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The two Giridih District Collieries owned and operated by EIR were :-
*Kurhurbaree Colliery, with alternative spelling Karharbari (2 km west of Giridih)<ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V12_252.gif&volume=12 “Imperial Gazetteer of India,” v. 12, p. 246]; Retrieved 19 Feb 2017</ref>
*Seramphore CollieriesColliery, with alternative spelling Serampore (at Beniadih, 2km south-west of Giridih)<ref>[http://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/rg_giridih_one.htm “The Giridih Coalfields - From Sea to Sea" vol.2, reports on Kipling’s visit to the East India Railway Company’s coal-field at Giridih in late-January early-February 1888, published in the Pioneer "On the Surface 24 August 1888, Page 307, line 13" which states 'Serampore Raja is a place in Beniadih, Giridih, in the coalfield area. The Raja of Serampore was the original landlord who gave mining rights to the East India Railway to start the Giridih Coalfields. ''There is also another town close to Calcutta of the same name, Serampore, which was once a Danish enclave, but this is not the one referred to by Kipling'' ']; Retrieved 19 Feb 2017</ref>
The 1936-37 Report on Railways <ref>[http://hdl.handle.net/10973/18160 “Report by the Railway Board on Indian Railways for 1936-37. Vol. I; Railway Department, Government of India” Paragraph 61(iii) (a) and (b), page 61, pdf 81 ]; Retrieved 22 Jul 2020</ref> stated:-
