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Denaby and Cadeby Main Collieries Ltd.

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.

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Next Company: Amalgamated Denaby Collieries Ltd.


1900

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Cadeby  Rotherham  H. S. Witty  1,000  581  
Denaby Main  Rotherham  H. S. Witty  1,219  431  
 

 
 2,219 1,012  
 
 
 3,231  
 
 


1905

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Cadeby Main  Cadeby  H. S. Witty  1,970  660  
Denaby Main  Denaby  Charles Bury  1,730  500  
 

 
 3,700 1,160  
 
 
 4,860  
 
 


1910

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Cadeby Main  Cadeby  H. S. Witty  2,635  660  
Denaby Main  Denaby  Charles Bury  1,429  522  
 

 
 4,064 1,182  
 
 
 5,246  
 
 


1923

Company Details

Registered Office: Denaby Main, nr. Rotherham
Annual Output:  1,500,000 tons
Class of Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, 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: Pope, M. E. W., Major, Ashwicke Hall, Marshfield, Chippenham, Wilts.
Managing Director: Chambers, W. H., Clayworth Hall, nr. Retford
Directors: De Falbe, W., Lt.-Col., Bylands House, Redbourn, Herts
 Pearson, L. G., Colonel, The Linn, Johnstone, N.B.
 Wilkie, Geo., Ellerslie, Doncaster
Secretary: Wilkie, Geo., Ellerslie, Doncaster
Chief Engineer: Hardy, E. T.
Agent: Harrison, H. C.
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

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Cadeby Main    H. Hulley  1,697  470  
Denaby Main    W. Still  1,498  445  
 

 
 3,195 915  
 
 
 4,110  
 
 


1926

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1926-01-16  Article from The Science and Art of Mining — "Denaby Plans"


1933

Company Details

Registered Office: Denaby Main, nr. Rotherham
Seams Worked: Barnsley, Parkgate
Power Used: Electric. Voltage: 3,300 and 440
Annual Output:  1,800,000 tons
Class of Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Steam
Other Information: This Company is controlled by the Yorkshire Amalgamated Collieries Ltd.
Source: 1933 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: Leslie, J., Major, D.S.O., M.C., 5, Fenchurch Street, London, E.C.3
Managing Director: Peake, Harald, Lound Hall, Tuxford, Newark
Directors: Dundas, Fredk. J., Dale Cottage, Cawthorne, nr. Barnsley
 Higgins, S. G., Sir, C.B.E., Montford House, Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex
 Jackson, W. B. M., Glapwell Hall, Chesterfield
 Pelly, Kenneth R., M.C., 'Grouselands,' Colgate, Sussex
 Stobart, H. M., Col., C.B.E., D.S.O., Middlethorpe Hall, York
Commercial Manager: Wales, C. E.
General Manager: Hodges, L. C., Barnburgh Hall, nr. Doncaster
Secretary: Duke, J. H., Denaby Main, nr. Rotherham
Chief Engineer: Hardy, E. T.
P589 Pickering, B. H.
Source: 1933 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. Still  2,150  410  
Denaby Main    N. Hulley  2,000  410  
 

 
 4,150 820  
 
 
 4,970  
 
 


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