CONTENTS.
Letter of transmittal....................................................... 7
Summary..................................................................... 9
The reason why.............................................................. !2
Geology..................................................................... 14
History..................................................................... 15
Early developments..................................................... !5
Mining methods......................................................... !6
Statistics of coal production............................................... !7
Present mining conditions under Scranton.................................... 18
Pine Brook colliery.................................................... !9
Mount Pleasant colliery................................................ 21
Capouse colliery....................................................... 22
West Ridge colliery.................................................... 23
Richmond No. 3 colliery................................................ 24
National colliery...................................................... 25
Dodge colliery......................................................... 26
Hampton colliery....................................................... 26
Bellevue colliery...................................................... 27
Central colliery....................................................... 28
Hyde Park colliery and Continental colliery............................ 29
Diamond colliery....................................................... 30
Brisbin colliery....................................................... 34
Cayuga colliery and Storrs colliery.................................... 32
Oxford colliery........................................................ 33
Von S torch colliery................................................... 35
Leggetts Creek colliery................................................ 36
Marvine colliery....................................................... 37
Dickson colliery....................................................... 33
Man ville colliery..................................................... 39
Pennsylvania colliery.................................................. 40
Green Ridge colliery................................................... 44
North End colliery..................................................... 42
Clearview colliery..................................................... 43
Bull’s Head colliery................................................... 43
Mountain Lake colliery................................................. 43
Observations on present mining conditions under Scranton.................... 44
Introductory statement................................................. 44
Surface beds........................................................... 44
West side of Lackawanna River...................................... 44
Central part of Scranton........................................... 45
Middle beds, Hyde Park and Providence sections............................. 49
Dunmore beds........................................................... 50
Recapitulation......................................................... 50
Methods for surface support................................................. 51
Natural or pillar support.............................................. 51
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