1897

1897
District 3
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Operation Name	Number	Type	Opening	District	City	County	Company Name	Railroad Shipments (tons)	Railroad to Mine	Total Production (tons)	Days Worked	Employees
Avoca		Colliery	Shaft	3	Avoca	Luzerne	Avoca Coal Co.	58,045		59,215	137	288
Babylon		Colliery	Shaft / Tunnel	3	Duryea	Luzerne	Babylon Coal Co.	122,490		130,555	120	256
Barnum		Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft / No. 3 Shaft	3	Marcy Twp. (Duryea)	Luzerne	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	252,635	E&WV¹	260,449	152	590
Bennett		Washery		3	Miners Mills	Luzerne	Anthony Brothers	1,000		1,600	20	12
Bernice		Colliery	Drift	3	Bernice	Sullivan	State Line & Sullivan R.R. Co.	160,155		164,046	209	327
Black Diamond		Colliery	Shaft	3	Luzerne Borough	Luzerne	John C. Haddock	176,257	DL&W¹	202,228	210	459
Brookside		Washery		3	Avoca	Luzerne	Brookside Coal Co.	30,221		31,421	86	25
Butler		Colliery	Butler Shaft / Chapman Shaft	3	Pittston Twp.	Luzerne	Butler Mine Co., Limited	110,242		117,028	168	468
Clear Spring		Colliery	Shaft	3	Pittston	Luzerne	Clear Spring Coal Co.	157,064		171,679	196	564
Consolidated		Colliery	Shaft / Slope	3	Avoca	Luzerne	Hillside Coal & Iron Co.	30,978		33,085	38	2
Crescent		Colliery	Tunnel	3	Jenkins Twp.	Luzerne	Crescent Coal Co.	37,686		38,886	134	105
Delaware		Colliery	Shaft	3	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.	175,058		178,376	190	429
East Boston		Colliery	Shaft	3	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	W. G. Payne & Co.	161,575	DL&W¹	164,630	159	472
Elmwood		Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / No. 2 Shaft	3	Pittston Twp.	Luzerne	Florence Coal Co., Limited	69,717		85,169	126	266
Exeter		Colliery	Shaft	3	Exeter	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	206,134	LV¹	225,888	130	514
Fernwood		Colliery	Shaft	3	Pittston Twp.	Luzerne	Butler Mine Co., Limited	94,643		100,189	162	428
Forty Fort		Colliery	Shaft	3	Forty Fort	Luzerne	Forty Fort Coal Co.	0		0		82
Hallstead		Colliery	Shaft	3	Duryea	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	91,481	DL&W¹	98,173	138	360
Harry E.		Colliery	Shaft	3	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	Forty Fort Coal Co.	238,659		265,691	160	526
Heidelberg		Colliery	Shaft	3	Pittston Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	96,741	LV¹	104,516	117	305
Heidelberg		Colliery	Slope	3	Pittston Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	96,696	LV¹	109,567	126	293
Henry		Colliery	Henry Shaft / Wyoming Shaft	3	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	167,079	LV¹	170,869	157	627
Hunt		Colliery	Tunnel	3	Wyoming	Luzerne	Wyoming Coal & Land Co.	27,200		35,726	74	244
Katydid		Colliery	Tunnels	3	Avoca	Luzerne	John M. Robertson & Co.	57,467		59,712	127	174
Laflin		Colliery	Shaft	3	Laflin	Luzerne	Laflin Coal Co.	63,627		72,230	93	314
Langcliffe		Colliery	Shaft / Tunnel	3	Avoca	Luzerne	Langcliffe Coal Co., Limited	88,677		93,378	148	359
Laurel Run		Colliery	Slope	3	Parsons	Luzerne	Laurel Run Coal Co.	83,485		90,440	121	371
Law		Colliery	Law Shaft / No. 13 Shaft	3	Pittston Twp.	Luzerne	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	179,541	E&WV¹	187,846	149	482
Louise		Colliery	Drifts	3	Luzerne Borough	Luzerne	Raub Coal Co., Limited	42,850		47,828	99	339
Maltby		Colliery	Shaft	3	Maltby Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	152,509	LV¹	154,460	100	620
Mill Hollow		Colliery	Shaft	3	Luzerne Borough	Luzerne	Thomas Waddell Estate	51,855		62,708	123	267
Miner		Colliery	Tunnel	3	Jenkins Twp.	Luzerne	William B. Miner	11,297		11,697	102	96
Mount Lookout		Colliery	Shaft	3	Wyoming	Luzerne	Mount Lookout Coal Co.	284,957		307,727	165	633
PCC	No. 1	Colliery	No. 1 Shaft / No. 8 Shaft	3	Hughestown	Luzerne	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	102,653	E&WV¹	106,260	142	343
PCC	No. 14	Colliery	No. 14 Shaft / No. 14 Tunnel	3	Jenkins Twp.	Luzerne	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	181,479	E&WV¹	192,729	143	544
PCC	No. 5	Colliery	No. 5 Shaft / No. 6 Shaft / No. 11 Shaft	3	Jenkins Twp.	Luzerne	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	119,411	E&WV¹	124,758	144	442
PCC	No. 7	Colliery	No. 4 Shaft / No. 7 Shaft / Hoyt Shaft	3	Jenkins Twp.	Luzerne	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	183,869	E&WV¹	200,105	121	732
PCC	No. 9	Colliery	No. 9 Shaft / No. 10 Shaft / No. 10 Jr. Shaft	3	Hughestown	Luzerne	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	167,530	E&WV¹	174,876	146	559
Pettebone		Colliery	Shaft	3	Kingston Twp.	Luzerne	Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co.	140,616	DL&W¹	150,184	156	529
Phoenix		Colliery	Phoenix Shaft / Columbia Shaft	3	Duryea	Luzerne	Old Forge Coal Mining Co.	253,438		273,476	241	579
Pine Ridge		Colliery	Shaft	3	Miners Mills	Luzerne	Algonquin Coal Co.	132,880		136,688	151	431
Prospect		Colliery	Prospect Shaft / Oakwood Shaft / Midvale Slope	3	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Lehigh Valley Coal Co.	184,622	LV¹	184,769	134	717
Ridgewood		Colliery	Shaft / Slope	3	Plains Twp.	Luzerne	Keystone Coal Co.	98,557		109,201	123	381
Schooley		Colliery	Shaft	3	Exeter	Luzerne	Pennsylvania Coal Co.	81,836	E&WV¹	92,997	106	359
Stevens		Colliery	Shaft / Slope	3	Exeter	Luzerne	Stevens Coal Co.	142,776		155,013	121	449
Twin		Colliery	Twin Shaft / Seneca Shaft	3	Pittston	Luzerne	Newton Coal Co.	96,579	LV¹	134,048	185	564
Westminster		Colliery	Tunnel	3	Jenkins Twp.	Luzerne	Westminster Coal Co.	2,707		3,707

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