Northumberland County, xmisc NAMES OF COLLIERIES IN OPERATION IN DISTRICT OF SCHUYLKILL, SHAMOKIN DIVISION FOR THE YEAR 1880 Transcribed by: Shirley E. Ryan File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Shirley E. Ryan. USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. Number and Names of Collieries Location of Collieries Name of Operators Mt. Carmel Shaft Alaska Station Philadelphia & Reading C & I. Co. Northumberland Co. Bast Big Mine Run ditto Schuylkill County West Brookside Tower City ditto Schuylkill County Bear Valley Shamokin ditto Burnside Carbon Run ditto Northumberland Co. George Fales Shamokin ditto Helfensteine Helfensteine ditto Keystone Locust Dale ditto Merriam Locust Summit ditto Potts Locust Dale ditto North Ashland Dark Corner ditto Columbia County Preston Nos. 1 and 2 Girardville ditto Preston No. 3 Girardville ditto Tunnel Ashland ditto North Franklin, Nos. 1 & 2 Trevorton ditto Reliance Mt. Carmel ditto Locust Spring Locust Gap ditto Locust Run Ashland ditto Big Mountain Shamokin Patterson, Llewellyn & Co. Excelsior Excelsior C.W. Kingsley & Co. Northumberland County Enterprise Excelsior Thomas Baumgarden & Co. Northumberland County Locust Gap Locust Gap Graeber & Co. Henry Clay Shamokin J. Langdon & Co. Peerless Shamokin John Cruikshank Sterling Carbon Run Kendrick & Fulton Northumberland County Royal Oak Shamokin Tillet & Son Ben Franklin Douteyville Baumgarden & Co. Northumberland County Monitor Locust Gap George W. Johns & Bros. Cameron Shamokin Mineral Railroad and Mining Co. Luke Fidler Shamokin ditto Short Mountain Wiconisco, Dauphin Co. Lykens Valley & Short Mountain Co. Williamstown Williamstown Summit Branch Coal Co. Dauphin County Lancaster Coal Run Smith & Keyser Northumberland County Black Diamond Mt. Carmel William Schwenk & Co. Hazel Dell Centralia Lykens Valley Coal Co. Mt. Carmel Mt. Carmel Robertson, Montelius & Co. Big Mine Runn Big Mine Run Jeremiah Taylor & Co. Continental Centralia J.T. Audenried & Co. Buck Ridge Shamokin May Audenried Glen City Glen City J.A. Losee Columbia County Carson Shamokin Philip Goodwill Montana Montana Miller, Rupp & Weaver Columbia County Pennsylvania Green Ridge Mineral Railroad and Mining Co. Northumberland County Franklin, No. 2, Barry Township S.S. Bickel Schuylkill County Greenback Greenback Gorman & Londy Northumberland County Brentzill Rocktown Philip Brentzill Schuylkill County Rausch Gap Valley View W. H. Yohe Schuylkill County Montana No. 2 Montana A. H. Church Columbia County Pioneer David Vaughn & Co. Shamokin George Tibbotts & Co. No. Name Samuel Meyers Centralia Centralia G. M. Previous, George Troutman Hazel Dell Centralia ditto Lilly Centralia ditto Big Run Gap Williams Valley, James Fennel Dauphin County Glen Centralia Bryson McBriarty Kline Montana J. L. Kline Columbia County Big Mountain No. 2 Mt. Carmel Northumberland Coal Co. Vaughn Ashland D. Vaughn & Co. Little Mine Run Centralia Piffer & Geraghty Gensil Centralia Pulaski Gensil Ashland Estate A. Bancroft Bear City Frank Martz Germantown E. H. Herb West Hazel Dell Rocktown William Piffer Schuylkill County Centralia Outcrop Centralia James Sykes Little Diamond Donahoe & Curran Packer Mt. Carmel D. J. Lewis Hickory Ridge Hickory Ridge Mineral & Mining Co. Northumberland County Big Lick Dayton Summit Branch Railroad Co. Big Run Gap Big Run Gap ditto Hickory Swamp Shamokin Mineral Railroad and Mining Co. West Lehigh Glen City F. L. Shuman North Side Lykens Valley Ed. Miller Marshall Red Ash George Roup Franklin A. Heim Montana No. 1 Centralia Daniel Beaver