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Naworth Coal Co.

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.

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1914

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Gairs  Brampton  John Neil Gray  148  26  
Midgeholme, Whitescut  Midgeholme  John Neil Gray  60  10  


1921

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Craig Nook Drift  Midgeholme  T. H. Adams  –  –  
Gairs  Brampton  T. H. Adams  180  51  
Midgeholme, Whitescut  Midgeholme  T. H. Adams  85  23  
Venture  Howgill  T. H. Adams  19  4  


1923

Company Details

Address: Hallbank Gate, Carlisle
Annual Output:  70,000 tons
Class of Coal: Household, Steam
Source: 1923 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

Chairman: Clark, John M., Haltwhistle, Carlisle
Managing Director: Grey, John Neil, Millfield, Wooler, Northumberland
Directors: Riddell, James, Wishaw, Scotland
 Walton, Wm., Coanwood, Carlisle
General Manager: Grey, John Neil, Millfield, Wooler, Northumberland
Secretary: Riddell, Thomas, Beeches, Brampton, Carlisle
Chief Engineer: Carr, Ebenezer, Hallbank Gate, Carlisle
Agent: Grey, John Neil, Millfield, Wooler, Northumberland
Source: 1923 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
Craig Nook Drift  Midgeholme  T. H. Adams  –  –  Abandoned
Gairs  Brampton  T. H. Adams  148  44  
Midgeholme, Whitescut  Midgeholme  T. H. Adams  84  27  
Prior  Midgeholme  T. H. Adams  6  2  
Venture  Howgill  T. H. Adams  46  16  


1925

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Gairs  Hallbankgate  Daniel Sinclair  55  28  
Midgeholme, Whitescut  Midgeholme  Daniel Sinclair  –  –  Abandoned 1925
Prior  Midgeholme  Daniel Sinclair  –  –  Abandoned 1925
Venture  Hallbankgate  Daniel Sinclair  18  7  


Sources
  • 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
  • 1923 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
  • 1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian

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