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 List of Mines Return to Index List of Mines 
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1960 National Coal Board - Southern Northumberland Area

The initial letters attached to the word "Coal" indicate the kind of coal produced, viz:— C. Coking; G. Gas; H. Household; M. Manufacturing; S. Steam.

  Persons Employed  
Name of Mine Situation Under Ground Above Ground Minerals and Seams Worked, and Remarks
Algernon Backworth 507 138 Coal: G, S. Clay. Main Coal.
Bardon Mill Bardon Mill 234 98 Coal: H, S. Little Limestone.
Burradon Dudley 490 180 Coal: H, S. Yard, Bensham, Beaumont.
Callerton Drift Mine Westerhope, Newcastle-on-Tyne 86 19 . (Developing).
East Walbottle Dinnington Village, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 158 62 Coal: H, S. Beaumont.
Eccles Backworth 525 168 Coal: G. Clay. Three Quarter, Main, Busty.
Fenwick Backworth 624 184 Coal: G, S. Bensham, Five Quarter, Beaumont.
Havannah Drift 421 96 Coal: G, H, S. Low Main.
Hazlerigg Dinnington, Newcastle-on-Tyne 539 180 Coal: H, S. High Main, Yard, Beaumont.
Loughbridge Drift Mine Westerhope, Newcastle-on-Tyne 89 30 .
Maude Backworth 574 154 Coal: G, H. Yard, Main Coal, Three Quarter, Main, Beaumont, Bensham.
Morwood 115 21 Coal: H, S. Little Limestone.
North Walbottle Westerhope, Newcastle-on-Tyne 770 294 Coal: C, G, H, M, S. Brockwell, Three Quarter, Tilley, Busty, Low Main.
Prestwick Prestwick, Ponteland, Newcastle-on-Tyne 130 46 Coal: H, S. Brockwell, Busty.
Rising Sun Wallsend 1371 393 Coal: G, H, S. Clay. Main Coal, Low Main, Beaumont, Three Quarter, Brockwell.
Weetslade Weetslade, Dudley 488 150 Coal: H, S. Low Main.
West Wylam & Mickley 796 250 Coal: C, G, H. Tilley, Five Quarter, Six Quarter, Three Quarter, Brockwell, Low Main, Victoria.

 

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