1875
District Eastern
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Operation NameNumberTypeOpeningDistrictCityCountyCompany NameRailroad Shipments (tons)Railroad to MineTruck Shipments (tons)Total Production (tons)Days WorkedEmployeesNotes
Archbald CollieryShaft / SlopeEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1048,254 93 
Beaver CollieryTunnelEasternPittstonLuzerneWaterman, Beaver & Co.0020,458 31 
Bellevue CollieryShaft / SlopeEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1047,625 16 
Breaker Tunnel MineTunnelEasternCarbondaleLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 141Coal reported with Coal Brook Breaker.
Brisbin CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1031,070 156 
Brown's CollieryTunnelEasternPleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1041,567 35 
Butler CollieryShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzerneButler Coal Co.0074,480 278 
Campbell & Son CollieryEasternScrantonLuzerneCampbell & Son003,360 10 
Capouse CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneLackawanna Iron & Coal Co.0060,444 302 
Carbon Hill CollierySlope / TunnelEasternOld Forge Twp.LuzerneGlenwood Coal Co.0042,511 195 
CarbondaleNo. 3CollieryShaftEasternCarbondaleLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.006,028 126 
CarbondaleNo. 1CollierySlope / TunnelEasternBlakely Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0060,875 216 
Cayuga CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10137,784 274 
Central CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10165,165 293 
Chestnut Hill CollieryTunnelEasternCarbondaleLuzerneEli E. Hendricks & Co.0011,415 59 
Coal Brook CollieryTunnelEasternCarbondaleLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00253,170 279 
Columbia CollieryTunnelEasternPittston Twp.LuzerneGrove Brothers0021,090 43 
Continental CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10130,648 323 
Corey CollieryNo. 4 Tunnel / No. 8 Tunnel / No. 19 TunnelEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneLackawanna and Susquehanna Coal and Iron Co.00124,258 294 
Dawson CollieryShaftEasternPleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1085,500 156 
Diamond CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10166,163 367 
Diamond-Tripp CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0096,322 336 
Dodge CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10158,935 309 
Dunmore Screens CollieryEasternDunmoreLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 100 65 
Eaton CollieryShaft / Slope / TunnelEasternBlakely Twp.LuzerneJones, Simpson & Co.00147,122 321 
Eddy Creek CollieryShaft / Dip MineEasternBlakely Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00108,688 321 
Elk Creek CollieryTunnelEasternFell Twp.LuzerneClarkson & Brennan006,419 33 
Elk Hill CollieryTunnelEasternBlakely Twp.LuzerneElk Hill Coal & Iron Co.0095,200 186 
Erie CollieryShaftEasternCarbondale Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00104,661 333 
Everhart CollierySlope / TunnelEasternJenkins Twp.LuzerneEverhart Coal Co.0076,944 145 
Fair Lawn CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLuzerneFair Lawn Coal Co.0055,430 101 
Filer CollierySlope / TunnelEasternBlakely Twp.LuzerneFiler & Livey0DL&W 1050,058 263 
Grassy Island CollieryShaftEasternBlakely Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00153,724 319 
Green Ridge CollierySlopeEasternDunmoreLuzerneJ. P. W. Reily & Co.0D&H 10134,575 350 
Greenwood CollierySlope / TunnelEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneLackawanna and Susquehanna Coal and Iron Co.00124,258 39 
Gypsy Grove CollieryNo. 4 Shaft / Finnerty's Tunnel / Smith's Tunnel / Sawyer's TunnelEasternDunmoreLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 10148,226 265 
Hampton CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10159,943 308 
Heidelberg CollieryTunnelEasternPleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzerneHillside Coal & Iron Co.000   
Hillside CollieryShaftEasternPleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzerneHillside Coal & Iron Co.0078,064 226 
Horans CollieryTunnelEasternCarbondaleLuzerneAnthony Horan0013,400 36 
Hyde Park CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1095,283 255 
Jefferson Tunnel MineTunnelEasternCarbondaleLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 126Coal reported with Coal Brook Breaker.
JermynNo. 1CollieryShaftEasternGibsonburg BoroughLuzerneJohn Jermyn00110,000 414 
Jermyn Green Ridge Shaft CollieryShaftEasternGreen RidgeLuzerneJohn Jermyn000 77 
Jermyn Slope CollierySlopeEasternGibsonburg BoroughLuzerneGlenwood Coal Co.00156,480 393 
Lackawanna Tunnel MineTunnelEasternCarbondaleLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 115Coal reported with Coal Brook Breaker.
Law CollieryLaw ShaftEasternPleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1035,139 100 
Leggetts Creek CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00160,300 390 
Marion CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0014,000 60 
Meadow Brook CollieryShaft / No. 3 Tunnel / No. 4 TunnelEasternScrantonLuzerneWilliam Connell & Co.00172,110 404 
Midland MineTunnelEasternFell Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 212Coal reported with Coal Brook Breaker.
Mill Ridge CollieryTunnelEasternFell Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 205Coal reported with Coal Brook Breaker.
Mount Pleasant CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLuzerneMount Pleasant Coal Co.0DL&W 10143,360 270 
National CollieryTunnelEasternScrantonLuzerneWyoming Valley Railroad & Coal Co.0047,447 100 
Nealon & Gilmartin CollieryTunnelEasternCarbondaleLuzerneNealon & Gilmartin006,720 17 
Ontario CollierySlopeEasternPleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzerneLuzerne Coal & Iron Co.0044,800 174 
Oxford CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100 273 
Park CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLuzernePark Coal Co.007,511 77 
PCCNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 ShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 105,710   
PCCNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 Slope / No. 1 TunnelEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1034,610 41 
PCCNo. 10CollieryNo. 10 ShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1077,324 152 
PCCNo. 11CollieryNo. 11 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1055,936 100 
PCCNo. 12CollieryNo. 12 ShaftEasternPleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1077,439 137 
PCCNo. 2CollieryShaft / SlopeEasternDunmoreLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1075,566 142 
PCCNo. 2CollierySlopeEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1057,197 97 
PCCNo. 2CollieryShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 100 67 
PCCNo. 4CollieryNo. 4 SlopeEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 10103,424 140 
PCCNo. 4CollieryNo. 4 ShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 10115,896 152 
PCCNo. 5CollieryNo. 5 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1095,371 143 
PCCNo. 6CollieryNo. 6 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1084,145 151 
PCCNo. 6CollieryNo. 6 SlopeEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1037,844 67 
PCCNo. 6 1/2CollieryEasternDunmoreLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 100 16 
PCCNo. 7CollieryNo. 7 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 10107,093 160 
PCCNo. 8CollieryNo. 8 ShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 10101,241 181 
PCCNo. 9CollieryNo. 9 ShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1059,986 125 
Phoenix CollieryShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzerneJ. B. Hutchison0023,520 90 
Pine Brook CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneLackawanna Iron & Coal Co.0086,977 162 
Powderly CollierySlope / TunnelEasternCarbondale Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0018,417 227 
Pyne CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10128,386 257 
Racket Brook CollieryEasternCarbondale Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00186,816 75 
Ravine CollieryShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePittston Coal Co.0068,675 191 
Roaring Brook CollieryShaftEasternDunmoreLuzerneRoaring Brook Coal Co.00142,473 290 
Rock Hill CollieryTunnelEasternPittstonLuzerneBowkly & Son0026,589 54 
Rolling Mill CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneLackawanna Iron & Coal Co.006,021 93 
Scranton Mines CollierySlopeEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1058,760 331 
Seneca CollierySlopeEasternPittstonLuzernePittston Coal Co.0073,212 197 
Sibley CollieryShaftEasternOld Forge Twp.LuzerneElliott, Keorner & Co.0089,839 193 
Sloan CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10141,797 309 
Spring Brook CollieryTunnelEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneGlenwood Coal Co.00120,794 280 
Stafford Brook CollierySlope / TunnelEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneWilliam Connell & Co.005,600 20 
Stark CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 10115,748 223 
Taylor CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W) 10157,456 303 
Tomkins CollieryShaftEasternPittstonLuzerneAlva Tomkins0026,432 114 
Tripp CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0069,577 125 
Tripp CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLuzerneIra Tripp007,840 17 
Twin CollieryShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePittston Coal Co.0067,112 154 
Valley Tunnel MineTunnelEasternCarbondaleLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 173Coal reported with Coal Brook Breaker.
Von Storch CollieryShaft / Slopes (2)EasternScrantonLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00263,516 551 
White Bridge MineNo. 1 Slope / White Bridge TunnelEasternCarbondaleLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0061,694 225 
White Oak CollierySlope / TunnelEasternBlakely Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00149,580 303 
Williams Breaker CollieryEasternFell Twp.LuzerneJohn Williams003,000 10 
Winton CollierySlope / TunnelEasternBlakely Twp.LuzerneFiler & Livey00137,680 538 

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


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