1881
District Eastern
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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 1079,563 254 
Barnum CollieryShaftEasternMarcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 10173,287 400 
Beaver CollieryShaft / SlopeEasternPittstonLuzerneWaterman & Beaver0016,029 32 
Bellevue CollieryShaft / SlopeEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10165,486 425 
Belmont CollieryDriftsEasternCarbondale Twp.LackawannaButler Coal Co.004,856 101 
Brisbin CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10145,251 312 
Butler CollieryShaft / SlopeEasternPittston Twp.LuzerneButler Coal Co.0063,326 157 
Capouse CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaLackawanna Iron & Coal Co.00276,840 506 
CarbondaleNo. 3CollieryShaftEasternCarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.006,182 234 
CarbondaleNo. 1CollieryShaftEasternCarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0025,923 124 
Cayuga CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10107,014 292 
Central CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10138,769 327 
Central CollieryShaft 1EasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 100 71 
Coal Brook CollieryTunnel 1EasternCarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00220,639 440 
Columbia CollieryTunnelEasternMarcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzerneGrove Brothers0015,605 47 
Continental CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1048,242 250 
DiamondNo. 2CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10181,224 411 
DiamondNo. 2CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1081,402 233 
Dodge CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10140,917 310 
Dunmore Breaker CollieryEasternDunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 100 53 
Dunmore Screens CollieryEasternDunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 100 76 
Eaton CollierySlope / TunnelEasternArchbaldLackawannaJones, Simpson & Co.00108,193 276 
Elk Creek CollieryEasternFell Twp.LackawannaBrennan & Bridget0017,838 37 
Elk Hill CollieryTunnelEasternDickson CityLackawannaElk Hill Coal & Iron Co.0050,107 127 
Erie CollieryShaftEasternGlenwoodLackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.0079,411 239 
Everhart CollierySlopeEasternJenkins Twp.LuzerneThomas Waddell & Co.0056,861 123 
Fair Lawn CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLackawannaFair Lawn Coal Co.0053,056 158 
Fairmount CollieryShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzerneA. Morris & Co.0053,878 157 
Filer CollieryShaft / SlopeEasternWintonLackawannaFiler & Livey0DL&W 10132,720 413 
Forest City CollieryShaft / TunnelEasternClifford Twp.SusquehannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.0019,856 44 
Grassy Island CollieryShaftEasternOlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00142,283 359 
Green Ridge CollierySlopeEasternDunmoreLackawannaGreen Ridge Coal Co., Limited0D&H 10126,831 300 
Greenwood CollieryShaft / Slope / TunnelEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaPennsylvania Anthracite Coal Co.00149,013 410 
Gypsy Grove CollieryNo. 3 ShaftEasternDunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 10113,596 263 
Hampton CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10190,471 397 
Heidelberg CollieryShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.002,000 2 
Hillside CollieryShaftEasternPleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzerneHillside Coal & Iron Co.0062,624 211 
Hyde Park CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10142,670 313 
JermynNo. 1CollieryShaftEasternJermynLackawannaJohn Jermyn00118,481 299 
Jermyn Green Ridge Shaft CollieryShaftEasternGreen RidgeLackawannaJohn Jermyn00181,514214332 
Jermyn Slope CollierySlopeEasternJermynLackawannaJohn Jermyn0034,840 112 
Lackawanna CollieryShaftEasternBlakelyLackawannaLackawanna Coal Co.000 60 
Law CollieryLaw ShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1068,801 148 
Leggetts Creek CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00137,289 362 
Lucas CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaLucas Coal Co.000 50Also known as Calico.
Marvine CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00165,627 328 
Meadow Brook CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaWilliam Connell & Co.00116,431 332 
Mosier CollieryShaftEasternHughestownLuzerneButler Coal Co.0052,200 135 
Mount Pleasant CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLackawannaWilliam T. Smith0DL&W 10123,716 281 
National CollieryNational Shaft / National Slope / Meadow Brook TunnelEasternScrantonLackawannaWilliam Connell & Co.00124,004 332 
OlyphantNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 ShaftEasternOlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00105,239 288 
Oxford CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100 20 
Pancoast CollieryShaft / SlopeEasternDickson CityLackawannaPancoast Coal Co.000 62 
PCCNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 ShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1029,477 68 
PCCNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 TunnelEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1040,878 82 
PCCNo. 10CollieryNo. 10 ShaftEasternHughestownLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 10126,130 311 
PCCNo. 11CollieryNo. 11 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1036,280 82 
PCCNo. 12CollieryNo. 12 ShaftEasternPleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1076,975 150 
PCCNo. 13CollieryNo. 13 ShaftEasternOld Forge Twp.LackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1024,135 59 
PCCNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 ShaftEasternDunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1053,407 111 
PCCNo. 2CollierySlopeEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1049,504 98 
PCCNo. 2CollieryShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 100 71 
PCCNo. 4CollieryNo. 4 SlopeEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1071,962 141 
PCCNo. 4CollieryNo. 4 ShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1090,515 155 
PCCNo. 5CollieryNo. 5 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1071,270 166 
PCCNo. 6CollieryNo. 6 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1056,874 160 
PCCNo. 6CollieryNo. 6 SlopeEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1027,826 65 
PCCNo. 7CollieryNo. 7 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1094,925 160 
PCCNo. 8CollieryNo. 8 ShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1060,686 145 
PCCNo. 9CollieryNo. 9 ShaftEasternHughestownLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1069,323 139 
Phoenix CollieryShaftEasternPittstonLuzerneC. M. Sanderson & Co.0036,112 154 
Pierce CollieryTunnelEasternArchbaldLackawannaPierce Coal Co.00130,000 371 
Pine Brook CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaLackawanna Iron & Coal Co.0013,431 134 
Pyne CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10167,667 338 
Racket Brook CollieryEasternCarbondale Twp.LackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00175,339 78 
Roaring Brook CollierySlopeEasternDunmoreLackawannaRoaring Brook Coal Co.0090,000 169 
School Fund Association CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLackawannaSchool Fund Coal Association0056,700 178Operation name changed to Bridge in 1882 with new owner.
Scranton Mines CollierySlopeEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100 38 
Seneca CollierySlopeEasternPittstonLuzernePittston Coal Co.0054,270 180 
Sibley CollieryShaftEasternOld Forge Twp.LackawannaPennsylvania Anthracite Coal Co.0076,871 204 
Sloan CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10119,126 244 
Spring Brook CollieryTunnelEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.0090,590 248 
Stark CollieryShaftEasternMoosicLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1073,263 168 
Stetler CollieryShaftEasternMarcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzerneS. N. Stetler & Co.000 31 
Taylor CollieryShaft / DriftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W) 10149,358 368 
Throop CollieryShaftEasternDickson CityLackawannaJohn Jermyn000 112 
Tomkins CollieryShaftEasternPittstonLuzerneAlva Tomkins0013,889 78 
Tripp CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0069,017 123 
Twin CollieryShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePittston Coal Co.0033,546 163 
Von Storch CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00237,756 558 
White Oak CollierySlope / Tunnel 1EasternArchbaldLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00123,480 276 

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


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