Durham County Council

From Lead in the west to Coal in the east, the Durham Miner Project is a record of County Durham’s mining history. The project has ended but resources are still avaliable. There is an amazing range of material including images, research projects and online learning seminars. Ii includes lead and coal mining

The Durham Miner Project operated throughout County Durham and part of Sunderland during 2003 and early 2004. It involved groups of local people, supported by the project team, researching their local mining history.