Garesfield Colliery, Ruler M Drift

HER Number

6947

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Garesfield Colliery, Ruler M Drift

Place

High Spen

Map Sheet

NZ16SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Colliery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Ruler M Drift - part of Garesfield Colliery (HER 3372). Opened circa 1800, closed 29 January 1960. Owned by Marquis of Bute, then Consett Iron Company Ltd, and from 1947 the National Coal Board.

Easting

413100

Northing

560000

Grid Reference

NZ413100560000

Sources

http://www.dmm.org.uk; Colliery Engineering, March 1933, "The Consett Collieries"