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The last 3 collieries to close were East Hetton (1983), Adventure Pit (1978) & Metal Bridge Drift (1978)
Collieries after Nationalisation in 1947
| Colliery | Location | Opened | Closed | ||
| Adventure Pit | West Rainton | 1816 | July | 1978 | |
| Bowburn | Cassop cum Quarrington | 1905 | July | 1967 | |
| Chester South Moor | Waldridge | 1868 | October | 1967 | |
| Chilton | Chilton | 1872 | (June) | (1960) | Merged with Dean & Chapter |
| Cocken Drift | Great Lumley | 1938 | – | ||
| Dean & Chapter | Ferryhill | 1899 | January | 1966 | |
| East Hetton | Kelloe | 1836 | June | 1983 | |
| Elemore | Hetton le Hole | 1827 | February | 1974 | |
| Eppleton | Hetton | 1833 | (December) | (1959) | Part of Hawthorn |
| Fishburn | Fishburn | 1915 | November | 1973 | |
| Grange | Sherburn | 1844 | April | 1948 | |
| Hetton | Hetton le Hole | 1820 | July | 1950 | |
| Leasingthorne | Coundon | 1836 | (1949) | Merged with Dean & Chapter | |
| Littleburn | Brandon & Byshottles | 1873 | December | 1950 | |
| Mainsforth | Ferryhill | 1875 | December | 1968 | |
| Metal Bridge Drift | Ferryhill | 1954 | July | 1978 | |
| Sherburn Hill | Sherburn | 1835 | August | 1965 | |
| Thornley | New Thornley | 1833 | January | 1970 | |
| Thrislington | Cornforth | 1835 | March | 1967 | |
| Trimdon Grange | Trimdon | 1845 | February | 1968 | |
| Tudhoe Mill Drift | Tudhoe | 1954 | February | 1965 | |
| Tudhoe Park Drift | Tudhoe | 1940 | May | 1969 | |
| Tursdale | ???? | ???? |
