Roaring Brook Breaker
Roaring Brook Breaker
| Photographer/Illustrator | Year | Repository |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Lackawanna Historical Society |
Brief Chronology of Mining Developments
Production Statistics Table
| Year | Month | Day | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1855 | - | - | Spencer shaft, the first in Dunmore, was sunk |
| 1858 | Jul | - | shipments of 765 tons over Lackawanna Railroad |
| 1858 | - | - | start of shipments, assumed to be from small breaker attached to shaft tower, although this would have necessitated a long track or trestle to the Lackawanna Railroad, or carting by wagon |
| 1860 | - | - | full year of monthly shipment records over the Lackawanna Railroad |
| 1861 | - | - | mine assumed idle, no recorded shipments in the period 1861-1863 |
| 1863 | Nov | - | in the middle of November 1863 Hunt and Davis began building Roaring Brook Breaker between planes 6 and 7 on the gravity railroad of the Pennsylvania Coal Company |
| 1863 | - | - | in the Fall of 1863 the firm of Hunt, Davis and Company was formed |
| 1864 | Jun | 20th | first shipments from new breaker adjacent to the railroad, coal brought by 4500 ft plane and railroad from shaft, which may have been built earlier |
| 1865 | Feb | - | in February 1865 Hunt, Davis and Company were dissolved and the Roaring Brook Coal Company were formed; Mr. Hunt, Prest., W.D. Briggs, Sec'y and Treasurer, J.R. Davis, Gen. Supt. |
Production Statistics Table
| Year | Current Name | Tonnage Mined | Tonnage Shipped | Employees | Days Worked | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1858 | Stevensons | - | 4276 | - | - | - |
| 1859 | Spencers | - | 4962 | - | - | - |
| 1860 | Spencers | - | 33106 | - | - | - |
| 1861 | Spencers | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1862 | Spencers | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1863 | Spencers | - | - | - | - | Hunt, Davis and Company |
| 1864 | Spencers | - | - | - | - | Hunt, Davis and Company |
| 1865 | Nay Aug | - | 62274 | - | - | Roaring Brook Coal Company |
| 1866 | Nay Aug | - | 112078 | - | - | Roaring Brook Coal Company |
| 1867 | Nay Aug | - | 151906 | - | - | Roaring Brook Coal Company |
| 1868 | Nay Aug | - | 154971 | - | - | Roaring Brook Coal Company |
| 1869 | Nay Aug | - | 171091 | - | - | Roaring Brook Coal Company |
| 1870 | Nay Aug | - | 110374 | - | - | Roaring Brook Coal Company |
| 1871 | Nay Aug | - | 101154 | - | - | Roaring Brook Coal Company |
| 1872 | Roaring Brook Colliery | 168957 | 168935 | 327 | - | Roaring Brook Coal Company |
| 1873 | Roaring Brook Colliery | 115708 | 112232 | 332 | - | Roaring Brook Coal Company |
| 1874 | Roaring Brook Colliery | 131040 | 127649 | 272 | - | Roaring Brook Coal Company |
| 1875 | Roaring Brook | 142473 | 139350 | - | - | Roaring Brook Coal Company |
| 1876 | Roaring Brook Colliery | 101266 | 97000 | 311 | 163.5 | Roaring Brook Coal Company |
| 1877 | Roaring Brook Colliery | 100287 | - | 334 | 154 | Roaring Brook Coal Company |
| 1878 | Roaring Brook Shaft | 76053 | - | 330 | 120.5 | Roaring Brook Coal Company |
| 1879 | Roaring Brook Slope | 134502 | - | 279 | 234.75 | Roaring Brook Coal Company |
| 1880 | Roaring Brook | 99992 | - | 272 | 190 | Roaring Brook Coal Company |
| 1881 | Roaring Brook Shaft | 90000 | - | 169 | 255.5 | Roaring Brook Coal Company |