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Rainton Colliery Co. 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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1914

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Adventure  Leamside  T. C. Cook  75  23  


1921

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Adventure  Leamside  T. C. Cook  184  56  


1923

Company Details

Registered Office: Collingwood Buildings, Newcastle
Annual Output:  70,000 tons
Class of Coal: Coking, Gas, 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: Ramsey, J. H., Capt. , T.D., Collingwood Buildings, Newcastle
Managing Director: Ramsey, J. H., Capt. , T.D., Collingwood Buildings, Newcastle
Directors: Bulmer, J., Carmel View, Darlington
 Cook, T. C., North Sheen, West Rainton, Co. Durham
Secretary: Morgan, A. E., 5 Linden Gardens, Harton, South Shields
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
Adventure  Leamside  T. C. Cook  212  64  


1925

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Adventure  Leamside  T. C. Cook  202  57  


1930

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Adventure  Leamside  T. C. Cook  137  38  


1933

Company Details

Registered Office: Sr. Nicholas Chambers, Newcastle
Seams Worked: Five Quarter, Main Coal, Hutton
Power Used: Electric. Voltage: A.C. 625 volts, 3 phase, 40 cycles
Annual Output:  70,000 tons
Class of Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Steam
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: Bulmer, J., Carmel View, Darlington
 Cook, T. C., North Sheen, West Rainton, Co. Durham
 Morgan, A. E., Westholm, Gosforth
Secretary: Morgan, A. E.
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
Adventure  Leamside  T. C. Cook  99  28  


1940

Company Details

Registered Office: Adventure Pit, Leamside
Seams Worked: Five Quarter, Main Coal, Maudlin
Power Used: Electric. Voltage: A.C. 625 volts, 3 phase, 40 cycles
Annual Output:  60,000 tons
Class of Coal: Gas, Household, 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: Morgan, A. E., West Rainton, Co. Durham
Directors: Cook, T. C., J.P., West Rainton, Co. Durham
 Guy, J. G., 77 Church Road, Gosforth, Northumberland
 Lyall, W., 19 Victoria Road, Darlington
 Morgan, A. E., West Rainton, Co. Durham
Secretary: Morgan, A. E.
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
Adventure  Leamside  T. C. Cook  286  103  


1947 - at the time of Nationalisation

Company Details

Registered Office: Benridge Bank, West Rainton
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

Chairman: Morgan, A. E., West Rainton, Co. Durham
Directors: Cook, T. C., J.P., West Rainton, Co. Durham
 Lyall, W., 15 Bracken Road, Darlington
 Morgan, A. E., West Rainton, Co. Durham
Secretary: Morgan, A. E.
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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Further Research

  Research Notes for Rainton Colliery Co. Ltd.

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