Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Linked Ryhope Colliery (HER 6994) to the Silksworth Colliery Railway (HER 6996) which in turn linked up with the Londonderry, Seaham and Sunderland Railway (HER 2894). Ryhope Colliery was opened by Lord Londonderry in 1857.

Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Built to take coal from Silksworth Colliery (HER 6994) to the Londonderry, Seaham and Sunderland Railway (HER 2894). The colliery was opened in 1869 by Lord Londonderry.

Opened in 1869, closed 6 November 1971. North Pit was at NZ 376 540. Opened by Lord Londonderry, subsequently owned by Londonderry Collieries Ltd, then Lambton and Hetton Collieries Ltd, from 1934 the Lambton Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd, and from 1947, the National Coal Board. In 1894 there were 2000 workers at the colliery producing up to 2500 tons of coal a day, which was shipped at Sunderland Docks. Near to the colliery were a few houses for the colliery officials. New Silksworth became a populous colliery village with shops, schools and chapels, and superior housing to the older colliery villages. Residents were able to get brakes and buses to Sunderland as there was no railway connection. The Marquis of Londonderry built a colliery school in 1875 for 290 boys and 290 girls and 270 infants. There were houses for the master and mistress. Work started in April 1893 on the miner's hall in Blind Lane. It was a spacious brick building with stone facings in an Italian style. It included a large lecture hall with gallery and stage, "well lit and tastefully decorated" to seat 900. There were also billiard, reading and recreational rooms. The hall cost £3300.

Opened in 1857, closed 25 November 1966. There were two associated pits - north and west pits. Owned by Lord Londonderry, then Ryhope Coal Company Ltd and from 1947, the National Coal Board. In 1894 2000 men and boys worked here. Daily output was 2200 tons of coal, a small amount used for coke. The colliery village included pitmen's dwellings of "uninviting aspect" {Whellan 1894} in long rows a mile in length, chapels, a school (for 337 boys and 225 girls), a miner's hall, shops and large Cooperative stores. The miner's hall was brick-built, constructed in 1880, and improved circa 1894 costing £1800. It had a large lecture hall to seat 800, reading, recreation and billiard rooms, a committee and secretary's room and a library with 200 volumes.

Opened in 1936, closed 9 March 1968. Owned by Pelaw Main Collieries Ltd until taken over by the National Coal Board in 1947. Now built over by Teams Valley Industrial Estate.

Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition.

Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition.

Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition as a clay pit. Closed 1964.

Opened 1833 by Messrs Todd, Dunn and Ridley. On 7 August 1833 guns were fired to celebrate the loading of the first vessel at the colliery. The shaft had been sunk to a depth of 94 fathoms in only 8 months. Whellan said the colliery originally opened in the 1700s, but it flooded with water. Friar's Goose engine (HER 1012) was used to drained it so that it could be reopened in 1833. The workings extended under Sandgate and the River Tyne. This was one of the first collieries to introduce a system of square tubs - the shafts were filled with cages and tubs guided by wooden spears placed one above the other, pulled up and down by two winding engines. The coals were then put on an inclined plane 400 yards long.

In 1813 there was a Wesleyan methodist chapel opposite the Jubilee School (HER 6238).