Newport Abercarn Black Vein Steam Coal Co
of Newport
1873 The Newport Abercarn Black Vein Steam Coal Co Ltd (No 7013) was registered on 24 February, with capital of £150,000. "...for the purpose of acquiring and working a very valuable leasehold property known as the Celynen Estate, Abercarn, Monmouthshire. The property is one of the most extensive mineral takings in South Wales, being about 1,200 acres in extent, and additional properties of several hundred acres are commanded by the estate, and may be secured if desired. The estate adjoins that of the Abercarn Collieries, belonging to the Ebbw Vale Company, and the establishment and collieries of the Nantyglo and Blaina Company, the Ebbw Company, the Tredegar Company, and the Risca Collieries."[1]
1930s The Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron and Coal Co took control of the Newport Abercarn Black Vein Steam Coal Co Ltd. These and other assets were disposed of between 1936 and 1938 partly to Richard Thomas and Co and the rest to Partridge, Jones and John Paton Ltd[2].
1938 Collieries conveyed to Partridge, Jones and John Paton included the Prince of Wales, Celynen and Graig Fawr collieries of the Newport Abercarn Co[3].