Avoca Coal Breakers,

 

J.W. Webber Breaker: No other information found.

 

Dry Bread Breaker, also known as the Hillside Colliery:  

In 1878 in it reached a peak production of 97,291 tons of coal.

In 1876 it was worked by 306 employees.

          The colliery was operated by:

                    1873 Hillside Coal & Iron Co.

                    1907 Christian Dainty Coal Co.

                    1908 Bright Coal Co.

                    1947 Hillside Coal Co.

                    1956-57 Hillside Salvage Co.

                    1967 Houston City Inc.

 

Langcliffe Breaker: In 1927 it reached a peak production of 254,902 tons of coal.

In 1917 it was worked by 650 employees.

          The colliery was operated By:

                    1889-1900 Langcliffe Coal Co.

                    1901-1905 Delaware & Hudson Coal Co. (D&H)

                    1906-1919 Hudson Coal Co.

                    1920-1927 Suffolk Coal Co.

                    1928-1929 Langcliffe Collieries Co.

                    1930 Carbon Mining Co.

                    1931 Rendham Coal Co.

                    1932-1934 Suffolk Coal Co.

                    1935-1941 Langcliffe Coal Co.

                    1942 Aero Coal Co.

                    1962 Popple Coal Co.

                    1968-1970 Perry Coal Sales Co.

         

Brown's Colliery: In 1874 it reached a peak production of 59,048 tons of coal.

 In 1874 it was worked by 139 employees.

          The colliery was operated by:

                    1870-1871 Franklin Coal Co.

                    1872-1876 Pennsylvania Coal Co.

 

Heilderburg Breaker: In 1917 it reached a peak production of 308,452 tons of coal.

In 1940 it was worked by 562 employees.

In 1915 it worked the Mary Slope, Clark Slope, Red Ash Slope, No 2 Shaft, No 2 Drift, and Pittston No 2 Drift.

The colliery was operated by:

                    1874-1875 Hillside Coal & Iron Co.

                    1881-1932 Lehigh Valley Coal Co.

                    1933-1958 Heidelberg Coal Co.

1959 Inkerman Coal Co.

 

 

 

Ontario Colliery:

In 1872 it reached a peak production of 50,000 tons of coal.

It 1874 the colliery was worked by 248 employees.

The Colliery was operated by:

1872-1875 Luzerne Coal & Iron Co.

 

Dawson's Colliery:

In 1875 it reached a peak production of 85,500 tons of coal.

In 1876 the colliery was worked by 171 workers.

The colliery was operated by:

                   1872-1876 Pennsylvania Coal Co.

 

 

 

 

Our thanks to Frank Adams, Colorado (a former Scranton lad), for the information provided on the Avoca Breakers Page. Frank researched this and much more for his Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal Field web site, providing on line statistics for all the Northern Coal Field Anthracite operations.  His main source was the Pennsylvania Department of Mines Inspector Reports.