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Yes, extremely important if not unique. The coal appears to have been extracted via several shafts using horse gins whilst the water was pumped from one location using probably a Newcomen engine the building to house which still survives at Stublick (NY 833605). Inside the same building was located the boiler, perhaps Cornish. Alongside is a saw mill building, and two square chimneys remain. These structures appear in original condition; altogether remarkably good remains of rare early mining engine houses. Nearby is reservoir in which minewater was collected to feed the Langley lead smelting works, the lengthy flue from which terminated in a tall and slender chimney, also Listed. This flue crossed over the Allendale branch railway on a bridge; the flue is disused and the railway dismantled leaving the bridge as now one of the most useless industrial structures to be found! Simon Chapman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Jackson" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 7:38 PM Subject: Stublick Colliery > Stublick Colliery buildings, mine shaft and surrounding land are to be > sold by auction on Tuesday 30th September. Stublick is at Langley, near > to Hexham in Northumberland, England. > > The buildings are listed grade II as an example of Victorian colliery > buildings. > > Have members a view on the relative significance of this mine site? > > Peter Jackson > Chairman > North Pennines Heritage Trust > 01642 564100