1882
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Operation NameNumberTypeOpeningDistrictCityCountyCompany NameRailroad Shipments (tons)Railroad to MineTruck Shipments (tons)Total Production (tons)Days WorkedEmployeesNotes
Alden CollieryShaftMiddleNewport Twp. 1LuzerneAlden Coal Co.000 140Digging new shaft, 225 feet of 1,000 probable feet completed.
Archbald CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1099,638231283 
Avondale CollieryShaftMiddlenear PlymouthLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10187,119221376 
Baltimore CollierySlopeMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0069,042242408 
Baltimore Tunnel CollieryTunnelMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0079,940193278 
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 
Bennett CollieryShaftMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneWaddell & Walters0026,226186186 
Black Diamond CollieryShaftMiddleKingston Twp.LuzerneHaddock & Steel0082,946224347 
Boston CollieryShaftMiddlenear KingstonLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0094,341232164January operated by DL&W, Feb-Dec by D&H.
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 
Chauncey CollieryTunnelMiddlenear PlymouthLuzerneT. P. McFarland0023,59323964 
Clear Spring CollieryShaftMiddleWest PittstonLuzerneClear Spring Coal Co.000 19Digging new shaft, 160 feet of 900 probable feet completed.
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 
Conyngham CollieryShaftMiddlenear Wilkes-BarreLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00108,886249242 
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 CollieryShaftMiddlenear Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.00100,645207255 
Diamond-Tripp CollierySlopeEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0067,948231  
Dodge CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10137,515233331 
Dodson CollieryShaftMiddlenear PlymouthLuzernePlymouth Coal Co.00121,477210252 
Dorrance CollieryShaftMiddleWilkes-Barre 1LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.000 30Digging new shaft, 600 feet of probable 1,000 feet completed.
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 
East Boston CollieryShaftMiddlenear KingstonLuzerneW. G. Payne & Co.00115,000205278 
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 
EmpireNo. 2CollieryShaftMiddleWilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.00268,178221696 
Enterprise CollieryShaftMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneAndrew Langdon & Co.00145,456222325 
Erie CollieryShaftEasternGlenwoodLackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.0092,437241217 
Everhart CollierySlopeEasternJenkins Twp.LuzerneThomas Waddell & Co.0044,954257110 
Exeter CollieryShaftMiddleExeterLuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.00111,500171323 
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 
Forty Fort CollieryShaft / TunnelMiddleWyomingLuzerneWyoming Valley Coal Co.00120,477231358 
Franklin CollierySlopeMiddleAshleyLuzerneFranklin Coal Co.00160,305211444 
Fuller CollieryShaftMiddleKingston Twp.LuzerneFuller Coal Co.000 36Digging new shaft, 70 feet of probable 1,000 feet completed.
Gaylord CollieryShaft / SlopeMiddlePlymouthLuzerneGaylord Coal Co.00168,804228852 
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 
Harry E. CollieryShaft / TunnelMiddleKingstonLuzerneWyoming Valley Coal Co.0054,527213230 
HartfordNo. 6CollierySlopesMiddlenear AshleyLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.00216,762231609 
Heidelberg CollieryShaftEasternPittston Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.0055,500231190 
Henry CollieryShaftMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.00123,411220271 
Hillman CollierySlopeMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneHillman Coal Co.0050,000251130 
Hillside CollieryShaftEasternPleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzerneHillside Coal & Iron Co.0058,031241187 
HollenbackNo. 2CollieryShaftMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.00227,929213468 
Hollenback CollierySlope 1MiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneR. S. Poole0013,18223045 
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 
KingstonNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 ShaftMiddleKingstonLuzerneKingston Coal Co.00183,103266268 
KingstonNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 ShaftMiddleKingstonLuzerneKingston Coal Co.00250,106255389 
Lackawanna CollieryShaftEasternBlakelyLackawannaLackawanna Coal Co.000 75No coal mined in 1882.
Laurel Run CollierySlopeMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00140,718248273 
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 
Maltby CollieryShaft 1Middlenear WyomingLuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.0030,55196213 
Marvine CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00149,522231392 
Meadow Brook CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaWilliam Connell & Co.00123,979225281 
Midvale CollierySlopeMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.0052,256200171 
Mill Creek CollierySlopeMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00172,350244342 
Mineral Spring CollierySlopeMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.0080,467204193 
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 
NottinghamNo. 15CollieryShaftMiddlenear PlymouthLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.00334,921218791 
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 
Pettebone CollieryShaftMiddleKingston Twp. 1LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100  New shaft just started. Location may be called Dorrancetown until 1921, however, location from inspection reports are used.
Phoenix CollieryShaftEasternMarcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzernePhoenix Coal Co.0031,417192141 
Pierce CollieryTunnelEasternArchbaldLackawannaPierce Coal Co., Limited00129,706223383 
Pine Brook CollieryShaftEasternScrantonLackawannaLackawanna Iron & Coal Co.0014,223109116 
Pine Ridge CollieryShaftMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00126,422247312 
PlymouthNo. 2CollieryShaftMiddlePlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00213,444243361 
PlymouthNo. 3CollieryShaftMiddlePlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00158,669231354 
PlymouthNo. 4CollieryShaftMiddlePlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00113,342232302 
PlymouthNo. 5CollieryShaftMiddlePlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00189,386241366 
Powderly CollierySlopeEasternCarbondale Twp.LackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000 12Pumping out water.
Prospect CollieryShaftMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.00223,633229480 
Pyne CollieryShaftEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 10181,082231355 
Racket Brook CollieryEasternCarbondale Twp.LackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00157,22524461 
Raubville CollieryShaft / DriftsMiddleLuzerne BoroughLuzerneThomas Waddell0064,100216188 
Red AshNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 SlopeMiddleWilkes-BarreLuzerneRed Ash Coal Co.0097,454232216 
Red AshNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Slope / Tunnel 1MiddleWilkes-Barre Twp.LuzerneRed Ash Coal Co.0069,204195238 
ReynoldsNo. 16CollierySlopeMiddlePlymouthLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.00160,249232355 
Salem CollieryTunnelMiddleSalem Twp.LuzerneSalem Coal Co.0047,450250180 
SCCNo. 1CollierySlopeMiddleNanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.00155,276278578 
SCCNo. 2CollierySlopeMiddleEast NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.00329,616264962 
SCCNo. 3CollieryTunnelMiddleWest NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.00117,066253297 
SCCNo. 5CollieryShaft 1MiddleEmpireLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.00302,212284683 
Schooley CollieryShaftMiddleWyomingLuzerneCowan, Dinniny & Co.000 65Digging new shaft, 170 feet of probable 900 feet completed.
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 
South Wilkes-Barre CollieryShaftMiddleWilkes-Barre 1LuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.000 24Digging new shaft, completed to 704 feet and hoisting coal.
Spring Brook CollieryTunnelEasternLackawanna Twp.LackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.0069,700223237 
StantonNo. 7CollieryMiddleWilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.000 97Breaker not working.
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 
Sugar NotchNo. 10CollierySlopeMiddleSugar NotchLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.0087,802134449 
Sugar NotchNo. 9CollieryShaftMiddleSugar NotchLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.00162,976211527 
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 
Wanamie CollierySlopeMiddleWanamieLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.00133,660197442 
Warrior Run CollierySlopeMiddleWarrior RunLuzerneA. J. Davis0051,811153214 
West End CollieryTunnelMiddleMocanaquaLuzerneWest End Coal Co.0088,711283241 
White Oak CollierySlope / Tunnel 1EasternArchbaldLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.00109,132237258 
Woodward CollieryShaftMiddlePlymouth Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100 20Digging new shaft, 600 feet of probable 1,000 feet completed.
Wyoming CollieryShaftMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneWyoming Valley Coal Co.00222,646242471 

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


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