Strangely named Stargate Colliery was the oldest of the Stella Coal Company Mines Sinking started in 1802. The Coal owners used a characteristic light coloured Brick with Red bands, there are many such buildings in The Ryton Area reminding everyone of its link to Mining. The Mine closed in 1963 but a handful of buildings remain in a small Industrial Estate and by the late 1960s Mining had been swept away, However Open Cast Mining keeps threatening to return as rumour has it vast reserves remain. More details of the Mine are here http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/s011.htm
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