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List of Mines |
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1950 List of Mines under the Metalliferous Mines Act - South Durham
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Persons Employed |
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| Name of Mine |
Situation |
Owner and Postal Address |
Under Ground |
Above Ground |
Minerals and Seams Worked, and Remarks |
| Billingham |
Billingham |
I.C.I. (Fertilizer and Synthetic Products) Ltd., Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees |
580 |
172 |
Gypsum, Anhydrite. . |
| Carricks |
Wearhead |
Weardale Steel, Coal and Coke Co., Ltd., Tudhoe Iron Works, Spennymoor, Co. Durham |
— |
— |
Iron Ore. . (Abandoned 5/49). |
| Cow Green |
Harwood-in-Teesdale |
Anglo Austral Mines Ltd., 37 Dover Street, London, W.1 |
71 |
33 |
Barytes. . |
| Dubby Syke |
Harwood-in-Teesdale |
Anglo Austral Mines Ltd., 37 Dover Street, London, W.1 |
19 |
6 |
Barytes. . |
| Flushiemere |
Middleton-in-Teesdale |
Flushiemere Barytes Mines Ltd., Newbiggin-in-Teesdale, Co. Durham |
7 |
5 |
Barytes, Fluorspar. . (Abandoned 12/49). |
| Grove Heads |
Wearhead |
Weardale Steel, Coal and Coke Co., Ltd., Tudhoe Iron Works, Spennymoor, Co. Durham |
— |
— |
Ironstone. . (Abandoned 5/50). |
| Park Burn |
Westgate-in-Weardale |
A. Dalton, Low House, Westgate, Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham |
— |
— |
Fluorspar. . (Discontinued 6/45). |
| Rods Shaft |
Harwood-in-Teesdale |
Anglo Austral Mines Ltd., 37 Dover Street, London, W.1 |
4 |
4 |
Barytes. . |
| Skears (inc. Coldberry North Level) |
Middleton-in-Teesdale |
Coldberry Lead Co., Ltd., Seghill Hal, Dudley, Northumberland |
— |
— |
Lead Ore. . |
| Weager Burn |
Bollihope |
T. W. Walton, 6 White Kirkby, Frosterley, Darlington, Co. Durham |
— |
— |
Lead Ore. . (Abandoned 6/50). |
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