Sibley Breaker

Sibley Breaker

Sibley Breaker  Digitally Watermarked

Sibley Breaker

Photographer/Illustrator Year Repository
Bunnell 1905 Syracuse University Library



Brief Chronology of Mining Developments

Year Month Day Comments
1870 - - shaft marked on 1870 map
1872 May - mine first opened according to Mine Inspector's Report (slope sinking)
1873 Jul - start of regular shipments
1873 - - start of breaker construction assumed, no reference to breaker in 1872 Mine Inspector's Report
1886 Feb 6th breaker fire
1886 Jul 5th contractor A. B. Tyrrell had the new Sibley breaker already raised and is pushing the work with rapidity
1886 Jul 20th rebuilt breaker started


Production Statistics Table

Year Current Name Tonnage Mined Tonnage Shipped Employees Days Worked Operator
1872 Elliot Keorner's Colliery 0 0 48 - Elliot, Koerner and Company
1873 Sibley Colliery 20120 - 134 - Elliot, Koerner and Company
1874 Sibley 107886 - 293 - Elliot, Koerner and Company
1875 Sibley Shaft 89839 - 193 - Elliot, Koerner and Company
1876 Sibley Shaft 35796 34328 269 136 -
1877 Sibley Shaft 35807 - 224 107.5 Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal Company
1878 Sibley Shaft 51472 - 247 138 Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal Company
1879 Sibley Shaft 35242 - 237 112 Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal Company
1880 Sibley Shaft 77691 - 242 170 Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal Company
1881 Sibley Shaft 76871 - 204 185 Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal Company
1882 Sibley Shaft 76420 - 178 210 Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal Company
1883 Sibley Shaft 54190 - 178 198 Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal Company
1884 Sibley Shaft 47818 - 188 168 Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal Company
1885 Sibley 79646 69944 220 192.8 Elliot, McClure and Company
1886 Sibley shaft 65394 65394 288 142 Elliot, McClure and Company
1887 Sibley Shaft 132875 122900 276 224.8 Elliot, McClure and Company
1888 Sibley Shaft 135226 122840 350 211.9 Elliot, McClure and Company
1889 Sibley Shaft 120228 109778 337 178 Elliot, McClure and Company
1890 Sibley Shaft 103243 92462 297 180.85 Elliot, McClure and Company
1891 Sibley 132483 119164 313 211.6 Elliot, McClure and Company
1892 Sibley 141339 128323 368 225 Elliot, McClure and Company
1893 Sibley 131828 118809 357 223.8 Elliot, McClure and Company
1894 Sibley 108867 92858 391 192.6 Elliot, McClure and Company
1895 Sibley Shaft 108165 95559 367 182.8 Elliot, McClure and Company
1896 Sibley Shaft and Slope 87869 77334 358 155.1 Elliot, McClure and Company
1897 Sibley 94566 85855 392 167.3 Elliot, McClure and Company
1898 Sibley 104739 103459 380 153.3 Elliot, McClure and Company
1899 Sibley 107500 105943 349 168 Elliot, McClure and Company
1900 Sibley 136957 127968 497 179 Elliot, McClure and Company
1901 Sibley 207322 194364 496 208 Elliot, McClure and Company
1902 Sibley 88381 78633 495 91 Elliot, McClure and Company