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Previous Companies:	Henry Briggs, Son and Co., Ltd.
	Micklefield Coal and Lime Co., Ltd.

Company Details

Registered Office:	Whitwood, Normanton, Yorkshire
Seams Worked:	Haigh Moor, Silkstone, Beeston
Power Used:	Electric and Compressed Air. Voltage: 3,330 & 500 A.C. and 2,200 & 440 A.C.
Annual Output:	2,000,000 tons
Class of Coal:	Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam
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:	Hargreaves, Walter, LL.D., Carlton House, Rothwell, nr. Leeds
Deputy Chairman:	Briggs, D. H. Currer, 12, North Hill Road, Headingley, Leeds
Directors:	Appleby, G., 'Southleigh,' Kirkstall Lane, Headingley, Leeds, 6
	Briggs, R. M. Currer, 'Oatlands,' Harehills Lane, Leeds, 7
	Hargreaves, D. W., Eshald House, Woodlesford, nr. Leeds
	Phillips, G., M.C., Peckfield Lodge, South Milford
General Manager:	Briggs, D. H. Currer, 12, North Hill Road, Headingley, Leeds
Manager:	Hargreaves, D. W.
	Phillips, G.
Secretary:	Haworth, M.
Chief Engineer:	Schofield, G. F.
Agent:	Charlton, G. A.
	Hargreaves, D. W.
	Harrison, D.
	Johnson, H.

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
Ledston Luck	Ledston	H. Johnson	—	—
Peckfield	Micklefield	H. Johnson	906	237
Saville and Merthley Junction	Whitwood	D. Harrison	261	—
Snydale	Snydale	D. A. Charlton	476	141
Water Haigh	Woodlesford	D. W. Hargreaves	863	219
Whitwood, Beeston	Whitwood	D. Harrison	765	589
Whitwood, Haigh Moor	Whitwood	D. Harrison	266	—
Whitwood, Silkstone	Whitwood	D. Harrison	556	—
			4,093	1,186
			5,279

Company Details

Registered Office:	Whitwood, Normanton, Yorkshire
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:	Briggs, D. H. Currer, 7, North Hill Road, Headingley, Leeds
Directors:	Appleby, G., 'Southleigh,' Kirkstall Lane, Headingley, Leeds, 6
	Armitage, L., The Manor House, Whitwood, Normanton, Yorks.
	Briggs, R. M. Currer, Norwood Hall, Farnley, Otley, nr. Leeds
	Hargreaves, D. W., Eshald House, Woodlesford, nr. Leeds
	Harrison, D., Loscoe Grange, Normanton, Yorks.
	Longden, H. A., Peckfield Lodge, South Milford, Yorks.
General Manager:	Briggs, D. H. Currer, 7, North Hill Road, Headingley, Leeds
Secretary:	Haworth, M.

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
Peckfield (Micklefield)		H. White	651	185
Snydale		G. Appleby	319	94
Water Haigh		W. B. Williams	856	252
Whitwood and Saville		G. W. Hargreaves	1,752	624
			3,578	1,155
			4,733