1884
District Middle
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Operation NameNumberTypeOpeningDistrictCityCountyCompany NameRailroad Shipments (tons)Railroad to MineTruck Shipments (tons)Total Production (tons)Days WorkedEmployeesNotes
Alden CollieryMiddleNewport Twp.LuzerneAlden Coal Co.0LV0151,204181502 
Avondale CollieryShaftMiddlenear PlymouthLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0167,663181420 
Baltimore Shaft CollieryShaftMiddlePlains Twp. 1LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000  Sinking shaft continued but approaching coal at 332 feet.
Baltimore Slope CollierySlopeMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna075,488200216 
Baltimore Tunnel CollieryTunnel 1MiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna0121,686193358 
Bennett CollieryShaftMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneWaddell & Walters0Lehigh & Susquehanna073,693217243 
Black Diamond CollieryShaftMiddleKingston Twp.LuzerneHaddock & Steel0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)093,631162344 
Boston CollieryShaftMiddlenear KingstonLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0D&H / Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0142,890188302 
Chauncey CollieryTunnelMiddlenear PlymouthLuzerneT. P. McFarland0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)018,00319578 
Clear Spring CollieryShaftMiddleWest PittstonLuzerneClear Spring Coal Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0145,750209342 
Conyngham CollieryShaftMiddlenear Wilkes-BarreLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna097,897209269 
Diamond CollieryShaft 1Middlenear Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna0111,696178499 
Dodson CollieryShaft 1Middlenear PlymouthLuzernePlymouth Coal Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0134,178183307 
Dorrance CollieryShaftMiddleWilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.0LV011,743131109 
East Boston CollieryShaftMiddlenear KingstonLuzerneW. G. Payne & Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0117,000154255 
East End CollieryMiddleConyngham Twp.LuzerneWest End Coal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna 1030,838191144 
EmpireNo. 2CollieryShaft 1MiddleWilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna0183,772178767 
Enterprise CollieryShaftMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneA. Langdon0LV086,509119340 
Exeter CollieryShaftMiddleExeterLuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.0LV0134,800198373 
Forty Fort CollieryShaftMiddleWyomingLuzerneWyoming Valley Coal Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)097,970201399 
Franklin CollieryShaftMiddleAshleyLuzerneFranklin Coal Co.0LV0138,260193513 
Fuller CollieryShaftMiddleKingston Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 1040,629 33 
Gaylord CollieryShaft / SlopeMiddlePlymouthLuzerneGaylord Coal Co.0D&H / Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0163,500193413 
Hallstead CollieryShaftMiddleMarcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0177,924   
Harry E. CollieryShaftMiddleKingstonLuzerneWyoming Valley Coal Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)088,963207638 
HartfordNo. 6CollieryMiddlenear AshleyLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna067,580123430 
Henry CollieryShaftMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.0LV0105,699177282 
Hillman CollierySlopeMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneH. Baker Hillman0LV040,00018593 
Hillman Vein CollieryShaftMiddleWilkes-BarreLuzerneHillman Vein Coal Co.0LV042,418183194 
HollenbackNo. 2CollieryShaftMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna0161,692176557 
Hunt CollieryShaftMiddleWyomingLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)040,629   
KingstonNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 Shaft / No. 4 Shaft 1MiddleEdwardsvilleLuzerneKingston Coal Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0183,329201399 
KingstonNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Shaft / No. 3 ShaftMiddleKingstonLuzerneKingston Coal Co.00266,440207638 
LanceNo. 11CollieryShaft 1Middlenear PlymouthLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)087,512173369 
Laurel Run CollierySlopeMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna0109,710196352 
Maffet CollieryShaftMiddleSugar NotchLuzerneHanover Coal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna095,466178324 
Maltby CollieryShaftMiddlenear WyomingLuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.0LV032,218168159 
Midvale CollieryShaftMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.0LV059,808180245 
Mill Creek CollieryShaftMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna0162,762202389Shaft sunk during 1884 and completed.
Mill Hollow CollieryShaftMiddleLuzerne BoroughLuzerneThomas Waddell0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)060,000   
Mineral Spring CollierySlope 1MiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.0LV072,282177224 
Newport CollieryShaftMiddleNewport Twp.LuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.000  Digging new shaft, 494 feet of probable 800 feet completed.
NottinghamNo. 15CollieryShaft 1Middlenear PlymouthLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0342,6881771232 
Parrish CollierySlope 1MiddlePlymouthLuzerneParrish Coal Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)01,4057168 
Pettebone CollieryShaftMiddleKingston Twp. 1LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100  Digging new shaft, 300 feet of probable 1,080 feet completed.
Pine Ridge CollieryShaftMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna0119,224197360 
PlymouthNo. 2CollieryShaftMiddlePlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0D&H / Lehigh & Susquehanna0111,895188332 
PlymouthNo. 3CollieryShaftMiddlePlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0D&H / Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0169,123198425 
PlymouthNo. 4CollieryShaft 1MiddlePlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0D&H / Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0110,693174270 
PlymouthNo. 5CollieryShaftMiddlePlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.0D&H / Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0159,952187383 
Prospect CollieryShaft 1MiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.0LV0206,791189512 
Raubville CollieryShaftMiddleLuzerne BoroughLuzerneThomas Waddell0060,000180239 
Red AshNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 Slope 1MiddleWilkes-Barre Twp.LuzerneRed Ash Coal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna092,831166315 
Red AshNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Slope / Tunnel 1MiddleWilkes-Barre Twp.LuzerneRed Ash Coal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna0104,478166343 
ReynoldsNo. 16CollierySlope 1MiddlePlymouthLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0133,098175517 
Salem CollieryMiddleSalem Twp.LuzerneSalem Coal Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)042,940221197 
SCCNo. 1CollierySlope / Tunnel 1MiddleNanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.0North and West Branch Railroad0199,021299437 
SCCNo. 2CollieryShaft / Slope 1MiddleEast NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.0North and West Branch Railroad0443,2982991170 
SCCNo. 3CollieryTunnelMiddleWest NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0150,372279408Grand Tunnel
SCCNo. 5CollieryShaft 1MiddleEmpireLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.0North and West Branch Railroad0506,630296939 
Schooley CollieryShaftMiddleWyomingLuzerneDininny & Co.0LV083,021241230 
South Wilkes-Barre CollieryShaft 1MiddleWilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.000 34No Breaker. Shaft started April 1884.
StantonNo. 7CollieryShaft 1MiddleWilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna0116,802160578 
Sugar NotchNo. 10CollierySlopeMiddleSugar NotchLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna0119,315166629 
Sugar NotchNo. 9CollieryShaftMiddleSugar NotchLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna0138,271178534 
WanamieNo. 18CollierySlope 1MiddleWanamieLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna0136,313178497 
Warrior Run CollierySlope 1MiddleWarrior RunLuzerneA. J. Davis0LV068,440188237 
West End CollieryMiddleMocanaquaLuzerneWest End Coal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna / North and West Branch Railroad0135,044280277 
Woodward CollieryNo. 1 Shaft / No. 2 ShaftMiddlePlymouth Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100  No. 1 Shaft 851 feet of probable 1,100 feet completed.; No. 2 shaft completed at 1,013 feet.
Wyoming CollieryShaft / SlopeMiddlePlains Twp.LuzerneWyoming Valley Coal Co.0LV0216,098181420 

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


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