1885
District 2
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Operation NameNumberTypeOpeningDistrictCityCountyCompany NameRailroad Shipments (tons)Railroad to MineTruck Shipments (tons)Total Production (tons)Days WorkedEmployeesNotes
Bennett CollieryShaft2Plains Twp.LuzerneWaddell & Walters94,350Lehigh & Susquehanna097,538254261 
Bernice CollieryDifts (2)2BerniceSullivanState Line & Sullivan R.R. Co.73,1170119,612198236 
Black Diamond CollieryShaft2Kingston Twp.LuzerneHaddock & Steel92,942Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0104,030151306 
Boston CollieryShaft / Tunnel2Jenkins Twp.LuzerneButler Coal Co.29,634Lehigh & Susquehanna030,131130191 
Butler CollieryShaft / Tunnel2Pittston Twp.LuzerneButler Coal Co.31,411D&H / Lehigh & Susquehanna036,496153141 
Clear Spring CollieryShaft2West PittstonLuzerneClear Spring Coal Co.129,934Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0136,256166334 
Consolidated CollieryShaft / Slope2Pleasant Valley (Avoca)LuzerneHillside Coal & Iron Co.110,161E&WV0111,271210325 
East Boston CollieryShaft2near KingstonLuzerneW. G. Payne & Co.112,871Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0114,191160267 
Elmwood CollieryShaft2Pittston Twp.LuzerneFlorence Coal Co.52,635D&H / LV052,996169202 
Enterprise CollieryShaft2Plains Twp.LuzerneA. Langdon37,049LV040,679100213 
Exeter CollieryShaft2ExeterLuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.14,386LV015,8227336 
Forty Fort CollieryShaft / Tunnel2WyomingLuzerneWyoming Valley Coal Co.109,600Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0118,350248278 
Fuller CollieryShaft2Kingston Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.30,518DL&W 1033,973203183Hunt in pencil on Steamtown DLW map 52858
Hallstead CollieryShaft2Marcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.141,199Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0146,508168443 
Harry E. CollieryDrift2KingstonLuzerneWyoming Valley Coal Co.78,000Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)090,400252301 
Heidelberg CollieryShaft / Slope2Pittston Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.78,605LV079,038200258 
Henry CollieryShaft2Plains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.158,476LV0168,993193386 
Hillman CollierySlope2Plains Twp.LuzerneH. Baker Hillman30,506LV044,80019778 
Hunt CollieryShaft2WyomingLuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.30,518Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)033,973   
Laurel Run CollierySlope2Plains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.111,386Lehigh & Susquehanna0111,386186357 
Law CollieryLaw Shaft 12Pittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.97,499E&WV097,499285232 
Maltby CollieryShaft2near WyomingLuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.0LV00  Did not work in 1885.
Midvale CollierySlope2Plains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.0LV00  Did not work in 1885.
Mill Creek CollierySlope2Plains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.169,212Lehigh & Susquehanna0169,212207374 
Mill Hollow CollieryShaft2Luzerne BoroughLuzerneThomas Waddell60,000Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)068,000   
Mineral Spring CollierySlope2Plains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.56,342LV062,762149238 
Mosier CollieryShaft / Slope2HughestownLuzerneButler Coal Co.77,230LV078,513202239 
Old Forge CollieryShaft2Old Forge Twp.LackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.130,465E&WV0130,465225308 
PCCNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 Tunnel2Pittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0E&WV039,212170110 
PCCNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft2Pittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.215,079E&WV 10215,079215491 
PCCNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 Shaft / No. 8 Shaft2Pittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.97,005E&WV 1097,005176294 
PCCNo. 14CollieryShaft2Jenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.0E&WV00  Not shipping coal yet.
PCCNo. 2CollierySlope2Jenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.44,291E&WV044,291190115 
PCCNo. 4CollieryNo. 4 Shaft2Jenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.59,436E&WV059,436174158 
PCCNo. 4CollieryNo. 4 Shaft2Jenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.57,902E&WV057,902174156 
PCCNo. 5CollieryNo. 5 Shaft / No. 6 Shaft / No. 11 Shaft2Jenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.150,386E&WV 10150,386189428 
PCCNo. 7CollieryNo. 7 Shaft2Jenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.79,021E&WV079,021193172 
PCCNo. 9CollieryNo. 9 Shaft / No. 10 Shaft2HughestownLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.213,390E&WV 10213,390210428 
Pettebone CollieryShaft2Kingston Twp. 1LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100 52Not shipping coal yet.
Pine Ridge CollieryShaft2Plains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.134,707Lehigh & Susquehanna0137,289199383 
Prospect CollieryShaft2Plains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.303,222LV0303,388205620 
Raubville CollieryShaft / Drift2Luzerne BoroughLuzerneThomas Waddell60,000068,000199190 
Schooley CollieryShaft2WyomingLuzerneButler Coal Co.149,581LV0154,871186233 
Twin CollieryShaft2PittstonLuzerneButler Coal Co.19,525LV020,64687143 
Wyoming CollieryShaft2Plains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.174,598LV0181,519168439 

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


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