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National Coal Board

Reference: NCB 15 Catalogue Title: National Coal Board Area: Catalogue Category: Public Records Description: Durham Coal Owners' Association; Colliery company records

Covering Dates: 1864-1960

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  • National Coal Board
    • Durham Coal Owners' Association (Ref: NCB 15/1-217)
    • Board of Conciliation for the Durham Coal Trade (Ref: NCB 15/218-219)
    • Durham District (Coal Mines) Scheme, 1930 (Ref: NCB 15/220-240)
    • Durham Voluntary Association for the Pooling of Quota (Ref: NCB 15/241-242)
    • Durham Sales Control Committee (Ref: NCB 15/243-256)
    • Pit Production Committees (Ref: NCB 15/257)
    • Porter Minimum Wage Committee (Ref: NCB 15/258)
    • Miners Welfare Fund (Ref: NCB 15/259)
    • Individual Coal Companies (Ref: NCB 15/260-371)
      • Charlaw and Sacriston Collieries Company (Ref: NCB 15/260-263)
      • Consett Iron Company, Eden Colliery (Ref: NCB 15/264-266)
      • Easington Coal Company, Easington Colliery (Ref: NCB 15/267-278)
      • Horden Collieries, Blackhall Colliery (Ref: NCB 15/279-314)
      • Horden Collieries, Shotton coke ovens (Ref: NCB 15/315-319)
      • Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries (Ref: NCB 15/320)
      • Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Hazard Colliery (Ref: NCB 15/321-322)
      • Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Houghton Colliery (Ref: NCB 15/323-335)
      • Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Newbottle Colliery (Ref: NCB 15/336)
      • Newcastle Alloy Company (Ref: NCB 15/337)
      • Pease and Partners (Ref: NCB 15/338-341)
      • Pease and Partners, Waterhouses Colliery (Ref: NCB 15/342)
      • Priestman Collieries (Ref: NCB 15/343-350)
      • Priestman Collieries, Blaydon Burn (Ref: NCB 15/351-353)
      • Priestman Collieries, Chester South Moor Pit (Ref: NCB 15/354)
      • Priestman Collieries, Victoria Garesfield Colliery (Ref: NCB 15/355)
      • South Medomsley Colliery (Ref: NCB 15/356)
      • Henry Stobart and Company, Fishburn Colliery (Ref: NCB 15/357)
      • Waldridge Coal Company (Ref: NCB 15/358-359)
      • Wearmouth Coal Company (Ref: NCB 15/360-365)
      • Wearmouth Coal Company, Hylton Colliery (Ref: NCB 15/366-371)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: NCB 15/372-387)

Catalogue Contents

Durham Coal Owners' Association (Ref: NCB 15/1-217)Ref: NCB 15/1

Umpire's award of wages advance to the deputies, 11 February 1881
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: NCB 15/2

Durham Coal Owners' Association circular concerning the ten hours settlement, 3 January 1891
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: NCB 15/3

Report printed by Durham Coal Owners' Association on the case of Press v Bowes and partners, concerning the refusal of workmen at Pontop Colliery to descend the mine with a non-unionist, 13 November 1893
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: NCB 15/4

Circular concerning the provision of free houses or a rent allowance in lieu for married mechanics, 14 August 1900
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: NCB 15/5

Durham Coal Owners' Association circular concerning coal drawing after "loose", 5 August 1903
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: NCB 15/6

Durham Coal Owners' Association 'Malton Coke-yard reference', concerning coke-filling prices, 1903
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: NCB 15/7

Durham Coal Owners' Association circular concerning the future more formal procedure for the Joint Committee, 7 November 1906
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: NCB 15/8

Durham Coal Owners' Association and Durham Coke-men's Association joint returns as to bye-product ovens, February 1907
(7 papers, printed)

Ref: NCB 15/9

Durham Coal Owners' Association circular concerning pits lying idle after fatal accidents, 12 November 1907
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: NCB 15/10

Durham Coal Owners' Association circular concerning enginemen's house rent, 15 June 1910
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: NCB 15/11

Durham Coal Owners' Association and Durham Cokemen's and Bye-product Workers' Association, joint return as to persons employed at Washeries and crusheries in connection with coke yards, April 1913
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: NCB 15/12-79

Additional joint reports of Price Waterhouse and Co., chartered accountants, acting for Durham Coal Owners' Association and of Edward Sparks and Son, chartered accountants acting for Durham County Mining Federation, 3 October 1935 - 1 September 1941 (signed)
(68 papers, typewritten)

Ref: NCB 15/80-157

Joint reports on wages and other production costs of Price, Waterhouse and Co., chartered accountants acting for Durham Coal Owners' Association, and Edward Sparks and Son, chartered accountants acting for Durham County Mining Federation, 31 May 1940 - 24 February 1947
(408 papers, typewritten)

Ref: NCB 15/158-217

Signed awards and agreements, 25 October 1940 - 19 December 1942
(109 papers, typewritten)

Board of Conciliation for the Durham Coal Trade (Ref: NCB 15/218-219)Ref: NCB 15/218

Board of Conciliation for the Coal Trade, joint return of information on winding enginemen, September 1895
(5 papers, printed)

Ref: NCB 15/219

Report of a Committee of the Board of Conciliation for the Durham Coal Trade enquiring into the case submitted by the enginemen for an eight hour day, 1 November 1900
(1 booklet, printed)

Durham District (Coal Mines) Scheme, 1930 (Ref: NCB 15/220-240)Ref: NCB 15/220

Minute book of Durham District (Coal Mines) Scheme (signed), 3 November 1930-25 April 1932
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: NCB 15/221

Minute book of Durham District (Coal Mines) Scheme (signed), 29 April 1932 - 15 January 1930
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: NCB 15/222

Minute book of Durham District (Coal Mines) Scheme (signed), 29 January 1934 - 18 September 1935
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: NCB 15/223

Minute book of Durham District (Coal Mines) Scheme (signed), 23 September 1935 - 6 November 1936
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: NCB 15/224

Minute book of Durham District (Coal Mines) Scheme (signed), 4 November 1936 - 28 June 1930
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: NCB 15/225

Minute book of Durham District (Coal Mines) Scheme (signed), 29 June 1938 - 2 September 1940 (1 volume, cloth bound

Ref: NCB 15/226

Minute book of Durham District (Coal mines) Scheme (signed), 8 October 1940 - 21 June 1913 (1 volume, cloth bound

Ref: NCB 15/227

Minute book of Durham District (Coal Mines) Scheme (signed), 19 July 1943 - 9 December 1946
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: NCB 15/228-237

Annual reports of executive board of Durham District (Coal Mines) Scheme, 30 September 1931 - 30 September 1940
(10 booklets)

Ref: NCB 15/238

Annual report of executive board of Durham District (Coal Mines) Scheme, 30 September 1946
(1 booklet)

Ref: NCB 15/239

Documents submitted to the Durham District Committee of Investigation as to a complaint by Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead Gas Company against the executive board of the Durham District (Coal Mines) Scheme, 1939
(1 volume, paper bound)

Ref: NCB 15/240

Examination of operation of Durham District (Coal Mines) Scheme, 18 May 1945
(14 papers, typewritten)

Durham Voluntary Association for the Pooling of Quota (Ref: NCB 15/241-242)Ref: NCB 15/241

Outline of scheme of Durham Voluntary Association for the Pooling of Quota, to come into operation on 1 January 1935, 20 November 1934
(4 papers, typewritten)

Ref: NCB 15/242

Report of Committee of Durham Voluntary Association for the Pooling of Quota for the year ended 30 September 1935, 8 November 1935
(3 papers, typewritten)

Durham Sales Control Committee (Ref: NCB 15/243-256)Ref: NCB 15/243

Minute book of Durham Sales Control Committee (signed), 1 September 1936 - 5 May 1937
(1 volume, leather, half bound)

Ref: NCB 15/244

Minute book of Durham Sales Control Committee (signed), 5 May 1937 - 30 September 1937
(1 volume, leather, half bound)

Ref: NCB 15/245

Minute book of Durham Sales Control Committee (signed), 30 September 1937 - 24 December 1937
(1 volume, leather, half bound)

Ref: NCB 15/246

Minute took of Durham Sales Control Committee (signed), 29 December 1937 - 27 April 1938
(1 volume, leather, half- bound)

Ref: NCB 15/247

Minute book of Durham Sales Control Committee (signed), 30 April 1938 - 25 June 1938
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/248-256

Annual reports of the Durham Sales Control Committee 30 September 1937 - 20 February 1946
(92 papers, typewritten)

Pit Production Committees (Ref: NCB 15/257)Ref: NCB 15/257

Minutes of conference of representatives of pit production committees held at the Miners' Hall, Red Hill, Durham, 6 September 1941
(18 papers, typewritten)

Porter Minimum Wage Committee (Ref: NCB 15/258)Ref: NCB 15/258

Cases submitted by the Durham Miners' Association on behalf of its individual lodges to the Porter Minimum Wage Committee concerning the local application of the Porter Agreement, 22 September 1944 - 1 May 1945
(1 file)

Miners Welfare Fund (Ref: NCB 15/259)Ref: NCB 15/259

Survey of Miners' Welfare indoor recreation schemes and their facilities, receiving grants from the Miners' Welfare Fund, 31 December 1945
(4 papers)

Individual Coal Companies (Ref: NCB 15/260-371)Charlaw and Sacriston Collieries Company (Ref: NCB 15/260-263)Ref: NCB 15/260-263

Notes made by the Managing Director of the Charlaw and Sacriston Collieries Company on the meetings of the Durham Coal Owners' Association chairmen and managing directors, 9 October 1945 - 6 November 1945
(6 papers typewritten)

Consett Iron Company, Eden Colliery (Ref: NCB 15/264-266)Ref: NCB 15/264

Eden Colliery, accidents book, 22 April 1909 -6 December 1911
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: NCB 15/265

Eden and Victory Pits survey of workings, 19 November 1923 - 16 September 1924
(1 volume, leather, quarter bound)

Ref: NCB 15/266

Consett Iron Company, survey of workings at Eden Colliery, 8 November 1940 - 29 October 1942
(1 volume, plastic quarter bound)

Easington Coal Company, Easington Colliery (Ref: NCB 15/267-278)Ref: NCB 15/267

Map of undersea coal royalties, showing the boundary between the Seaham and Haswell royalties and the position of a barrier agreed upon between Mr. Corbett and Mr. Hall as a division of the Hawthorn Sea Coal, 14 July 1898 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560] See also NCB 15/268
(1 plan, waxed linen, 83cm x 61cm)

Ref: NCB 15/268

Note concerning agreement between Mr. Corbett and Mr. Hall on the position of a barrier as a division of the Hawthorn Sea Coal, attached to NCB 15/267, 14 July 1898
(1 paper)

Ref: NCB 15/269

16 March 1899 (1) Easington Coal Company (2) Joseph Green of Ferryhill, shaft sinking contractor Agreement for the sinking of Easington Colliery, with tender and specifications for the same
(15 papers, typewritten)

Ref: NCB 15/270

2 January 1913 (1) Easington Coal Company (2) Herbert G. Pitt of Fox Street Joinery Works, Sunderland Copy of articles of agreement for the construction of 33 workmen's houses at Easington Colliery Consideration: £148 per house
(3 papers)

Ref: NCB 15/271

11 July 1914 (1) Easington Coal Company Ltd., (2) Christopher Brown Ltd. of Stranton Saw Mills, West Hartlepool, builders Agreement for building of 22 cottages to design A2 at Easington Colliery Consideration: £122 10s. per house
(3 papers)

Ref: NCB 15/272

Plan of 23 houses in Eleventh Row, Easington Colliery, for the Easington Coal Company, 16 February 1911 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 foot [1:24]
(1 plan, paper, 50cm x 42cm)

Ref: NCB 15/273

Specification for 33 houses at Easington Colliery to be built to design "Al" for Easington Coal Company, n.d. [c. 1911]
(16 papers)

Ref: NCB 15/274

Plan of proposed workman's houses at Easington Colliery for Easington Coal Company, "design Al", November 1911 Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]
(1 plan, paper, 42cm x 42cm)

Ref: NCB 15/275

Specification for 22 houses to "design A2" at Easington Colliery for Easington Coal Company n.d. [c. 1914]
(22 papers)

Ref: NCB 15/276

Plan of proposed houses at Easington Colliery for Easington Coal Company, "design A2", July 1914 Scale: 1/8 inch to 1 feet [1:96]
(1 plan, 48cm x 31cm)

Ref: NCB 15/277

Easington Colliery, fortnightly return of smart money and compensation paid in respect of non-fatal accidents, 6 January 1951 - 7 April 1951
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/278

Easington Colliery, fortnightly return of smart money and compensation paid in respect of non-fatal accidents, 14 April 1951 - 28 August 1951
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Horden Collieries, Blackhall Colliery (Ref: NCB 15/279-314)Ref: NCB 15/279

Blackhall Colliery, fortnightly return of smart money and compensation paid in respect of non-fatal accidents, 8 October 1927 - 7 August 1928
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/280

Blackhall Colliery, fortnightly return of smart money and compensation paid in respect of non-fatal accidents, 11 August 1928 - 20 July 1929
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/281

Blackhall Colliery, fortnightly return of smart money and compensation paid in respect of non-fatal accidents, 27 July 1929 - 21 June 1930
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/282

Blackhall Colliery, fortnightly return of smart money and compensation paid in respect of non-fatal accidents, 28 June 1930 - 23 May 1931
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/283

Blackhall Colliery, fortnightly return of smart money and compensation paid in respect of non-fatal accidents, 30 May 1931 - 23 April 1932
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/284

Blackhall Colliery, fortnightly return of smart money and compensation paid in respect of non-fatal accidents, 20 April 1932 - 11 March 1933
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/285

Blackhall Colliery, fortnightly return of smart money and compensation paid in respect of non-fatal accidents, 19 January 1935 - 15 June 1935
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/286

Blackhall Colliery, fortnightly return of smart money and compensation paid in respect of non-fatal accidents, 22 June 1935 - 16 November 1935
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/287

Blackhall Colliery, fortnightly return of smart money and compensation paid in respect of non-fatal accidents, 29 November 1935 - 25 January 1936
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/288

Blackhall Colliery, fortnightly return of smart money and compensation paid in respect of non-fatal accidents, 1 February 1936 - 27 June 1936
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/289

Blackhall Colliery, fortnightly return of smart money and compensation paid in respect of non-fatal accidents, 18 December 1936 - 23 May 1937
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/290

Blackhall Colliery, fortnightly return of smart money and compensation paid in respect of non-fatal accidents, 5 June 1937 - 11 December 1937
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/291

Blackhall Colliery, fortnightly return of smart money and compensation paid in respect of non-fatal accidents, 18 December 1937 - 18 June 1938
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/292

Blackhall Colliery, fortnightly return of smart money and compensation paid in respect of non-fatal accidents, 25 June 1938 - 28 January 1939
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/293

Blackhall Colliery, fortnightly return of smart money and compensation paid in respect of non-fatal accidents, 4 February 1939 - 12 August 1939
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/294

Blackhall Colliery, fortnightly return of smart money and compensation paid in respect of non-fatal accidents, 19 August 1939 - 23 March 1940
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/295

Blackhall Colliery, fortnightly return of smart money and compensation paid in respect of non-fatal accidents, 30 March 1940 - 19 October 1940
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/296

Blackhall Colliery, fortnightly return of smart money and compensation paid in respect of non-fatal accidents, 26 October 1940 - 17 May 1941
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/297

Blackhall Colliery, fortnightly return of smart money and compensation paid in respect of non-fatal accidents, 24 May 1941 - 12 July 1941
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/298

Blackhall Colliery, fortnightly return of smart money and compensation paid in respect of non-fatal accidents, 26 July 1941 - 7 March 1942
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/299

Blackhall Colliery, fortnightly return of smart money and compensation paid in respect of non-fatal accidents, 10 October 1942 - 1 May 1943
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/300

Blackhall Colliery, fortnightly return of smart money and compensation paid in respect of non-fatal accidents, 24 April 1943 - 11 December 1943
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/301

Blackhall Colliery, fortnightly return of smart money and compensation paid in respect of non-fatal accidents, 24 November 1945 - 25 February 1946
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/302

Blackhall Colliery, fortnightly return of smart money and compensation paid in respect of non-fatal accidents, 2 March 1946 - 29 June 1946
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/303

Blackhall Colliery, fortnightly return of smart money and compensation paid in respect of non-fatal accidents, 21 December 1946 - 8 March 1947
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/304

Blackhall Colliery, fortnightly return of smart money and compensation paid in respect of non-fatal accidents, 15 March 1947 - 31 May 1947
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/305

Blackhall Colliery, fortnightly return of smart money and compensation paid in respect of non-fatal accidents, 7 June 1947 -. 23 August 1947
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/306

Blackhall Colliery, fortnightly return of smart money and compensation paid in respect of non-fatal accidents, 30 August 1947 - 15 November 1947
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/307

Blackhall Colliery, fortnightly return of smart money and compensation paid in respect of non-fatal accidents, 22 November 1947 - 14 February 1948
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/308

Blackhall Colliery, fortnightly return of smart money and compensation paid in respect of non-fatal accidents, 21 February 1948 - 8 May 1948
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/309

Blackhall Colliery, fortnightly return of smart money and compensation paid in respect of non-fatal accidents, 1 May 1940 - 17 July 1948
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/310

Blackhall Colliery, fortnightly return of smart money and compensation paid in respect of non-fatal accidents, 16 October 1948 - 22 January 1949
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/311

Blackhall Colliery, fortnightly return of smart money and compensation paid in respect of non-fatal accidents, 23 June 1951 - 8 September 1951
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/312

Blackhall Colliery, fortnightly return of smart money and compensation paid in respect of non-fatal accidents, 1 September 1951 - 3 November 1951
(1 volume, cloth quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/313

Blackhall Colliery, report of accidents, 29 August 1941 - 5 May 1943
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: NCB 15/314

Report of accident, Blackhall Colliery, 5 May 1943 -19 February 1945
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Horden Collieries, Shotton coke ovens (Ref: NCB 15/315-319)Ref: NCB 15/315

Notes on the history of Shotton coke ovens, n.d.[post 1946]
(1 paper, typewritten)

Ref: NCB 15/316-319

Photographs of coke-ovens, Shotton, n.d. [post 1946]
(4 photographs)

Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries (Ref: NCB 15/320)Ref: NCB 15/320

Case and shorthand notes of argument and judgement in the case of Harland v the Earl of Durham concerning a case of breach of contract under the Employers and Workmen Act, 1875, 27 April 1891
(1 booklet, printed)

Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Hazard Colliery (Ref: NCB 15/321-322)Ref: NCB 15/321-322

Signed agreement made between the owners, Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, and workmen for driving at Hazard Colliery, 10 March 1934 - 17 November 1934
(2 papers, typewritten)

Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Houghton Colliery (Ref: NCB 15/323-335)Ref: NCB 15/323

Houghton Colliery local agreements, 9 May 1864 - 2 July 1958
(1 file)

Ref: NCB 15/324

Houghton Colliery, local agreements book, 29 June 1896 -10 November 1960
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/325

Account book of stores and materials sent from Lambton Colliery Works to Houghton Pit, later re-used to record the engagement of the workforce, 4 May 1893 - 22 January 1902
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: NCB 15/326

Umpire's award concerning the distribution of colliery houses at Houghton Colliery, 23 September 1901
(2 papers, typewritten)

Ref: NCB 15/327

Umpire's award of scale of fines, for "laid out" in the High Low-Main and Maudlin Seams, Houghton Colliery, 29 August 1901
(2 papers, typewritten)

Ref: NCB 15/328

Houghton Colliery, annual returns to the Mines Department, 1913 - 1932
(1 File)

Ref: NCB 15/329

Houghton Colliery wages cost book, 27 March 1920 - 21 November 1920
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: NCB 15/330

Houghton Colliery wages cost book, 25 December 1920 - 24 December 1921
(1 volume, plastic bound)

Ref: NCB 15/331

Houghton Colliery wages cost book, 7 January 1922 -31 August 1925
(1 volume, plastic hound)

Ref: NCB 15/332

Houghton Pit, abstract of drawings and wages, 14 February 1922 - 2 November 1929
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: NCB 15/333

Houghton Pit, abstract of drawings and wages, 2 November 1929 - 2 November 1935
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: NCB 15/334

Houghton Pit, summary of pay abstracts, 25 June 1927 -3 May 1930
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: NCB 15/335

Houghton Pit Production Committee (signed minutes), 28 June 1943 - 27 May 1944
(1 file)

Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Newbottle Colliery (Ref: NCB 15/336)Ref: NCB 15/336

'Terms and conditions, times of workings, rules and regulations' agreed between the Earl of Durham and his workmen at the Margaret and Dorothea Pits, Newbottle Colliery, 24 March 1873
(1 paper, printed)

Newcastle Alloy Company (Ref: NCB 15/337)Ref: NCB 15/337

Minute book of Newcastle Alloy Company, 21 June 1909 -8 May 1916
(1 volume, leather, half-bound)

Pease and Partners (Ref: NCB 15/338-341)Ref: NCB 15/338

12 January 1918 (1) North Eastern Railway Company (2) Pease and Partners Agreement regarding working traffic past the benzol plant at Pease's West Colliery, Crook
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: NCB 15/339

15 May 1930 (1) British Sulphate of Ammonia Federation (2) Pease and Partners Agreement that (2) shall hereinafter deliver and sell through (1) the whole output of sulphate ammonia
(7 papers, printed)

Ref: NCB 15/340

24 June 1931 (1) Pease and Partners, and others (2) Pitch Marketing Company (3) Victor Blagden and Co., Sir S.W. Royse and Co., Shields and Ramsay, Tar Residuals Agreement concerning the control of the sale of pitch
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: NCB 15/341

19 December 1939 (1) Henry Stobart and Co. (2) Pease and Partners Agreement for the sale and purchase of crude benzole
(6 papers, typewritten)

Pease and Partners, Waterhouses Colliery (Ref: NCB 15/342)Ref: NCB 15/342

Piecework prices for various classes of work in Waterhouses Colliery, n.d. [c. 1947]
(7 papers, typewritten)

Priestman Collieries (Ref: NCB 15/343-350)Ref: NCB 15/343

Minute book of Priestman Colliery Company, 15 May 1916 - 22 March 1921
(1 volume, leather, quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/344

Priestman Collieries, correspondence concerning coke wages agreements made between Durham Coke Owners' Association and the National Union of Cokemen and Bye-product workers, 25 April 1890 - 3 September 1946
(1 file)

Ref: NCB 15/345

1 July 1946 (1) Priestman Collieries (2) Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead Gas Company Copy agreement for a supply of coke oven gas
(20 papers, typewritten)

Ref: NCB 15/346

Manual of selling points in connection with Priestman Cokes, n.d. [c.1930]
(1 booklet, painted)

Ref: NCB 15/347

Priestman Cokes, sales manual No. 3, n.d.
(1 booklet, painted)

Ref: NCB 15/348

Priestman Collieries, firebrick catalogue, n.d
(1 booklet)

Ref: NCB 15/349

"Priestman low-ash foundry coke, an exceptional coke", publicity handout, n.d.
(1 booklet)

Ref: NCB 15/350

"How Priestman coke nuts save work in the home" publicity handout, n.d.
(1 booklet)

Priestman Collieries, Blaydon Burn (Ref: NCB 15/351-353)Ref: NCB 15/351

Description of Otto coke ovens, Blaydon Burn, January 1925
(6 papers, typewritten)

Ref: NCB 15/352

History of Otto coke ovens, January 1925
(3 papers, typewritten)

Ref: NCB 15/353

Notes on coal resources of Mary Drift and Bessie Pit, n.d. [c. 1925]
(3 papers, typewritten)

Priestman Collieries, Chester South Moor Pit (Ref: NCB 15/354)Ref: NCB 15/354

Particulars of engines and boilers at Chester South Moor Pit, 24 September 1890
(1 volume, paper bound)

Priestman Collieries, Victoria Garesfield Colliery (Ref: NCB 15/355)Ref: NCB 15/355

Victoria Garesfield Colliery, cokemen's agreements book, 28 October 1889 - 10 June 1927
(1 volume, leather half bound)

South Medomsley Colliery (Ref: NCB 15/356)Ref: NCB 15/356

Survey of workings at South Medomsley Colliery, n.d. [post 1947]
(1 volume, plastic quarter bound)

Henry Stobart and Company, Fishburn Colliery (Ref: NCB 15/357)Ref: NCB 15/357

Fishburn Colliery agreements book, 9 June 1914 -22 June 1922
(1 volume, leather quarter bound)

Waldridge Coal Company (Ref: NCB 15/358-359)Ref: NCB 15/358

Waldridge Coal Company wages book, 8 January 1938 -3 September 1938
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: NCB 15/359

Waldridge Coal Company wages book, 26 August 1939 -23 March 1940
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Wearmouth Coal Company (Ref: NCB 15/360-365)Ref: NCB 15/360

Report of directors of Wearmouth Coal Company to the fiftieth annual general meeting to be held on 4 April 1945, 24 March 1945
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: NCB 15/361

Wearmouth Coal Company expenditure, 1899 - 1945, n.d.[c. 1946]
(1 paper)

Ref: NCB 15/362

Table showing output, capital expenditure and number's employed by Wearmouth Coal Company 1899 - 1945, n.d. [c. 1946]
(1 paper, typewritten)

Ref: NCB 15/363

Statement of gross interest and dividends 1936 - 1945, n.d. [c. 1946]
(1 paper)

Ref: NCB 15/364

Wearmouth Coal Company, "Amalgamation of farms C.W.G. 1 and 2", assets and depreciation at Wearmouth and Hylton Collieries, 1946
(5 papers, typewritten)

Ref: NCB 15/365

Valuation of Wearmouth and Hylton Colliery bonuses, n.d. [c. 1946]
(2 papers)

Wearmouth Coal Company, Hylton Colliery (Ref: NCB 15/366-371)Ref: NCB 15/366

Hylton Colliery engagement book, 29 April 1899 -8 January 1923
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/367

Hylton Colliery engagements book, 1 January 1954 - 22 February 1958
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/368

Hylton Colliery, notes on local deputations from the miners' lodge, 24 January 1913 - 14 May 1913
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: NCB 15/369

Hylton Colliery, notes on local deputations from the miners' lodge, 4 January 1926 - 19 July 1928
(1 volume, cloth hound)

Ref: NCB 15/370

Hylton Colliery notes on local deputations from the miners' lodge, 28 August 1928 - 3 September 1931
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: NCB 15/371

Hylton Colliery notes on local deputations from the miners' lodge, 23 March 1934 - 26 September 1940
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Miscellaneous (Ref: NCB 15/372-387)Ref: NCB 15/372

'Tables allowing the advances and reductions which have taken place in the wages of all classes of labour employed at Collieries in Durham from April 1871 to May 1887', 5th edition, 1889
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: NCB 15/373

Durham Coal Owners' Association booklet, 'Copies of the various sliding scale agreements, 1877 - 1884', September 1891
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: NCB 15/374

Schedule of basic wages and hours of work of various classes of workmen, 19 November 1904
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: NCB 15/375

Report of Departmental Committee on compensation for individual diseases, 1907
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: NCB 15/376

Final report of Miners' Eight Hour Day Committee, 1907
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: NCB 15/377

Specification for revolving pipe cleaner, patented by Joseph James Allen of Whitwell Cottage, Crook, 17 August 1909
(3 papers, printed)

Ref: NCB 15/378

Rules of the Durham Deputies Mutual Aid Association, 1920
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: NCB 15/379

Rules of the Association of Tar Distillers, revised October 1937
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: NCB 15/380

Rules of the Association of Tar Distillers, revised January 1945
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: NCB 15/381

Rules of constitution of British Association of Coke Oven Tar Producers, 1943
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: NCB 15/382-386

Minutes of proceedings of a court of inquiry re coal mining industry dispute, 1925, held 17 July 1925 -23 July 1925
(5 booklets, printed)

Ref: NCB 15/387

Proceedings before Sir William Plender of the District Board for the Coal Mining Industry of Durham concerning the revision of the minimum percentage and subsidence allowances, 3 February 1928 - 4 February 1928
(1 volume, printed, paper bound)



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