15. Bundle of miscellaneous relating to the Acorn Colliery and Syndicate. Includes trading accounts, balance sheets and correspondence. c. 200 docs from 1914-1930. Detailed survey of the state of the mine in 1929: recommending rapid development. Detailed history of the colliery in this period. Nearly went bankrupt in the 1920s. Connections with the Cawdor Estates. Mainly concerning Captain. T. Wright and his involvement with the Colliery. He died c.1925. Estate handled by Hulton Bailey and Bolton of Bolton.]
