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Pelaw Main Collieries 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.

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1930

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1930, May  Article from The Colliery Engineer about the collieries in the Group

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Bewicke Main  Lamesley  H. P. Mould  173  56  
Blackhouse  Birtley  H. P. Mould  57  26  
Ouston "E"  Birtley  J. Beadling  1017  375  
Ravensworth "Betty"  Lamesley  B. H. Surry  345  130  
Ravensworth "Shop"  Lamesley  B. H. Surry  447  127  
Urpeth "Busty" & "C"  Birtley  J. Beadling  824  331  


1933

Company Details

Address: Birtley, Co. Durham
Seams Worked: High Main, Five Quarter, Main Coal, Low Main, Hutton, Towneley, Busty, Tilley, Maudlin, Beaumont, Brockwell
Power Used: Electric. Voltage: 2,750, 650, 440 and 110
Annual Output:  1,100,000 tons
Class of Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam
Other Minerals Worked: Fireclay
Source: 1933 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

Directors: Aguillon, J., 12 Rue de la Rochefoucauld, Paris
 Perrin, P., 12 Avenue Gourgaud, Paris
 Salamon, E. A. E., 12 Avenue Gourgaud, Paris
Secretary: Dinsdale, E., Mining Office, Birtley, Co. Durham
Fitter Kelley, Arthur, Watergate Buildings, Sandhill, Newcastle-on-Tyne
Agent: Hornsby, H. R., Mining Office, Birtley, Co. Durham
Source: 1933 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.


1934

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Ouston "E"  Birtley  R. F. Pescod  807  323  
Ravensworth "Ann" & "Betty"  Low Fell  J. R. Robson  –  –  inc. Betty
Ravensworth "Betty" & "Ann"  Low Fell  J. R. Robson  –  –  inc. Ann
Ravensworth "Park Drift"  Lamesley  I. Jackson  16  –  
Ravensworth "Shop"  Lamesley  I. Jackson  250  72  
Urpeth "C"  Birtley  B. H. Surry  158  75  


1940

Company Details

Address: Birtley, Co. Durham
Seams Worked: High Main, Five Quarter, Main Coal, Low Main, Hutton, Towneley, Busty, Tilley, Maudlin, Beaumont, Brockwell
Power Used: Electric. Voltage: 2,750, 650, 440 and 110
Annual Output:  1,000,000 tons
Class of Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam
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

Chairman: Rushforth, W., "Var," Briar Avenue, Monkseaton, Northumberland
Directors: Aguillon, J., 12 Rue de la Rochefoucauld, Paris
 Crovigneau, R., 19 Rue de la Rochefoucauld, Paris
 Salamon, E. A. E., 12 Avenue Gourgaud, Paris
General Manager: Hornsby, H. R., Mining Office, Birtley, Co. Durham
Secretary: Aitchison, J., Mining Office, Birtley, Co. Durham
Fitter Whitfield, T. G., "A" Floor, Milburn House, Newcastle-on-Tyne
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
Ouston "E"    J. R. Robson  395  85  
Ravensworth "Ann"    W. Morgan  654  151  
Ravensworth "Betty"    W. Morgan  340  102  
Ravensworth "Park Drift"    B. H. Surry  123  36  
Ravensworth "Shop"    J. W. Shackleton  529  129  
Urpeth "C"    J. R. Robson  76  28  


1947 - at the time of Nationalisation

Company Details

Address: Birtley, Co. Durham
Source: 1947 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

Directors: Aguillon, J., 19 Rue de la Rochefoucauld, Paris
 Crovigneau, R., 19 Rue de la Rochefoucauld, Paris
 Salamon, E. A. E., 55 Rue d'Amsterdam, Paris
Alternate Director: Bureau, L., 19 Rue de la Rochefoucauld, Paris
 Hornsby, H. R., Mining Office, Birtley, Co. Durham
General Manager: Hornsby, H. R., Mining Office, Birtley, Co. Durham
Secretary: Aitchison, J., Mining Office, Birtley, Co. Durham
Fitter Whitfield, T. G., "A" Floor, Milburn House, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1
Source: 1947 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.


Sources
  • 1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1933 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.
  • 1934 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 The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1933 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 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.
  • 1947 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.

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