Blackhall Mill, Milkwellburn Colliery

HER Number:
6928

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Blackhall Mill, Milkwellburn Colliery

Place:
Blackhall Mill

Map Sheet:
NZ15NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

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:
1117

Northing:
5736

Grid Reference:
NZ11175736

Lats/Lons:

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