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South Pontop Colliery
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Durham Record Office, County Record Office, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL
- Miscellaneous documents
- Ref: D/X 1103/11 — Pay bill for the South Pontop colliery, 5 May 1866
- Ref: D/X 1218/1 — Schedule of terms and conditions between Henry Ritson of Shotley Bridge, owner of South Pontop Colliery, and several persons hired by fortnightly agreement to work the Five Quarter Seam, 1 September 1862
- Ref: D/X 1218/2-14 — Annual abstracts of the cost of working unscreened coals at South Pontop Colliery, including all labour, materials and colliery rents, 1876-1880; 1882-1888; 1900. Includes: in abstracts from 1885 onwards, summaries from 1877 of coal vended and cost per ton, number of days worked, number of men and boys employed underground and above ground, and number of horses and ponies at work in Lizzie and Willie pits; and in 1900 abstract, summary of changes in wages paid to underground and bank workmen since 1888
- Ref: D/X 1218/15 — No.20 Pay Bill for coal worked from the Willie Pit at South Pontop Colliery, listing hewers' names and rates of pay, and payments for sundry underground and bank work to overman and deputies, horse drivers, and other groups of employees, 21 September - 5 October 1878
- Ref: D/X 1218/16 — Copy of agreement between the Durham Colliery Owners' Mutual Protection Association and the Durham Miners' Association concerning the payment of compensation under the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1897, and covering letter, addressed to Henry Greener of South Pontop Colliery, 29-30 June 1898
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