Hi Ann, I found the following coal mines operating in 1880 in Ulster...don't know if they will help! _______________________________________________________________ ULSTER COAL FIELD. Counties Antrim And Tyrone. 1 Annagher, Coal Island, Dungannon, Robert Sommerville and Co. 2 Ballycastle, Ballycastle Ballymoney, Godden and McDonald. 3 Coal Island, Duugannon, J. McNally and Co. 4 Congo, Edinidork, Tyone Coal Mining Co., Limited. 5 Derry, Coal Island, F. McKenna and Co. 6 Derry, Coal Island, Neile, William and Co. 7 Derry, Coal Island, McNally and Donnelly. 8 Drumrea, Coal Island, McKenna, Devlin, and McNally. 9 Gortnaska Fire Clay (not working), Coal Island, Sloan, Andrew and Co. 10 10 Mountjoy Trial, Coal Island, Devlin, Daniel. 11 Ulster Fire Clay, Coal Island, Devlin, Daniel. ____________________________________________________________ The list gives : Name of colliery, Where situated and the owners name. This is the page I got it from: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cmhrc/list80.htm Hope this helps! regards Mary McCorkell > > Just returned from a month in France and reading old E mails - one > > from Alison Causton about her serach for a PRoNI guide to landed > > estates. > > > > I am interested to know about the Londonderry estates in IRL as I > > have > some > > HARPERs who arrived in the NE England c 1850 from IRL - they came, I > > would think to work at the Londonderry coal mines so it is a > > reasonable > supposition that > > they came from Londonderry estates in IRL , possibly a mining area. > > > > I have no idea where coal mines were to be found in N IRL > > particularly any owned by the Londonderrys - so would be very > > grateful if anyone you can > tell me > > anything useful ...............I do find Irish genealogy v difficult > > - > the > > records where they exist appear to be very closely guarded and > > mostly only accessible via professional genealogists or personal > > visit! > > > > So - where were the coal mines to be found and which ones were owned > > by > the > > Londonderrys? Which townships were closest to these mines - or > > am I in > the > > completely wrong county? Help please !!!!!!!!!!!!! > > > > Ann Lavery