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Vincent Young Mining Memorabilia

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  • Vincent Young Mining Memorabilia
    • Personal (Ref: D/X 2339/1)
    • Correspondence Course, Science and Practice of Mining from T. A. Southern Ltd Through University Mining School, Cardiff (Ref: D/X 2339/1/1)
    • Exercise Books (Ref: D/X 2339/1/2)
    • Certificates (Ref: D/X 2339/1/3)
    • Authorisations to Vincent Young (Ref: D/X 2339/1/4)
    • Coal Voucher Book (Ref: D/X 2339/1/5)
    • Superannuation (Ref: D/X 2339/1/6)
    • Photographs (Ref: D/X 2339/1/7)
    • Professional (Ref: D/X 2339/2)
    • NCB Durham Division Memoranda, Instruction Sheets etc (Ref: D/X 2339/2/1)
    • Fire and Rescue Brigade instructions (Ref: D/X 2339/2/2)
    • Individual Pits (Ref: D/X 2339/2/3)
    • Explosion at Louisa Colliery (Ref: D/X 2339/2/4)
    • National Coal Board Publications (Ref: D/X 2339/2/5)
    • National Coal Board - Durham Division Blank Forms (Ref: D/X 2339/2/6)
    • NACODS rules (Ref: D/X 2339/2/7)

Catalogue Description

Vincent Young was a pit deputy

Catalogue Contents

Personal (Ref: D/X 2339/1)Correspondence Course, Science and Practice of Mining from T. A. Southern Ltd Through University Mining School, Cardiff (Ref: D/X 2339/1/1)Ref: D/X 2339/1/1/1

Test paper questions and specimen answers - Section EC mid-20th century Including: Mine Ventilation; Explosions, Fires and Inundations; Electricity; Surveying and Levelling
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/1/2

Test paper questions and specimen answers - Section ED mid-20th century Including: Mine Working; Mechanical Engineering
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/1/3

Test paper questions and specimen answers - Section FX Mechanics mid-20th century Force, Work and Power
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/1/4

Test paper questions and specimen answers - Section MG - Mine Gases and Explosions mid-20th century Including: Some Notes on Chemistry, with essay answer by Vincent Young, graded 'excellent'; Further Notes on General Science; Mine Air; Noxious and Inflammable Gases; Testing for Firedamp; Firedamp Explosions; Coal Dust and Its Treatment; Stone Dust Barriers; Rescue Work and Apparatus; Flame and Electric Safety Lamps; Spontaneous Combustion
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/1/5

Test paper questions and specimen answers - Section MK - Mine Working mid-20th century Including: Modes of Working Coal; Horizon Mining; Coal-Cutting Machines; Coal and Stone Drills; Mechanical Conveyors; Conveyor Files; Roof Supports; Roof Bolting; Roof Control; Shaft Sinking; Sinking Appliances; Explosives and Detonators; Blasting in Mines
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/1/6

Test paper questions and specimen answers - Section LR - Mining Electrical Engineering mid-20th century Including: Outline of Colliery Electrical Equipment; General Principles; The Electrical Circuit - Ohm's Law; Transmission of Power
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/1/7

Test paper questions and specimen answers - Section PH - Practical Mechanics mid-20th century Including: Machines - Levers and Pulleys; Inclined Planes and Friction; Mechanical Power Transmission; Wire Ropes; Reciprocating Pumps; Centrifugal and Turbine Pumps, the Mono Pump and the Siphon; Underground Transport
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/1/8

Test paper questions and specimen answers - Section RT - Arithmetic mid-20th century Including: Weights and Measures; Areas of Simple Figures; Volumes; Simple and Compound Practice and Averages; Ratio and Proportion; Proportional Division
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/1/9

Test paper questions and specimen answers - Section SL - Surveying and Levelling mid-20th century Including: Measurement of Distances; Angles and Meridians; Mine Plans; Loose-Needle Surveying; Levelling; Areas and Volumes; Dip and Fault Problems
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/1/10

Test paper questions and specimen answers - Section SP - Steam Plant mid-20th century Including: Steam Boilers; Steam Boiler Fittings and Accessories
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/1/11

Test paper questions and specimen answers - Section VN - Mine Ventilation mid-20th century Including: Barometer, Thermometer and Hygrometer; Boyle's and Charles' Laws and Watergauge; Natural Ventilation and Mine Air Temperatures; Fan Ventilation; Distribution of the Air; Fan Calculations and Equivalent Orifice; Laws of Mine Air-Friction; Air Measurement
(1 item)

Exercise Books (Ref: D/X 2339/1/2)Ref: D/X 2339/1/2/1

National Coal Board exercise book with notes regarding human relations at work 1952
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/2/2

Exercise book used for mathematical calculations c. 1950s
(1 item)

Certificates (Ref: D/X 2339/1/3)Ref: D/X 2339/1/3/1

Durham County Council Coal Mines Act 1911 certificate of qualification 6 December 1924 As a fireman, examiner or deputy under section 15 (1) (b)
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/3/2

Durham County Council Civil Defence General Services certificate 31 July 1945 'In the years when our country was in mortal danger Vincent Young who served in the Civil Defence Wardens Service gave generously of his time and powers to bring relief and comfort to those who suffered the misfortune of enemy air attack'
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/3/3

Northern Counties Technical Examinations Course certificate 1949/50 Subjects: Mathematics (1st Class); Drawing (2nd Class); English (2nd Class)
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/3/4

Northern Counties Technical Examinations Course certificate 1951 Subject: preliminary Mining Course for Adults: Mathematics (2nd Class); Drawing (2nd Class); Mining Science (1st Class); English (2nd Class)
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/3/5

National Coal Board, Durham Division certificate 22 February 1951 For Vincent Young of Hedley Colliery, 'has undergone a course of instruction and practices in Rescue Work as approved by the Minister of Fuel and Power at Houghton Station using self-contained breathing apparatus and that he is efficient to take part in rescue Work. He has been trained in the use of Aerophor Breathing Apparatus'
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/3/6

Ministry of Fuel and Power forwarding certificate of qualification as a deputy 17 June 1954
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/3/7

National Coal Board (Durham Division) certificate 20 September 1954 'that the above named man was employed at the Louisa Colliery from July 2nd, 1951 to February 14th 1953, and during that period he regularly performed the duties of deputy and shot-firer'
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/3/8

National Coal Board rescue service certificate 1 May 1956
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/3/9

National Coal Board - Durham Division Elementary Underground Fire Fighting Training Certificate 16 December 1960
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/3/10

National Coal Board certificate for long and meritorious service c.1970s To Joseph Mason for fifty years' service
(1 item)

Authorisations to Vincent Young (Ref: D/X 2339/1/4)Ref: D/X 2339/1/4/1

Marley Hill and Blackburn Fell Colliery 11 May 1957 'The operation of mechanical or electrical plant in connection with pump drilling machines & conveyors 81b. To inspect at places where men have been withdrawn M&G Sec 79'
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/4/2

Marley Hill & Blackburn Fell Colliery 11 May 1957 'Act as Deputy S1.1758 Part IV(9)(1) & Part V.28 examination of places outside of Deputy's district (S1 1758 Part 5 29 (a)), examination of safety lamps as approved places (S1 1765 Part 112 (i)) to use flame safety lamp fitted with relighter device (S1 1765 Part III 13)'
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/4/3

Marley Hill & Blackburn Fell Colliery 11 May 1957 'Search Workmen S1. 2016 Sec. 1. To have possession of detonators (S1.1767 Part IV.10 (2)). Appointment as shotfirer (S1.1767 Part III 3 (1)). To take charge of the mine in the absence of manager & undermanager Sec 9(1)'.
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/4/4

Marley Hill & Blackburn Fell Colliery 3 April 1958 'Receive at Landmill Shaft Signals Reg (31) shafts outlets & p¿s Regs 1960. Examine daily externally & operate mechanical electrical operations Reg 81 and 81B Mechanics & Electricians Regs 1956 to carry First Aid box Reg 5 DA First Aid Regs 1956'
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/4/5

Marley Hill & Blackburn Fell Colliery 3 April 1958 'Carry out the duties of sheet pipes Reg 8(1) Explosives Regs 1961 to have possession of detonators Reg 15(2) Explosive Regs 1961 to use safety lamp with re-lighter contrivances Reg 15(1) Safety & Lighting Regs 1956 to examine safety lamps at appointed places Reg (3) Lamps & Lighting Regs 1956'.
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/4/6

Marley Hill & Blackburn Fell Colliery 3 April 1958 'Carry out the duties of deputy Sec (12) M & Q Act 1954 to take charge of the mine in the absence of manager & undermanager Sec 9 Act 1954 to make inspections outside Deputies District Ref (28) Managers & Officials Regs 1956 to search workmen Reg (1)A Manner of Search Regs 1956'.
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/4/7

Marley Hill & Blackburn Fell Colliery 19 November 1962 'Examine daily externally & operate mechanical & electrical operations Reg 8(1)a & 8 Mechs & Elects Regs 1956 & use safety lamp with relighting contrivances Reg 15 (1) Lamps & Lighting Regs 1956
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/4/8

Marley Hill & Blackburn Fell Colliery 19 November 1962 'Search workmen reg (1)a Manner of Search Regs 1956, to examine safety lamps at appointed places Reg 3(1) Lamps & Lighting Regs 1956 to carry out all duties of ¿Shot Firer¿ Regs 8(1) Explosives Regs 1961 to carry First Aid box Reg 5(1)a First Aid Regs 1956'
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/4/9

Marley Hill & Blackburn Fell Colliery 19 November 1962 'Carry out the duties of Deputy Sec 12 M & Q Act 1954 to take charge of the mine in the absence of manager & undermanager Sec 9 M & Q Act 1954 & make inspections outside Deputy's District Reg 28 Managers & Officials Regs 1956 & transmit sheft signals Reg 38 Shafts Outlets & Roads Regs 1960'.
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/4/10

Marley Hill & Blackburn Fell Colliery 21 January 1963 'Fire a maximum of 70 single shafts each at the maximum rate of 6 shafts per hour or when using multi shaft exploders & fire a maximum of 30 shafts each shaft at the maximum rate of not more than 2 rounds of not more than 6 shots per period for Explosives Regs 1961'
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/4/11

Marley Hill Colliery 18 October 1965 'Use a ¿Methanometer¿ and fire shots by means of the ¿Beethoven Multi Exploder¿ in rounds of more than ¿six shafts¿ using ¿delay detonators¿ regulation 8(2)a & 8(2)b Explosive Regs 1961'
(1 item)

Coal Voucher Book (Ref: D/X 2339/1/5)Ref: D/X 2339/1/5/1

National Coal Board Northumberland and Durham Division coal voucher book October 1966-September 1967 For Vincent Young of 4 Clark Terrace, Shield Row
(1 item)

Superannuation (Ref: D/X 2339/1/6)Ref: D/X 2339/1/6/1

National Coal Board Superannuation Schemes certificate of membership 9 January 1950 For Vincent Young, Northern Division, Louisa New Hedley Pit (born 31 March 1924, joined scheme 12 December 1949)
(1 item)

Photographs (Ref: D/X 2339/1/7)Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/1

Photograph of map of County Durham showing collieries operating in 1942 c.1986
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/2

Photograph of map of County Durham showing collieries operating in 1986
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/3

Photograph of National Union of Mineworkers banner taken at Durham Miners' Gala c.1986 Durham Area banner showing pit head and statues of four people
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/4

Photograph of National Union of Mineworkers banner taken at Durham Miners' Gala c.1986 Blackhall Lodge banner showing portraits of Arthur James Cook, Emanuel Shinwell and James Keir Hardie
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/5

Photograph of National Union of Mineworkers banner taken at Durham Miners' Gala c.1986 Chopwell Lodge banner showing portraits of Karl Marx, Lenin and James Keir Hardie
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/6

Photograph of National Union of Mineworkers banner taken at Durham Miners' Gala c.1986 Clara Vale Lodge banner showing a heroic female figure with a banner reading 'Emancipation of Labour' leading a family group with a house in the background
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/7

Photograph of National Union of Mineworkers banner taken at Durham Miners' Gala c.1986 Easington Lodge banner showing portraits of two men
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/8

Photograph of National Union of Mineworkers banner taken at Durham Miners' Gala c.1986 East Hetton Lodge banner showing Sam Watson Rest Home
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/9

Photograph of National Union of Mineworkers banner taken at Durham Miners' Gala c.1986 Eppleton Lodge banner showing Locomotion No. 1 and a large house in the background
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/10

Postcard of National Union of Mineworkers banner c.1986 Fenhall Drift Lodge, Lanchester banner showing a Roman legionary juxtaposed with a 20th century coal miner
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/11

Photograph of National Union of Mineworkers banner taken at Durham Miners' Gala c.1986 Greenside Lodge banner showing the pit head and the legend 'For the People, By the People'
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/12

Photograph of National Union of Mineworkers banner taken at Durham Miners' Gala c.1986 Hamsterley Colliery Lodge banner showing two miners in front of a pit head and the legend 'Now it Depends on You' and 'Progress'
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/13

Photograph of National Union of Mineworkers banner taken at Durham Miners' Gala c.1986 Haswell Lodge banner showing three figures, one, possibly, James Keir Hardie
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/14

Photograph of National Union of Mineworkers banner taken at Durham Miners' Gala c.1986 Horden Lodge banner showing three portraits - Arthur James Cook, Peter Lee and Robert Smillie with the legend 'Pioneers of the Past', a heroic bare-chested figure bestriding a pit head and mine buildings and the legend 'The Courage of Youth Can Safeguard the Future'
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/15

Photograph of National Union of Mineworkers banner taken at Durham Miners' Gala c.1986 Horden Lodge banner with portrait of Emanuel Shinwell
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/16

Photograph of National Union of Mineworkers banner taken at Durham Miners' Gala c.1986 Horden Lodge banner showing two miners shaking hands in front of a pit head with the legend 'Our Future We Build from the Past'
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/17

Photograph of National Union of Mineworkers banner taken at Durham Miners' Gala c.1986 Kibblesworth Lodge banner showing two miners shaking hands in front of a pit head with an angel holding a banner with the legend 'Unity is Strength' and the legend beneath 'All Men are Brethren'
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/18

Photograph of National Union of Mineworkers banner taken at Durham Miners' Gala c.1986 Lambton Lodge banner showing the portrait of a man
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/19

Postcard of National Union of Mineworkers banner c.1986 Marley Hill Lodge banner showing painting of Durham on Gala day with the cathedral in the background
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/20

Photograph of National Union of Mineworkers banner taken at Durham Miners' Gala c.1986 Marsden Lodge banner with picture of a sea arch
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/21

Photograph of National Union of Mineworkers banner taken at Durham Miners' Gala c.1986 Middridge Drift Lodge banner with image of a horse and the legend 'Lest We Forget'
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/22

Photograph of National Union of Mineworkers banner taken at Durham Miners' Gala c.1986 Monkwearmouth Lodge banner showing men at a meeting with the legends 'The Cancelling of the Yearly Dues by Jn Roberts in 1869' and 'Come Let Us Reason Together'
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/23

Photograph of National Union of Mineworkers banner taken at Durham Miners' Gala c.1986 Monkwearmouth Lodge banner showing a group of people walking towards a house with heroic female figure and the legends 'The Sunshine of Liberty' and 'Progress, Education, Science' and, beneath, with incomplete legend beneath
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/24

Photograph of National Union of Mineworkers banner taken at Durham Miners' Gala c.1986 Murton Lodge banner showing a miner holding a placard with the legend 'Knowledge is Power' bestriding the Houses of Parliament, with another legend beneath
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/25

Photograph of National Union of Mineworkers banner taken at Durham Miners' Gala c.1986 New Herrington Lodge banner showing the Miners' Hall and Memorial Gardens at Redhills, Durham
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/26

Photograph of National Union of Mineworkers banner taken at Durham Miners' Gala c.1986 Randolph Lodge, Evenwood banner showing pit head and mine buildings with chimney
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/27

Photograph of National Union of Mineworkers banner taken at Durham Miners' Gala c.1986 Ravensworth Lodge banner showing Conishead Priory Convalescent Home for mineworkers
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/28

Photograph of National Union of Mineworkers banner taken at Durham Miners' Gala c.1986 Ryhope Area Lodge showing bungalows with the legend 'Pioneers of the Movement Haven of Rest'
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/29

Photograph of National Union of Mineworkers banner taken at Durham Miners' Gala c.1986 Sacriston Lodge banner with portraits of Robert Smillie and Lord Sankey
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/30

Photograph of National Union of Mineworkers banner taken at Durham Miners' Gala c.1986 Seaham Lodge banner showing bungalows and the legend 'Aged Miners Homes Byron Terrace, Seaham'
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/31

Photograph of National Union of Mineworkers banner taken at Durham Miners' Gala c.1986 South Pelaw Lodge banner with portraits of Peter Lee and Arthur James Cook
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/32

Photograph of National Union of Mineworkers banner taken at Durham Miners' Gala c.1986 Trimdon Grange Colliery banner showing four men, one in kilt and sporran, shaking hands
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/33

Photograph of National Union of Mineworkers banner taken at Durham Miners' Gala c.1986 Tudhoe Lodge banner showing Durham cathedral from the north-west
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/34

Photograph of National Union of Mineworkers banner taken at Durham Miners' Gala c.1986 Tursdale Lodge banner showing portraits of Ramsay McDonald, Arthur James Cook and James Keir Hardie and the legend beneath 'The Cause of Labour is the Hope of the W¿'
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/35

Photograph of National Union of Mineworkers banner taken at Durham Miners' Gala c.1986 Tursdale Mechanics banner showing a mounted policeman with a baton lashing out at a figure on foot with, superimposed, a picture of a father holding a baby
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/36

Photograph of National Union of Mineworkers banner taken at Durham Miners' Gala c.1986 Vane Tempest Lodge banner showing Durham cathedral from the south-west
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/37

Photograph of National Union of Mineworkers banner taken at Durham Miners' Gala c.1986 Washington 'F' Pit Lodge banner showing Durham cathedral from the south-west
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/38

Photograph of National Union of Mineworkers banner taken at Durham Miners' Gala c.1986 Waterhouses Lodge banner showing three men
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 2339/1/7/39

Photograph of National Union of Mineworkers banner taken at Durham Miners' Gala c.1986 West Stanley Lodge banner showing a pit head and mine buildings
(1 photograph)

Professional (Ref: D/X 2339/2)NCB Durham Division Memoranda, Instruction Sheets etc (Ref: D/X 2339/2/1)Ref: D/X 2339/2/1/1

Instruction Sheet No. 5 on Liquid Air August 1937
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/1/2

Instruction Sheet No. 10 on Blackdamp, Stinkdamp, Nitrous Fumes or Coughdamp September 1937
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/1/3

Instruction Sheet No. 2 on Respiration September 1937
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/1/4

Instruction Sheet No. 10 on Whitedamp February 1938
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/1/5

Instruction Sheet No. 26 on Organisation of Rescue Work March 1938
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/1/6

Instruction Sheet No. 25 on Mine Plan Reading May 1938
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/1/7

Instruction Sheet on Explosions - Their Causes and Effects September 1938
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/1/8

Instruction Sheet on Underground Files 21 November 1938
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/1/9

Instruction Sheet No. 16 on Colliery Accidents January 1939
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/1/10

Instruction Sheet No. 16 on Fire Extinction Principles October 1941
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/1/11

National Coal Board (Northern Division) Fire & Rescue Brigade - Water Mains for Fire Fighting February 1948
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/1/12

Instruction Sheet F.46 - Portable Fire Extinguishers for use Underground May 1950
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/1/13

Extracts from H. M. Chief Inspector of Mines and Quarries Report for 1962
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/1/14

Notes of Guidance - The Training and Authorisation of Persons for Operating Rope Haulage Apparatus January 1963
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/1/15

Talks at the Kist - Notes for Deputies - safe Operations of Power Loading machines 18 March 1963
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/1/16

Time & Work Report Sheets - Guidance Notes for Deputies, Officials and Timekeepers May 1963
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/1/17

Divisional Safety Committee - Report of Chief Inspector of Mines and Quarries 25 November 1963
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/1/18

Area General Manager's Special Monthly Report - Trend of Face Piece & Taskworkers Earnings Uniform Analysis of Earnings - Definitions and Examples
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/1/19

Refresher Course for Deputies - Second Series
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/1/20

Divisional Finance Department - Cost Development Branch - Uniform Analysis of Earnings - Definitions and Examples
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/1/21

Fourth Course for Practising Deputies to be Held at Burnopfield Training Centre
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/1/22

Colliery Civil Defence Scheme - Prepared Operational Plan - Underground Emergency
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/1/23

Industrial Relations Department - Training Branch - Coal Mines (Training) Regulations 1956 Notes of Guidance on Coal Face Training with Particular Reference to Power Loading Faces
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/1/24

List of Talks
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/1/25

Signalling while Wearing Breathing Apparatus
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/1/26

Fire Instruction Sheet No. 3 - Chemical Extinguishers
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/1/27

Gob Fires
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/1/28

Details of Underground Officials in Emergency
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/1/29

Mine Gases
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/1/30

The Taking of Gas Samples
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/1/31

Firedamp and Afterdamp
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/1/32

Instruction Sheet F.5 - Soda-Acid Extinguishers
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/1/33

Foam Extinguishers
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/1/34

Notes for Guidance on the Completion of Time and Work Reports
(1 item)

Fire and Rescue Brigade instructions (Ref: D/X 2339/2/2)Ref: D/X 2339/2/2/1

National Coal Board (Northern Division) Fire and Rescue Brigade training register for Vincent Young 1951
(1 item)

Individual Pits (Ref: D/X 2339/2/3)Ref: D/X 2339/2/3/1

Memorandum from manager to deputies and overmen at Marley Hill Colliery 31 March 1964 On illegal riding on conveyor belts
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/3/2

Marley Hill Colliery Supervision and Organisation - Brockwell Loss of Output - Week Ending 11 February 1966
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/3/3

Shearing times and delays - Brockwell S.4 Shearer Seam 2 February 1967
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/3/4

Shearing times and delays - Tilley P.6 Seam 7 February 1967
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/3/5

Shearing times and delays - Brockwell S.2 Shearer Seam 13 March 1967
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/3/6

Shearing times and delays - Brockwell S.4 Shearer Seam 20 March 1967
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/3/7

Shearing times and delays - Tilley P.6 Plough Seam 20 March 1967
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/3/8

Report on pre-shift inspection by deputy in charge of a district 17 April 1967 Marley Hill mine, Tilley and Brockwell Seam, Tilley Dev. Shaft Stump Back
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/3/9

Memorandum from manager to deputies and shotfirers at Marley Hill Colliery 4 May 1967
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/3/10

Marley Hill Colliery details Showing, for each seam: class of agreement; date of agreement; details; basis; gross
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/3/11

Plan of Marley Hill Colliery, Top Busty Seam - South District Scale: 1/2,500
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/3/12

Plan showing workings of Hedley Pit, Shield Row Seam, South Drift Scale: 2 chains: 1 inch
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/3/13

Section through Brockwell Seam at Marley Hill Colliery Scale 1/12
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/3/14

Photocopied Craghead Busty Seam cavilling rules
(1 item)

Explosion at Louisa Colliery (Ref: D/X 2339/2/4)Ref: D/X 2339/2/4/1

Ministry of Fuel and Power report 'Explosion at Louisa (including Morrison Old) Colliery, Durham' March 1948 The explosion took place at 11.55 pm on 22 August 1947 in which nineteen men died from carbon monoxide poisoning and two more died subsequently, those who died being: Thomas W. Appleby, aged, 45, stoneman; Alfred Bailey, aged 49, stoneman; Thomas Bell, aged 41, datal hand; Thomas Bell, aged 49, conveyor mover; Robert W. Birtle, aged 27, stoneman; Reginald L. Brown, aged 32, stoneman; Joseph Chapman, aged 37, conveyor mover; John Estell, aged 38, deputy; Norman Fenwick, aged 32, conveyor mover; John Grimley, aged 41, stoneman; Joseph Hodgson, aged 28, stoneman; Thomas McKever, aged 46, datal hand; Francis E. Martin, aged 21, datal hand; Gerald Moore, aged 21, datal hand; William Reed, aged 37, datal hand; Walter Roe, aged 18, datal hand; John Rowland, aged 54, stoneman; William Rutherford, aged 32, stoneman; Colin Simpson, aged 39, stoneman; Harold Talbot, aged 34, stoneman; Edmund Westgarth, aged 39, stoneman
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/4/2

Plan of 4th North District, Louisa Colliery, Hutton Seam in which the explosion occurred 1948
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/4/3

Plan showing workings in 4th North Area in Hutton Towneley and Bottom Busty Seams 1948
(1 item)

National Coal Board Publications (Ref: D/X 2339/2/5)Ref: D/X 2339/2/5/1

National Coal Board publication 'The Installation and Moving Over of a Face Belt Conveyor' Training Manual No. 1 1949
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/5/2

NCB (Production) Codes and Rules 'Man-Riding Underground by Rope and Locomotive Haulage' 1961
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/5/3

Coal Industry National Consultative Council Safety and Health Committee 'Report on Stone Dust Barriers on Coal Conveyor Roads' May 1961
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/5/4

Coal Industry National Consultative Council Safety and Health Committee 'Report of the Working Party on Coal Dust Explosions Dust Precautions in the Vicinity of Roadheads on Coal Conveyor Roads' September 1961
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/5/5

National Coal Board 'The Deputy's Handbook'
(1 item)

National Coal Board - Durham Division Blank Forms (Ref: D/X 2339/2/6)Ref: D/X 2339/2/6/1

Nomination to give supervision - blank form Under Mines and Quarries Act 1954: Part III Section 88
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/6/2

Supervision and instruction on change of occupation - blank form Under Mines and Quarries Act 1954, Section 88 and Coal Mines (Training) Regulations 1956
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/6/3

Temporary nomination for supervision - blank form Under Coal Mines (Training) regulations 1956, Regulation 6(4)
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/6/4

Two-sided blank form Time and Work Report - Underground and, on the other side Deputy's daily report notes and work detail
(1 item)

Ref: D/X 2339/2/6/5

Report of accident - blank form
(1 item)

NACODS rules (Ref: D/X 2339/2/7)Ref: D/X 2339/2/7/1

Rules of the National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers, Durham Area 1961
(1 item)



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