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Adventure Pit
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Durham Record Office, County Record Office, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL
- Ref: D/X 999/10 — Henderson McGill Elliot, senior (1840-1899) - 'Plan of [Rainton Colliery] Adventure Pit Five Quarter Seam', not dated [c.1875] Shows surface features in addition to underground workings. Inscribed 'Mr. H. M. Elliot'. Scale: 1 inch to 2 chains [1:1584]
- Ref: D/X 999/79 — The Londonderry Collieries ... Rainton Colliery, 4 August 1887. With section of strata at Alexandrina Pit, details of equipment and statistics for Adventure Pit, Nicholson's Pit, Meadows Pit and Warden Law pumping engine, and plan of Londonderry royalties
- Ref: D/X 999/14 — Henderson McGill Elliot, senior (1840-1899) - Appointment of Henderson McGill Elliot as undermanager of Adventure Pit, Rainton Colliery, 13 March 1888
- Ref: NCB 30/Box 239/3 — Page from engagement book, Adventure Colliery, September 1918 - September 1960
- Ref: NCB 31/Box 86/30 — Agreement between County of Durham Electrical Supply Company and Rainton Colliery Company Limited, covering the supply of energy at Adventure pit, February 1931. (includes Supplemental agreement between N.E.E.B. and N.C.B., December 1949)
- Ref: NCB 13/212 — Rainton Colliery Company - Truck weigh book, Adventure Pit, 20 July 1944 -22 October 1948
- Ref: NCB 30/Volume 16 — Engagement book, Adventure Colliery, December 1949 - November 1962
- Ref: NCB 24/117 — Public Relations Office Files - Historical and statistical information for specific collieries: Adventure, Bearpark, Blackhall, Boldon, Dawdon, Dean and Chapter, Easington, Eppleton, Garesfield, Harraton, Hawthorn Combined (Murton, Eppleton, Elemore), Herrington, Horden, Houghton, Hylton, Kibblesworth, Kimblesworth, Langley Park, Murton, Sacriston, Seaham, Sherburn, Silksworth, South Hetton, Tudhoe Park, Ushaw Moor, Vane Tempest, Wardley/Usworth, Washington 'F', Washington Glebe, Wearmouth, Wheatley Hill and for groups of collieries (including Northumberland), (c.1950 - c.1980)
- Ref: NCB 33/Box 12/22 — Colliery specification, Adventure Colliery, 1954
- Ref: NCB 24/1 — Public Relations Office Files - Adventure (Rainton) colliery (press-cuttings), 3 February 1958 - 15 September 1978
- Ref: NCB 30/Box 117/11 — Starters and leavers, Adventure, April 1959 - July 1974
- Ref: NCB 24/2 — Public Relations Office Files - Adventure (Rainton) colliery, 26 August 1959 - 17 July 1978
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