Harsondale Colliery

Location:	Langley-on-Tyne
Map Ref:
Maps:	1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
Opened:
Closed:	1951
Owners:	1940's - Langley Barony Fireclay Co Ltd.
Output:	1902 - Coal: Manufacturing. Fireclay.
	1914 - Coal. Fireclay.
	1921 - Coal. Fireclay.
	1930 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. Fireclay.
	1940 - Coal: Manufacturing. Fireclay. (300 tons)
	1948 - Coal: Steam. Mainly a fireclay mine. Fireclay.
	1949 - Coal: Steam. Mainly a fireclay mine. Fireclay.
	1950 - Coal: Steam. Mainly fireclay. Fireclay.
	1951 - Coal: Steam. Fireclay.
	1952 - Coal: Steam. Mainly a fireclay mine. Fireclay.
Employment:	1902 - 5 (4 below, 1 surface)
	1914 - 2 [Standing]
	1921 - 2
	1930 - 8 (6 below, 2 surface)
	1940 - 6 (5 below, 1 surface)
	1945 - 2
	1948 - 5
	1949 - 5
	1950 - 5 (4 below, 1 surface)
	1951 - 5
	1952 - 5
	Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
Seams Worked:	1921 - Stone Coal
	1930 - Little
	1940 - Little, Stone
	1948 - Little, Stone [Mainly a fireclay mine]
	1949 - Little, Stone [Mainly a fireclay mine]
	1950 - Little, Stone
	1951 - Little, Stone [Mainly a fireclay mine]
	1952 - Little, Stone [Mainly a fireclay mine]

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1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
1914 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
1948 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
1949 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
1951 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1952 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian



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