Old Eldon Drift

Location:

Shildon

Map Ref:

Opened:

Closed:

Owners:

1930's - Pease & Partners Ltd.

Output:

1934 - Coal: Coking.

1948 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.

1949 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.

1950 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing.

Employment:

Year	Total	Below	Above
1934	29	19	10
1945	167	134	33
1948	207	162	45
1949	190	150	40
1950	253	203	50

Colliery Management (prior to 1955)

Seams Worked:

1934 - Five Quarter

1948 - Five Quarter, Main

1949 - Five Quarter, Main

1950 - Five Quarter, Main

Description

None found.

No names found.

Unable to generate - no grid reference supplied.

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.



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