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George Hare & Sons Ltd.

Warning: This is not intended to be an exhaustive history of the company, but an indication of the changes of ownership and the links between companies and directors in those companies. Only collieries, pits etc. in the North of England are shown - the company may own other properties etc. outside this area and there may have been other changes of ownership etc. for which we currently do not have details.


1934

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Cong Burn Drift  Edmondsley  H. Weedy  4  1  Abandoned 5/34
Dyke Head  Burnopfield  H. Weedy  19  7  
Shipley House Drift  Tantobie  H. Weedy  15  3  


1935

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Dyke Head  Burnopfield  H. Weedy  14  11  
Shipley House Drift  Tantobie  H. Weedy  10  9  


1936

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Dyke Head  Burnopfield    7  13  
Shipley House Drift  Tantobie    6  8  


1938

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Dyke Head  Burnopfield    18  14  


1940

Company Details

Registered Office: 31 Cathedral Building, Dean Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne
Seams Worked: Five Quarters, Shield Row
Annual Output:  20,000 tons
Class of Coal: Coking, Manufacturing
Source: 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.

Company Directors

Managing Director: Hare, G. B., 7 Heathfield Road, Low Fell, Gateshead
Directors: Hare, C. P., Broom Lane, Whickham, Newcastle
 Hare, H. J., 9 Denewell Avenue, Low Fell, Gateshead
Source: 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Dyke Head, Burnopfield  Burnopfield  H. J. Hare  14  10  


Sources
  • 1934 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1935 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1936 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1938 List of Mines
  • 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., 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.

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