Lackawanna County History of Mining

Mining information on this site:

1872 Eastern District Mine Accidents
1875 Eastern District Mines and Accidents
1877 Eastern District Mine Accidents
1879 Eastern District Mine Accidents
1884 Eastern District Mine Accidents
1885 Scranton Area Mine Information
1888 Report of Accidents in the 1st Anthracite District
1897 Mine Inspector Reports of Accidents, First, Second, and Third Districts
1905 and 1912 Fatal Mine Accidents
Pancoast Colliery Fire, April 1911
Gypsy Grove Breaker Fire, April 1911
1911 Working Mines in East Scranton, PA
List of Collieries in 1886

Mining information on other sites:

Pennsylvania's Northern Anthracite Coal Field 1870 - 1970
Mine Accident Index - all states. Shows deaths and injuries
Mine Information on the Luzerne County Pages
Scanned mine reports can be found on http://www.archive.org/
Anthracite Heritage Museum and Library
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

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These documents are made available free to the public for non-commercial purposes by the Lackawanna County, PAGenWeb Project.