Mickley Coal Company

The Mickley Coal Company was established some time prior to 1850 by Liddell & Cookson(?). In 1847 the company obtained a lease from the Duke of Northumberland to mining rights in the area.

The company was liquidated in 1962: "Notice is hereby given, in pursuance of section 290 of the Companies Act, 1948, that a General Meeting of the Members of the above-named Company will be held at 31 Mosley Street, Newcastle upon Tyne 1, on Tuesday, the 29th day of May 1962. at 12.5 o'clock in the afternoon precisely, for the purpose of having an account laid before them, and to receive the Liquidator's report, showing how the winding-up of the Company has been conducted and the property of the Company disposed of, and of hearing any explanation that may be given by the Liquidator ; and also of determining by Extraordinary Resolution the manner in which the books, accounts, papers, and documents of the Company, and of the Liquidator thereof, shall be disposed of. Any Member entitled to attend and vote is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and vote instead of him, and such proxy need not also be a Member. — Dated this 19th day of April 1962." http://www.dmm.org.uk/articles/9620427.htm