Operators

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

95 operators beginning with L, of 1903.

OperatorMinesActiveRegionsCommodities
L. & N. Gibbs 1 1895–1896 Somerset Coal
L. C. Rees 1 1940–1956 Neath Port Talbot Coal
La Porte Chemical Company 1 1939–1963 Cumbria Barite, Lead
Ladywell Mining Company 1 1871–1882 Shropshire Lead
Lafarge Aggregates 1 Derbyshire Limestone
Lamb and Hutchinson 1 from 1840 Tyne and Wear Coal
Lambert and Company 2 1850–1894 Tyne and Wear Coal
Lambert, Nicholson & Co. 3 1853–1880 Northumberland Coal
Lambton & Hetton Collieries Ltd 5 1896–1947 Tyne and Wear, County Durham Coal, Fireclay
Lambton Collieries Ltd 3 1896–1911 Tyne and Wear Coal, Fireclay
Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Ltd 5 1924–1947 Tyne and Wear, County Durham Coal, Fireclay
Lancaster's Steam Coal Company 2 1888–1947 Blaenau Gwent Coal
Lancaster, Speir and Company 1 from 1892 Rhondda Cynon Taf Coal, Ironstone
Lanemark Coal Company 1 to 1909 East Ayrshire Coal
Langdale Silver, Lead and Copper Company 1 1912–1917 Cumbria Copper
Langham & Co. 1 1885–1892 Gloucestershire Coal
Langness Copper Co. Ltd. 1 Isle of Man Copper
Laporte Minerals 6 1940–2009 Derbyshire, Cumbria, Surrey Fluorspar, Lead, Barite
Lassodie Coal Company 1 1859–1860 Fife Coal
Lathkill Company 1 1834–1851 Derbyshire Lead
Lathkill Dale Mining Company 1 1830–1842 Derbyshire Lead
Leach and Weeks 1 1890–1910 Northumberland Coal
Leadhills Silver-Lead Mining and Smelting Company 1 1876–1901 South Lanarkshire Gold, Lead, Silver
Leeswood Cannel and Gas Coal Company Ltd 1 1869–1896 Flintshire Cannel Coal, Coal
Leeswood Green Cannel Company Ltd 1 to 1869 Flintshire Cannel Coal, Coal
Leeswood Green Colliery Company Ltd 1 from 1923 Flintshire Cannel Coal, Coal
Leeswood Main Coal and Cannel Company 1 from 1869 Flintshire Cannel Coal, Coal
Leicester M. Hutchinson & Co 1 1863–1872 Cumbria Copper, Lead
Leiths (Scotland) Ltd 1 Highland Marble
Levant Mining Company 1 1820–1930 Cornwall Arsenic, Copper, Tin
Levant Tin Mines Limited 1 1920–1930 Cornwall Arsenic, Copper, Tin
Leven Vale Company 1 1872–1874 North Yorkshire Iron
Lewis & Phillips 2 1825–1849 Shropshire Lead
Lewis and Morgan Partnership 1 1878–1884 Blaenau Gwent Coal
Lewis Merthyr Consolidated Collieries Ltd 1 1876–1947 Rhondda Cynon Taf Coal
Lewis Morris 2 1746–1765 Ceredigion Lead, Silver, Zinc
Limmer and Trinidad 1 1938–1958 Somerset Limestone
Linby Colliery Company Limited 1 to 1947 Nottinghamshire Coal
Lincoln Stone Quarries 1 from 1939 Lincolnshire Ironstone, Limestone
Lingholme Trust 1 to 1932 North Yorkshire Coal
Lister Kaye family 1 to 1917 West Yorkshire Coal
Littledean Woodside Coal Company 2 1873–1884 Gloucestershire Coal
Littlejohn & Sons 1 East Ayrshire Coal
Liverpool Dock Trustees 1 from 1826 Dumfries and Galloway Granite
Lizard Serpentine Company 1 1853–1893 Cornwall Serpentine, Talc
Llanelli Copperworks Co. 3 1861–1907 Carmarthenshire Coal
Llangennech Brick and Tile Company 1 1938–1939 Swansea Coal
Llangennech Colliery Co. 1 1827–1874 Carmarthenshire Coal
Llay Main Collieries Ltd. 1 1914–1926 Wrexham Coal
Lletty Shenkin Colliery Co. Ltd 1 1865–1872 Rhondda Cynon Taf Coal
Llewellyn (Nixon) Ltd 1 1929–1935 Rhondda Cynon Taf Coal
Lloyd Brothers 1 1886–1924 Carmarthenshire Coal, Fireclay
Lluest Coal Company Ltd 1 1880–1887 Bridgend Coal
Llwyn-on Colliery Company 1 1921–1928 Neath Port Talbot Coal
Llwynllafrod Anthracite Collieries Limited 1 from 1923 Powys Coal
Llynfi Coal and Iron Company 1 1882–1889 Bridgend Coal, Ironstone
Llynfi, Tondu and Ogmore Coal and Iron Company 2 1872–1878 Bridgend Coal, Ironstone
Llynvi Iron Company 1 from 1841 Bridgend Coal, Ironstone
Lochaline Quartz Sand Ltd 1 from 2012 Highland Silica Sand
Lochgelly Iron and Coal Company 3 1854–1947 Fife Coal
Lochgelly Iron Company 2 1851–1872 Fife Coal, Ironstone
Locket's Merthyr Collieries (1894) Ltd 1 Rhondda Cynon Taf Coal
Locket's Merthyr Steam Coal Company 1 1879–1932 Rhondda Cynon Taf Coal
Lockwood and Elliott 1 1862–1946 West Yorkshire Coal
Loganlea Coal Company Limited 3 1890–1905 West Lothian Coal, Fireclay, Ironstone
London and South Wales Colliery Company 1 1875–1892 Caerphilly Coal
London and South Western Railway 1 1874–1948 Devon Aplite, Granite
London Brick Company 1 1920–1969 Cambridgeshire Brick Clay
London Lead Company 20 1695–1902 Cumbria, County Durham, North Yorkshire Lead, Zinc, Barite
London Tin Syndicate Ltd. 1 1927 Cornwall Tin
London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1 1923–1934 Staffordshire Limestone
Londonderry Collieries Ltd 3 1869–1947 County Durham, Tyne and Wear Coal
Long Meg Plaster and Mineral Company Ltd. 1 1922–1939 Cumbria Anhydrite, Gypsum
Long Meg Plaster Company Ltd. 1 from 1880 Cumbria Anhydrite, Gypsum
Long Rake Spar Mining Company 1 Derbyshire Calcite, Fluorspar, Lead
Lord Bledisloe 1 to 1930 Forest of Dean Coal
Lord Carrington 1 Ceredigion Lead, Silver
Lord Cawdor 1 from 1742 Carmarthenshire Lead, Zinc
Lord Dunsany and Partners 1 1869–1901 County Durham Coal
Lord Eldon 1 1884–1900 County Durham Coal
Lord Granville 3 1870–1890 Staffordshire Coal, Ironstone
Lord Hatherton 1 1897–1947 Staffordshire Coal
Lord Howden and Partners 1 from 1839 County Durham Coal
Lord Ravensworth and Partners 2 1821–1850 Tyne and Wear Coal
Lord St Oswald 1 1860–1947 West Yorkshire Coal
The Lords Vernon 2 1832–1935 Cheshire Coal
Lothian Coal Company 3 1798–1947 Midlothian Coal
Loudon and Miller 1 1875–1881 South Lanarkshire Coal
Loveston Colliery Co. Ltd. 1 1932–1937 Pembrokeshire Anthracite, Coal
Low Hartsop Mining Company 1 1866–1869 Cumbria Lead, Zinc
Lowland Lead Mines Ltd 1 1950–1960 Dumfries and Galloway Lead, Zinc
Lowther family 2 1684–1848 Cumbria Coal, Lead, Silver
Lucock & Carlton 1 from 1860 Cumbria Coal, Fireclay, Ganister
Lundy Granite Company 1 1863–1868 Devon Granite
Lunehead Lead & Barytes Co. 1 1890–1900 County Durham Barite, Lead

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