1886
District 3
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Operation NameNumberTypeOpeningDistrictCityCountyCompany NameRailroad Shipments (tons)Railroad to MineTruck Shipments (tons)Total Production (tons)Days WorkedEmployeesNotes
Alden Colliery3Newport Twp.LuzerneAlden Coal Co.193,248LV0199,909221583 
Avondale CollieryShaft 13Plymouth Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.148,830Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0172,011188420 
Baltimore Slope CollierySlope / Shaft3Wilkes-BarreLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.61,070Lehigh & Susquehanna061,070184199 
Baltimore Tunnel CollieryTunnel 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.108,701Lehigh & Susquehanna0110,942191346 
Boston Colliery3Plymouth Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.126,516D&H / Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0126,516173328 
Chauncey CollierySlope 13Plymouth Twp.LuzerneT. P. McFarland15,228Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)015,62816266 
Conyngham CollieryShaft 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.89,292Lehigh & Susquehanna091,308181260 
Diamond CollieryShaft 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.136,606Lehigh & Susquehanna0136,606186450 
Dodson CollieryShaft 13Plymouth Twp.LuzernePlymouth Coal Co.136,855Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0149,189161851 
Dorrance CollieryShaft 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.33,128LV042,904222132 
East End Colliery3Conyngham Twp.LuzerneWest End Coal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna 100  Did not work in 1886.
EmpireNo. 2CollieryShaft 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.255,640Lehigh & Susquehanna0258,321187729 
Franklin CollierySlopes3Wilkes-BarreLuzerneFranklin Coal Co.115,292LV0128,335186471 
Gaylord CollierySlope / Shaft3PlymouthLuzerneKingston Coal Co.173,012D&H / Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0179,356173477 
HartfordNo. 6Colliery3AshleyLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.141,307Lehigh & Susquehanna0145,172189504 
Hillman Vein CollieryShaft 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneHillman Vein Coal Co.25,084LV040,470146146 
HollenbackNo. 2Colliery3Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.190,755Lehigh & Susquehanna0207,881191627 
KingstonNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 Shaft / No. 4 Shaft3EdwardsvilleLuzerneKingston Coal Co.205,779Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0217,629232416 
KingstonNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Shaft / No. 3 Shaft3EdwardsvilleLuzerneKingston Coal Co.883,7960841,557231771 
LanceNo. 11CollieryShaft 13PlymouthLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.172,756Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0182,452189318 
Maffet Colliery3Sugar NotchLuzerneHanover Coal Co.119,643Lehigh & Susquehanna0120,618164329 
NewportNo. 6CollieryNewport Shaft / Newport Slope / Newport Tunnel3Glen LyonLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.0North and West Branch Railroad0547,677299941 
NottinghamNo. 15CollieryShaft 13PlymouthLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.436,921Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0444,5191851073 
Parrish CollierySlope 13PlymouthLuzerneParrish Coal Co.205,101Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0209,053279448 
PlymouthNo. 2CollieryShaft3PlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.115,236D&H / Lehigh & Susquehanna0115,236184391 
PlymouthNo. 3CollieryShaft3PlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.164,838D&H / Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0166,982192432 
PlymouthNo. 4CollieryShaft3PlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.124,099D&H / Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0124,099177376 
PlymouthNo. 5CollieryShaft3PlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.166,086D&H / Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0168,691186420 
Red AshNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 Slope 13Wilkes-Barre Twp.LuzerneRed Ash Coal Co.115,820Lehigh & Susquehanna0115,820163318 
Red AshNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Slope / Tunnel 13Wilkes-Barre Twp.LuzerneRed Ash Coal Co.129,781Lehigh & Susquehanna0131,957162350 
ReynoldsNo. 16CollierySlope 13PlymouthLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.141,947Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0142,994185515 
Salem Colliery3Salem Twp.LuzerneSalem Coal Co.10,491Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)013,88214169 
SCCNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 Slope / No. 1 Tunnel / No. 4 Tunnel3NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.0North and West Branch Railroad0219,160283402 
SCCNo. 2CollieryNo. 1 Shaft / Deep Shaft / No. 2 Slope3NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.0North and West Branch Railroad0504,4402901548 
SCCNo. 3CollieryNo. 3 Slope or Grand Tunnel3West NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.0Lackawanna & Bloomsburg (DL&W)0146,388228360 
SCCNo. 5CollieryNo. 2 Shaft / No. 4 Slope3NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.0North and West Branch Railroad0214,1942931117 
South Wilkes-Barre CollieryShaft 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.000 38 
StantonNo. 7CollieryShaft 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.212,926Lehigh & Susquehanna0217,954181603 
Sugar NotchNo. 10CollierySlope3Sugar NotchLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.0Lehigh & Susquehanna00 28Not in operation in 1886.
Sugar NotchNo. 9CollieryShaft3Sugar NotchLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.164,413Lehigh & Susquehanna0166,732186592 
WanamieNo. 18CollierySlope 13Newport Twp.LuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.138,022Lehigh & Susquehanna0139,735188484 
Warrior Run CollierySlope 13Warrior RunLuzerneA. J. Davis63,564LV076,774154248 
West End Colliery3MocanaquaLuzerneWest End Coal Co.128,732Lehigh & Susquehanna / North and West Branch Railroad0141,196264343 
Woodward CollieryNo. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft3Plymouth Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100 46No Breaker.

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


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