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  Abandoned Mines Abandoned Mines  

1888 Catalogue of Plans of Abandoned Mines for County Durham

Plan
No.		 Mine Parish Post Town Mineral Date Received Remarks
1,786 Belmont, Church Belmont; Pittington Durham Coal. Hutton 10 Dec 1885
1,791 Belmont, Furnace Belmont; Pittington; Moor House Durham Coal. Low Main 10 Dec 1885
354 Birtley Estate Chester-le-Street Coal. Low Main, Hutton
600 Bishop Middleham Bishop Middleham Ferry Hill Coal. Five Quarter, Main Coal 16 Nov 1876
706 Bitchburn, Abbot's Close, Greenhead North Beechburn Durham Coal. Yard, Main 05 Jul 1877
851 Bitchburn, Middle Hunwick & Helmington Coal. Five Quarter or Busty 23 Sep 1878
325 BOWES MAIN Ryton Coal. Main, Five Quarter, Six Quarter
2,078 Burnhope And Harehope Gill Edmondbyers Blackhill Lead Ore. 14 Oct 1887
526 Butterknowle, Wham Drift Lynesack Darlington Coal. Brockwell 05 May 1876
2,150 Chester-Le-Street Royalty Chester-le-Street Chester-le-Street Coal. Hutton 25 May 1888
362 Collingwood Main Coal. Bensham
834 Coxhoe, So. Kelloe and Heugh Hall Coxhoe Ferry Hill Coal. Five Quarter, Main, Harvey, Hutton 01 Dec 1877
384 Derwent, Crook and Brecken Beds Gateshead Coal. Five Quarter Old plans, 1786.
388 Downhill Sunderland Coal. Old plans, 1820.
Felling Felling Gateshead Coal. Low Main Still working, 1888.
396 Gateshead Fell or Parkmoor Gateshead Coal. Five Quarter, Upper Main Old plans, 1797, 1827.
334 Hetton North Hetton-le-Hole, Fence Houses Coal. High Main, Hutton
R.392 HEWORTH Gateshead Coal. Low Main Still working, 1888.
358 Low Fell and Chowden Fell Chester-le-Street Coal.
2,300 MARSHALL GREEN Witton-le-Wear Fireclay. Upper, Middle and Lower Seams
383 MURTON Sunderland Coal. Yard, Main, High Main
289 North Grane Stanhope Iron Ore. 12 Jun 1875
1,790 Old Kepier Durham Coal. Low Main, Hutton 10 Dec 1885
327 Rickleton Chester-le-Street Coal.
2,333 SHILDON, NEW East Thickley; Middridge Grange New Shildon, Darlington Coal. Brockwell Worked out.
287 SPRINGWELL Gateshead Coal. Still working, 1888.
325 STELLA GRAND LEASE Ryton Coal. Townley Main, Five Quarter, Stone Coal Still working, 1888.
1,719 Teesdale Mining Co. Middleton in Teesdale Middleton, Darlington Lead Ore. 27 Mar 1885
351 UNTHANK Durham Coal.
1,744 Upper Teesdale and Isabella Middleton, Darlington Lead Ore. 15 Jun 1885
383 WALDRIDGE Chester-le-Street Coal. 1848 Section showing "Dip" of Coal Seams.
842 WALDRIDGE, Byron Edmondsley; Plawsworth; Waldridge; Witton Gilbert Coal. Main, Five Quarter
1,330 Walton's West Witton-le-Wear Crook, Darlington Coal. Brockwell 18 Jan 1882
1,971 West Bitchburn, Tow Law Darlington Coal. Brockwell 18 Oct 1886
1,630 WHITWELL Whitwell House Coal. Main, Low Main, Hutton
R.357C WHITWORTH, No. 2 Whitworth Coal. Seam Unnamed Date of workings: 1847

The plans of abandoned mines are held by the Coal Authority (http://www.coal.gov.uk/) at the following address: The Coal Authority, 200 Lichfield Lane, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 4RG

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