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1854 Established by George Walker, Robert Baxter and John Jeffcock. | 1854 Established by George Walker, Robert Baxter and John Jeffcock. | ||
1879 Incorporated as a Limited Company. | 1879 Incorporated as a Limited Company. “New Companies - '''The Wharncliffe Silkstone Colliery Company Limited'''. Capital £50,000, in shares of £50. Purchasing from H. Walker, for Sheffield, the Wharncliffe Silkstone Colliery, in the county of York, and all the railway erections, works, engines, machinery, tools, stock-in-trade, etc., appertaining thereto, and the goodwill of the business. Taking from the Earl of Wharncliffe a fresh lease of the said colliery company. Carrying on the business of coal and ironmasters, quarrymen, brickmakers, stone, clay, and brick merchants, etc.<Ref> Midland & Northern Coal & Iron Trades Gazette - 21 May 1879</Ref> | ||
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of Tankersley, near Barnsley.
Colliery Proprietors, Producers of House, Gas and Steam Coal, High Class Coke, Tar, Sulphate of Ammonia, Benzole, etc. Manufacturers of Roofing Tiles and Bricks.
Also see Wharncliffe Silkstone Colliery.
1854 Established by George Walker, Robert Baxter and John Jeffcock.
1879 Incorporated as a Limited Company. “New Companies - The Wharncliffe Silkstone Colliery Company Limited. Capital £50,000, in shares of £50. Purchasing from H. Walker, for Sheffield, the Wharncliffe Silkstone Colliery, in the county of York, and all the railway erections, works, engines, machinery, tools, stock-in-trade, etc., appertaining thereto, and the goodwill of the business. Taking from the Earl of Wharncliffe a fresh lease of the said colliery company. Carrying on the business of coal and ironmasters, quarrymen, brickmakers, stone, clay, and brick merchants, etc.[1]
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- ↑ Midland & Northern Coal & Iron Trades Gazette - 21 May 1879