1879
All Districts
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Operation NameNumberTypeOpeningDistrictCityCountyCompany NameRailroad Shipments (tons)Railroad to MineTruck Shipments (tons)Total Production (tons)Days WorkedEmployeesNotes
Archbald CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10175,836  Coal from Taylor included.
Audenreid CollieryShaftMiddlenear Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.66,6760070616Merged with Stanton (Healey). Total production not reported.
Avondale CollieryShaftMiddlenear PlymouthLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10188,512266347 
Baltimore Slope CollierySlopeMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.147,2430152,743261256 
Baltimore Tunnel CollieryTunnel 1MiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.168,4130178,633230325 
Barnum CollieryShaftEasternMarcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 100   
Beaver CollierySlopeEasternPittstonLuzerneWaterman & Beaver005,20712422 
Bellevue CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10118,534246311 
Bellevue CollierySlopeEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1089,718246128 
Boston CollieryShaftMiddlenear KingstonLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10113,797201265 
Brisbin CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10149,978254294 
Butler CollieryShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzerneButler Coal Co.0058,897238161 
Capouse CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaLackawanna Iron & Coal Co.00150,260224404 
CarbondaleNo. 3CollieryShaftEasternCarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.003,88754109 
CarbondaleNo. 1CollieryShaft / White Bridge TunnelEasternCarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0012,487284305 
Cayuga CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10138,614258277 
Central CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10198,084286337 
Chauncey CollieryTunnelMiddlenear PlymouthLuzerneMcFarland, Cooper & Co.20,000020,00020069Production numbers are estimates.
Coal Brook CollieryTunnels (5)EasternCarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00174,790180467 
Columbia CollieryTunnelEasternPittston Twp.LuzerneGrove Brothers008,6367745 
Continental CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1090,992153324 
Dawson CollieryShaftEasternPleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1017,08693  
DiamondNo. 2CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10204,371270420 
DiamondNo. 2CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1092,447270253 
Diamond CollieryShaft 1Middlenear Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.155,41000171505Total production not reported.
Dodge CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1017,43435271 
Dodson CollieryShaft 1Middlenear PlymouthLuzernePlymouth Coal Co.44,671046,996206119 
East Boston CollieryShaftMiddlenear KingstonLuzerneWilliam G. Payne & Co.00104,332176283 
Eaton CollieryShaft / Slope / TunnelEasternArchbaldLackawannaJones, Simpson & Co.0061,467218166 
Eddy Creek CollieryShaftEasternOlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00107,544208288 
Elk Hill CollieryTunnel 1EasternDickson CityLackawannaElk Hill Coal & Iron Co.0036,726167118 
Ellenwood CollieryShaftMiddleKingstonLuzerneBroderick & Co.000 30Not in operaton in 1879.
EmpireNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 ShaftMiddleWilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.358,45700259829Total production not reported.
Enterprise CollieryShaftMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneH. C. Roberts & Co.00100,000190266 
Erie CollieryShaftEasternCarbondale Twp.LackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.0076,281190251 
Espy CollieryMiddleHanover Twp.LuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.000  Burned down; being rebuilt.
Everhart CollieryEasternJenkins Twp.LuzerneThomas Waddell & Co.0054,406224138 
Exeter CollieryShaftMiddleExeterLuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.205,00000197471Total production not reported.
Fair Lawn CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLackawannaFair Lawn Coal Co.0015,34274133 
Filer CollieryShaftEasternWintonLackawannaFiler & Livey0DL&W 10118,261210338 
Forest City CollieryShaft / SlopeEasternCarbondaleLackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.0015,01319345 
Forty Fort CollieryShaftMiddleWyomingLuzerneJ. H. Swoyer48,829051,874119249 
Franklin CollierySlopeMiddleAshleyLuzerneFranklin Coal Co.138,4860151,190179424 
Gaylord CollierySlope 1MiddlePlymouthLuzerneGaylord Coal Co.000  Burned down; being rebuilt.
Grassy Island CollieryShaftEasternOlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00147,194211360 
Green Ridge CollierySlopeEasternDunmoreLackawannaGreen Ridge Coal Co.0D&H 10101,941211258 
Greenwood CollierySlope / Tunnel 1EasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaPennsylvania Anthracite Coal Co.00101,481169379 
Gypsy Grove CollieryNo. 3 Shaft / No. 4 ShaftEasternDunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 10106,245263239 
Hampton CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1030,96049323 
HartfordNo. 6CollieryMiddlenear AshleyLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.186,18400192588Total production not reported.
Henry CollieryShaftMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.110,00000200277Total production not reported.
Hillman CollierySlopeMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneH. Baker Hillman0045,000208107 
Hillside CollieryShaft 1EasternPleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzerneHillside Coal & Iron Co.0095,082264255 
HollenbackNo. 2CollierySlopeMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.000  Not in operaton in 1879.
Hutchinson CollieryShaft 1Middlenear KingstonLuzerneCharles Hutchinson00122,670256298 
Hyde Park CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100   
JermynNo. 1CollieryShaftEasternJermynLackawannaJohn Jermyn00110,000228330 
Jermyn Green Ridge Shaft CollieryShaftEasternGreen RidgeLackawannaJohn Jermyn00136,882201300 
Jermyn Slope CollierySlopeEasternJermynLackawannaGlenwood Coal Co.0038,00023092 
JerseyNo. 2CollieryMiddleAshleyLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.000  Burned down; being rebuilt.
KingstonNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 ShaftMiddleKingstonLuzerneKingston Coal Co.154,9180158,349248240 
KingstonNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Shaft 1MiddleKingstonLuzerneKingston Coal Co.268,3160270,473231326 
LanceNo. 11CollieryShaft 1Middlenear PlymouthLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.111,40400172308Total production not reported.
Laurel Run CollierySlopeMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.146,3280115,107235302 
Law CollieryLaw ShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1067,293289138 
Leggetts Creek CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00120,377180303 
Maltby CollieryShaftMiddlenear WyomingLuzerneC. S. Maltby68,471073,684241210 
Marvine CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00183,233238339 
Meadow Brook CollieryShaft 1EasternScrantonLackawannaWilliam Connell & Co.00111,848219254 
Midvale CollieryShaftMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.40,00000175184Total production not reported.
Mill Creek CollierySlope 1MiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.220,8230231,773280445 
Mineral Spring CollierySlope 1MiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.55,00000122225Total production not reported.
Mocanaqua CollieryMiddleShickshinnyLuzerneMocanaqua Coal Co.000  Not in operaton in 1879.
Mount Pleasant CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLackawannaWilliam T. Smith0DL&W 10130,000275276 
National CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaWilliam Connell & Co.00100,419235261 
NottinghamNo. 15CollieryShaft 1Middlenear PlymouthLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.352,02600228853Total production not reported.
Oxford CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100   
PCCNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 ShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1020,77729162 
PCCNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 TunnelEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1052,612290100 
PCCNo. 10CollieryNo. 10 Shaft (new)EasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1037,995290106 
PCCNo. 10CollieryNo. 10 Shaft 14 ft. VeinEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1054,31329088 
PCCNo. 10CollieryNo. 10 Shaft 7 ft. VeinEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1067,731290159 
PCCNo. 11CollieryNo. 11 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1039,966220105 
PCCNo. 12CollieryNo. 12 ShaftEasternPleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1081,318288145 
PCCNo. 13CollieryNo. 13 ShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1021,26228858 
PCCNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 SlopeEasternDunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1046,93226395 
PCCNo. 2CollierySlopeEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1051,60229097 
PCCNo. 4CollieryNo. 4 SlopeEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1086,180293145 
PCCNo. 4CollieryNo. 4 ShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 10110,139282158 
PCCNo. 5CollieryNo. 5 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1082,152290164 
PCCNo. 6CollieryNo. 6 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1066,035290165 
PCCNo. 6CollieryNo. 6 SlopeEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1031,76529172 
PCCNo. 7CollieryNo. 7 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1082,196270157 
PCCNo. 8CollieryNo. 8 ShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1081,771291144 
PCCNo. 9CollieryNo. 9 ShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1063,824286134 
Phoenix CollieryShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzerneJ. B. Hutchison0038,472214130 
Pierce CollierySlopeEasternArchbaldLackawannaPierce Coal Co.00107,080203269 
Pine Brook CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaLackawanna Iron & Coal Co.0095,000181153 
Pine Ridge CollieryShaftMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.88,602093,918164228 
PlymouthNo. 1CollieryShaftMiddlePlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000  Not in operaton in 1879.
PlymouthNo. 2CollieryShaftMiddlePlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.112,9460117,344277352 
PlymouthNo. 3CollieryShaftMiddlePlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000   
PlymouthNo. 4CollieryShaft 1MiddlePlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.110,2710114,126210244 
PlymouthNo. 5CollieryShaftMiddlePlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.141,0990146,359218332 
Pools CollieryMiddleChaunceyLuzerneRobert S. Pool11,450014,24113959 
Prospect CollieryShaft 1MiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.225,00000240539Total production not reported.
Pyne CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10198,570261331 
Racket Brook CollieryEasternCarbondale Twp.LackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00176,78822084 
Ravine CollieryShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePittston Coal Co.000 4 
Red Ash CollieryMiddleWilkes-BarreLuzerneM. B. Williams, Parrish & Co.0024,800124131 
Roaring Brook CollieryShaftEasternDunmoreLackawannaRoaring Brook Coal Co.00134,502234279 
Rock Hill CollieryTunnelEasternPittstonLuzerneBowekley & Son003,7053366 
Salem CollieryTunnel 1MiddleSalem Twp.LuzerneSalem Coal Co.35,400040,000228167 
SCCNo. 1CollierySlope / Tunnel 1MiddleEast NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.00157,617248335 
SCCNo. 2CollieryShaft / Slope 1MiddleEast NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.00344,246247904 
SCCNo. 3CollieryTunnelMiddleWest NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.00105,000192283 
School Fund Association CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLackawannaSchool Fund Coal Association0067,500235194 
Scranton Mines CollierySlopeEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100   
Seneca CollierySlopeEasternPittstonLuzernePittston Coal Co.0059,013204218 
Sibley CollieryShaftEasternOld Forge Twp.LackawannaPennsylvania Anthracite Coal Co.0035,242112237 
Sloan CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10155,638261311 
Spring Brook CollieryTunnel 1EasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.00105,571271234 
Stark CollieryShaftEasternMoosicLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1091,333283224 
Sugar NotchNo. 10CollierySlopeMiddleSugar NotchLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.81,0120087580Total production not reported.
Sugar NotchNo. 9CollieryShaftMiddleSugar NotchLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.110,37800144509Total production not reported.
Taylor CollieryShaft / DriftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W) 10175,836266383 
Tomkins CollieryShaftEasternPittstonLuzerneAlva Tomkins004,4957250 
Tripp CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0088,321270126 
Twin CollieryShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePittston Coal Co.0019,1789369 
Von Storch CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00275,639264537 
Waddell & Walters CollieryDriftMiddleMill Hollow (Luzerne)LuzerneWaddell & T. F. Walters29,066029,79113495 
WanamieNo. 1CollierySlope 1MiddleWanamieLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.000  Not in operaton in 1879.
WanamieNo. 2CollierySlope 1MiddleWanamieLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.165,77000221394Total production not reported.
Warrior Run CollierySlope 1MiddleWarrior RunLuzerneA. J. Davis & Co.55,077061,152110268 
Washington CollierySlope 1Middlenear PlymouthLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.184,98100265343Total production not reported.
White Oak CollierySlope / Tunnel 1EasternArchbaldLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00144,170251337 
Wyoming CollieryShaft / SlopeMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneJ. H. Swoyer147,2220158,337201393 
Young CollieryMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000  Not in operaton in 1879.

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


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