Matthew Barrass

(Born: 1862, Died: 1933)

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

• 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
• 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
• 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
• 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
• 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
• 1908 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
• 1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
• 1914 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
• 1918 List of Mines
• 1919 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
• 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, 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
• 1924 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
• 1927 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
• 1929 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
• History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
• Kelly's Directory of Durham, 1890
• Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume I published in 1890
• Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume LIX published in 1920
• Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume XIII published in 1897
• Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume XX published in 1902
• Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume XXXIX published in 1910
• Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Volume XXXVIII published in 1889

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