEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneGlenwood Coal Co.000  Idle throughout 1873.
Ontario CollierySlope 1EasternPleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzerneLuzerne Coal & Iron Co.0048,000 212 
Oxford CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10121,034 255 
PCCNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 ShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.000 37Sinking shaft.
PCCNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 TunnelEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 101,532 4 
PCCNo. 10CollieryNo. 10 ShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 10171,897 351 
PCCNo. 11CollieryNo. 11 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1045,924 81Operations started in 1871.
PCCNo. 12CollieryNo. 12 ShaftEasternPleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 100 21 
PCCNo. 2CollieryShaftEasternDunmoreLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1059,362 109 
PCCNo. 2CollierySlopeEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1053,304 93 
PCCNo. 4CollieryNo. 4 SlopeEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1089,946 131 
PCCNo. 4CollieryNo. 4 ShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1097,943 143 
PCCNo. 5CollieryNo. 5 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1074,211 129 
PCCNo. 5CollieryNo. 5 SlopeEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1070,890 67 
PCCNo. 6CollieryNo. 6 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1058,775 128 
PCCNo. 6CollieryNo. 6 SlopeEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1029,665 76 
PCCNo. 7CollieryNo. 7 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1089,824 152 
PCCNo. 8CollieryNo. 8 ShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 10103,513 167 
PCCNo. 9CollieryNo. 9 ShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1057,642 88 
Pine Brook CollieryShaft 1EasternScrantonLuzerneLackawanna Iron & Coal Co.00117,600 190 
Powderly CollierySlope / Rock TunnelEasternCarbondale Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0014,458 235 
Pyne CollieryShaft 1EasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100 58 
Racket Brook CollieryEasternCarbondale Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00154,271 57 
Ravine CollieryShaft 1EasternPittstonLuzernePittston & Elmira Coal Co.0055,410 168 
Roaring Brook CollieryShaft 1EasternDunmoreLuzerneRoaring Brook Coal Co.00115,708 332 
Rock Hill CollieryTunnel 1EasternPittstonLuzerneBowkly & Son0017,000 37 
Rolling Mill CollieryEasternScrantonLuzerneLackawanna Iron & Coal Co.0093,281 147 
Rough & Ready CollieryShaft 1EasternPittston Twp.LuzerneNational Iron Co. of Danville009,343 87 
Scranton Mines CollierySlopeEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10121,643 302 
Seneca CollierySlope 1EasternPittstonLuzernePittston & Elmira Coal Co.0077,137 172 
Sibley CollieryShaft 1EasternOld Forge Twp.LuzerneElliott, Keorner & Co.0020,120 134 
Sloan CollieryShaft / Slope 1EasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1037,644 207 
Spring Brook CollieryTunnel 1EasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneGlenwood Coal Co.0023,153 111 
Stafford BrookNo. 2CollierySlope / Tunnel 1EasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneB. F. Fillmore008,000 27 
Stafford Brook CollieryShaft / Tunnels (2) 1EasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneSusquehanna & West Valley Railroad Co.0068,055 151 
Stark CollieryShaft 1EasternLackawanna Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 10102,165 217 
Taylor CollieryShaft 1EasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W) 10159,433 332 
Tomkins CollieryEasternPittstonLuzerneAlva Tomkins0018,256 92 
Tripp CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0022,743 183106 employees included with Diamond Slope Breaker.
Twin CollieryShaft 1EasternPittstonLuzernePittston & Elmira Coal Co.0039,140 155 
Valley Tunnel MineTunnelEasternCarbondaleLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 68 
Von Storch CollieryShaft / Slope 1EasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00168,353 469 
White Bridge MineTunnel 1EasternCarbondaleLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0059,834 191 
White Oak CollierySlope / Tunnel 1EasternBlakely Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00149,635 306 

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


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