Operators
Companies and organisations that worked published mines, where that history is known.
150 operators beginning with J, of 1903.
| Operator | Mines | Active | Regions | Commodities |
|---|
| J. & C. Jenkins & Co. |
1 |
1925–1929 |
Blaenau Gwent |
Coal |
| J. & G. Worthington |
2 |
from 1858 |
Caerphilly |
Coal |
| J. & J. Charlesworth |
3 |
1850–1946 |
South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire |
Coal |
| J. & L. Galloway |
1 |
1890–1910 |
Argyll and Bute |
Coal |
| J. and E. Bowness |
1 |
1882–1922 |
Cumbria |
Slate |
| J. and G. Wells Ltd |
1 |
1923–1947 |
Derbyshire |
Coal |
| J. and W. Phillips |
1 |
1830–1862 |
Devon |
China Clay |
| J. and W. Stone |
1 |
from 1883 |
Blaenau Gwent |
Coal |
| J. Armstrong |
1 |
1880–1889 |
Northumberland |
Coal |
| J. Arnold & Sons Limited |
1 |
1916–1985 |
Bedfordshire |
Silica Sand |
| J. B. Walton |
1 |
|
Cumbria |
Coal |
| J. B. Williams |
1 |
from 1869 |
Neath Port Talbot |
Coal |
| J. Blindell and Co. |
1 |
1903–1906 |
Torfaen |
Coal |
| J. C. Simpson |
1 |
|
East Ayrshire |
Coal |
| J. C. Staton & Co. |
1 |
|
Staffordshire |
Gypsum |
| J. E. Heathcote |
1 |
1855–1865 |
Staffordshire |
Coal |
| J. G. Reynoldson |
1 |
1905–1930 |
Cumbria |
Barite, Lead |
| J. G. Reynoldson & Son |
1 |
|
North Yorkshire |
Coal |
| J. H. Clay |
1 |
from 1930 |
Cumbria |
Barite |
| J. Hinchcliffe and Co. |
1 |
|
South Yorkshire |
Coal, Fireclay |
| J. J. Edey |
1 |
|
South Yorkshire |
Coal |
| J. Morrison & Co. |
1 |
|
Northumberland |
Coal |
| J. Owen & Co. |
1 |
1875–1880 |
Staffordshire |
Coal |
| J. P. Walton & Company |
1 |
1864–1881 |
Cumbria |
Barite, Lead |
| J. Patchett and Co. |
1 |
from 1880 |
Shropshire |
Coal |
| J. R. Fosdick |
1 |
1876–1881 |
West Yorkshire |
Coal |
| J. R. McLean & Co. |
1 |
1855–1870 |
Staffordshire |
Coal |
| J. S. Phillips |
1 |
from 1859 |
Cornwall |
Tin |
| J. Vipond and Company Limited |
1 |
1860–1947 |
Torfaen |
Coal, Ironstone |
| J. W. and J. N. Sidebotham |
1 |
|
Greater Manchester |
Coal |
| J. W. Astley |
1 |
1910–1920 |
North Yorkshire |
Flagstone, Sandstone |
| J.H.G. Mitchell |
1 |
|
Blaenau Gwent |
Coal |
| J.P. Nicholls |
1 |
1857–1868 |
Devon |
Barite, Fluorspar, Iron |
| Jack and Stan Eidson |
1 |
to 1972 |
Derbyshire |
Calcite, Lead |
| James and Aubrey |
1 |
1842–1880 |
Neath Port Talbot |
Coal |
| James and Robert Morrell |
1 |
1822–1880 |
Gloucestershire |
Coal |
| James and William Marr |
1 |
1930–1934 |
Cumbria |
Slate |
| James Brindley |
1 |
1750–1756 |
Greater Manchester |
Coal |
| James Clifford |
1 |
1588–1620 |
Shropshire |
Brick Clay, Coal |
| James Cowmeadow |
1 |
1841–1848 |
Gloucestershire |
Coal |
| James Cox |
1 |
1816–1831 |
Neath Port Talbot |
Coal |
| James Dunnachie |
1 |
1865–1900 |
North Lanarkshire |
Fireclay |
| James Evans and Co. Ltd |
1 |
1883–1903 |
Rhondda Cynon Taf |
Coal |
| James Fisher |
1 |
1866–1913 |
County Antrim |
Bauxite, Iron |
| James Gairdner and Sons |
1 |
|
East Dunbartonshire |
Coal, Ironstone |
| James Grindell |
1 |
from 1844 |
Forest of Dean |
Brick Clay, Coal |
| James Holcroft |
1 |
1873–1919 |
West Midlands |
Coal |
| James Hope |
1 |
from 1615 |
South Lanarkshire |
Gold, Lead, Silver |
| James Joicey & Co. |
1 |
1850–1924 |
County Durham |
Coal |
| James Michell |
1 |
1857–1877 |
Cheshire |
Cobalt, Copper, Lead |
| James Nimmo and Company |
3 |
1894–1958 |
Falkirk, North Lanarkshire, West Lothian |
Coal |
| James Oakes and Company |
1 |
1874–1947 |
Nottinghamshire |
Coal |
| James Pain Ltd |
1 |
1892–1928 |
Northamptonshire |
Iron |
| James Payne |
1 |
1957–1965 |
Fife |
Coal |
| James Plews |
1 |
from 1762 |
North Yorkshire |
Lead, Zinc |
| James Rixon |
1 |
1874–1889 |
Northamptonshire |
Ironstone, Limestone |
| James Roscoe |
1 |
1865–1938 |
Greater Manchester |
Coal |
| James Runnalls |
1 |
from 1879 |
Cornwall |
Copper, Whinstone, Zinc |
| James Seccombe |
1 |
from 1842 |
Cornwall |
Copper, Tin |
| James Smallshaw |
1 |
1904–1910 |
Worcestershire |
Coal |
| James Sparrow and Son |
1 |
1855–1904 |
Wrexham |
Coal, Fireclay, Ironstone |
| James Stedman Dixon |
1 |
1872–1911 |
South Lanarkshire |
Coal |
| James Stephenson & Co. |
1 |
|
Cumbria |
Slate |
| James Stott and Company |
1 |
|
Greater Manchester |
Cannel Coal, Coal |
| James Wood & Co. |
1 |
1874–1902 |
West Lothian |
Coal, Fireclay |
| Jaques and Company |
1 |
1863–1870 |
North Yorkshire |
Lead, Slate |
| The Jarrett family of Camerton Court |
1 |
to 1947 |
Somerset |
Coal |
| Jayne and Co. |
1 |
1865–1884 |
Torfaen |
Coal |
| Jewel Limited |
1 |
1996 |
Carmarthenshire |
Coal |
| Job Sheldon & Co. |
1 |
from 1805 |
Ceredigion |
Lead, Silver |
| John A. McCallum |
1 |
from 1890 |
East Dunbartonshire |
Coal, Ironstone |
| John Alsop |
1 |
1830–1840 |
Derbyshire |
Barite, Fluorspar, Lead |
| John Alton |
1 |
1900–1910 |
North Yorkshire |
Flagstone, Sandstone |
| John and Enoch Mann |
1 |
to 1893 |
Staffordshire |
Coal |
| John Arthur |
1 |
from 1853 |
Carmarthenshire |
Coal |
| John Barton Balcombe |
1 |
1861–1875 |
Ceredigion |
Lead, Silver, Zinc |
| John Bowes & Partners Ltd |
4 |
1850–1947 |
Tyne and Wear, County Durham |
Coal, Fireclay |
| John Boyns |
3 |
from 1830 |
Cornwall |
Tin, Copper |
| John Brown and Company |
1 |
|
South Yorkshire |
Coal |
| John Brown of Arkengarthdale |
1 |
from 1888 |
North Yorkshire |
Flagstone |
| John Butler |
1 |
1762–1777 |
West Sussex |
Iron |
| John Cain |
1 |
1902 |
Isle of Man |
Lead |
| John Caldwell Bloomfield |
1 |
from 1853 |
County Fermanagh |
China Clay, Feldspar |
| John Calvert |
1 |
1851–1854 |
Rhondda Cynon Taf |
Coal |
| John Campbell, Marquess of Breadalbane |
1 |
1841–1862 |
Perth and Kinross |
Copper, Gold |
| John Christian Curwen and family |
1 |
to 1850 |
Cumbria |
Coal |
| John Christie |
2 |
1819–1880 |
North Lanarkshire, Powys |
Coal, Limestone, Silica Sand |
| John Corbett |
1 |
1857–1888 |
Worcestershire |
Salt |
| John Dixon |
1 |
1880–1889 |
Northumberland |
Coal |
| John Edmunds |
1 |
1841–1870 |
Rhondda Cynon Taf |
Coal |
| John Edwards and Partners |
1 |
1923–1924 |
Swansea |
Coal |
| John Ellis of Leicester |
1 |
|
Leicestershire |
Slate |
| John Errington |
1 |
1600–1650 |
Northumberland |
Barite, Lead, Witherite |
| John Fletcher of Bolton and Samuel Scowcroft |
1 |
1855–1869 |
Greater Manchester |
Coal |
| John Fyfe |
1 |
from 1858 |
Aberdeenshire |
Granite |
| John Gundry |
1 |
1800–1828 |
Cornwall |
Copper, Tin |
| John Heathcote |
1 |
1740–1756 |
Greater Manchester |
Coal |
| John Henry Iles |
1 |
1917–1924 |
Somerset |
Coal |
| John Howe and Company |
1 |
1860–1911 |
Cumbria |
Anhydrite, Gypsum |
| John Irvine and Sons |
1 |
1902–1911 |
Fife |
Coal, Fireclay, Ironstone |
| John Jenkins |
1 |
1883–1906 |
Gwynedd |
Slate |
| John Johnson |
1 |
from 1860 |
Northumberland |
Coal, Fireclay |
| John Kitto |
1 |
1878–1897 |
Ceredigion |
Lead, Zinc |
| John Lancaster & Co. |
2 |
1878–1895 |
Blaenau Gwent |
Coal |
| John Lancaster and Company |
1 |
1892–1896 |
Blaenau Gwent |
Coal |
| John Lawrence |
1 |
1852–1872 |
Torfaen |
Coal, Fireclay |
| John Lawrence and Co. |
1 |
from 1784 |
Shropshire |
Lead |
| John Legas |
1 |
1720–1752 |
Kent |
Iron |
| John Lloyd Jones |
1 |
1854–1862 |
Gwynedd |
Slate |
| John Logan and Sons |
1 |
from 1894 |
Falkirk |
Coal, Ironstone |
| John Lovering |
2 |
1880–1931 |
Cornwall |
China Clay |
| John Morgan |
1 |
1878–1882 |
Rhondda Cynon Taf |
Coal |
| John Murton Davidson |
1 |
1830–1850 |
County Durham |
Coal |
| John Nimmo and Son Limited |
1 |
1881–1918 |
Fife |
Coal |
| John Nowell & Son |
1 |
1852–1881 |
Warwickshire |
Coal |
| John of Gaunt |
1 |
|
Devon |
Lead, Silver |
| John Parsons |
1 |
|
Neath Port Talbot |
Coal |
| John Purcell Fitzgerald |
1 |
1827–1848 |
Greater Manchester |
Coal |
| John R. Fyfe and Company |
1 |
from 1880 |
West Yorkshire |
Coal, Fireclay |
| John Ridgway |
1 |
from 1851 |
Staffordshire |
Coal |
| John Robert Lucas |
1 |
|
Somerset |
Coal |
| John Russell |
1 |
1852–1900 |
Blaenau Gwent |
Coal |
| John Speakman & Sons |
1 |
1874–1929 |
Greater Manchester |
Coal |
| John Stirling |
1 |
1864–1866 |
Cumbria |
Iron |
| John Stott, Milne and Company |
1 |
1869–1880 |
Wrexham |
Coal |
| John Taylor |
12 |
1798–1857 |
Cornwall, Derbyshire, Devon |
Copper, Tin, Lead |
| John Taylor & Son |
2 |
1844–1845 |
Ceredigion |
Lead, Zinc |
| John Taylor & Sons |
7 |
1834–1906 |
Ceredigion, Cornwall, Wrexham |
Lead, Copper, Zinc |
| John Tebay |
2 |
1819–1839 |
Cumbria |
Lead, Silver, Copper |
| John Thompson |
1 |
1824–1837 |
Lancashire |
Barite, Lead, Witherite |
| John Watson & Co. |
2 |
1859–1874 |
South Lanarkshire, West Lothian |
Coal, Fireclay |
| John Watson and partners |
1 |
1866–1868 |
North Yorkshire |
Iron |
| John Whitehead Greaves |
2 |
from 1833 |
Gwynedd |
Slate |
| John Wilkinson |
3 |
1792–1808 |
Wrexham, West Midlands |
Coal, Fireclay, Ironstone |
| Jonathan Wright |
1 |
from 1984 |
Gloucestershire |
Iron, Ochre |
| Jones and Beddoe |
1 |
1858–1869 |
Merthyr Tydfil |
Coal |
| Jos. Dickinson & Co. |
1 |
1859–1895 |
Cumbria |
Barytocalcite, Lead |
| Joseph Briggs and Sons |
1 |
from 1880 |
West Yorkshire |
Coal, Fireclay |
| Joseph Claypon |
1 |
from 1827 |
Powys |
Limestone, Silica Sand |
| Joseph Harris |
1 |
from 1880 |
Cumbria |
Coal |
| Joseph Joel Ellis |
1 |
1874–1885 |
Leicestershire |
Coal, Fireclay, Ironstone |
| Joseph Lamb & Co. |
1 |
1838–1880 |
Northumberland |
Coal, Fireclay |
| Joseph Lamb & Partners |
1 |
1870–1890 |
Tyne and Wear |
Coal |
| Joseph Laycock and Co. |
1 |
1858–1922 |
Northumberland |
Coal, Fireclay |
| Joseph Pease & Partners |
1 |
1876–1924 |
County Durham |
Coal |
| Joseph Robinson & Co. Ltd |
2 |
1885–1911 |
Cumbria |
Gypsum |
| Joseph Thornton |
1 |
1875–1883 |
Leicestershire |
Coal, Fireclay |
| Joseph Treffry |
1 |
1822–1850 |
Cornwall |
Copper, Zinc |
| Joseph Verdin and Sons |
1 |
1850–1928 |
Cheshire |
Salt |
| Joshua Bower |
2 |
1858–1870 |
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear |
Coal |
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