1888
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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.304,2860313,456270744 
Archbald CollieryShaft1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.189,060DL&W 10197,425207471 
Avondale CollieryShaft 13Plymouth Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.184,446DL&W 10191,502226446 
Baltimore CollierySlope / Shaft3Wilkes-BarreLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.103,5060103,506234256 
Baltimore Tunnel CollieryTunnel 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.141,8210144,186242348 
Barnum CollieryNos. 1 & 2 Shafts2Marcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.190,701E&WV 10190,701213466 
Bellevue CollieryShaft / Slope1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.180,761DL&W 10195,336193476 
Belmont CollieryTunnel1CarbondaleLackawannaA. Langdon49,748051,687195188 
Bennett CollieryShaft2Plains Twp.LuzerneWaddell & Walters107,5580114,303267219 
Bernice CollieryDift2BerniceSullivanState Line & Sullivan R.R. Co.81,238084,080220273 
Black Diamond CollieryShaft2Kingston Twp.LuzerneJohn C. Haddock120,319DL&W 10135,169180287 
Boston CollierySlope2Jenkins Twp.LuzerneNelson Cowan53,653055,615222205 
Boston Colliery3Plymouth Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.199,6420202,923228320 
Brennan CollieryTunnel1Fell Twp.LackawannaFrisbie & Co.15,992016,43221948 
Bridge CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaBridge Coal Co., Limited18,692033,323119188 
Brisbin CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.192,688DL&W 10205,952221428 
Buffalo Tunnel CollieryTunnel1Fell Twp.LackawannaA. J. Hoole & Co.21,189023,77419781 
Butler CollieryShaft2Pittston Twp.LuzerneS. B. Bennett51,895055,001257208 
Capouse CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaLackawanna Iron & Coal Co.328,236DL&W 10335,53622064 
CarbondaleNo. 3CollieryShaft1CarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.10,362015,067222147 
CarbondaleNo. 1CollieryShaft1CarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.47,566050,696244268 
Cayuga CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.180,551DL&W 10194,458214436 
Central CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.255,126DL&W 10278,682214516 
Central MineNo. 13 Shaft2Old Forge Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.85,738E&WV 1085,738212296 
Central MineLaws Shaft2Pittston Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.90,179E&WV 1090,179212224 
Church CollieryTunnel1ScrantonLackawannaChurch Coal Co., Limited4,836016,49615028 
Clark CollieryTunnel1ScrantonLackawannaJames Flynn006,76916014 
Clear Spring CollieryShaft2West PittstonLuzerneClear Spring Coal Co.165,8040180,625224367 
Clifford CollieryShaft / Slope1Forest CitySusquehannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.002,328 159 
Clinton CollierySlope / Tunnels1Fell Twp.LackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000  Commenced to open mines in December 1888.
Coal Brook CollieryTunnel1CarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.291,0680294,240265682 
Columbia CollieryShaft / Tunnel2Marcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzerneOld Forge Coal Co., Limited184,4250187,365214300 
Consolidated CollieryShaft / Slope2AvocaLuzerneHillside Coal & Iron Co.140,3320142,454209480 
Continental CollieryShaft1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.245,383DL&W 10253,334216477 
Conyngham CollieryShaft 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.101,9020105,537208284 
Delaware CollieryShaft2Plains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.58,106059,608118254 
DiamondNo. 2CollieryDiamond No. 2 Shaft / Trip Shaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.226,790DL&W 10248,478197399 
Diamond CollieryShaft 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.82,358082,916199191 
Dickson CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.257,7620270,205241420 
Dodge CollieryShaft1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.159,221DL&W 10167,260207333 
Dodson CollieryShaft 13Plymouth Twp.LuzernePlymouth Coal Co.134,961DL&W 10150,140136413 
Dolph CollieryTunnel1WintonLackawannaDolph Coal Co., Limited66,631069,759192228 
Dorrance CollieryShaft 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.67,971LV 1073,094225171 
Dunn CollieryShaft2Old Forge Twp.LackawannaPennsylvania Anthracite Coal Co.63,808063,822121408Breaker burned July 17, 1888 (NY Times).
East Boston CollieryShaft2Kingston Twp.LuzerneW. G. Payne & Co.173,879DL&W 10175,861217416 
Eaton CollieryShaft / Tunnel1ArchbaldLackawannaJones, Simpson & Co.118,5870125,195289340 
Eddy Creek CollieryShaft1OlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.163,4490173,88825444 
Edgerton CollieryTunnel1ArchbaldLackawannaEdgerton Coal Co., Limited139,4810143,098203305 
Elmwood CollieryShaft2Pittston Twp.LuzerneFlorence Coal Co.156,0210164,494250336 
EmpireNo. 2CollieryShaft 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.293,4710296,330214784 
Enterprise CollieryShaft / Slope2Plains Twp.LuzerneA. Langdon130,5200137,917239404 
Erie CollieryShaft1MayfieldLackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.164,6710182,068264482 
Ewen MineNo. 1 Shaft2HughestownLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.65,059E&WV 1065,059225151 
Ewen MineNo. 8 Shaft2HughestownLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.56,382E&WV 1056,382224157 
Ewen MineNo. 4 Slope2Jenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.66,576E&WV 1066,576224175 
Ewen MineNo. 7 Shaft2Jenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.84,414E&WV 1084,414227194 
Exeter CollieryShaft2ExeterLuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.128,228LV 10128,228215334 
Fair Lawn CollierySlope1ScrantonLackawannaFair Lawn Coal Co., Limited37,381045,486177177 
Fairmount CollieryShaft2Pittston Twp.LuzerneH. W. Harris & Co.28,000038,208151186 
Filer CollierySlope1WintonLackawannaMount Jessup Coal Co., Ltd.63,290DL&W 1073,016252238Name changed to Mount Jessup this year.
Forest City CollieryShaft / Slope1Forest CitySusquehannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.197,6650211,267270432 
Forty Fort CollieryShaft2Kingston Twp.LuzerneWyoming Valley Coal Co.94,0210107,712219219 
Franklin CollierySlopes3Wilkes-BarreLuzerneFranklin Coal Co.143,080LV 10155,025243540 
Gaylord CollierySlope / Shaft3PlymouthLuzerneKingston Coal Co.294,4210303,319209686 
Glenwood CollieryShaft1Mayville BoroughLackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.107,3620112,996206373 
Grassy Island CollieryShaft / Tunnel1WintonLackawannaA. Langdon75,227090,538200375 
Grassy Island CollieryShaft1OlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.169,2680188,132252387 
Green Ridge CollierySlope1DunmoreLackawannaO. S. Johnson & Co.104,8750115,258272266 
Greenwood CollieryShaft / Slope2Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaPennsylvania Anthracite Coal Co.96,7310104,378183444 
Gypsy GroveNo. 3CollieryNo. 3 Shaft1DunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.63,444E&WV 1066,120294175 
Gypsy GroveNo. 4CollieryNo. 4 Shaft1DunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.65,756E&WV 1066,157249166 
Hallstead CollieryShaft2Marcy Twp. (Duryea)LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.194,024DL&W 10207,835212560 
Hampton CollieryShaft1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.139,992DL&W 10146,302159450 
Harry E. CollieryShaft2Kingston Twp.LuzerneWyoming Valley Coal Co.127,1020138,783200361 
Heidelberg CollieryShaft / Slope2Pittston Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.71,500LV 1071,500191340 
Henry CollieryShaft2Plains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.174,383LV 10185,485213371 
Hillman CollierySlope2Plains Twp.LuzerneH. Baker Hillman46,786LV 1049,883228119 
Hillman Vein CollieryShaft 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneHillman Vein Coal Co.98,5420118,097204329 
Holden CollieryShaft1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.172,199DL&W 10181,315208311 
HollenbackNo. 2Colliery3Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.264,4830285,900223578 
Hunt CollieryShaft2Kingston Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.42,990DL&W 1059,551194194 
Hyde Park CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.143,688DL&W 10149,851220335 
JermynNo. 1CollieryShaft1JermynLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.200,0410219,770253482 
JermynNo. 4CollieryShaft1PriceburgLackawannaJohn Jermyn179,4640198,021252557 
JerseyNo. 8Colliery3AshleyLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.127,8720133,579215468 
Keystone CollieryTunnel1MayfieldLackawannaHillside Coal & Iron Co.141,5380144,294267319 
Keystone CollierySlope / Tunnel2Plains Twp.LuzerneKeystone Coal Co.118,4690119,018250336 
KingstonNo. 1CollieryShaft3EdwardsvilleLuzerneKingston Coal Co.226,7030243,860239390 
KingstonNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Shaft / No. 3 Shaft3EdwardsvilleLuzerneKingston Coal Co.344,4440352,444232772 
KingstonNo. 4CollieryNo. 4 Shaft3EdwardsvilleLuzerneKingston Coal Co.103,0230105,522215297 
Lackawanna CollieryShaft1BlakelyLackawannaLackawanna Coal Co., Limited211,2050222,650252470 
LanceNo. 11CollieryShaft 13PlymouthLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.209,6200211,351216626 
Laurel Run CollierySlope2ParsonsLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.155,5840155,584253333 
Leggetts Creek CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.160,7020173,126222428 
Maffet Colliery3Sugar NotchLuzerneHanover Coal Co.152,3390153,638233332 
Maltby CollieryShaft2Kingston Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.1,743LV 101,92512179 
Manville CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.106,374D&H 10113,806125 Manville Colliery is worked every alternate month by the DL&W and D&H.
Manville CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.95,293DL&W 10102,479180430Manville Colliery is worked every alternate month by the DL&W and D&H.
Marshwood CollierySlope / Tunnel1Dickson CityLackawannaMoosic Mountain Coal Co.22,586028,446120170 
Marvine CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.190,7880203,569254412 
Meadow Brook CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaWilliam Connell & Co.332,9700256,649231337 
Meadow Brook CollieryMeadow Brook Tunnel / National Shaft / National Slope1ScrantonLackawannaWilliam Connell & Co.71,782072,19423491 
Mill Creek CollierySlope2Plains Twp.LuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.128,6990128,699228214 
Mill Hollow CollieryShaft2Luzerne BoroughLuzerneThomas Waddell60,840065,158201234 
Mineral Spring CollieryMineral Spring Slope / Coal Brook Slope2ParsonsLuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.61,613LV 1066,329192230 
Mosier CollieryShaft / Slope2HughestownLuzerneButler Coal Co.92,100094,541249212 
Mount Pleasant CollierySlope1ScrantonLackawannaWilliam T. Smith123,967DL&W 10150,345228396 
National CollieryShaft / Slope1ScrantonLackawannaWilliam Connell & Co.112,515DL&W 10125,334234259 
Newport Colliery3Newport Twp.LuzerneNewport Coal Co.000 109Idle.
NottinghamNo. 15CollieryShaft 13PlymouthLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.521,5210529,3922171099 
Old Forge CollieryShaft2Old Forge Twp.LackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.148,554E&WV 10148,554210366 
OlyphantNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Shaft1OlyphantLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.137,8180146,269250336 
Oxford CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.149,645DL&W 10159,230215402 
Pancoast CollieryShaft1Dickson CityLackawannaPancoast Coal Co., Limited176,291DL&W 10188,161225608 
Parrish CollierySlope 13PlymouthLuzerneParrish Coal Co.345,720DL&W 10349,894247628 
PCCNo. 1CollieryShaft1DunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.10,222E&WV 1011,72228260 
PCCNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Shaft1DunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.21,453E&WV 1021,69018141 
PCCNo. 5CollieryShaft1DunmoreLackawannaPennsylvania Coal Co.142,714E&WV 10145,322274343 
PCCNo. 10MineNo. 10 Shaft / No. 10 Jr. Shaft / Abbott's Slope2HughestownLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.110,451Erie 10110,451204857 
PCCNo. 10MineNo. 9 Shaft2HughestownLuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.49,801Erie 1049,801140140 
PCCNo. 14CollieryShaft / Slope2Jenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.146,946E&WV 10146,946219355 
PCCNo. 6MineNo. 11 Shaft2Jenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.28,942E&WV 1028,94222196 
PCCNo. 6MineNo. 5 Shaft2Jenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.62,324E&WV 1062,324219166 
PCCNo. 6MineNo. 6 Shaft2Jenkins Twp.LuzernePennsylvania Coal Co.65,850E&WV 1065,850219162 
Pettebone CollieryShaft2Kingston Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 100 54 
Pierce CollieryTunnel1ArchbaldLackawannaJones, Simpson & Co.115,002DL&W 10120,402146350 
Pine Brook CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaLackawanna Iron & Coal Co.260,938DL&W 10280,639303521 
Pine Ridge CollieryShaft2Miners MillsLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.192,1920195,130253451 
PlymouthNo. 2CollieryShaft3PlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.131,1650131,165202325 
PlymouthNo. 3CollieryShaft3PlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.227,0180228,836243467 
PlymouthNo. 4CollieryShaft3PlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.174,8120174,812237373 
PlymouthNo. 5CollieryShaft3PlymouthLuzerneDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.210,6000214,616227418 
Powderly CollierySlope1Carbondale Twp.LackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.89,567095,827248279 
Prospect CollieryProspect Shaft / Oakwood Shaft / Midvale Slope2Plains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.289,504LV 10289,639223672 
Pyne CollieryShaft / Slope1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.155,059DL&W 10192,928183445 
Racket Brook Colliery1Carbondale Twp.LackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.201,7640203,95526576 
Red AshNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 Slope 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneRed Ash Coal Co.00165,19524232815x,xx5 tons of railroad shippments unreadable.
Red AshNo. 2CollieryNo. 2 Slope / Tunnel 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneRed Ash Coal Co.00199,479242375xxx,243 tons of railroad shippments unreadable
ReynoldsNo. 16CollierySlope 13PlymouthLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.159,1260159,126214531 
Richmond CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaProvidence Coal Co.14,402015,63015197 
S. V. White CollieryTunnel1WintonLackawannaWinton Coal Co., Limited68,743075,027204369 
SCCNo. 1CollieryNo. 1 Slope / No. 1 Tunnel / No. 4 Tunnel3NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.00243,272286276Railroad shipment of 1,872,789 tons not individually reported.
SCCNo. 2CollieryNo. 1 Shaft / No. 1 Shaft deep / No. 2 Slope3NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.00523,7662861578Railroad shipment of 1,872,789 tons not individually reported.
SCCNo. 3CollieryNo. 3 Slope or Grand Tunnel3West NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.00110,352235270Railroad shipment of 1,872,789 tons not individually reported.
SCCNo. 5CollieryNo. 2 Shaft / No. 4 Slope3NanticokeLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.00622,0272871133Railroad shipment of 1,872,789 tons not individually reported.
SCCNo. 6CollieryNo. 6 Shaft / No. 6 Slope / No. 6 Tunnel3Glen LyonLuzerneSusquehanna Coal Co.00395,3392621210Railroad shipment of 1,872,789 tons not individually reported.
Schooley CollieryShaft2ExeterLuzerneNelson Cowan103,3140116,330197348 
Seneca CollieryShaft2PittstonLuzerneButler Coal Co.59,333062,897145259 
Sibley CollieryShaft2Old Forge Twp.LackawannaElliott, McClure & Co.122,8390135,224211350 
Simpson CollierySlope1Fell Twp.LackawannaNorthwest Coal Co., Limited126,7620132,444213213 
Sloan CollieryShaft1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.196,390DL&W 10206,397210482 
South Wilkes-Barre CollieryShaft 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.1800180 40No Breaker.
Spencer CollieryShaft1DunmoreLackawannaA. D. & F. M. Spencer138,558NYS&W 10147,795208339 
Stafford CollieryShaft1ScrantonLackawannaWilliam Connell & Co.28,311030,23423360 
StantonNo. 7CollieryShaft 13Wilkes-BarreLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.220,6410229,596195657 
Storrs Colliery1Dickson CityLackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.0DL&W 103,000 100Sinking shaft and building breaker.
Sugar NotchNo. 9CollieryShaft3Sugar NotchLuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.175,5320178,169209580 
Taylor CollieryShaft / Drift1Lackawanna Twp.LackawannaDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.208,863DL&W 10221,009281472 
Tripp Colliery1ScrantonLackawannaTripp Local Sales400DL&W 1012,00025325 
Twin CollieryShaft2PittstonLuzerneButler Coal Co.15,448LV 1016,82367190 
Von Storch CollieryShaft / Slope1ScrantonLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.264,7960288,338250615 
WanamieNo. 18CollierySlope 13Newport Twp.LuzerneLehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.151,3420153,355215528 
Warrior Run CollierySlope 13Sugar NotchLuzerneA. J. Davis83,881090,081207280 
Watkins Colliery1CarbondaleLackawannaCarbondale Coal Co., Limited126,7620132,444 201 
West End Colliery3MocanaquaLuzerneWest End Coal Co.182,478PRR 10196,567280480 
White Bridge MineTunnel1CarbondaleLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.000   
White Oak CollierySlope / No. 3 1/2 Tunnel / No. 5 Tunnel1ArchbaldLackawannaDelaware & Hudson Canal Co.127,5560135,550255347 
Woodward CollieryNo. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft3Plymouth Twp.LuzerneDelaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.35,412DL&W 1049,87497201 
Wyoming CollieryShaft / Slope2Plains Twp.LuzerneLehigh Valley Coal Co.132,349LV 10140,349191832 

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


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