1885
District 1
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Operation NameNumberTypeOpeningDistrictCityCountyCompany NameRailroad Shipments (tons)Railroad to MineTruck Shipments (tons)Total Production (tons)Days WorkedEmployeesNotes
Archbald CollieryShaft1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.29,262DL&W033,080444324Days reported worked exceed 365.
Bellevue CollieryShaft1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.119,980Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0124,680130444 
Blanchard CollieryDrift1Fell Twp.LackawannaNorth-Western Coal Co.11,622New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad012,17091116Simpson
Bridge CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaBridge Coal Co., Limited60,924D&H / Lehigh & Susquehanna075,539240247 
Brisbin CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.148,217DL&W0158,245169353 
Capouse CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaLackawanna Iron & Coal Co.359,130DL&W0371,707214634 
CarbondaleNo. 3CollieryShaft1CarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.2,584D&H Canal06,65330146 
CarbondaleNo. 1CollieryShaft / Tunnel1CarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.33,322D&H Canal034,462204295 
Cayuga CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.164,397DL&W0169,919184362 
Central CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.213,010DL&W0227,848182469 
Church CollieryDrift1ScrantonLackawannaChurch Coal Co., Limited4,953D&H014,00020030 
Coal Brook CollieryTunnel / Drift1CarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.225,333D&H Canal0228,549210655 
Continental CollieryShaft1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.182,169DL&W0189,345182387 
DiamondNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Shaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.205,458DL&W0223,813179301 
Diamond-Tripp CollieryTripp Shaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W00179276Reported with Diamond No. 2 Breaker.
Dickson CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.107,365D&H Canal0108,895   
Dixon CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.107,3640108,894198385 
Dodge CollieryShaft1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.145,978Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0151,443182339 
Dolph CollieryTunnel1WintonLackawannaDolph Coal Co., Limited23,731DL&W023,909134174 
Dunmore Breaker Colliery1DunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.93,712E&WV094,07021252 
Dunmore Screens Colliery1DunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.90,189E&WV090,62618664 
Dunn CollieryShaft / Slope1Old Forge Twp.LackawannaPennsylvania Anthracite Coal Co.87,584Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)088,296169286 
Eaton CollieryDrift1Blakely Twp.LackawannaJones, Simpson & Co.86,630D&H Canal086,790194294 
Eddy Creek CollieryShaft1OlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.124,512D&H Canal0135,193208443 
Edgerton CollieryDrift1ArchbaldLackawannaEdgerton Coal Co., Limited73,523D&H Canal075,126166207 
Erie CollieryShaft1GlenwoodLackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.113,642D&H Canal0114,953202348 
Fair Lawn CollierySlope1ScrantonLackawannaFair Lawn Coal Co., Limited44,945DL&W046,146134191 
Filer CollierySlope1WintonLackawannaGriffiths, Thomas & Co.46,717DL&W047,575160197 
Forest City CollieryShaft / Slope 11Clifford Twp.SusquehannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.83,163New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad084,459171216 
Glendale CollieryDrift1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaGlendale Coal Co.39,549Lehigh & Susquehanna040,260164149 
Grassy Island CollieryShaft1OlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.124,435D&H Canal0134,832210353 
Grassy Island CollieryShaft / Tunnel1WintonLackawannaGrassy Island Coal Co., Limited106,132D&H Canal0109,096177344 
Green Ridge CollierySlope1DunmoreLackawannaO. S. Johnson & Co.130,0450135,749203393 
Greenwood CollieryShaft / Slope1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaPennsylvania Anthracite Coal Co.120,197D&H / Lehigh & Susquehanna0121,685165488 
Gypsy Grove CollieryNo. 3 Shaft1DunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.115,544E&WV0124,158   
Holden CollieryShaft1TaylorsvilleLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.29,280Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)030,75976210 
Hyde Park CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.177,156DL&W0182,260181380 
JermynNo. 1CollieryShaft1JermynLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.122,938D&H Canal0140,367202330 
JermynNo. 4CollieryShaft1PricevilleLackawannaJohn Jermyn126,944DL&W0127,907170375 
Jermyn Slope CollierySlope1JermynLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.28,899D&H Canal031,56116469Jermyn No. 2
Keystone CollieryDrift1GlenwoodLackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.61,183D&H Canal061,183186190 
Lackawanna CollieryShaft1BlakelyLackawannaLackawanna Coal Co.122,250DL&W0123,645166339 
Leggetts Creek CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.147,460D&H Canal0158,415182415 
Manville CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.180,533DL&W0192,176190403Manville Colliery is worked every alternate month by the DL&W and D&H.
Marvine CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.172,910D&H Canal0185,430206417 
Meadow Brook CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaWilliam Connell & Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)00193322 
Meadow Brook CollieryTunnel1ScrantonLackawannaWilliam Connell & Co.112,117Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0131,308 75Coal prepared at National Breaker.
Mount Pleasant CollierySlope1ScrantonLackawannaWilliam T. Smith114,636DL&W0123,636184314 
National CollieryShaft / Slope1ScrantonLackawannaWilliam Connell & Co.106,522Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0106,522172293 
OlyphantNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Shaft1OlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.507D&H Canal08,0901300 
Oxford CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.15,134Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)019,51032271 
Pancoast CollieryShaft1Dickson CityLackawannaPancoast Coal Co., Limited129,288DL&W0142,118208405 
PCCNo. 3CollieryShaft1DunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.115,544E&WV 10124,158197304Gypsy Grove
PCCNo. 13CollieryNo. 13 Shaft1Old Forge Twp.LackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.93,869E&WV 1093,869235173 
PCCNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Shaft1DunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.26,763E&WV045,490185115 
PCCNo. 5CollieryShaft1DunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.71,174E&WV079,471164227 
Pierce CollieryTunnel1Blakely Twp.LackawannaPierce Coal Co., Limited90,357DL&W092,007145292 
Pine Brook CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaLackawanna Iron & Coal Co.0DL&W00 15No coal mined in 1885.
Powderly CollierySlope1Carbondale Twp.LackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.50,147D&H Canal054,842170213 
Pyne CollieryShaft / Slope1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.166,366Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0172,099182364 
Racket Brook Colliery1Carbondale Twp.LackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.188,410D&H Canal0190,60124077 
Richmond CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaElk Hill Coal & Iron Co.34,316DL&W034,916156125 
Sibley CollieryShaft / Slope1Old Forge Twp.LackawannaElliott, McClure & Co.69,944Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)079,646192220 
Sloan CollieryShaft / Slope1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.172,770DL&W0180,005182404 
Spencer CollieryShaft1DunmoreLackawannaA. D. & F. M. Spencer87,896NYS&W 1095,096155267 
Spring Brook CollieryDrift1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaWilliam E. Colbourn32,522D&H Canal033,076141118 
Storrs CollieryShaft1Dickson CityLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100 8No coal shipped in 1885.
Taylor CollieryShaft / Drift1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.143,549Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0150,602184438 
Von Storch CollieryShaft / Slope1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.220,525D&H Canal0241,537207592 
White Oak CollierySlope / Tunnel1ArchbaldLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.97,913D&H Canal0103,321211290 

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


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