Kingston Coal Company No. 2 Breaker

Kingston Coal Company No. 2 Breaker

Kingston Coal Company No. 2 Breaker Digitally Watermarked

Kingston Coal Company No. 2 Breaker

Photographer/Illustrator Year Repository
Unknown Luzerne County Historical Society



Brief Chronology of Mining Developments

Year Month Day Comments
1864 May 4th Isaac Waterman, Thomas Beaver and David Morgan leased a large tract of land in lower Kingston from the Myers Estate, so they could produce coal to supply their ironworks in Danville
1864 - - Sinking of the No. 1 Shaft began and a lateral railroad was constructed to connect with the Lackawanna and Bloomsburg Railroad
1872 - - Construction of the No. 2 breaker and shaft commenced; the shaft was down about 50 ft by the end of the year
1873 - - The shaft and breaker were completed in the latter part of 1873 and coal shipments started
1877 Jun 25th The old Waterman and Beaver partnership was superseded by the formation of the Kingston Coal Company Limited
1891 - - During the fire in breakers No. 1 and 4, there were at least 50 men working in No. 1 shaft, but volunteers went down to warn them and they escaped through the No. 2 shaft


Production Statistics Table

Year Current Name Tonnage Mined Tonnage Shipped Employees Days Worked Operator
1875 No. 2 Shaft Colliery 140753 - 476 - Waterman and Beaver
1876 Waterman, Beaver & Co. No. 2 Colliery 177807 - 162 176 Waterman and Beaver
1877 No. 2 Breaker - - - - -
1878 No. 2 Breaker 154611 151432 360 126.7 Kingston Coal Company
1879 Breaker No. 2 270473 268316 326 231 Kingston Coal Company
1880 No. 2 Shaft 188873 - 345 192 Kingston Coal Company
1881 No. 2 Shaft 252889 - 313 245.2 Kingston Coal Company
1882 Kingston, No. 2 Shaft 250106 - 389 255.75 Kingston Coal Company
1883 Breaker No. 2 262968 - 492 239.55 Kingston Coal Company
1884 Breaker No. 2 266441 - 638 207 Kingston Coal Company
1885 Breaker No. 2 290462 - 661 216 Kingston Coal Company
1886 Nos. 2 and 3 shafts 341557 333796 771 231 Kingston Coal Company
1887 Breaker No. 2 371559 363508 760 240.65 Kingston Coal Company
1888 No. 2 Breaker 352454 344454 772 233.8 Kingston Coal Company
1889 Breaker No. 2 293469 293469 529 183.65 Kingston Coal Company
1890 Breaker No. 2 293704 293553 652 188.05 Kingston Coal Company
1891 Breaker No. 2 350402 342014 608 246 Kingston Coal Company
1892 Breaker No. 2 407796 397268 636 274.2 Kingston Coal Company
1893 Breaker No. 2 404548 391086 1004 250.9 Kingston Coal Company
1894 Breaker No. 2, Shaft Nos. 2 and 3 348309 334798 996 206.45 Kingston Coal Company
1895 Breaker No. 2, Shaft No. 2 370704 337462 1009 204.2 Kingston Coal Company
1896 Breaker No. 2, Shaft Nos. 2 and 3 353512 317600 1060 180.9 Kingston Coal Company
1897 Shaft Nos. 2 & 3, breaker No. 2 339951 320016 1014 173.5 Kingston Coal Company
1898 Shaft Nos. 2 and 3 375763 355039 1085 189.6 Kingston Coal Company
1899 Shaft Nos. 2 and 3, Breaker No. 2 464877 429048 1089 231.5 Kingston Coal Company
1900 Shaft Nos. 2 and 3, breaker No. 2 431962 397572 1024 200.85 Kingston Coal Company
1901 Shaft No. 2 and 3, breaker No. 2 448845 422422 1015 221 Kingston Coal Company
1902 Breaker No. 2 331752 288141 1075 144.15 Kingston Coal Company