Handen Hold Colliery

Research Notes

• National Coal Board — 2nd Deposit
• Ref: NCB 2/248 — 7. Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Ltd.: Handen Hold Colliery (Tilley Seam)

• National Coal Board — 3rd Deposit (Items under 30 years old not to be produced)
• Ref: NCB 3/137 — Handen Hold Colliery - Fines book, 1938-1968
• Ref: NCB 3/138 — Handen Hold Colliery - Agreements (Twizell Burn and Alma Collieries), 1902-1950

• National Coal Board — 7th Deposit
• Ref: NCB 7/2/11 — James Joicey & Co. Ltd. - Agreements concerning Handen Hold Colliery re hewing prices in Busty Seam; prices and conditions for working on Longwall faces in Beaumont Seam; use of electrical drilling machine in Beaumont Seam and score prices in both seams, 10 August 1927 - 5 September 1931
• Ref: NCB 7/3/26 — James Joicey & Co. Ltd. - Returns to the Mining Association of particulars of shafts, manshifts worked, persons employed, output, free coal, housing for Tanfield Lea, East Stanley, Beamish, Twizell, Handen Hold and Twizell Burn Pits, 1925
• Ref: NCB 7/3/71 — James Joicey & Co. Ltd. - Correspondence and statement of estimated costs per ton per fortnight of changeover from endless rope haulage to main and tail haulage at Handen Hold Colliery, 26 February 1938 - 25 October 1938
• Ref: NCB 7/3/100 — James Joicey & Co. Ltd. - Comparative statement of effect on wages and output of young boys working underground at Handen Hold Colliery, 18 February 1938 - 1 March 1938
• Ref: NCB 7/5/11 — James Joicey & Co. Ltd. - Minutes and reports of the Pit Production Committees of Tanfield Moor, Tanfield Lea, Beamish Mary, Beamish Second, Handen Hold and Twizell Burn Pits, 5 January - 5 December 1945
• Ref: NCB 7/5/40 — James Joicey & Co. Ltd. - Correspondence and statements re electrification of fan at Handen Hold Colliery, 1 September 1936 - 8 June 1939
• Ref: NCB 7/5/42 — James Joicey & Co. Ltd. - Correspondence and plans re working of coal at Busty and Five Quarter Seams, Handen Hold Pit, (part of Pelton Fell royalty), 15 April 1902 - 9 June 1938
• Ref: NCB 7/5/49 — Correspondence between James Joicey & Co. Ltd and South Moor and Craghead Collieries re Main Coal Seam, Craghead, including plans of Main Coal Seam and plan showing proposed exchange of royalty between Craghead and Handen Hold Collieries, 27 September 1919 - 28 March 1922
• Ref: NCB 7/5/76 — James Joicey & Co. Ltd. - Correspondence and papers re the construction of screens for the various pits at Handen Hold and Tanfield Lea Collieries, including diagrams referring to details of construction, 9 May 1903
• Ref: NCB 7/5/77 — James Joicey & Co. Ltd. - Correspondence re Beamish East Moor royalty at Handen Hold Pit, including plan showing coal to be worked in Busty Seam, 15 December 1905 - 1 July 1907
• Ref: NCB 7/5/89 — James Joicey & Co. Ltd. - Correspondence and statement re the effect of abandoning Tanfield Moor, East Stanley, Second and Handen Hold Pits and Twizell Drift and the present cost of maintaining the pits at present idle, January - August 1928
• Ref: NCB 7/5/98 — James Joicey & Co. Ltd. - Correspondence and plans re extraction of pillars of coal in Five-quarter Seam, Handen Hold Pit, Beamish 24 June 1932 - 19 December 1941
• Ref: NCB 7/5/104 — Correspondence between Mining Office and Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Ltd. re pump standage at Handen Hold Pit, West Pelton, Colliery, including plan of Busty Seam at Handen Hold Pit, 25 - 29 January 1934
• Ref: NCB 7/5/108 — James Joicey & Co. Ltd. - Correspondence and papers re Brockwell Seam in the Pelton royalty at Handen Hold Pit, 18 January 1935 - 24 July 1935
• Ref: NCB 7/5/136 — James Joicey & Co. Ltd. - Correspondence and papers re disputes at Handen Hold and Tanfield Lea Collieries, 12 July - 16 November 1929
• Ref: NCB 7/5/138 — James Joicey & Co. Ltd. - Correspondence re Handen Hall Colliery putters' minimum wage dispute, 11 August - 16 August 1938
• Ref: NCB 7/7/6 — James Joicey & Co. Ltd. - Quarterly reports of controller re Beamish, Tanfield, Twizell and West Pelton mines, 29 March 1919 - 31 March 1921
• Ref: NCB 7/7/15 — James Joicey & Co. Ltd. - Report on drawing all coals from Busty Shaft, Handen Hold Colliery, not dated

• National Coal Board — 24th Deposit
• Ref: NCB 24/35 — Public Relations Office Files - Handen Hold colliery, 9 March 1956 - 12 October 1968
• Ref: NCB 24/36 — Public Relations Office Files - Handen Hold colliery (press cuttings), 5 May 1961 - 15 January 1968

• National Coal Board — 30th Deposit
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 25/8 — Audit programme, Handen Hold, Twizzleburn and Alma Collieries, April 1958 - July 1961

• National Coal Board — 33rd Deposit
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 37/15 — Colliery specification, working and projection of results, Handen Hold Colliery, 1954

• Miscellaneous documents
• Ref: D/X 1175/21 — Handon Hold Old Pit Cavelling Rules, 9 August 1916