NEIMME: Library

Records from the National Coal Board, held in the strongroom

Box 1.  Catalogued 7/8/2005.  Location: Under Centre tables

 

Records of Brandon Colliery

Includes a plan of Brandon Village, 1/2500

Strata measurements

ARP arrangements

Engineering statistics, 1978-80

Incudes data on Eppleton, Dawdon, Horden, Easington, Murton, bearpark, Houghton, Blackhall, Lynemouth and Wearmouth

Dipton Colliery Boring and Section Book

Includes plan of Eden Colliery, 2 chains to 1”

Records include Sunniside, stopheap, Dipton and Delight Pit.

Plans of Dipton (6” to 1 mile),

New Inn to Stockerleyt Burn (1/2500), and

Flint Hill (6” to 1 mile)

Sections of strata for Usworth Colliery

 

Leases Etc.

Lease of coal, Calverley Beweicke to Pelaw Main Colliery, 1938

Lease of Lands, Calverley Beweicke to Pelaw Main Colliery, 1940

Includes plans of workings at Ouston “E” Mine for Busty (Q) seam, Brass Thill (K), Hutton (L), and for Handen Hold Mine in the Tilley Seam (P), all on a scale of 1/2500

Ledger of payments made to various coal companies in the North East

1906-1950. 601pp.

Ravensworth Park Shaft sinking record

1937

Abandonment plans and old shafts investigations, 1974

Includes plans of Wardley Colliery, Usworth, Wahington F Pit, Wilson’s Foredrift, Hebburn (all in the Harvey (N) seam).

Shafts near Marley Hill

Old Plan (19th C) of Houghton and Newbottle, 15chains to 1”.

Sacriston Colliery, Findon Hill Shafts, Victoria Seam (1/2500)

Marley Hill Lodge shaft section

Herrington Colliery shaft section.

Record of Boreholes, 1909-1946

Fishburn Colliery, Thrislington Jane Pit, Florence Pit, Adelaide Pit, and Eldon Drift.

Borehole records

1904-1914

Weardale ironstone mine

Middleridge Colliery

Prudhoe

Shildon Pit

Ricknall Grange

Croxdale Colliery

Includes notes on two court cases: Sir Wm. Eden Bart. Vs. Weardale Iron & Coal Co.

And Sir Wm. Eden Bart. Vs. The Ecclesiatical Commissioners.

Records of borehole nr. Ingleton, Hilton, Staindrop, nr. Barnard Castle

Includes a plan, 1/2500, 1943.

Letters and plans

Relating to workings in Balydon, Central Gateshead, Annfield Plain, Consett, Chester le Street, Leadgate, Causey, and Benfieldside

Catalogue of Durham Abandonment Plans

 

Notices of approach etc.

Agreements between BR and NCB. C.1963

Coal Commission and NCB joint records

List of notices issued by (1) the Coal Commission, (2) the national headquarters of the NCB for publication in the London (or Edinburgh) Gazette an in local press.  C. 1959

Coal Commission and NCB joint records

NCB register of alienation cases, 1959

Coal Commission and NCB joint records

NCB register of alienation cases, 1946

Correlation of seams in mid-Northumberland

1963

Correlation of seams in north-Northumberland

1963

Plan of Wearmouth Colliery

1985

Plan of Murton, Hawthorn, Vane Tempset, Seaham, Dawdon and Easington Collieries

1:25,000 with technical details on each mine.  1990

Outputs of saleable coal

Sheets for Easington, Ellington Combine, Vane Tempest/Seaham, Wearmouth and Westoe, 1992

Plan of Easington Colliery

6” to 1 mile, 1992.  Main Seam (F)

Plan of Easington Colliery

6” to 1 mile, 1992.  Yard Seam (G)

Plan of Ellington Combine

6” to 1 mile, 1992.  Main Seam (F)

Plan of Ellington Combine

6” to 1 mile, 1992.  Yard Seam (G)

Plan of Ellington Combine

6” to 1 mile, 1992  Brass Thill (K)

Plan of Vane Tempest Colliery

6” to 1 mile, 1992.  Seam C

Plan of Wearmouth Colliery

6” to 1 mile, 1992.  Yard Seam (G)

Plan of Westoe Colliery

6” to 1 mile, 1992.  Main Seam (F)

Plan of Westoe Colliery

6” to 1 mile, 1992.  Maudlin Seam (H)

Plan of Westoe Colliery

6” to 1 mile, 1992.  Brass Thill Seam (K)

 

NCB correspondence relating to old shafts.  1970s.

Catalogued 10/9/05

File 1. 

Relates to:

Melkridge; Coanwood; Crystallwell Colliery; Hester Pit New Hartley; Netherton Colliery; Land near the Three Horseshoes Hotel; Lawson’s Main, Brough Park; Bardon Mill return drift; Fourstones Colliery; Stobswood Quarry; Cambois pumping shaft; New Pit, NU23242906; Harton Grange, Bebside; Bothal Park Drift, Pegswood; Bigges Main C; C or Gas Pit, Wallsend; Craggy Wood; East of Billylaw; Bedlington D (John) Pit; Ewart Hill

File 2.

Abandonment plans notes for guidance

Article: The Rise and decline on the typical mining family community: The Charles Wallace Memorial Lecture/ by Tom Fenton, in Mining Technology, Feb. 1985

Paper:  NCB Mining Department Instruction Control and securing of disused or abandoned shafts and adits/ By R. B. Dunn, 1975.

File 3:

Plan of Hazard Pit, Blaydon with correspondence on old shafts in general.

Film: 16mm Cine film.  Study the rules / by NCB.  Copy No. 52.  24 min. Colour. 1975

Book: IMMAGE Thesaurus.  Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, 1992, A4, 454pp.

Folder 4.

NCB Correspondence 3/1/6 on disused shafts

Refers to: West Stanley Colliery; Mahogany Row Drift; Waldridge Fell; Beamish Mary; South Tanfield Shafts; Pelton; William Pit, South Moor; Craghead Oswald shaft and Back shaft; Cresswell Shaft; Durham Hill Farm, Low Croft;Greencroft Cottages; Machine Pit, Stanley;  Wood Pit, Burnhope.

Folder 5.  NCB shaft searches.

Refers to: Low Fell; Rowlands Gill; Coxhoe; Whitley Bay; Longbenton; Washington; Eldon; Tanfield; Twizell; Benwell; Blaydon; Benwell; West Chirton; Washington; Fawdon; Lanchester; Hamsterley; Axwell Park; Stanley; Edmondsley; Harraton; Pittington; Cassop Vale; Crook Hall; Otterburn; Rainton; Snook Hill; Portabello; Lofthouse; South Gosforth; Forest Hall; Lambton; North Shields; Lanchester; Low Hauxley; Greenside; South West Crook; Hedley on the Hill; Pelton Fell; Acomb; West Denton; South of Blaydon; Shildon; Crawcrook-Meadowfield; Pelton Vicarage; Leadgate; West Rainton; Winlaton; Staley; Wallsend; Blaydon Burn; Waldridge; Nettlesworth; Chester South Moor.

Folder 6.  NCB Memoranda on shafts

Refers to: Acton Hall Colliery; Guyzance Lane; Old Togaton Colliery; Whitley Colliery; Bigges Main Colliery; Havannah Mine; Lofthouse Mine; heaton Collieries; West Moor; eslwick Colliery; Brunton; Cowpen area; Broomhill; Bardon Mill Colliery; Engine Cottage, Acomb; Ford; Etal; Fordhill Farm; Wallsend G Pit; Leamington; Monkseaton; West Cramlington; Bedlington; West Sleekburn; Battle Hill.

Folder 7.  NCB correspondence on Shafts

Refers to: Brass Pit, Dewley; Piggery Shaft, Dewley; West Throckley; Belsay; Burn Pit, Forms Dene; Ewart Hill; Mill Pit, Seaton Sluice; Silver Hioll, Old Harley; North of Fell End, Greenhead; Plashetts; Newborough; Fourstones; Goatstones; Oakwood; Le Moor; Howard, Hillbankgate; Barcombe Back Drift; Rose Pit, Nelson Village; Newton on the Moor; West of Broomhill; Forestburn; Bracken Cottage West of Alnwick; Brinkburn; Chrim; Coltyards; Bolam; Nunnykirk; Lickarlea, Haggerton; Seghill; Earsdon Grange; Luddick Drift, North Walbottle; Heddon Colliery; East Walbottle; Callerton; Newbiggin; Carville and Wallsend; Isabella Straker; Longframlington; Netherton; Shoreswood; Felkington; Widdrington; Throckley Maria; King Pit, Heddon; Bothal Barns; Lambley; Hastings, New Hartley; Melton, New Hartley; Gloria New Hartley; Duke Pit Walbottle; High Main Drift, Sunnyside; Furnace, Scremerston; Cooper Eye Scremerston; Tiverton Avenue, Benwell; Charlotte Pit Benwell; Thistle Pit, Walbottle; Winning East Walbottle; Winning West Walbottle.

Folder 8. NCB correspondence on Shafts

Refers to: Seaton Burn, Engine, South and East pits; Hazelrigg; Williams pit; Dovecote A or Stanfiled; Dovecote Colliery; New Tranwell Colliery; Plessy Colliery; Briery Hill; Arcot; Queen and Brass, Throckley Collieries; Kenton, Engine and Granery Mines; Rookwood Road; Gloria Upcast; Brunton, Burn and Middle Pits; Wake Scaffold Hill; Quarry, Scaffold Hill; Apple, Benton Square; Old Wideopen A and B Pits; Hartford, Scott and Daisy pits; Low Steads; Seaton Delaval C, D, E and F pits; Cramlington Betsy, Ann and Lamb pits Relief Pit; Joy Pit; Richard Pit; Stickley Drift; Engine Pit; Prestwick; Weetslade No 2 and No 3; Jack Tar Scremerston.

 

Shelf 26

Output figures for 1947-1953.

Choppington A and B Pits

Harton Grange

Bedlington A, B, D, E, F Pits.

Barmoor

Netherton

Newbottle

NCB “A” Group

 

Shelf 26.  Plans of Easington and Shotton Collieries.  NCB, c. 1950.  In one roll

Shotton Colliery

Low Main Seam

5/4 seam, West 1 South

High Main Seam East 1st North

High Main Seam, No.8 Face

Easington:

Low Main Seam 10 North 1 South

High Main Seam

4th North Convergences

Low Main seam.  14th South

Low Mian.  3rd, 4th North

Low Main 10 North East

Hutton seam, 11 North East

East.  Low Main Seam

5/4 seam

High Main seam, 1st West

High Main seam 3rd North

East.  High Main seam with haulage

West.  High main seam (two)

Box of overhead projector slides.

Six plans of Lynemouth Colliery workings

3 photos of a cable reel shuttle car

2 photos of roof bolting

 

Shelf 29

Air speed notes, measurements and tables, 5pp.

Day wage notes for years 1951, 1953-4

Notes on CO2, respiration, 5pp.

Brochure: 4pp. on the P S CO detector by Siebe, Gorman & Co, Tynemouth, 1950

Mining Qualification Board: examinations for Deputies.  Notes for candidates

NCB Northern Division (N & C).  Scientific: CO in reference to safety in the chemistry laboratory/ H A J Pieters and J W C Greyton

Brochure: 250W ultrasonic drill/ Mullard Ltd., 4pp.

Brochure: Ultrasonic cleaning/ Mullard Ltd.

Ultrasonics in industry, Research, v.6 (July 1953), 271-282

The treatment of wounds, burns and ulcers by envelope irrigation/ Irrigation Envelopes Ltd., London, 54pp.  (2 copies)

 

Shelf 29 Roll 5.

Plans of Easington Colliery

High Main Seam Face Conditions, 3 South 1 West

High Main Seam 3 South 2 West Support of Tailgate

High Main Seam 3 South 2 West Ventilation

High Main Seam 3 South Cross section

High Main Seam 3 South retreating face

Development of 3 South 1 West

Pressure arches, 3 South West

High Main Seam 3 South 1 West

3 South 1 West Ventilation

3 South 1 West Ventilation

All to scale of approx. 75 yd:1”, c.1950