This is a list of collieries near Newcastle New South Wales, Australia, organised by local government areas.
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Newcastle
A.A. Co. 'A' Pit, between Brown & McCormack Streets, Newcastle (1831-before 1855) - Australian Agricultural CompanyAustralian Railway Historical Society Bulletin issue 365 March 1968 pages 55-60 A.A. Co. 'B' Pit, at junction of Swan & Brook Streets, Cooks Hill (1837-before 1855) - Australian Agricultural Company. A.A. Co. 'C' Pit, below Obelisk Hill, Cooks Hill (1842-before 1855)- Australian Agricultural Company. A.A. Co. 'D' Pit, Cameron's Hill, Steel Street, Hamilton (1848- from 1878 a ventilation shaft only for the Hamilton pits) - Australian Agricultural Company. A.A. Co. 'E' Pit, Everton Street, Hamilton (1854-1863) - Australian Agricultural Company. A.A. Co. 'F' Pit, opposite end of Parry Street, Cooks Hill (1855-1864 when connected to Hamilton Borehole No.2. This then became a ventilation shaft until final closure in 1901) - Australian Agricultural Company. A.A. Co. 'H' Colliery (top of Beaumont Street, Hamilton, below Glebe Hill) (1873-1889 after massive cave-in) - Australian Agricultural Company. A.A. Co. Sea Pit (or New Winning) Colliery, Bull Street, Cooks Hill (1888- Friday 20 Oct 1916 due to exhausted reservesNewcastle Morning Herald, Tuesday 24 Oct 1915, p.5.) Mined the Borehole seam with a shaft 250 feet in depth plus a tunnel or drift facing Darby Street. - Australian Agricultural Company. Colliery Manager in 1911 was Mr Richard Thomas.Newcastle Morning Herald, 4 May 1911, p.7. Back Creek (or Brown's) Colliery, Minmi, (1876-1924, 1930-1934). - J & A Brown.Neath Mount Sugarloaf vol.2 by Headmaster's Committee, West Wallsend Public School, N.S.W., 1988, pps:91-2. Blackhill Borehole Colliery, Glendale - Blackhill Mining Company.List of New South Wales Coal Mines with Names of Owners, Managers, &c., and Addresses of Mines and Offices, 4 July 1966, Joint Coal Board, Sydney. Borehill Colliery, Blackbutt Reserve, Newcastle,Location of Collieries, Joint Coal Board, Sydney, 19 Oct 1950. Working full time in 1952Newcastle Morning Herald Tues 7 Oct 1952, p.4. - Mount Sugarloaf Collieries Pty. Ltd. Closed March 1979.Newcastle Morning Herald, 15 January 1980. Includes picture. Borehole No.1 Pit, Hamilton (1857-1901?) - Australian Agricultural Company Borehole No.2 Pit, Hamilton (1861-1901) - Australian Agricultural Company Boston Colliery (former Wallsend 'C' PitNewcastle Morning Herald, Sat 22 May 1943, p.7.), half a mile out of Wallsend. Borehole seam. Operational in 1943 and 1966. - Neal Bros (Wallsend) Pty. Ltd.Location of Collieries and Holdings, Joint Coal Board, Sydney, 30 Sept 1967. Burwood 'A' Colliery, Glenrock Lagoon (founded 1877 as Redhead Colliery) - Burwood Coal Mining Company Ltd. Mining here ceased in 1893 and Burwood No.3 instead became the access point.Newcastle Morning Herald, Sat 25 May 1946, p.5. Shaft walled on surface and retained for ventilation purposes. Co-operative Colliery, Wallsend (1862-1926 following endless disputes) - Co-operative Coal Company, from 1869 William Laidley & Co. Employed 90 men in 1894.Newcastle Morning Herald Monday 16 April 1894, p.4. From 1891 till closure Mr James Barr was the manager.Newcastle Morning Herald Fri 4 June 1926, p.6. Crofton Colliery, Kotara (1942-1957) Working full-time in 1948 and 1953.Newcastle Morning Herald Thurs 12 Nov 1953, p.10. 19 miners dismissed at end of 1954.Newcastle Morning Herald Friday 10 Dec 1954, p.2. Donaldson's Tunnel, Happy Valley, Merewether (1844 - ) William Donaldson, proprietor.Newcastle Morning Herald Mon 19 July 1937, p.4. Duckenfield Colliery, Minmi (1873-1916,1930-1932) - J & A Brown. Duckenfield Colliery No.2 Colliery (renamed Stockrington Colliery 1935), Stockrington (1912-1956) J & A Brown Duckenfield Colliery No.3 Colliery, tunnel alongside the Richmond Vale railway line, Stockrington (1931-1955) - JABAS East Lambton Colliery, New Lambton (1888-1894) - East Lambton Coal Company East Waratah Colliery, Lambton (1882-1889) - Waratah Coal Company, later Mr T. G. Griffiths. Ferndale Colliery, Tighes Hill. (1877-1894)Newcastle Morning Herald Sat 27 Mar 1886, p.8.Newcastle Morning Herald Weds 12 Dec 1894, p.5. Bank seizes colliery.Newcastle Morning Herald Weds 9 Nov 1898, p.4, states colliery was abandoned 4.5 years ago. Fern Valley Colliery, near Adamstown on the New Lambton Company's estate, opened in 1889 by Messrs. Henry Evans (1852-1927) & Charles Turner. In Sept 1889 the coal was carried by a skip line from the pit to the Adamstown-Charlestown roadside platform where it was loaded onto carts. Meanwhile a new trainline link was being built to the New Lambton Colliery line.Newcastle Morning Herald, 26 Sept 1889, p.6. Working in Oct 1892 when the colliery manager was W.D. BedlingtonNewcastle Morning Herald, 19 Oct 1892, p.7. However, despite being described in 1892, along with New Lambton Colliery, as "the staple industries of the borough" (Adamstown)Newcastle Morning Herald, Friday 2 Sept 1892, p.7. by Oct 1900 Fern Valley Colliery was "abandoned" and the premises being sought by the local council as a sanitary depot.Newcastle Morning Herald, Weds 24 Oct 1900, p.7. Glebe End Tunnel, (or just Glebe Tunnel) "adjacent to Glebe A Pit" - so possibly the former Nott's Tunnel, Merewether. Newcastle Coal Mining Company.Newcastle Morning Herald, Monday 14 August 1916, p.4. Working full time in 1914; and in 1953 closed 21 Aug 1954 due to collapse in market.Newcastle Morning Herald 26 June 1954, p.1. Forthcoming closure announced.Newcastle Morning Herald Tues 24 Aug 1954, p.1. Date of closure and last train. Glebe Hill Tunnel (sometimes called Glebe Main), Merewether (1913-1954) - The Newcastle Coal Mining Company Limited (lessee in 1919 was Jonathan DixonNewcastle Morning Herald, Friday 6 June 1919, p.4.) Working full time in 1953.Newcastle Morning Herald Thurs 12 Nov 1953, p.10; Tuesday 24 Aug 1954, p.1. Still operating Feb 1954; closed week ending 14 Aug 1954 due to collapse in market.Newcastle Morning Herald 4 Feb 1954, p.2; 26 June 1954, p.1, Closure announced. Glebe Valley Colliery, operational in 1930 employing 20 men & 4 horses; no traces of gas; excellent ventillation.Newcastle Morning Herald, Friday 28 March 1930, p.5. Difficult to determine which pit this is but may be Glebe End Tunnel. Glenbrook Tunnel (originally Fernleigh Pit 1922-1932), Adamstown Heights - Mr A Sketchley. Still working in 1950. Glenrock Colliery, Burwood Beach, Merewether (1884-1885, 1905- March 1944) - Messrs. Foreshaw, and Thomas Howley (1855-1942), who extracted 50,500,000 tons of coal until closure.Glenrock Colliery employed 25 miners in 1929. Newcastle Morning Herald Sat 30 Nov 1929, p.29.Installed electrical equipment for the first time in June 1931.Newcastle Morning Herald Sat 20 June 1931, p.10.Tenders called for the sale of all equipment at colliery Aug-Nov 1944, Newcastle Morning Herald 'Advertisements'. Hamilton Borehole No.2 Colliery, cnr.Beaumont & Beckett Streets (1861 - 1901) - Australian Agricultural Co. Happy Valley Colliery (c1850) Merewether Estate (from 1920-c1955) Messrs. William & Malcolm MarheineNewcastle Morning Herald Weds. 9 July 1924, p.9., when Marheine's already had the lease for 3.5 years. In 1940 this colliery supplied the coal for Newcastle Abattoir.Newcastle Morning Herald Thurs 5 Dec 1940, p.8. The colliery offices in 1951 were located in the T&G Building, Hunter Street.Newcastle Sun Monday 16 April 1951, p.6. Hartley Vale Colliery, Adamstown (1864-1870) -J & A Brown. Hetton Colliery, Carrington (1885-1916Newcastle Morning Herald, Weds 2 May 1917, p.10.) - Hetton Coal Company Hillside Tunnel, top of Merewether Street, MerewetherNewcastle Morning Herald Tues 27 March 1934, mention of "the small colliery at the end of Merewether Street". Operational in 1919 when proprietors were Messrs. Bezant & Findlay;Newcastle Morning Herald 6 June 1919, p.4. in 1936 - Hillside Colliery Company.Newcastle Morning Herald Monday 14 Sept 1936, p.4. - closed by 1940. Hillside Extended Colliery - two tunnels where Myamblah Crescent Reserve is today, Glebe, Merewether - Leigh Brothers in 1930. Working full time in 1953 Closed 21 Aug 1954 due to collapse in market.(Used Newcastle Coal Mining Cos. 'A' pit railway which closed at the end of that year as a result of the pit closures)Newcastle Morning Herald Tues 24 Aug 1954, p.1. Jesmond Colliery, off Corindi St., Jesmond (1910-1930) - Newcastle-Wallsend Coal CompanyNewcastle Morning Herald Thursday 11 June 1925, p.6, reports the colliery had been inspected and found to be in good order.Employed 25 miners in 1929. Newcastle Morning Herald Sat 30 Nov 1929, p.29.Newcastle Morning Herald Monday 26 May 1930, p.9, when ventilation system had a breakdown. 50 employees at closure, due to the Depression.Newcastle Morning Herald Sat 25 Oct 1930, p.10. Pit maintained for resumption. Noted as idle May 1931.Newcastle Morning Herald 31 May 1931, p.4. Lambton Colliery (later Old Lambton Colliery), Lambton (1862-1936) - Scottish Australian Mining Company.Employed 65 miners in 1929. Newcastle Morning Herald Sat 30 Nov 1929, p.29. A report in May 1921 stated there was no indication that reserves were anywhere near worked out and that the colliery had many years of working ahead.Newcastle Morning Herald, 30th May 1921, p.5. Site and railway continued in use after the pit closed, with coal-loading facilities for other collieries used until circa 1960. Maryville Colliery, Maryville (1884-1888) - The Maryville Colliery Company Limited.Newcastle Morning Herald Sat 10 Jan 1885 p.86 on the opening and proprietors. McCoshton Colliery, Wallsend, operational in 1967 - Thompson Borehole Collieries Pty. Ltd. Minmi Colliery 'A' Pit, Minmi (1853-1871) - John Eales - later J & A Brown Minmi Colliery 'B' Pit, Minmi (1853-1871) - John Eales - later J & A Brown Minmi Colliery 'C' Pit, Minmi (1861-1871) - J & A Brown Minmi Open Cut, Minmi (1949-1954) - J & A Brown and Abermain & Seaham Collieries Ltd. Working full time in 1952 New Lambton Colliery (originally Lambton C Colliery), Adamstown - J & A Brown (1888 - Aug 1930) 150 employees.Newcastle Morning Herald Tues 12 March 1907, p.6; Thursday 7 Aug 1930, p,7. New Tunnel Colliery (later known as Elermore Vale Colliery), off Victory St., Jesmond (1874-1915 - working full time in 1952-3) - Newcastle-Wallsend Coal Company. Newcastle Coal Mining Co's Colliery 'A' Pit, Glebe, Merewether (1876-1921 - Main shaft). All surface equipment & screens etc continued to be used by the company's adjacent tunnels until a vast bush fire consumed them in Feb 1940. The offices were also burnt out destroying colliery records going back to 1876.Newcastle Morning Herald Monday 12 February 1940, p.7. The colliery manager in 1889 was Alexander RossNewcastle Morning Herald, Sat 1 Nov 1913, p.16 and during The Great War was Mr G. F. Thomas.Newcastle Morning Herald, Weds 20 Sept 1916, p.9; Friday 8 Nov 1918, p.5. Newcastle Coal Mining Co Colliery 'B' Pit, Caldwell St., Merewether, (1882 - 1909 following underground connexions with 'A' pitNewcastle Morning Herald 14 June 1909, p.4.) - The Newcastle Coal Mining Company Limited. In 1914 it was mentioned as the "re-opened B Pit" when it was serving as a downcast shaft with the upcast shaft being at 'A' pit.Newcastle Morning Herald, 26 June 1914, p.2; 1 Oct 1914, p.6. 'B' Pit ventilation intake in July 1917 was 28,380 per cubic feet per minute.Newcastle Morning Herald, 10 July 1917, p.7, Colliery Inspection Notice. Redhead (later Burwood) Colliery, Glenrock Lagoon (1861-?) - Newcastle Coal & Copper Company