Malton Amy Drift

Location:

Lanchester
6½ miles [11 km] WNW of Durham

Map Ref:

(Sheet 88) NZ176472, 54° 49' 9" N, 1° 43' 34" W

Maps:

1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian)

Opened:

Closed:

Owners:

1940's - Sir S. A. Sadler Ltd.

1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)

Output:

1930 - Coal: Coking.

1934 - Coal: Coking.

1948 - Coal: Coking.

1950 - Coal: Coking.

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1930	296	233	63
1934	53	40	13
1945	Discontinued
1948	2	2
1948	Discontinued 6/40
1949	2	2
1950	2	2
1950	Discontinued 6/40
1951	2	2
1952	2	2
1953	2	2
1954	2	2

Colliery Management (prior to 1955)

Seams Worked:

1930 - Brockwell, Harvey, Hutton, Main

1934 - Busty, Harvey, Hutton

1948 - Brockwell [Discontinued 6/40]

1950 - Brockwell [Discontinued 6/40]

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Malton Amy Drift

Notes:

1932, 31 May - Low Main seam abandoned

1937, 02 Mar - Hutton seam abandoned

1938, 09 Aug - Harvey, Hutton seams abandoned

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.

Names of those killed at this colliery

No names found.

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Malton Amy Drift

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Malton Amy Drift

Credits

Sources:

1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
1934 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
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
1953 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3
History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.



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