1882
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 1099,638231283 
BarnumNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 Shaft 14 ft. VeinEasternMarcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1080,433255142 
BarnumNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 Shaft 7 ft. VeinEasternMarcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1088,798255149 
BarnumNo. 2Colliery7 ft & 14ft. VeinsEasternMarcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1081,178255145 
Beaver CollieryShaft / SlopeEasternPittstonLuzerneWaterman & Beaver0019,58726230 
Bellevue CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1082,555229  
Bellevue CollierySlopeEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1078,174229406 
Belmont CollieryDriftsEasternCarbondale Twp.LackawannaCowen & Deninney0056,671267207 
Bridge CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLackawannaBridge Coal Co.0068,585232240Formerly operated by the School Fund Coal Association.
Brisbin CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10122,374221304 
Butler CollieryShaft / SlopeEasternPittston Twp.LuzerneButler Coal Co.0056,000245180 
Capouse CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaLackawanna Iron & Coal Co.00326,340242569 
Carbon Hill CollieryShaftEasternOld Forge Twp.LackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.000 6Has been filled with water; being pumped out.
CarbondaleNo. 3CollieryShaftEasternCarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.004,572233120 
CarbondaleNo. 1CollieryShaftEasternCarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0033,631239274 
Cayuga CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10109,923224295 
Central CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10172,110240368 
Coal Brook CollieryTunnel 1EasternCarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00187,900239419 
Columbia CollieryTunnelEasternMarcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzerneGrove Brothers0025,82520349 
Continental CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10149,878239322 
DiamondNo. 2CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1074,439222296 
DiamondNo. 2CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1078,535210140 
DiamondNo. 2CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1071,013231362 
Diamond-Tripp CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0067,948231  
Dodge CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10137,515233331 
Dunmore Breaker CollieryEasternDunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 100 54 
Dunmore Screens CollieryEasternDunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 100 64 
Eagle CollieryShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzerneNorthern Coal Co.004,2196077 
Eaton CollierySlope / TunnelEasternArchbaldLackawannaJones, Simpson & Co.00102,911247266 
Eddy Creek CollieryShaftEasternOlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 7 
Elk Creek CollieryEasternFell Twp.LackawannaBrennan & Bridget007881047 
Elk Hill CollieryTunnelEasternDickson CityLackawannaElk Hill Coal & Iron Co.0055,963 140 
Erie CollieryShaftEasternGlenwoodLackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.0092,437241217 
Everhart CollierySlopeEasternJenkins Twp.LuzerneThomas Waddell & Co.0044,954257110 
Fair Lawn CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLackawannaFair Lawn Coal Co.0038,633204144 
Fairmount CollieryShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzerneA. Morris & Co.0057,968242169 
Filer CollieryShaftEasternWintonLackawannaFiler & Livey0DL&W 1058,348 219 
Filer CollierySlopeEasternWintonLackawannaFiler & Livey0DL&W 1029,070 122 
Forest City CollieryShaft / TunnelEasternClifford Twp.SusquehannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.0014,46520242 
Grassy Island CollieryShaftEasternOlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00119,612236318 
Green Ridge CollierySlopeEasternDunmoreLackawannaO. S. Johnson & Co.00151,511249347 
Greenwood CollieryShaft / Slope / TunnelEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaPennsylvania Anthracite Coal Co.00140,023224354 
Hampton CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10172,282235411 
Heidelberg CollieryShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.0055,500231190 
Hillside CollieryShaftEasternPleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzerneHillside Coal & Iron Co.0058,031241187 
Hyde Park CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10118,950223322 
JermynNo. 1CollieryShaftEasternJermynLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00115,953229267 
JermynNo. 3CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0D&H 1091,158119352 
JermynNo. 3CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1091,500120352 
Jermyn Slope CollierySlopeEasternJermynLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0057,701185142Jermyn No. 2
Keystone CollieryTunnelEasternGlenwoodLackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.00663339 
Lackawanna CollieryShaftEasternBlakelyLackawannaLackawanna Coal Co.000 75No coal mined in 1882.
Law CollieryLaw ShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1058,733221152 
Leggetts Creek CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00154,398235379 
Lucas CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaLucas Coal Co., Limited001,500 54 
Marvine CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00149,522231392 
Meadow Brook CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaWilliam Connell & Co.00123,979225281 
Mosier CollieryShaftEasternHughestownLuzerneButler Coal Co.0067,985252179 
Mount Pleasant CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLackawannaWilliam T. Smith0DL&W 10126,926244268 
National CollieryNational Shaft / National Slope / Meadow Brook TunnelEasternScrantonLackawannaWilliam Connell & Co.00121,682233321 
OlyphantNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 ShaftEasternOlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0093,264238201 
Oxford CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100 44 
Pancoast CollieryShaft / SlopeEasternDickson CityLackawannaPancoast Coal Co.0063,707222256 
PCCNo. 3CollieryShaftEasternDunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1029,084 286 
PCCNo. 4CollieryShaftEasternDunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1088,578247  
PCCNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 ShaftEasternPittston Twp. 1LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1031,16325769 
PCCNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 TunnelEasternPittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1039,00825599 
PCCNo. 10CollieryNo. 10 Shaft 14 ft. VeinEasternHughestownLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1013,21225480 
PCCNo. 10CollieryNo. 10 Shaft 7 ft. VeinEasternHughestownLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1024,018254  
PCCNo. 10CollieryNo. 10 Shaft Marcy VeinEasternHughestownLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1087,876254216 
PCCNo. 11CollieryNo. 11 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1029,53025481 
PCCNo. 12CollieryNo. 12 ShaftEasternPleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1056,805208138 
PCCNo. 13CollieryNo. 13 ShaftEasternOld Forge Twp.LackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1016,11322165 
PCCNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 ShaftEasternDunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1055,701252126 
PCCNo. 2CollierySlopeEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1049,43525598 
PCCNo. 2CollieryShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 100 59Prepares coal for mines having no breaker.
PCCNo. 4CollieryNo. 4 SlopeEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1066,155255151 
PCCNo. 4CollieryNo. 4 ShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1077,771255158 
PCCNo. 5CollieryNo. 5 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1070,776255177 
PCCNo. 6CollieryNo. 6 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1057,930254162 
PCCNo. 6CollieryNo. 6 SlopeEasternHughestownLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1028,05625764 
PCCNo. 7CollieryNo. 7 ShaftEasternJenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1077,840224161 
PCCNo. 8CollieryNo. 8 ShaftEasternHughestownLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1066,855257145 
PCCNo. 9CollieryNo. 9 ShaftEasternHughestownLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1081,712254156 
Phoenix CollieryShaftEasternMarcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzernePhoenix Coal Co.0031,417192141 
Pierce CollieryTunnelEasternArchbaldLackawannaPierce Coal Co., Limited00129,706223383 
Pine Brook CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaLackawanna Iron & Coal Co.0014,223109116 
Powderly CollierySlopeEasternCarbondale Twp.LackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 12Pumping out water.
Pyne CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10181,082231355 
Racket Brook CollieryEasternCarbondale Twp.LackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00157,22524461 
Scranton Mines CollierySlopeEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1036,193176201 
Seneca CollierySlopeEasternPittstonLuzernePittston Coal Co.0021,973104199 
Sibley CollieryShaftEasternOld Forge Twp.LackawannaPennsylvania Anthracite Coal Co.0076,420210178 
Sloan CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10100,243212243 
Spring Brook CollieryTunnelEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.0069,700223237 
Stark CollieryShaftEasternMoosicLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.0PCC Gravity 1076,521256170 
Stetler CollieryShaftEasternMarcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzerneS. N. Stetler & Co.0035,125114242 
Storrs CollieryShaftEasternDickson CityLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100 24 
Taylor CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W) 10153,846236374 
Throop CollieryShaftEasternDickson CityLackawannaJohn Jermyn008,3903994This is probably the same operation as Jermyn No. 4 in 1883.
Tomkins CollieryShaftEasternPittstonLuzerneAlva Tomkins001,50035104 
Twin CollieryShaftEasternPittstonLuzernePittston Coal Co.0049,500239199 
Von Storch CollieryShaft / Slope 1EasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00231,595235556 
White Oak CollierySlope / Tunnel 1EasternArchbaldLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00109,132237258 

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


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