Durham Mining Museum - Cold Knott Colliery Co., Ltd.

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Cold Knott Colliery Co., Ltd.

Registered in 1910

Warning: This is not intended to be an exhaustive history of the company, but an indication of the changes of ownership and the links between companies and directors in those companies. The company may own other properties etc. and there may have been other changes of ownership etc. for which we currently do not have details.


1915

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Cold Knott	Crook	R. Oliver	48	11
High Cold Knott	Crook	R. Oliver	29	7

			77	18

			95


1918

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Cold Knott	Crook	R. Robson	57	23
Mown Meadows	Crook	R. Robson	9	2

			66	25

			91


1919

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Cold Knott	Crook	T. H. Williams	—	—


1921

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Cold Knott	Crook	T. Williams	49	14


1923

Company Details

Registered Office:	Collingwood Buildings, Newcastle
Annual Output:	24,000 tons
Class of Coal:	Coking, Household, Manufacturing, Steam
Source: 1923 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:	Ramsey, J. H., Capt. , T.D.
Managing Director:	Ramsey, J. H., Capt. , T.D.
Directors:	Snowdon, T.
	Widdas, P.
Secretary:	Morgan, A. E.

Source: 1923 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


1924

Company Notes

Registered – October 3, 1910. On April 16, 1923, it was resolved to wind up voluntarily; liquidator, A. E. Morgan. Collingwood Buildings, Newcastle-on-Tyne.

Source: Mining Manual & Mining Year Book for 1924


Sources

1923 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
Mining Manual & Mining Year Book for 1924
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department Where to find this report
1918 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department Where to find this report
1919 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide Where to find this report
1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department Where to find this report

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