Twizell Burn Drift

Research Notes

• National Coal Board — 7th Deposit
• 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 7/5/11 — 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 7/5/89 — 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 7/5/117 — James Joicey & Co. Ltd. - Correspondence and plans re Twizell Burn drift (including West Pelton royalty and Twizell freehold tramway from Twizell Wood to Alma Pit and the installation of fan house, 17 August 1922 - 15 September 1931

• 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 37/27 — Colliery specification, working and projection of results, Twizzleburn Colliery, 1954

• Durham Miner's Association — Archives
• Ref: NUMDA/3/2/70 — Twizell Burn lodge subscription registers [1946-1958]
  The subscription registers record payments by members to national, district and local funds, with space to record exemptions from national and DMA political levy. Many registers list members alphabetically by surname with some indication of status (full member, half-member, widow etc), but this was not always possible because of changes in the workforce. Some registers include brief information on death, transfer, leaving mining.