the company mined and sent to the navigation 5+ 
tons."° The flood on the Lehigh River during the 
winter of 1841 delayed further coal shipments for 2 
years. 
The Lauret Hitt Coat Company, incorporated on 
June 16, 1836, was authorized to hold coal lands in 
Sugar Loaf Township in Luzerne County and in 
Lausanne Township in Northampton County. Their 
mining operations were located adjacent to the Hazle- 
ton Coal Company property. 
The company was also authorized to construct a 
railroad consisting of one or two tracks. The railroad 
could extend from any location on their lands to any 
convenient connection with the proposed railroad to 
be constructed by the Hazleton Coal Company. 
A later amendment authorized the construction of 
the railroad from their lands to a connection with 
either the Hazleton Railroad or the Lehigh River and 
granted them the same powers and immunities given 
previously to the Beaver Meadows Company.*® 
Laurel Hill Coal Company disposed of their real 
estate holdings near Hazleton to the Hazleton Coal 
Company during 1839, and discontinued their mining 
operations. 
The Sucar Loar Coat Company was incorporated 
on April 16, 1838. The act was submitted to the Gov- 
ernor on April 2, 1838, but he failed to sign the measure 
within the 10-day limit, and it automatically became 
law under the Commonwealth’s constitution. The 
company was permitted to hold, either by lease or by 
purchase, coal lands in Sugar Loaf Township in 
Luzerne County. 
In addition to the mining privilege, the company was 
authorized to construct a railroad. This railroad could 
consist of one or two tracks, and extend from any point 
on their lands for a connection with the Hazleton Com- 
pany’s railroad, or any other railroad required to trans- 
port their products to market. 
A single-track railroad, 2 miles in length, was con- 
structed during 1839. Two locomotives were in use on 
the railroad during 1839 and transported 7,510 tons to 
the navigation.** Mining operations were conducted 
SL.C.N.C., Annual Report for 1840 (Philadelphia: W. S. 
Young, 1841), p. 6. 
© Pennsylvania Legislative Acts, 1837-38 (Harrisburg: 
T. Fenn, 1838), pp. 151-152 
“VL.C.N.C., Annual Report for 1839 (Philadelphia: W. S. 
Young, 1840), p. 6. 
between 1839 and 1844, after which time their prop- 
erties were consolidated with the Hazleton Coal 
Company. 
The TAMMANEND Mininc Company, incorporated 
on April 16, 1838, was authorized to hold coal lands 
in Union and Rush townships in Schuylkill County. 
The construction of a railroad was authorized, 
extending from any point on their lands and inter- 
secting at such places that were deemed convenient, 
with the Lehigh Branch of the Little Schuylkill and 
Susquehanna Railroad. 
The Little Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad 
was authorized on March 26, 1838, to construct the 
Lehigh branch. This branch connected with the com- 
pany’s main line at Linder’s Gap and extended for 12 
miles to an intersection with the Beaver Meadows 
Railroad near the mouth of Black Creek. Construction 
began during 1838, and the road was opened for traffic 
in 1840. One locomotive hauled 27 tons of coal from 
the Tammanend mines to the Lehigh Navigation in 
1840.78 
Delaware Division of the Pennsylvania Canal 
As the quantity of anthracite mined and transported 
from the Lehigh region was dependent upon a con- 
nection with the Delaware Division of the Pennsylvania 
Canal at Easton, Pa., a summary of the construction 
efforts on this canal is included here. 
The original purpose of this State-owned canal was 
to supplement the improvements already underway on 
the Lehigh River. The Lehigh Company applied to the 
1824 legislature for permission to undertake the im- 
provement of the Delaware River, but their proposal 
was rejected.*® As mentioned previously, the canal 
commissioners in 1827 limited the size of this canal, 
but in their report for 1830 showed a complete reversal 
in their attitude by stating, “the Delaware Division 
may be fairly considered to be an extension of the 
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company Canal.” °° 
Coal was to be the main commodity handled and 
the main source of income was to be from tolls. The 
SL.C.N.C., Annual Report for 1840 (Philadelphia: W. S. 
Young, 1841), p. 6. 
® RICHARDSON, op. cit., p. 81. 
* PENNSYLVANIA CANAL COMMISSIONERS, Annual Report 
to the Senate of Pennsylvania (December 23, 1830; Harris- 
burg: H. Welsh, 1831), p. 35. 
114 ULLETIN 252: CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY 
