Milkwellburn Colliery

HER Number

6928

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Milkwellburn Colliery

Place

Blackhall Mill

Map Sheet

NZ15NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Colliery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

There were several pits/drifts at this colliery - Brockwell Drift, East Shaft (HER 3403), Five and a quarters drift (HER 3404) and three and a quarter drift. East Shaft had closed by 1922.

Easting

411170

Northing

557360

Grid Reference

NZ411170557360

Sources

Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk; Victoria County History, 1907 - Counties of Durham; Norman Emery, 1998, Bannersof the Durham Coalfield