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Abandoned Mine Information Pages - Index

Colliery Location Opened Closed
Sacriston Colliery   Sacriston     1839   15 Nov 1985
Salter Burn House Colliery   Butterknowle        25 Jun 1921
Salter Hall (Iron Ore)   Salter        
Salters Gate Colliery   Waskerley        07 Jul 1928
Scordale (Barytes)   Scordale, Appleby        
Scotswood Drift           
Scraith Head (Lead Ore)   Alston Moor        
Scraithole (Lead Ore)   Carrshield, West Allendale        
Scremerston Colliery   Berwick        Sep 1944
Seaton Burn Colliery   Seaton Burn     1844   17 Aug 1965
Seaton Colliery (CUL)   Seaton        1914
Seaton Delaval Colliery   Seaton Delaval     1838   27 May 1960
Seaton Moor Colliery   Flimby        
Sedling (Lead Ore)   Weardale        
Seghill Colliery   Seghill     1824   1962
Seven Sisters Colliery   Cockfield        31 Jan 1925
Shankhouse Colliery   Shankhouse        
Sharnberry (Lead Ore)   Frosterley        
Shepherds Drift   West Auckland        30 May 1936
Sherburn Colliery   Sherburn        
Sherburn Hill Colliery   Sherburn Hill     1835   07 Aug 1965
Sherburn House Colliery   Sherburn     1844   May 1935
Sheriff Hill Colliery   Wrekenton     bef. 1793   bef. 1895
Shield Row Drift   Sacriston     1845   May 1947
Shilbottle Colliery   Shilbottle        1982
Shildon Colliery   Shildon        15 Mar 1924
Shildon Lodge Colliery   Shildon     1830   1937
Shilford Colliery   Stocksfield        21 Jun 1929
Shincliffe Colliery   Shincliffe     1839   1875
Shipcote Colliery   Gateshead     c. 1856   1880s
Shipley Colliery   Alnwick        
Shipley House Drift   Tantobie        1937
Shire Moor Colliery   Earsdon        
Shoreswood Colliery   nr. Berwick     1843   
Shotton Colliery   Shotton     1840   01 Sep 1972
Shotton Moor Colliery   Shotton Moor        08 Mar 1930
Silksworth Colliery   Silksworth, Sunderland     1869   06 Nov 1971
Silverband (Barytes)   Dunfell        
Sipton (Lead Ore)   Allenheads        
Skelton Park (Ironstone)   Skelton-in-Cleveland        
Slag Drift   Midgeholme        
Slatesike Mine   Alston        
Slitt Mine (Lead Ore)   Weardale        
Smallcleugh (Lead Ore)   Nenthead        
Snaefell (Metal Mine)   Laxey        Sep 1908
Snaisgill (Lead Ore)   Middleton-in-Teesdale        
Snope Burn Drift   Slaggyford        Dec 1947
South Barras Colliery   Barras        1926
South Bashamere Level (Lead Ore)   Weardale        
South Birtley Colliery   Birtley        08 Feb 1922
South Butterknowle Colliery   Cockfield        
South Church Drift   Bishop Auckland        27 Aug 1938
South Derwent Colliery   Annfield Plain        
South Ewehurst Drift   Medomsley        1953
South Garesfield Colliery   nr. Rowlands Gill     1765   Feb 1960
South Grain (Lead Ore)   Middleton-in-Teesdale        
South Grove Rake (Ironstone)   Stanhope        
South Hetton Colliery   South Hetton     05 Aug 1833   Jul 1982
South Kelloe Colliery   Quarrington Hill        
South Marsfield Colliery   Lynesack & Softley        31 Mar 1924
South Medomsley Colliery   nr. Dipton     1861   Jul 1980
South Moor Colliery   Annfield Plain     1818   05 Oct 1973
South Pelaw Colliery   nr. Chester le Street     1890   03 Jan 1964
South Pontop Colliery   Annfield Plain        22 Apr 1927
South Rowntree Colliery   Butterknowle        
South Side Colliery   Butterknowle        Jun 1914
South Stainmore Colliery   Brough        
South Tanfield Colliery   Stanley     1837   1915
South Tyne Colliery   Haltwhistle        1931
Southam (Iron Ore)   Egremont        Dec 1900
Spa (Ironstone)   Guisbrough        
Spa Wood (Ironstone)   Guisbrough        Apr 1934
Spital Tongues Colliery   Jesmond     1830's   1858
Spittal Colliery   Horsley-on-Tyne        1920's
Spring Gardens, Brockwell   West Auckland        31 Dec 1934
Springwell Colliery   Springwell     17 Jan 1826   Jun 1932
St. Anthony's Colliery   Byker, Newcastle     Bef. 1769   
St. Helen's Colliery   St. Helen's Auckland     1831   31 Dec 1926
St. Helen's Colliery (CUL)   Siddick, Workington     1880   1966
St. Hilda's Colliery   South Shields     1810   1940
St. Lawrence Colliery   Newcastle-on-Tyne     1833   
St. Peter's (Lead Ore)   Sparty Lea        Apr 1943
Stags Head Colliery   Butterknowle        21 Oct 1914
Stanhope Burn (Lead Ore)   Stanhope        
Stanley Colliery   nr. Waterhouses     bef. 1828   Nov 1911
Stannington Church Colliery   Stannington        
Stargate Colliery   Stargate     1803   29 Jun 1963
Station Drift   Cockfield        
Steel House Colliery   Crook     1921   
Stiddle Hill Colliery   Bellingham        29 Aug 1931
Stockdale Colliery   Thwaite        1932
Stonechester Colliery   Hamsterley        
Stonecroft & Greyside (Lead Ores)   Fourstones     1851   1898
Storey Lodge Colliery   Cockfield        
Stormont Main Colliery   Wrekenton        
Stublick Colliery   Langley-on-Tyne        1926
Sun Colliery   Wackerfield, Evenwood        
Sunniside Colliery   Tow Law     1867   11 Apr 1925
Sunny Brow (Iron Ore)   St. John's Chapel        
Sunny Rigg Drift   Haltwhistle        20 Oct 1934
Sunnyside (Lead Ore)   Wolsingham        10 Jul 1891
Sutty Row Colliery   Wark-on-Tyne        
Swalwell Garesfield Colliery   Swalwell     1920?   Aug 1940
Swandale (Lead Ore)   Edmondbyers        01 Oct 1888
Swathbeck Mine (Lead Ore)   Milburn        
Syke House (Iron Ore)   Bigrigg        15 May 1905


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