In
1867, his lease was assigned to Theodore Garretson and James Beaty who operated
the colliery to 1876. They sunk a shaft 174 ft. deep and in 1869 sunk the slope
124 ft. on the north dip holmes vein.Located south of Girardville on the south side of Mahanoy Creek. The colliery was opened by a water level tunnel driven 480 ft. south to the south dip mammoth vein by Cornelius Garretson in 1863 and the first shipment of 13,717 tons of coal was made in 1864. He mined the tunnel 2800 ft. until it reached its boundary in 1867.
In
1867, his lease was assigned to Theodore Garretson and James Beaty who operated
the colliery to 1876. They sunk a shaft 174 ft. deep and in 1869 sunk the slope
124 ft. on the north dip holmes vein.
In 1873, a water level tunnel was driven 320 ft. south to the buck mountain vein and gangways were driven east & west in a poor slatey vein that was abandonded because it was unprofitable. During the same year Garretson and Beaty sunk a new slope 330 ft. to a third level on the south dip holmes vein to replace the old slope.
On Oct. 31, 1876, the Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co. (P&R C&I) leased the colliery.
In 1884, the tender slope was abandoned on the north dip of the holmes vein.
In 1886, the P&R C&I Co. extended the south dip hoisting slope to the basin and a second slope was sunk on the same vein 215 ft. east to be used as the new tender slope. The colliery was idle for the two years for improvements and resumed mining in 1888. Also during this time the breaker was rebuilt and new pumps with eight additional boilers were added.
On Nov. 25, 1895 the colliery was suspended and allowed to fill with water.
On Jan. 1, 1899 the colliery was leased to W. R. McTurke & Company who reopened it.
In 1901, they drove a water level drainage tunnel at the holmes slope which had been slushed and reopened to the first level.
In 1909, a slope was sunk 331 ft. on the holmes vein and by 1911 preparations were made for removing the water from the lower levels of the old workings.
By 1914, the water was successfully tapped and removed. The McTurke Coal Company operated the colliery until Sep. 26, 1921 when they failed. A new lease was made with the Girardville Mining Company who was organized by the creditors of the McTurke Coal Co. The colliery was placed in the hands of the Maderia Coal Company who operated it until Oct. 31, 1921.
On Nov. 1, 1921 the Wentz Coal Company bought the stock in the Girardville Mining Co. and continued operating under the name of the Girardville Mining Co.
In Febuary 1923 the lease was transfered to the Hazel/Brook Coal Co.
The total shipments from Girard Colliery was 4,552,561 tons as of 1928.