1841 Edward Protheroe
junior
of Newnham.
All those tracts of coal in the
Trenchard and High Delf veins.
F3 286
c1847 Not worked
F3 671
25 April 1885 Time for
re-opening
to expire 30 June. Owners [?] Mr. James Gollop, Lydney and the
Gloucestershire
Banking Co., Newnham.
21 April 1888 Wallsend Colliery Co. Lydney ‘returned trucks to be labelled ‘via Awre Junction’’. Had both Wallsend and Findall gales. A license to work Findall coal through Wallsend was granted 4 November 1882.
22 November 1889 Conveyance Gloucestershire Banking Co. and Joseph Wheatley. Gloucestershire Banking Co. registered owners of Coopers Level, Findall Mine Level and Wallsend - 19 March 1886 not registered. Wheatley to sell to Richard Clare Banks.
13 June 1892 Working Findall through Wallsend - had driven over 400 yards in Findall - 250 yards of that through a fault.
18 November 1896 Was going to surrender but an offer to buy came in.
13 June 1898 Application by W.H. Jones for a tramway through Staple Edge to Howbeach.
21 June 1898 Ready to increase output to 50 tons a day after 9 months unprofitable work but needed tramway. From level mouth to a winding engine then via a drum down to the loading bank at Howbeach. License granted.
12 November 1903 Jones to assign to E.A.Trapnell.
14 March 1907 Passed out of Trapnells hands ‘a long time since’, owners now ‘Wallsend Limited’.
5 June 1907 Tramway not
used
by late owner, rails taken up several years ago by him. Rails and
sleepers removed between three and four years ago. Steam engine
still
in Staple Edge wood - must be in a very poor condition if it will not
realise
£3.
It was on 30 May 1906 that Trapnell
had sold. The engine was lying dismantled. There was a
weighbridge
as well.
30 December 1907 William Henry Shaw, colliery proprietor, working Wallsend. Mr. Shaw of Wallsend Co. It was believed that he was prepared to allow the winning of the Eastern United gale through Findall Mine Level.
27 June 1908 Crawshays offered £250 for the privilege, Wallsend wanted £1,200. Crown believed that Crawshays should offer £750.
5 August 1908 Crawshays to purchase 6 acres of Findall gale with use of Findall Pit for £1,000.
1954 Findall Mine Level Colliery, Richard Porter, 7 Prospect Rd. Cinderford.