It's some time ago since there was a thread about coal mining at Amble and Wellhaugh but I came across this old newspaper article about it from 1783:
To be let for a term of years, and entered on immediately, or when agreed upon, all that colliery and seams of coal lying under the several estates in the Manor of Amble, in the parish of Warkworth, and county of Northumberland: And all those premises and other conveniences for making of salt, situated upon the sea rocks at Amble Point, which is allowed by all judges to be the most eligible situation upon the East Coast for making of salt, having at the ebbest tides a constant supply of salt water. - The Colliery will either be let to be wrought in any part of the Manor, and to the greatest extent, or otherwise in a part of the Manor convenient to the Salt Pans, and for the use of them only.
Mr Robert Fawcus, of Amble Hope Houses, near Warkworth, will, upon application, show the premises.
Whoever chooses to take the said Colliery, and premises for making of salt, are desired to send their proposals in writing, sealed, and addressed to Mr John Leadbitter, of Capheaton."
Newcastle Chronicle, 6 December 1783
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