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South Moor Colliery Co., 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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| Previous Companies: | South Moor Coal Co., Ltd. |
| Next Company: | Holmside and South Moor Collieries Ltd. |
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Collieries/Mines Owned
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| Name of Mine | Locality | Manager | Under | Above | |
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| Kyo Laws [b] (Sand) | Annfield Plain | 2 | — | ||
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| 1899 | |
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Collieries/Mines Owned
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| Name of Mine | Locality | Manager | Under | Above | |
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| Charley | South Moor | J. E. W. Fairley | 27 | 20 | |
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| 1900 | |
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Collieries/Mines Owned
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| Name of Mine | Locality | Manager | Under | Above | |
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| Charley | South Moor | J. E. W. Fairley | 82 | 11 | |
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Collieries/Mines Owned
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| Name of Mine | Locality | Manager | Under | Above | |
| ground | ground | ||||
| Charley Pit | South Moor | J. Fairley | 8 | 1 | |
| Charley | Chester-le-Street | J. E. W. Fairley | 190 | 45 | |
| Hedley | Chester-le-Street | J. E. W. Fairley | 646 | 121 | |
| Kyo Laws [a] | Annfield Plain | 1 | — | ||
| Louisa | Chester-le-Street | J. E. W. Fairley | 679 | 135 | |
| Morrison | Chester-le-Street | J. E. W. Fairley | 870 | 125 | |
| William | Chester-le-Street | J. E. W. Fairley | 198 | 50 | |
| 2,592 | 477 | ||||
| 3,069 | |||||
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Collieries/Mines Owned
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| Name of Mine | Locality | Manager | Under | Above | |
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| Hedley | Chester-le-Street | J. E. W. Fairley | — | — | |
| Louisa | Chester-le-Street | J. E. W. Fairley | — | — | |
| Morrison | Chester-le-Street | J. E. W. Fairley | — | — | |
| South Moor Colliery Co. | Chester-le-Street | 3,708 | 644 | ||
| William | Chester-le-Street | J. E. W. Fairley | — | — | |
| 3,708 | 644 | ||||
| 4,352 | |||||
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1911 - Advert from The Times (1911)
Source: The Times Newspaper
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| 1915 | |
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Collieries/Mines Owned
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| Name of Mine | Locality | Manager | Under | Above | |
| ground | ground | ||||
| South Moor, Charley and Hedley | Chester-le-Street | W. R. Scott | 705 | 161 | |
| South Moor, Louisa, New | Chester-le-Street | W. R. Scott | 610 | 139 | |
| South Moor, Morrison | Chester-le-Street | W. R. Scott | 1,028 | 189 | |
| 2,343 | 489 | ||||
| 2,832 | |||||
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| 1921 | |
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Collieries/Mines Owned
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| Name of Mine | Locality | Manager | Under | Above | |
| ground | ground | ||||
| South Moor, Charley and Hedley | South Moor | W. R. Scott | 852 | 212 | inc. Charley |
| South Moor, Louisa New | South Moor | W. R. Scott | 745 | 211 | |
| South Moor, Louisa Old & William | South Moor | W. R. Scott | 1,199 | 272 | |
| South Moor, Morrison, North & South | South Moor | W. R. Scott | 1,568 | 378 | |
| 4,364 | 1,073 | ||||
| 5,437 | |||||
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Collieries/Mines Owned
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| Name of Mine | Locality | Manager | Under | Above | |
| ground | ground | ||||
| Charley Pit Quarry | South Moor | 14 | 2 | ||
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Company Details
| Registered Office: | Newcastle-on-Tyne |
| Annual Output: | 1,500,000 tons |
| Class of Coal: | Coking, Gas, 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
| Directors: | Cooper, R. W. |
| Hedley, O. W. E. | |
| Morrison-Bell, A. C. | |
| Morrison-Bell, C. W. H., Sir | |
| Secretary: | Kinsoff, F. W. |
Collieries/Mines Owned
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| Name of Mine | Locality | Manager | Under | Above | |
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| South Moor, Charley & Hedley | South Moor | W. R. Scott | 857 | 212 | |
| South Moor, Louisa New | South Moor | W. R. Scott | 760 | 189 | |
| South Moor, Louisa Old & William | South Moor | W. R. Scott | 1,305 | 273 | |
| South Moor, Morrison, Busty | South Moor | J. G. Browell | 65 | 96 | Sinking |
| South Moor, Morrison, North & South | South Moor | W. R. Scott | 1,728 | 411 | |
| 4,715 | 1,181 | ||||
| 5,896 | |||||
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- 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
- 1897 List of Quarries
- 1899 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department Where to find this report
- 1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department Where to find this report
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department Where to find this report
- 1905 List of Quarries
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department Where to find this report
- 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department Where to find this report
- 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department Where to find this report
- 1922 List of Quarries - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department Where to find this report
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Research Notes for South Moor Colliery Co., Ltd.
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