NEHL - The workings underneath Brusselton were re-earthed after a short lived working in the 1820s and 30s (https://www.northeastheritagelibrary.co.uk/coalsarchive/d2962/brusselton-colliery). This attempt was commenced by Bolckow Vaughan (who ended up being swallowed up by Dorman Long), and sank shafts at Backsandsides Farm a few 100m east of Glenton Hall and Hummerbeck. This was a fairly substantial working, and made use of the old Stockton & Darlington line from West Auckland to connect with the goods station and the mainline network.

The first attempt however was short lived. Reports from 1912 state it was permanently closed owing to flooding, and the pitmen had to assist in getting the tubs to the bank. Around 400 workers were made redundant. This was presumably also the fate of the earlier attempt, and it's worth noting the land is extremely boggy and marshy in this area.

The site lay dormant until around the 1930s, when efforts were ignited by the Brusselton Colliery Co in establishing a presence nearby to the Brusselton Tower Drift and a 3rd Brusselton Colliery down the road. Ladysmith Colliery was much tamer, appearing to be a drift in the woods next to the farm, and featured an engine house above ground presumably for rope working? This one was not connected to the railway network above ground.

Operations ceased in the late 60s, and the site has again returned to nature.