Operators
Companies and organisations that worked published mines, where that history is known.
77 operators beginning with P, of 1903.
| Operator | Mines | Active | Regions | Commodities |
|---|
| P. S. Phillips |
1 |
|
Blaenau Gwent |
Coal |
| P. W. Overend & Co. |
1 |
from 1782 |
North Yorkshire |
Fluorspar, Lead |
| P. W. Spencer |
1 |
from 1899 |
North Yorkshire |
Limestone |
| Pallaflat Iron Ore Company Ltd |
1 |
1874–1914 |
Cumbria |
Iron |
| Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron Company |
1 |
1875–1899 |
North Yorkshire |
Iron |
| Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company |
1 |
1856–1934 |
North Yorkshire |
Iron |
| The Panmure and Dalhousie estate |
1 |
1800–1900 |
Angus |
Freestone |
| Parc and Croesor Slate Quarries Company |
1 |
1895–1930 |
Gwynedd |
Slate |
| Parkend Coal Company |
1 |
1851–1890 |
Gloucestershire |
Coal |
| Parkhall Colliery Co. Ltd |
1 |
1927–1965 |
Staffordshire |
Coal |
| Parkside & Birks Mining Co. Ltd |
1 |
1920–1926 |
Cumbria |
Iron |
| Parkside and Lindal Moor Mining Company |
1 |
|
Cumbria |
Iron |
| Parkside Mining Co. |
1 |
1890–1920 |
Cumbria |
Iron |
| Partridge Jones and John Paton |
5 |
1889–1947 |
Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly |
Coal |
| Partridge, Jones & Co. |
3 |
1890–1947 |
Torfaen, Caerphilly |
Coal |
| Parys Mine Company |
2 |
1774–1811 |
Anglesey |
Copper, Gold, Lead |
| Parys Mountain Mines Limited |
1 |
1874–1877 |
Anglesey |
Copper |
| Patent Nut and Bolt Company |
1 |
1872–1902 |
Torfaen |
Coal, Fireclay |
| Patterdale Mining Company |
1 |
from 1870 |
Cumbria |
Lead, Zinc |
| Paul Panton |
1 |
from 1753 |
Flintshire |
Lead, Zinc |
| Pearse and Co. |
1 |
1881–1885 |
Swansea |
Coal |
| Pearson & Dorman Long |
2 |
1924–1947 |
Kent |
Coal |
| Pearson and Knowles Coal and Iron Company |
2 |
1863–1947 |
Greater Manchester, Lancashire |
Coal |
| Pease & Partners Ltd. |
4 |
1850–1947 |
County Durham, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire |
Coal, Fireclay, Ironstone |
| Pelaw Main Collieries Ltd |
1 |
1940–1947 |
Tyne and Wear |
Coal |
| Pelsall Coal & Iron Co. |
1 |
to 1894 |
Staffordshire |
Coal |
| Pembrokeshire Iron and Coal Company |
1 |
from 1852 |
Pembrokeshire |
Anthracite |
| Penmaenmawr & Welsh Granite Co. |
2 |
1830–1969 |
Conwy, Gwynedd |
Granite |
| Pennant / Penrhyn Estate |
2 |
1765–1965 |
Gwynedd |
Slate |
| Penrikyber Navigation Collieries Company |
1 |
1872–1947 |
Rhondda Cynon Taf |
Coal |
| Penrose and Evans |
1 |
1835–1861 |
Neath Port Talbot |
Coal |
| Penrose and Starbuck |
1 |
1816–1882 |
Neath Port Talbot |
Coal |
| Pensford and Bromley Collieries (1921) Ltd |
2 |
1921–1957 |
Somerset |
Coal |
| Pensford and Bromley Collieries Ltd |
2 |
1909–1921 |
Somerset |
Coal |
| Pentreclwydau Mining Company |
1 |
1997–1998 |
Neath Port Talbot |
Coal |
| Pentwyn and Golynos Company |
1 |
1845–1853 |
Torfaen |
Coal |
| Penwyllt Dinas Silica Brick Company |
1 |
|
Powys |
Limestone, Silica Sand |
| Pepper and Sons |
1 |
1876–1960 |
West Sussex |
Chalk, Limestone |
| Percival family |
1 |
1870–1933 |
Gwynedd |
Slate |
| Perkins and Sons |
1 |
to 1880 |
Carmarthenshire |
Coal |
| Perry Williams |
1 |
from 1869 |
Carmarthenshire |
Anthracite |
| Peter Clymo |
1 |
from 1845 |
Cornwall |
Fluorspar, Lead, Silver |
| Peter Ford & Sons |
1 |
to 1944 |
Staffordshire |
Gypsum |
| Peter Teague and Company |
1 |
1841–1860 |
Gloucestershire |
Coal |
| Peter Thornton |
2 |
1890–1923 |
West Lothian |
Coal, Ironstone |
| Peter Watson |
1 |
1879–1884 |
Shropshire |
Barite, Lead |
| Peterborough Abbey |
1 |
to 1500 |
Cambridgeshire |
Limestone |
| Philip Williams and Sons |
1 |
|
West Midlands |
Coal, Ironstone |
| Pickford, Holland & Co. |
2 |
1920–1923 |
County Durham |
Ganister |
| Pike Brothers |
1 |
from 1791 |
Dorset |
Ball Clay |
| Pinetree Coal Mining Company |
1 |
1979–1989 |
Neath Port Talbot |
Coal |
| Pirnie Coal Company |
1 |
1861–1877 |
Fife |
Cannel Coal, Coal |
| Placket Partners |
1 |
1766 |
Derbyshire |
Lead |
| Plean Colliery Company |
1 |
|
Stirling |
Coal |
| Plymouth Iron Works Company |
2 |
1870 |
Merthyr Tydfil |
Coal |
| Plynlimmon Mining Company Limited |
1 |
1870–1897 |
Ceredigion |
Lead |
| Point of Ayr Colliery Company |
1 |
1883–1947 |
Flintshire |
Coal |
| Poltimore Copper and Gold Mining Co |
1 |
1852–1855 |
Devon |
Copper, Iron, Manganese |
| Ponthenry Colliery Company |
1 |
1865–1936 |
Carmarthenshire |
Coal |
| Pontyberem Colliery Co. Ltd |
1 |
1880–1908 |
Carmarthenshire |
Anthracite |
| Pontyclerc Colliery Company Limited |
1 |
1925–1932 |
Carmarthenshire |
Coal, Fireclay |
| Pooley Hall Colliery Company Limited |
1 |
1880–1947 |
Warwickshire |
Coal |
| Pope and Pearson |
1 |
1851–1947 |
West Yorkshire |
Coal |
| Portland Colliery Company, Limited |
1 |
|
East Ayrshire |
Coal, Fireclay |
| Portland Stone Firms Ltd |
1 |
|
Dorset |
Freestone |
| Powell Bros. |
1 |
to 1889 |
Blaenau Gwent |
Coal |
| Powell Duffryn |
11 |
1880–1977 |
Rhondda Cynon Taf, Caerphilly, Merthyr Tydfil |
Coal |
| Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Company |
22 |
1863–1967 |
Rhondda Cynon Taf, Caerphilly, Bridgend |
Coal, Ironstone |
| Powis Estate |
1 |
from 1692 |
Powys |
Lead |
| Poynton Collieries Ltd |
1 |
1921–1926 |
Cheshire |
Coal |
| Prestongrange Coal and Iron Company |
1 |
1874–1947 |
East Lothian |
Coal, Fireclay |
| Priest brothers |
1 |
1842–1855 |
Forest of Dean |
Coal |
| Priestman Whitehaven Collieries Ltd |
1 |
1933–1936 |
Cumbria |
Coal |
| Princess Royal Colliery Co. Ltd |
2 |
1891–1965 |
Forest of Dean |
Coal |
| Pumpherston Oil Company |
1 |
1883–1919 |
West Lothian |
Oil Shale |
| Pwllbach Colliery Co. Ltd |
2 |
1896–1913 |
Neath Port Talbot |
Coal, Anthracite, Fireclay |
| Pwllbach, Tirbach and Brynamman Anthracite Collieries Limited |
2 |
1919–1929 |
Carmarthenshire, Neath Port Talbot |
Coal |
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