Eppleton Colliery

Research Notes

• Miscellaneous documents
• Ref: D/X 411/305 — Table of information about Vane Tempest, Seaham, Dawdon, Murton, South Hetton, Eppleton, Elemore, Hawthorn (combined mine) collieries and a list of collieries abandoned, with the reasons for abandonment, 22 February 1966

• Enginemen's, Boiler-Minders and Firemen's Association
• Ref: D/EBF 112 — Eppleton Branch - Minutes of meetings, 7 December 1984-12 April 1986

• National Coal Board — 2nd Deposit
• Ref: NCB 2/306 — Plans of workings at Ryhope, Silksworth, Wearmouth, Eppleton, Dawdon, Vane Tempest & Seaham collieries, not dated [post 1920]

• National Coal Board — 6th Deposit (Items under 30 years old not to be produced)
• Ref: NCB 6/101 — Miners Welfare Committee, Eppleton Colliery - Pithead Baths (Accounts), 1930-1951
• Ref: NCB 6/102 — Miners Welfare Committee, Eppleton Colliery - Welfare Scheme, 1950-1957

• National Coal Board — 16th Deposit
• Ref: NCB 16/31 — Photograph of surface showing baths, offices and shafts, Eppleton Colliery, not dated [1975]
• Ref: NCB 16/32 — View of shafts from the colliery entrance, Eppleton, not dated [1975]
• Ref: NCB 16/33 — Photograph of surface from spoil heap, showing 3 shafts, Eppleton Colliery, 23 September 1975
• Ref: NCB 16/34 — Photograph of Jane Shaft, Eppleton Colliery, not dated [1975]
• Ref: NCB 16/35 — Photograph of stockyard from Lindsay Shaft, Eppleton Colliery, not dated [1975]
• Ref: NCB 16/36 — Photograph of Lindsay Shaft and Winder, Eppleton Colliery, not dated [1975]

• National Coal Board — 24th Deposit
• 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)

• National Coal Board — 25th Deposit
• Ref: NCB 25/41 Interim List — Press cuttings and radio broadcast script on Eppleton Colliery, 1989-90
• Ref: NCB 25/42 Interim List — Press and news releases concerning Eppleton Colliery, 1988-91
• Ref: NCB 25/43 Interim List — Reports on Eppleton Colliery, 1989-90
• Ref: NCB 25/44 Interim List — Booklets concerning Eppleton Colliery, 1973-88

• National Coal Board — 30th Deposit
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 23/7 — Disputes and conciliation, Eppleton Colliery, March 1984 - July 1984
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 55/10 — Construction maintenance and demolition work, Eppleton Colliery, June 1987 - March 1988
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 86/4 — Five year development plans, Colliery meetings with production managers, Eppleton Colliery, January 1984
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 87/8 — Planning, production and development, Eppleton Colliery, October 1981 - March 1986
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 92/8 — Pit meetings, Eppleton Colliery, December 1971 - June 1973
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 118/4 — Data applicable to Eppleton Colliery disaster, July 1951
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 119/1 — Persons commencing Eppleton Colliery, January 1951 - June 1971
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 119/2 — Register of parties of young persons visiting mines, Eppleton, January 1973 - March 1973
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 141/5 — Eppleton explosion, July 1951
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 170/21 — Accident at Eppleton Colliery, July 1951 - August 1951
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 170/22 — Eppleton disaster, May 1951 - July 1951
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 170/23 — Accident at Eppleton Colliery, July 1951
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 170/24 — Time book and firemen's reports, Eppleton Colliery, July 1951
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 170/25 — Eppleton inquest file, January 1946 - November 1951
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 170/26 — Explosion at Eppleton Colliery, July 1951 - November 1951
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 185/10 — Redundancies arriving from reorganisation, Eppleton, Murton and Elemore Collieries, August 1959 - December 1960
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 218/4 — Plans and information, Murton and Eppleton Collieries, October 1971 - September 1985
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 225/10 — Accidents and incidents at pits, Eppleton Colliery, October 1972 - February 1974
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 252/2 — Hydraulic fans, Eppleton Colliery, June 1971 - November 1973
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 252/8 — Starters and leavers, Eppleton Colliery, February 1981 - April 1986
• Ref: NCB 30/Volume 8 — Engagement book, Eppleton Colliery, March 1939 - December 1969
• Ref: NCB 30/Volume 9 — Engagement book, Eppleton Colliery, October 1977 - December 1980
• Ref: NCB 30/Volume 10 — Engagement book, Eppleton Colliery, January 1970 - September 1977

• National Coal Board — 33rd Deposit
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 11/3 — Colliery specification, Eppleton Colliery, 1954
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 31/8 — Staffing and organisation, Eppleton disaster, July 1951 - January 1952

• Miscellaneous documents
• Ref: D/X 970/3 — British Reinforced Concrete Engineering Company (Mining) Records - Plan of the site layout of the (N.C.B. Durham Division no.2 area) Hawthorn project for Murton, Eppleton combined mine drawn by British Reinforced Concrete Engineering Company Ltd., drawing no. D 3589-136c, 12 July 1956. Scale: 1:2500