1868, Carbon Hill is noted in the Pa. Mine Inspector Report as sinking its first shaft, and began shipping coal to the Erie RR in 1869. The original owners are not known. It may have been operated by the Greenwood Coal Co for the Lackawanna & Susquehanna Coal and Iron, who ran the Greenwood Colliery across the river.

1870 has the Carbon Hill is working under lease by Malvern & Scott Co.

This may be the first of the large type collieries in Old Forge, according to records. The colliery was bought by the Glenwood Coal Co., who owned it till 1876 when it was bought by the Erie Railroad.

This colliery was situated above the west bank of the Lackawanna River, it connected to the Lackawanna and Bloomsburg Railroad via a mile long branch grade from L&BRR at river level to the top of the flats near present day end of Lincoln St. George Filer is the GM, Edward Jones is the mine boss, and A. Wisenflew is the outside foreman.

The openings to the coal consist of 2 shafts and a tunnel. One of the shafts caved in and was being used as a pump shaft. They mine and prepare about 250 tons of coal per day, employing 40 miners, 40 labors, 5 drivers, 3 door boys, 5 company men in the mines. In the breaker they have 25 slate pickers, 4 head and plate men, 3 drivers, 2 company men, 3 mechanics, and 2 bosses outside. In all 132 men and boys are employed. They are working the Carbon Hill Vein of coal, with an average thickness of 6 feet.

It also processed coal from the Chittenden shaft as mine tracks were shown connecting the two on a area map dated 1888.

In 1882 the colliery having been idle for six years was bought by the Pennsylvania Coal Co., and was later abandoned in 1884.

It is reported as having produced 145,765 tons of coal, not including the pre mine inspector record keeping years between 1869 and 1872. Adding an average of 29,153 per year for 3 years would increase the production tonnage to 333,224.

No photos, drawings, records or maps of this colliery have been found, and its early history may be lost to time.