Coal & Coke Co. The Weardale Steel 1899

Formed in 1899, to take over the business of the Weardale Iron and Coal Co., Ltd which was established 1845. The properties taken over consisted of Tudhoe, Croxdale, Black Prince, West Thornley, Hedley Hill, Middridge, Thornley, Ludworth, and Wheatley Hill collieries, all in the County of Durham. Closed in 1947?