NCB Durham Division No.4; Agent:  H. Holt, Randolph Colliery Offices, Evenwood

NAME OF MINE	SITUATION	EMPLOYEES	REMARKS [3]
Esperley Lane Drift	Cockfield	72 (65 & 7)	Main & Maudlin abandoned 1962
Ramshaw	Evenwood	98 (85 & 15)	Hutton, Harvey & Busty abandoned 1959
Randolph & Gordon House	Evenwood & Cockfield	360 (281 & 79)	Randolph Colliery – Marshall Green & Ganister Clay abandoned 1960 Hutton Drift abandoned 1962.  Gordon House Colliery – Brass Thill abandoned 1961.  Esperley Lane Drift – Main & Maudlin abandoned 1962.
Staindrop Field House Drift	Evenwood Gate	77 (69 & 8)	Busty & Brockwell abandoned 1967
West Auckland Drift	West Auckland	215 (191 & 24)	Busty abandoned 1967

Mines worked under licence from the NCB

NAME OF MINE	SITUATION	NAME OF COMPANY	EMPLOYEES	REMARKS
Cockfield Fell Quarry	Cockfield	Mrs. O. Stirk, Victoria Garage, Cockfield
Cold Hurst	Woodland	J.W. Campbell & Sons, Woodland	6 (3 & 3)	Brockwell
Finlay’s Bank	West Auckland	Staindrop Coal Co., per W. Johnson, Low Staindrop Field House, Staindrop Road, West Auckland	12 (10 & 2)	Hutton
Low Butterknowle Mine	Cockfield	Low Butterknowle Colliery (1957) Ltd., Royal Chambers, Victoria Street, Bishop Auckland	20 (15 & 5)	Five Quarter Brockwell abandoned 1963
Wigglesworth No.2	Cockfield	Teasdale A. & Sons, Cockfield	22 (17 & 5)	Busty & Jubilee abandoned 1955

Summary

There were 5 collieries and/or drift mines including West Auckland and Staindrop Field House drifts employing 822 miners. 

A further 60 men were employed in 5 private licensed mines.

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[1] “Guide to the Coalfields 1958” edited by R.H. Walkerdine

[2] Included are the drifts at and along the Evenwood Gate road near West Auckland, both NCB and licensed mines.

[3] Additional details from the NCB Catalogue of Abandoned Coal Mines at Coal House, Team Valley, Gateshead researched by K.N. Richardson 20 March 1985