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Dalton Main Collieries Ltd.

Warning: This is not intended to be an exhaustive history of the company, but anindication of the changes of ownership and the links between companies and directors in those companies. The company may own other properties etc. and there may have been other changes of ownership etc. for which we currently do not have details.

Collieries/Mines Owned

| Employees | | | | | | | -------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | ------- | ------- | | | Name of Mine | Locality | Manager | Under | Above | | | ground | ground | | | | | | Roundwood | Rotherham | W. Batey | 691 | 221 | | | Silverwood | Rotherham | W. Baxter | 35 | 318 | | | | | | | | | | | | 726 | 539 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1,265 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Collieries/Mines Owned

| Employees | | | | | | | -------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------ | ------- | ------- | | | Name of Mine | Locality | Manager | Under | Above | | | ground | ground | | | | | | Roundwood | Parkgate | James Walton | 864 | 203 | | | Silverwood | Rotherham | W. Eastwood | 1,250 | 348 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2,114 | 551 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2,665 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Collieries/Mines Owned

| Employees | | | | | | | -------------------------------------- | ---------- | ---------- | ------- | ------- | | | Name of Mine | Locality | Manager | Under | Above | | | ground | ground | | | | | | Roundwood | Parkgate | W. H. Ball | 798 | 60 | | | Silverwood | Rotherham | James Elce | 2,635 | 710 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3,433 | 770 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4,203 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Company Details

Registered Office:	Parkgate, Rotherham
Annual Output:	1,000,000 tons
Class of Coal:	Coking, Gas, Household, Steam
Other Information:	Proprietors of collieries, Coke-Ovens and Bye-Product Works
Source: 1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian

Company Directors

Chairman:	Rhodes, F. Parker, Finningley Park, Bawtry, Yorks.
Directors:	Aberconway, Lord, Rt. Hon., P.C., 43, Belgrave Square, London, S.W.1
	Dundas, F. J., Barnburgh Hall, Doncaster
	Ellis, Charles E., Sir, G.B.E., K.C.B., 8, The Sanctuary, Westminster, S.W.
	Ellis, William H., Sir, G.B.E., D.Eng., Atlas Works, Sheffield
	Rhodes, F. Parker, Finningley Park, Bawtry, Yorks.
General Manager:	Blenkinsop, A.
Secretary:	Frost, F. H.
Chief Engineer:	Clark, J.
Agent:	Blenkinsop, A.

Source: 1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian

Collieries/Mines Owned

| Employees | | | | | | | -------------------------------------- | ---------- | ---------- | ------- | ------- | | | Name of Mine | Locality | Manager | Under | Above | | | ground | ground | | | | | | Roundwood | | G. Wilshaw | 800 | 50 | | | Silverwood | | W. H. Ball | 2,750 | 700 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3,550 | 750 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4,300 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Company Details

Registered Office:	Roundwood, Rotherham, Yorks.
Seams Worked:	Barnsley
Power Used:	Electric. Voltage: 550
Annual Output:	1,250,000 tons
Class of Coal:	Coking, Gas, Household, Steam
Other Information:	Proprietors of Collieries, Coke-Ovens and By-Product Works
Source: 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian

Company Directors

Chairman:	Aberconway, Lord, Rt. Hon., P.C., 43, Belgrave Square, London, S.W.1
Directors:	Aberconway, Lord, Rt. Hon., P.C., 43, Belgrave Square, London, S.W.1
	Blenkinsop, A., Dalton House, Herringthorpe, Rotherham
	Dundas, F. J., Dale Cottage, Cawthorne, Barnsley
	Ellis, Charles E., Sir, G.B.E., K.C.B., 8, The Sanctuary, Westminster, S.W.
	McLaren, Henry D., The Hon., C.B.E., 38, South Street, Mayfair, W.1
	Mensforth, Holberry, Sir, K.C.B., C.B.E., Sadberge Hall, Middleton St. George, Co. Durham
General Manager:	Blenkinsop, A.
Secretary:	Frost, F. H., F.C.I.S.
Chief Engineer:	Clark, J.
Agent:	Baker, T. G.

Source: 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
ground	ground
Roundwood			—	—	Temp closed
Silverwood		G. Wilshaw	3,000	800

	3,000	800

	3,800

Company Details

Registered Office:	Roundwood, Rotherham, Yorks.
Seams Worked:	Barnsley
Power Used:	Electric. Voltage: 550
Annual Output:	1,250,000 tons
Class of Coal:	Coking, Gas, Household, Steam
Other Information:	Proprietors of Collieries, Coke-Ovens and By-Product Works
Source: 1937 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian

Company Directors

Chairman:	Aberconway, Lord, Rt. Hon., P.C., 43, Belgrave Square, London, S.W.1
Directors:	Aberconway, Lord, Rt. Hon., P.C., 43, Belgrave Square, London, S.W.1
	Blenkinsop, A., Dalton House, Herringthorpe, Rotherham
	Dundas, F. J., Dale Cottage, Cawthorne, Barnsley
	Ellis, Charles E., Sir, G.B.E., K.C.B., Rotherfield Hall, Jarvis Brook, Sussex
	Mensforth, Holberry, Sir, K.C.B., C.B.E., Peterley Corner, Great Missenden, Bucks.
	Rawson, S. W., 8, The Sanctuary, Westminster, S.W.
General Manager:	Blenkinsop, A.
Secretary:	Frost, F. H., F.C.I.S.
Chief Engineer:	Clark, J.
Agent:	Baker, T. G.

Source: 1937 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
ground	ground
Roundwood			—	—	Temp closed
Silverwood		G. Wilshaw	2,500	800

	2,500	800

	3,300

Company Details

Registered Office:	Roundwood, Rotherham, Yorks.
Seams Worked:	Barnsley
Power Used:	Electric. Voltage: 550
Annual Output:	1,250,000 tons
Class of Coal:	Coking, Gas, Household, Steam
Other Information:	Proprietors of Collieries, Coke-Ovens and By-Product Works
Source: 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian

Company Directors

Chairman:	Aberconway, Lord, Rt. Hon., P.C., 43, Belgrave Square, London, S.W.1
Managing Director:	Blenkinsop, A., Dalton House, Herringthorpe, Rotherham
Directors:	Aberconway, Lord, Rt. Hon., P.C., 43, Belgrave Square, London, S.W.1
	Dundas, F. J., Dale Cottage, Cawthorne, Barnsley
	McLaren, Henry D., The Hon., Bodnant, Talycafn, N. Wales
	Mensforth, Holberry, Sir, K.C.B., C.B.E., The Red House, St. John's Road, Hazlemere, Bucks.
	Rawson, S. W., 8, The Sanctuary, Westminster, S.W.
Secretary:	Frost, F. H., F.C.I.S.
Chief Engineer:	Clark, J.
Agent:	Baker, T. G.

Source: 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
ground	ground
Roundwood			—	—	Temp closed
Silverwood		H. Penman	2,500	800

	2,500	800

	3,300

Company Details

Registered Office:	Roundwood, Rotherham, Yorks.
Source: 1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian

Company Directors

Chairman:	Aberconway, Lord, Rt. Hon., C.B.E., Bodnant, Talycafn, N. Wales
Managing Director:	Haslam, H. S., M.Eng., M.I.C.E., M.I.Mech.E., M.I.Min.E., F.G.S.
Directors:	Aberconway, Lord, Rt. Hon., C.B.E., Bodnant, Talycafn, N. Wales
	Dundas, F. J., Dale Cottage, Cawthorne, Barnsley
	Haslam, H. S., M.Eng., M.I.C.E., M.I.Mech.E., M.I.Min.E., F.G.S.
	McLaren, Charles M., Hon., 70, North Gate, Prince Albert Road, London, N.W.8
	Rawson, S. W., 2, Sandygate Park, Sheffield
Secretary:	Hardwick, H. B., A.C.I.S.
Chief Engineer:	Muirhead, T. M.
Mining Agent:	Howatt, J., M.I.Min.E.

Source: 1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian

Collieries/Mines Owned

| Employees | | | | | | | -------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------- | ------- | ------- | | | Name of Mine | Locality | Manager | Under | Above | | | ground | ground | | | | | | Silverwood | | H. G. Spooner | 2,400 | 600 | |

1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1937 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department Where to find this report
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department Where to find this report
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department Where to find this report