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habit of receiving upon an average twentythousand chaldrons of coals annually from theTyne and Wear, principally for forging anddistillery. This demand has however beensubsequently decreased by the war; and itis not expected that it can revive to theformer extent, as considerable improvementshave in the mean time been made in the col-lieries of that country, and as coal is foundmore answerable to their purposes than any theycould discover before; a circumstance whichI fear will counteract Mr. Beaumont’s anti-cipations, that an increasing population wouldenhance the price of wood and other fuel, andthus augment her demand of coals upon thiscountry.

Several mines in the county of Durhamsend their coals entirely to the Tyne; and Ibelieve the coals raised from the followingpits are generally sent to that river, and ex-ported principally for manufacturing uses, viz.Simpson’s Pontop, Windsor’s Pontop, TanfieldMoor,* Hedworth, Hepburn, Eighton, andPelaw.

* These collieries are not shown in the map given inthis book, but lie considerably on the south western sideef the county.