Operators

Companies and organisations that worked published mines, where that history is known.

125 operators beginning with G, of 1903.

OperatorMinesActiveRegionsCommodities
G. and W. Nicholson 1 1860–1890 Northumberland Coal
G. J. Allen 1 from 1869 Devon Brick Clay
G. S. Philipps 1 from 1855 Pembrokeshire Anthracite, Coal
G. S. Worthington 1 1860–1870 Caerphilly Coal
G. T. Gilpin-Brown 1 1890–1905 North Yorkshire Lead
Gaddair Copper Mining Company 1 1839–1845 Anglesey Chrysotile, Copper
Galantas Gold Corporation 1 1995–2026 County Tyrone Gold
Garscube Coal Company Limited 1 1921–1947 North Lanarkshire Coal
Garswood Hall Collieries Company 1 to 1932 Greater Manchester Coal
Gartheiniog Slate Company Limited 1 1881–1884 Gwynedd Slate
Gauchalland Coal Company 2 1905–1920 East Ayrshire Coal
Gavin Paul and Sons 1 1890–1922 West Lothian Coal
Geevor Tin Mines Ltd 1 1911–1990 Cornwall Copper, Tin
The Gell family 1 1700–1900 Derbyshire Limestone
Gelli and Tynybedw Collieries Company 1 1884–1894 Rhondda Cynon Taf Coal
Gelligaer Coal Company 1 from 1847 Caerphilly Coal
Gelligaer Colliery Company 2 to 1887 Caerphilly Coal
Gellyceidrim Collieries Co. Ltd 1 Carmarthenshire Anthracite
General Refractories Ltd. 1 to 1946 South Yorkshire Coal, Fireclay
Geo. Taylor & Co. 1 1911–1916 South Ayrshire Coal
George and Robert Stephenson 2 1832–1852 Derbyshire, Leicestershire Coal, Ironstone
George and William Schofield 1 from 1914 North Yorkshire Whinstone
George Blood 1 to 1900 Staffordshire Coal
George Bradley 1 1873–1888 West Yorkshire Coal
George Brewer 1 1820–1855 Blaenau Gwent Coal
George Burt 1 1887–1976 Dorset Freestone
George Cottingham 1 1865 North Yorkshire Lead
George Crookston and Son 1 1874–1908 Glasgow Coal
George Ford and Sons 1 1843–1865 Bridgend Coal
George Green 2 1845–1886 Lancashire, Powys Coal, Lead
George Greenwood 1 1940–1964 North Yorkshire Sandstone
George H. Pattinson 1 from 1888 Cumbria Slate
George Heaton 1 1855–1874 West Yorkshire Coal, Fireclay
George Insole & Son 1 1844–1939 Rhondda Cynon Taf Coal
George Lightley 1 1864 Cornwall Copper, Tin
George Moir 1 1883–1885 West Lothian Coal
George Moor 1 1938–1946 Cornwall Copper, Tin, Tungsten
George Phipps 1 1892–1895 South Gloucestershire Ochre
George Powell 1 1824–1830 Gloucestershire Coal
George Simpson 1 1818–1850 West Lothian Coal
George Stephenson 1 from 1840 Derbyshire Limestone
George Templer 1 1820–1829 Devon Granite
George Watkinson & Sons 2 1875–1947 Flintshire, Rhondda Cynon Taf Coal
Gibbs & Co. 1 1872–1900 Essex Chalk
Gibbs and Canning 1 from 1862 Staffordshire Coal, Fireclay
Gillfoot Park Mining Company 1 1879–1900 Cumbria Iron
Gilwen Colliery Company 1 1908–1916 Neath Port Talbot Coal
Gjers, Mills & Co. Ltd 1 1872–1904 North Yorkshire Ironstone
Glamorgan Coal Company 1 1861–1908 Rhondda Cynon Taf Coal, Fireclay
Glamorgan Haematite Iron Ore Company 1 1900–1976 Rhondda Cynon Taf Iron
Glan-y-Pwll Slate & Slab Company Ltd 1 1861–1872 Gwynedd Slate
Glanamman Anthracite Collieries Limited 1 1929–1943 Carmarthenshire Coal
Glangarnant and Noyadd Collieries Company Limited 1 to 1909 Carmarthenshire Coal
Glasbrook Brothers Ltd 1 1870–1947 Swansea Coal
Glascote Colliery Co. Ltd 1 Staffordshire Coal, Fireclay
Glasgow Iron & Steel Company Ltd 1 1945–1947 Argyll and Bute Coal
Glasgow Iron Company 1 from 1876 Midlothian Coal
Glass Houghton and Castleford Collieries Ltd. 1 from 1905 West Yorkshire Coal
Glassbrook 1 1870–1873 Bridgend Coal
Glebe Mines Ltd 2 1936–2010 Derbyshire Fluorspar, Lead
Glenariff Iron Ore and Harbour Company 1 1873–1885 County Antrim Iron
Glenavon Garw Collieries Limited 2 1907–1947 Neath Port Talbot, Rhondda Cynon Taf Coal
Glenavon Rhondda Collieries Company, Limited 1 1899–1900 Neath Port Talbot Coal
Glenboig Union Fireclay Company 1 1882–1956 North Lanarkshire Fireclay
Glenbuck Iron Company 1 1795–1813 East Ayrshire Coal
Glendon Iron Company 2 1863–1885 Derbyshire, Northamptonshire Coal, Iron
Glengarnock Iron and Steel Company 2 1880–1915 North Ayrshire Coal, Ironstone
Glentaggart Coal Company Limited 1 1943–1947 South Lanarkshire Coal
Globe Collieries Company 1 from 1917 Neath Port Talbot Coal
Glyn Colliery Company 1 1878–1903 Rhondda Cynon Taf Coal
Glyn Merthyr Colliery Company 1 Neath Port Talbot Coal
Glyn Neath Collieries Limited 1 1923–1937 Neath Port Talbot Coal
Glyncorrwg Colliery Ltd 1 1904–1927 Neath Port Talbot Coal
Glynea and Castle Coal and Brick Company 1 1908–1913 Carmarthenshire Coal
Glynmoch Colliery Company 1 1901–1902 Carmarthenshire Coal
Godolphin family 1 to 1785 Cornwall Copper, Lead, Tin
Goitre Tower Anthracite 1 1995–2008 Rhondda Cynon Taf Coal
Golden Valley Ochre and Oxide Company 1 1895–1970 South Gloucestershire Ochre
Goonvean and Rostowrack China Clay Co. Ltd 1 1932–2012 Cornwall China Clay
Gorsgoch Coal, Brick and Lime Company 1 1881–1885 Carmarthenshire Coal
Gospel Oak Colliery Company 1 1894–1910 West Midlands Coal, Ironstone
Gotham Company 1 1918–1960 Cumbria Gypsum
Governor and Company of Copper Miners in England 3 1850–1872 Neath Port Talbot Coal
Graigola Merthyr Company Ltd 2 1885–1947 Neath Port Talbot, Swansea Coal
Granville Colliery Company 1 1872–1947 Derbyshire Coal
Grassmoor Colliery Company 1 1846–1928 Derbyshire Coal
Grazebrook and Aston 1 1860–1890 West Midlands Coal, Ironstone
Great Crinnis Copper Mining Company 1 Cornwall Copper, Lead, Silver
The Great Laxey Mining Company Limited 2 1848–1929 Isle of Man Lead, Silver, Zinc
Great Moelwyn Slate Company Ltd 1 1860–1871 Gwynedd Slate
Great Perran Iron Ore and Iron Company 1 1877–1878 Cornwall Iron, Zinc
Great Snaefell Mining Company 1 1871–1908 Isle of Man Lead, Silver, Zinc
Great Treverbyn China Clay Co. Ltd 1 1913–1966 Cornwall China Clay, Tin
Great Western Colliery Co. Ltd. 3 1865–1930 Rhondda Cynon Taf Coal
Great Western Railway 1 1854–1865 Rhondda Cynon Taf Coal
Great Wheal Vor United 1 1853–1877 Cornwall Arsenic, Tin
Great Work Consolidated Tin Mines Ltd 1 1888–1902 Cornwall Copper, Lead, Tin
Great Work Tin Mines Ltd 1 1935–1938 Cornwall Copper, Lead, Tin
Great Wyrley Colliery Company 1 1872–1925 Staffordshire Coal, Ironstone
Green Holland and Company 1 1858–1870 Lancashire Coal
Greenburn and Tilberthwaite Mining Company 1 1925–1940 Cumbria Copper
Greenburn and Tilberthwaite Syndicate 1 1906–1909 Cumbria Copper
Greenside Mines Ltd 1 1954–1962 Cumbria Lead, Silver
Greenside Mining Company 2 1825–1889 Cumbria Lead, Silver
Greenside Mining Company Ltd 1 1889–1920 Cumbria Lead, Silver
Gribdale Mining Company Ltd 2 1910–1920 North Yorkshire Whinstone
Grieve and Nasmyth 1 Fife Coal
Griff Colliery Company Ltd 1 1882–1947 Warwickshire Coal
Griffith Williams Griffiths 1 1875–1899 Gwynedd Slate
Grimebridge Colliery Co. Ltd 1 1997–2014 Lancashire Coal
Grimwith Mining Company 1 1862–1877 North Yorkshire Lead
Grinkle Mining Co. Ltd. 1 1899–1930 North Yorkshire Iron
Grinshill Stone Quarry 1 Shropshire Sandstone
Grinton Mining and Smelting Company Limited 2 1888–1895 North Yorkshire Lead
Grit and Gravel Company 1 Shropshire Lead
Groby Granite Company 1 from 1865 Leicestershire Granite
Grove Colliery Company 1 1852–1952 Staffordshire Coal
Groverake Mining Company 1 from 1930 County Durham Fluorspar, Iron, Lead
Guest and Company 1 1901–1902 Caerphilly Coal
Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds Limited 5 1902–1931 Merthyr Tydfil, Caerphilly, Rhondda Cynon Taf Coal
Gunnislake Clitters Mining Co. 1 1877–1889 Cornwall Arsenic, Copper, Tin
Gurnos Anthracite Colliery Company 1 1900–1923 Powys Coal
Gwaun-cae-Gurwen Colliery Company 2 1874–1928 Neath Port Talbot Coal
Gwaunclawdd Abercrave Collieries Limited 1 1913–1927 Powys Coal
Gypsum Mines Limited 1 1903–1936 East Sussex Anhydrite, Gypsum

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