West Beechburn Colliery
Opened/Sunk: -
Closed: 1924-29, as referenced: Durham County Record Office, ref. NCB 24/117
Location: -
Map Reference: 33SE
OS Edition: 1st: 1857(d), 2nd: 1898(d), 3rd: 1924, 4th: 1938(d)
(d) Shown as old or disused on this edition
Details
Company/Proprieter
West Beechburn Coal & Whinstone Co.- "Reports of the Inspector of Mines for the Year 1873", London, 1874 (Durham County Record Office, ref. D/DMA 255)
- "Mines and Minerals and Mineral Statistics 1883", H.M. Inspector of Mines, London, 1884 (Mining Institute, Newcastle)
- "Reid's Handy Colliery Guide and Directory for the Counties of Northumberland, Durham, & Yorkshire", Newcastle,1919 (Newcastle City Library)
Other Notes
unnamed drift in 1898, called West Beechburn Colliery in 1924 (OS)Area Map
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