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Previous Companies:	Denaby and Cadeby Main Collieries Ltd.
	Dinnington Main Coal Co., Ltd.
	Maltby Main Colliery Co., Ltd.
	Rossington Main Colliery Co.

Company Details

Registered Office:	Sheepbridge Works, Chesterfield
Seams Worked:	Barnsley, Parkgate
Power Used:	Steam, Electricty and Compressed Air
Annual Output:	3,500,000 tons
Class of Coal:	Coking, Gas, Household, Steam
Other Information:	This Company is controlled by the Yorkshire Amalgamated Collieries Ltd., through its holdings in the constituent companies, and was formed for the amalgamation of the colliery properties of the Dinnington, Rossington, Maltby, Denaby and Cadeby, . . .
Source: 1937 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian

Company Directors

Chairman:	Aberconway, Lord, Rt. Hon., 38, South Street, Mayfair, London, W.1
Managing Director:	Hodges, L. C., Denaby Main, nr. Doncaster
	Leslie, J., Major, D.S.O., M.C., 5, Fenchurch Street, London, E.C.
Directors:	Dundas, F. J., Dale Cottage, Cawthorne, nr. Barnsley
	Jackson, G. C. M., Stubbing Court, Chesterfield
	McConnel, W. H., Heath End House, Banghurst, Basingstoke
	Nicholson, Guy, Eyam Dale House, Eyam, Derbyshire
	Norman, Henry, Sir, Rt. Hon., P.C., M.P., Corner House, Cowley Street, London, S.W.
	Peake, Harald, Lound Hall, Tuxford, Newark
	Pelly, K. R., M.C., 5, Fenchurch Street, London, E.C.
	Stephenson, H. K., Lt.-Col., D.S.O., Hassop Hall, Bakewell
	Stobart, H. M., Col., D.S.O., Middlethorpe Hall, York
Secretary:	Haslam, T. E., F.C.I.S.

Source: 1937 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Cadeby Main		W. Criddle	1,000	300
Denaby Main		N. Hulley	1,700	400
Dinnington Main	nr. Sheffield	J. W. Elliott	1,000	350
Maltby Main	Rotherham	R. Young	2,100	400
Rossington Main	Rossington	F. G. Glossop	2,000	400
			7,800	1,850
			9,650

Company Details

Registered Office:	Sheepbridge Works, Chesterfield
Seams Worked:	Barnsley, Parkgate
Power Used:	Steam, Electricty and Compressed Air
Annual Output:	4,000,000 tons
Class of Coal:	Coking, Gas, Household, Steam
Other Information:	This Company is controlled by the Yorkshire Amalgamated Collieries Ltd., through its holdings in the constituent companies, and was formed for the amalgamation of the colliery properties of the Dinnington, Rossington, Maltby, Denaby and Cadeby, . . .
Source: 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian

Company Directors

Chairman:	Aberconway, Lord, Rt. Hon., 38, South Street, Mayfair, London, W.1
Managing Director:	Hodges, L. C., Denaby Main, nr. Doncaster
	Leslie, J., Major, D.S.O., M.C., London, E.C.3
Directors:	Dundas, F. J., Dale Cottage, Cawthorne, nr. Barnsley
	Jackson, G. C. M., Stubbing Court, Chesterfield
	McConnel, W. H., Heath End House, Banghurst, Basingstoke
	Nicholson, Guy, Eyam Dale House, Eyam, Derbyshire
	Peake, Harald, Lound Hall, Tuxford, Newark
	Pelly, K. R., M.C., 5, Fenchurch Street, London, E.C.
	Stephenson, H. K., Lt.-Col., D.S.O., Hassop Hall, Bakewell
	Stobart, H. M., Col., D.S.O., Middlethorpe Hall, York
Secretary:	Haslam, T. E., F.C.I.S.

Source: 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Cadeby Main		D. Cowburn	1,500	300
Denaby Main		N. Hulley	2,000	500
Dinnington Main	nr. Sheffield	F. A. Davies	1,400	350
Maltby Main	Rotherham	R. Young	2,100	400
Rossington Main	Rossington	F. G. Glossop	2,000	450
			9,000	2,000
			11,000

Company Details

Registered Office:	Sheepbridge Works, Chesterfield
Source: 1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian

Company Directors

Chairman:	Aberconway, Lord, Rt. Hon., Bodnant, Talycafn, North Wales
Managing Director:	Hodges, L. C., M.Inst.C.E., Grove House, Bromsberrow Heath, near Ledbury, Herefordshire
	Leslie, J., Lt.-Col., D.S.O., M.C., Appletree Cottage, Brancaster, King's Lynn
Directors:	Dundas, F. J., Dale Cottage, Cawthorne, nr. Barnsley
	Jackson, G. C. M., Stubbing Court, Chesterfield
	Nicholson, Guy, Eyam, Derbyshire
	Peake, Harald, Lound Hall, Tuxford, Newark
	Pelly, K. R., M.C., 23, Rood Lane, Fenchurch Street, E.C.3
	Stephenson, H. K., Lt.-Col., D.S.O., Hassop Hall, Bakewell
	Stobart, H. M., Lieut.-Col., D.S.O., Headlam Hall, near Darlington
Joint Secretary:	Dunk, J. H.
	Sinclair, D. W.

Source: 1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Cadeby Main		A. Hardy	1,200	300
Denaby Main		J. Halford	1,450	400
Dinnington Main	nr. Sheffield	F. A. Davies	1,100	400
Maltby Main	Rotherham	T. A. Carter	1,950	400
Rossington Main	Rossington	E. Ponberth	1,610	540
			7,310	2,040
			9,350