The Stanton Colliery was
located east of Mahanoy Plane on the northside of the Mahanoy Creek. The colliery
was opened by a slope sunk 393 ft. on the south dip mammoth vein by Miller Hoch
and Co. In 1870, the first shipment of 2000 tons was made in 1871. They mined
the mammoth vein, driving gangways east and west to 1874 when the west gangway
was driven into the Bear Ridge Colliery workings.
In 1876, they sunk a new
slope 720 ft. to the second level, driving a tunnel 320 ft. north to the buck
mountain vein and extended the old slope for pumping. Miller, Hoch & Co.
mined the two veins to 1880 and they sunk the slope to the third level and extended
the pump slope to the same level 1035 ft. from the surface when the colliery
was sold out by the sheriff. but they continued mining under an agreement until
1884.
In 1884, the Philadelphia
& Reading Coal & Iron Co. leased the colliery and operated it until
1889 when it was abandoned and allowed to fill with water.
In 1890, Lawrence and Brown
operating the Lawrence Colliery removed the water and mined the remaining coal
until their failure in 1892. The colliery continued as a section of the Lawrence
Colliery to 1904 when it was abandoned and again allowed to fill with water.
In 1902, the Harleigh, Brookwood
Coal Co. reopened the workings sinking a slope on the buck mountain vein to
the first level. In 1909, they extended the slope 400 ft. to the second and
third levels. In 1911, a new gunboat slope was sunk 700 ft. on the buck mountain
vein to the third level and a tunnel was driven south on the seven foot vein
preparatory to removing the water in the lawrence and stanton works.
In 1911, a new slope was
sunk 300 ft. on the four foot vein and in 1912 they sunk a slope 130 ft. on
the north dip seven foot vein.
In 1914, a tunnel was driven
from the second level four foot slope to the old abandoned mammoth vein slope
and a second tunnel, 720 ft. in length, was driven south across the basin to
meet a tunnel driven north from the seven foot slope. The skidmore and buck
mountain slopes were extended to the fourth level. They continued mining the
stanton and lawrence workings until 1916 when the stanton section was abandoned.
The total shipments of coal from the stanton colliery was 2,434,771 tons to 1916.