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Table of Contents

• Development of the coal lands in the vicinity of Cessnock
  • The Aberdare Collieries Syndicate
    • The Aberdare Collieries Railway Bill
• The Newcastle Cessnock Coal Mining Company
• Hebburn and Elrington Collieries
  • Hebblewhite’s Mine (Later Hebburn No. 1 Colliery)
  • Hebburn No. 2 Colliery
  • Hebburn No. 2 Colliery Branch Railway
  • Elrington Colliery
• The Railway and Collieries of the Abermain Colliery Company, Limited
  Later Abermain Seaham Collieries Ltd
  Later J & A Brown & Abermain Seaham Collieries Ltd
  • Abermain Colliery (Later known as Abermain No. 1 Colliery and Abermain Tunnel)
  • Abermain No. 2 Colliery
  • Abermain No. 1 Shaft Colliery (Abermain No. 3 Colliery)
  • Formation of J & A Brown Abermain Seaham Collieries Limited
• The Collieries and Railways of the Caledonian Coal Company, Limited
  Later Caledonian Collieries Limited
  • Development of Aberdare Colliery
  • Caledon Open Cut
  • Aberdare Tunnel Colliery (Later Aberdare North Colliery)
  • Aberdare West Tunnel (Later known as Aberdare West Colliery)
  • Aberdare Extended Colliery
  • Caldare Colliery
  • Caldare No. 2 Colliery
  • Abernethy Main Colliery (Later Aberdare South Colliery)
  • Aberdare South Colliery Branch Railway
  • Aberdare Central Colliery
  • Aberdare Extended No. 7 Colliery (Later known ad Aberdare No. 7 Colliery)
• Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Company, Limited
  Later Cessnock Collieries Limited
  • Commencement of Neath Colliery
  • Neath Colliery Branch Railway
  • Neath Opencut Workings
  • Cessnock Colliery
  • Cessnock No. 2 Opencut Workings
  • Re-commencement of Kalingo Colliery
  • Formation of Cessnock Collieries Limited
  • Change of Names of Cessnock and Kalingo Collieries
• The Great Northern Coal Company, Limited
• Photo Gallery