| C. and E. Collieries Ltd |
1 |
1930–1947 |
Neath Port Talbot |
Anthracite, Coal |
| C. L. Clay & Co. Ltd |
1 |
1937–1947 |
Neath Port Talbot |
Coal |
| C. Sinclair |
1 |
|
North Yorkshire |
Coal |
| Cadells of Grange |
1 |
|
Falkirk |
Coal, Ironstone |
| Cadzow Coal Co., Ltd |
1 |
1894–1925 |
South Lanarkshire |
Coal |
| Cae Glas Colliery Company |
1 |
1967–1997 |
Merthyr Tydfil |
Coal |
| Caedryn & Cwm Eigiau Slate Co. Ltd |
1 |
1874–1885 |
Gwynedd |
Slate |
| Caerbryn Anthracite Colliery Co. Ltd |
1 |
1923–1926 |
Carmarthenshire |
Anthracite |
| Caerbryn Colliery Co. Ltd |
1 |
to 1922 |
Carmarthenshire |
Anthracite |
| Caernarvonshire Crown Slate Quarries Ltd |
1 |
from 1932 |
Gwynedd |
Slate |
| Cairntable Gas Coal Company |
1 |
1871–1911 |
East Ayrshire |
Coal |
| Callendar Coal Company |
2 |
1912–1947 |
Falkirk |
Coal, Iron |
| Callington United Mines |
1 |
1876–1892 |
Cornwall |
Arsenic, Copper, Lead |
| Calstock Consols |
1 |
1850–1872 |
Cornwall |
Arsenic, Copper |
| Cambergi Slate Company Limited |
1 |
1873–1875 |
Gwynedd |
Slate |
| Camborne Mines Ltd |
1 |
1970–1988 |
Cornwall |
Tin |
| Camborne School of Mines |
2 |
1897–2005 |
Cornwall |
Copper, Granite, Tin |
| Cambria Mercantile Syndicate Limited |
1 |
1905–1914 |
Neath Port Talbot |
Coal |
| Cambrian Anthracite Limited |
1 |
1913 |
Carmarthenshire |
Coal |
| Cambrian Collieries Ltd |
1 |
1872–1966 |
Rhondda Cynon Taf |
Coal |
| Cambrian Company |
1 |
1877–1882 |
Powys |
Copper, Lead |
| Cannock and Rugeley Colliery Co. Ltd |
1 |
to 1947 |
Staffordshire |
Coal, Ironstone |
| Cannock Chase Colliery Company |
2 |
1868–1947 |
Staffordshire |
Coal |
| Cannop Coal Co. Ltd |
1 |
1906–1947 |
Gloucestershire |
Coal |
| Canonbie Coal Co., Ltd. |
1 |
to 1922 |
Dumfries and Galloway |
Coal |
| Capel Hanbury Leigh |
1 |
1840–1852 |
Torfaen |
Coal |
| Caprington & Auchlochan Collieries Ltd |
3 |
1900–1934 |
East Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire |
Coal, Fireclay |
| Capt. F. H. Lyell |
2 |
from 1910 |
North Yorkshire |
Coal |
| Captain Thomas Glanville |
1 |
1864 |
Cornwall |
Copper, Tin |
| Cardiff and Swansea Smokeless Steam Coal Company |
1 |
1873–1891 |
Neath Port Talbot |
Coal |
| Cardiff Collieries Company |
1 |
1893–1947 |
Caerphilly |
Coal |
| Cardigan Consols |
1 |
1858–1867 |
Powys |
Copper, Lead |
| Cargo Fleet Iron Co. Ltd |
1 |
1892–1901 |
North Yorkshire |
Ironstone |
| Carlisle Plaster and Cement Company Ltd. |
3 |
1911–1920 |
Cumbria |
Gypsum, Anhydrite |
| Carlton Iron Co. |
1 |
1894–1923 |
County Durham |
Coal |
| Carlton Main Colliery Co. Ltd |
3 |
1903–1947 |
South Yorkshire |
Coal |
| Carlyle Slate and Slab Company |
1 |
1871–1886 |
Gwynedd |
Slate |
| Carmarthenshire Anthracite Coal and Iron Company |
1 |
1872–1875 |
Carmarthenshire |
Coal |
| Carmuir Coal Co. Ltd |
1 |
to 1905 |
Falkirk |
Coal |
| Carndochan Mining Company |
1 |
1863–1905 |
Gwynedd |
Gold, Silver |
| Carnlough Lime Company |
1 |
|
County Antrim |
Limestone |
| Carnon Consolidated Tin Mines Ltd |
2 |
1979–1991 |
Cornwall |
Tin, Arsenic, Copper |
| Carr and Co. |
2 |
1830–1860 |
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear |
Coal, Fireclay |
| Carr and Morrison |
1 |
1848–1858 |
Rhondda Cynon Taf |
Coal |
| Carr Brothers |
1 |
1845–1862 |
Northumberland |
Coal |
| Carr, Potts & Co. |
1 |
from 1850 |
Tyne and Wear |
Coal |
| Carrington and Company |
1 |
1864–1947 |
South Yorkshire |
Coal |
| Carrock Mining Syndicate |
1 |
1913–1918 |
Cumbria |
Arsenic, Copper, Lead |
| Carron Company |
6 |
1760–1947 |
Falkirk, East Dunbartonshire, Fife |
Coal, Ironstone, Fireclay |
| Carway Collieries Limited |
1 |
from 1863 |
Carmarthenshire |
Anthracite |
| Case and Morris |
1 |
from 1859 |
Greater Manchester |
Coal |
| Cashwell Mining Company |
1 |
1868–1876 |
Cumbria |
Lead |
| Castle Cement Ltd |
1 |
1986–1991 |
Buckinghamshire |
Chalk, Limestone |
| Castleton and Silvercraig Mining Company |
1 |
from 1862 |
Argyll and Bute |
Copper |
| Catherine, Lady Erskine |
1 |
1715–1716 |
Clackmannanshire |
Cobalt, Silver |
| Cavendish family |
1 |
from 1820 |
Cumbria |
Slate |
| Cawdor and Garnant Collieries Ltd |
2 |
1905–1912 |
Carmarthenshire |
Coal |
| Cawdor Coal Company |
1 |
1871–1887 |
Carmarthenshire |
Coal |
| Cemex UK Operations Ltd |
3 |
from 2012 |
Bedfordshire, County Durham, South Lanarkshire |
Chalk, Sand and Gravel, Whinstone |
| Charlaw & Sacriston Collieries Co. Ltd |
1 |
1890–1947 |
County Durham |
Coal, Fireclay |
| Charles and Thomas Bagnall |
1 |
1862–1891 |
North Yorkshire |
Iron |
| Charles Babington Balfour |
1 |
from 1883 |
Fife |
Brick Clay, Coal, Mudstone |
| Charles Brandling |
1 |
from 1779 |
Tyne and Wear |
Coal |
| Charles McDowall |
1 |
1773–1791 |
Argyll and Bute |
Coal |
| Charles Perkins & Partners |
1 |
1900–1910 |
Tyne and Wear |
Coal |
| Charles Roberts |
1 |
1850–1865 |
West Midlands |
Limestone |
| Charles Roe |
1 |
1758–1768 |
Cheshire |
Cobalt, Copper, Lead |
| Charlton Main Colliery Ltd. |
1 |
1926–1947 |
Wrexham |
Coal |
| Chatterley Iron Company Limited |
2 |
1873–1891 |
Staffordshire |
Coal |
| Chatterley Whitfield Collieries Limited |
2 |
1890–1947 |
Staffordshire |
Coal |
| Chauncey Townsend |
1 |
1751–1770 |
Ceredigion |
Lead, Silver |
| Checkland, Son and Williams |
1 |
1871–1903 |
Leicestershire |
Coal |
| Chislet Colliery Ltd |
1 |
1919–1947 |
Kent |
Coal |
| Choppington Collieries Ltd. |
2 |
1930–1947 |
Northumberland |
Coal |
| Christopher Blackett |
1 |
1820–1829 |
Northumberland |
Coal |
| Christopher Hanby |
1 |
to 1670 |
North Yorkshire |
Coal |
| Church Burn Mining Company Ltd |
1 |
from 1884 |
Northumberland |
Lead |
| Cilgwyn and Cefn Du Slate Company |
1 |
1820–1844 |
Gwynedd |
Slate |
| Cilgwyn Quarry Company |
1 |
1800–1956 |
Gwynedd |
Slate |
| Clarke, Chapman, Horn and Hart |
1 |
1849–1859 |
Cumbria |
Lead, Zinc |
| Clay Cross Company |
2 |
1852–1947 |
Derbyshire |
Coal, Ironstone |
| Clay Lane Iron Company |
2 |
1879–1900 |
North Yorkshire |
Ironstone |
| Cleator Iron Ore Company |
1 |
1900–1913 |
Cumbria |
Iron |
| Cleeves’ Western Valleys Anthracite Collieries Ltd |
4 |
1912–1930 |
Carmarthenshire |
Anthracite, Coal |
| Cleveland Fire Brick & Pottery Co. |
1 |
1860–1867 |
North Yorkshire |
Brick Clay, Fireclay, Ganister |
| Cleveland Potash Ltd |
1 |
from 1990 |
North Yorkshire |
Polyhalite, Potash, Salt |
| Cliffe Hill Granite Company |
1 |
1894–1965 |
Leicestershire |
Granite |
| Clifford Amalgamated Mines |
3 |
1861–1870 |
Cornwall |
Copper, Tin, Arsenic |
| Clifton and Kearsley Coal Company |
1 |
from 1908 |
Greater Manchester |
Coal |
| Clifton and Kersley Coal Company |
1 |
to 1931 |
Greater Manchester |
Coal |
| Clifton Coal Company |
1 |
from 1894 |
Cumbria |
Coal, Fireclay |
| Cligga Wolfram and Tin Mines Ltd |
1 |
1938–1939 |
Cornwall |
Arsenic, Copper, Silver |
| Clipsham Quarry Company |
1 |
|
Rutland |
Limestone |
| Clitters United Mines Co. Ltd |
1 |
1900–1908 |
Cornwall |
Arsenic, Copper, Tin |
| Closehouse Minerals Ltd |
1 |
1989–1999 |
County Durham |
Barite, Lead |
| Clyde Coal Company Ltd |
1 |
1890–1893 |
South Lanarkshire |
Coal, Ironstone |
| Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd |
3 |
1900–1947 |
Northumberland |
Coal |
| Coal Investments |
3 |
1991–1996 |
Carmarthenshire, South Yorkshire, Warwickshire |
Coal |
| Coalbrookdale Company |
1 |
from 1709 |
Shropshire |
Coal, Iron |
| Coalbrookvale Colliery Company |
1 |
1878–1900 |
Blaenau Gwent |
Coal |
| Coalpit Heath Coal Co. |
2 |
|
Gloucestershire |
Coal |
| Coalpit Heath Colliery Company |
2 |
1830–1860 |
Gloucestershire |
Coal |
| Cochrane & Co. Ltd |
1 |
1892–1928 |
North Yorkshire |
Ironstone |
| Coed Cae Tillery Colliery Company |
1 |
1891–1895 |
Blaenau Gwent |
Coal |
| Coedmadoc Slate Company |
1 |
|
Gwynedd |
Slate |
| Coldberry Lead Co. Ltd |
1 |
1952–1956 |
County Durham |
Lead |
| Coleorton Colliery Company |
1 |
from 1852 |
Leicestershire |
Coal |
| Colin, Dunlop & Co |
1 |
|
South Lanarkshire |
Coal |
| Colliery Investment Trust Limited |
1 |
1917–1924 |
Neath Port Talbot |
Coal |
| Collins Green Colliery Company |
1 |
1873–1931 |
Merseyside |
Coal |
| Colonel MacAdam Cathcart |
1 |
1838–1873 |
Dumfries and Galloway |
Lead, Silver |
| Coltness Iron Company |
4 |
1845–1947 |
Fife, North Lanarkshire, Warwickshire |
Coal, Ironstone |
| Commondale Brick & Pipe Co. Ltd |
1 |
1890–1900 |
North Yorkshire |
Brick Clay, Fireclay, Ganister |
| Company of Marblers of Corfe Castle |
1 |
|
Dorset |
Freestone |
| Company of Mine Adventurers |
1 |
1704–1709 |
Ceredigion |
Lead, Zinc |
| Company of Mines Adventurers of England |
1 |
1703–1708 |
Powys |
Copper, Lead |
| Company of Mines Royal |
5 |
1564–1648 |
Cumbria, Ceredigion |
Lead, Copper, Silver |
| Compass Minerals UK Ltd |
1 |
from 2003 |
Cheshire |
Salt |
| Concrete Materials Ltd |
1 |
1921–1925 |
Cumbria |
Barite |
| Conglog Slate and Slab Company Ltd |
1 |
1873–1880 |
Gwynedd |
Slate |
| Coniston Electrolytic Company |
1 |
|
Cumbria |
Copper |
| Consett Iron Company |
3 |
1864–1947 |
County Durham, Tyne and Wear |
Coal, Fireclay |
| Contin Syndicate |
1 |
to 1922 |
Devon |
Arsenic, Copper, Tin |
| The Conyers family |
1 |
1650–1700 |
North Yorkshire |
Alum |
| Cookson, Cuthberts & Liddell |
1 |
1850–1880 |
Northumberland |
Coal |
| Cooper, Sellars and Company |
1 |
1880–1896 |
South Yorkshire |
Coal |
| Coppice Colliery Co. |
1 |
1880–1940 |
Staffordshire |
Coal |
| Cornelius Brain |
1 |
1842–1860 |
Forest of Dean |
Coal |
| Cornish Consolidated Iron Mines Corporation |
1 |
1872–1877 |
Cornwall |
Iron, Zinc |
| Cornish Copper Company |
1 |
1823–1848 |
Cornwall |
Copper, Tin |
| Cornish Metals Inc |
1 |
from 2016 |
Cornwall |
Copper, Tin |
| Cornwall Resources Limited |
1 |
from 2016 |
Cornwall |
Arsenic, Copper, Lead |
| Cornwall Tin & Mining Corporation |
1 |
1976–1978 |
Cornwall |
Tin |
| Cory Brothers and Company Ltd |
6 |
1861–1947 |
Rhondda Cynon Taf, Neath Port Talbot, Bridgend |
Coal |
| Cory, Yeo and Co. |
1 |
1882–1885 |
Swansea |
Coal |
| Cosmopolitan Proprietary Company Ltd |
1 |
1907–1914 |
Cornwall |
Copper, Tin |
| Cossall Colliery Company |
2 |
1880–1947 |
Nottinghamshire |
Coal |
| Couttwell and Lewis |
1 |
|
Shropshire |
Coal, Iron |
| Cowpen Coal Co. Ltd |
1 |
1935–1947 |
Northumberland |
Coal |
| Craig, Taylor and Craig |
1 |
1861–1865 |
Flintshire |
Cannel Coal, Coal |
| Craigtown Mining Company |
1 |
1758–1917 |
Dumfries and Galloway |
Lead, Zinc |
| Craik and Company |
1 |
|
South Yorkshire |
Coal |
| Cramlington Coal Company Ltd |
1 |
1890–1929 |
Tyne and Wear |
Coal |
| Crawshay Bailey |
1 |
1843–1867 |
Rhondda Cynon Taf |
Coal |
| Crenver and Wheal Abraham United Mining Co. Ltd. |
1 |
|
Cornwall |
Copper, Tin |
| Crewe Coal and Iron Company |
1 |
1875–1880 |
Staffordshire |
Coal |
| CRH plc |
1 |
from 2015 |
Derbyshire |
Limestone |
| Cribbwr Fawr Colliery Company |
1 |
to 1935 |
Bridgend |
Coal |
| Croft Granite and Brick Company |
1 |
from 1868 |
Leicestershire |
Granite |
| Crofthead Coal Company Limited |
1 |
from 1885 |
West Lothian |
Coal, Ironstone |
| Crook Burn Mining Company |
1 |
from 1888 |
Cumbria |
Lead |
| Cross, Tetley and Co. Ltd |
1 |
1861–1931 |
Greater Manchester |
Cannel Coal, Coal |
| Crossfield Iron Ore Company |
1 |
from 1888 |
Cumbria |
Iron |
| Crossgill Iron Ore Co. |
1 |
1880–1890 |
Cumbria |
Iron |
| Crossley & Son, Commondale |
1 |
1871–1947 |
North Yorkshire |
Brick Clay, Fireclay, Ganister |
| Crossley's Commondale Pipe Co. Ltd |
1 |
1930–1935 |
North Yorkshire |
Brick Clay, Fireclay, Ganister |
| Crowley & Co |
1 |
1736–1800 |
East Sussex |
Iron |
| Crumlin Valley Collieries Company |
1 |
from 1909 |
Torfaen |
Coal |
| Crynant Colliery Co. Ltd |
1 |
from 1880 |
Neath Port Talbot |
Anthracite, Coal |
| Cumberland Coal Company (Whitehaven) Ltd |
1 |
1936–1947 |
Cumbria |
Coal |
| Cumberland Lead Mine Company |
1 |
1882–1916 |
Cumbria |
Lead, Zinc |
| Cuninghames of Caprington Castle |
1 |
|
East Ayrshire |
Coal |
| The Cunninghame family of Auchenharvie |
1 |
1678–1850 |
North Ayrshire |
Coal |
| Curteis, Greenhill and Ware |
1 |
1857–1861 |
Rhondda Cynon Taf |
Coal |
| Cwm Elan Mining Company |
1 |
1871–1877 |
Powys |
Lead, Zinc |
| Cwm Machno Slate Quarries Ltd |
1 |
to 1962 |
Conwy |
Slate |
| Cwmaman Coal Company |
1 |
from 1882 |
Rhondda Cynon Taf |
Coal, Ironstone |
| Cwmebol Slab and Slate Co. Ltd |
1 |
1860–1874 |
Gwynedd |
Slate |
| Cwmgorse Colliery Company Limited |
1 |
|
Neath Port Talbot |
Anthracite |
| Cwmgwrach and Empire Collieries Co. Ltd |
1 |
1915–1925 |
Neath Port Talbot |
Anthracite, Coal |
| Cwmgwyneu Colliery Company |
1 |
|
Neath Port Talbot |
Coal |
| Cwmorthin Slate Company |
1 |
1861–1876 |
Gwynedd |
Slate |
| Cwmteg Anthracite Colliery Company Limited |
2 |
1899–1916 |
Carmarthenshire, Neath Port Talbot |
Coal |
| Cwmteg No. 2 Colliery Company |
1 |
1956–1963 |
Neath Port Talbot |
Coal |
| Cyfarthfa Iron Company |
1 |
|
Merthyr Tydfil |
Coal |
| Cynon Colliery Company Limited |
1 |
1894–1920 |
Neath Port Talbot |
Coal |
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