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Acklington
First Borehole, about 800 yards S.E. from Acklington Windill, and 700 yards N.N.E. from Broomhill Farm House
Shaft Details
Approximate surface level 81 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
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ft. |
in. |
| Soil or clay |
13 |
0 |
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13 |
0 |
| Sand, with water |
1 |
0 |
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14 |
0 |
| Clay |
2 |
0 |
|
16 |
0 |
| Sand and soft clay, with water |
7 |
0 |
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23 |
0 |
| Stony clay |
26 |
0 |
|
49 |
0 |
| Blue and black stony clay |
6 |
0 |
|
55 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
9 |
6 |
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64 |
6 |
| Black metal, mixed with coal |
0 |
6 |
|
65 |
0 |
| Blue and black metal |
1 |
0 |
|
66 |
0 |
| COAL |
1 |
4 |
|
67 |
4 |
| Soft black metal, mixed with coal |
0 |
4 |
|
67 |
8 |
| COAL |
4 |
6 |
|
72 |
2 |
| Grey metal, mixed with girdles |
2 |
6 |
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74 |
8 |
| A hard girdle or lump |
0 |
7 |
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75 |
3 |
| Blue and grey metal stone |
6 |
0 |
|
81 |
3 |
| Blue and grey metal stone |
18 |
0 |
|
99 |
3 |
| White post, with brown |
7 |
0 |
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106 |
3 |
| Do. mixed with whin |
1 |
0 |
|
107 |
3 |
| Whin, with water |
1 |
4 |
|
108 |
7 |
| White post |
4 |
6 |
|
113 |
1 |
| Whin, with some small girdles of post |
1 |
2 |
|
114 |
3 |
| White and grey scamy post |
15 |
0 |
|
129 |
3 |
| Open post, with water |
3 |
0 |
|
132 |
3 |
| White post, with brown |
18 |
0 |
|
150 |
3 |
| White and grey coal — pipy post |
1 |
4 |
|
151 |
7 |
| Blue and black metal |
1 |
0 |
|
152 |
7 |
| COAL, with some white scares |
0 |
7 |
|
153 |
2 |
| COAL, with water |
5 |
6 |
|
158 |
8 |
| Grey and blue metal |
8 |
0 |
|
166 |
8 |
| Grey post |
6 |
0 |
|
172 |
8 |
| Whin, with strong white post at the bottom |
2 |
6 |
|
175 |
2 |
| Blue and black metal |
3 |
6 |
|
178 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
179 |
5 |
| Blue and grey metal stone, with water |
12 |
0 |
|
191 |
5 |
| Blue and black metal |
3 |
6 |
|
194 |
11 |
| Black slaty metal, mixed with coal |
0 |
8 |
|
195 |
7 |
| COAL |
3 |
2 |
|
198 |
9 |
| Black slaty metal, mixed with coal |
0 |
4 |
|
199 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
7 |
|
199 |
8 |
| Grey and white post, with water |
21 |
0 |
|
220 |
8 |
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
|
222 |
2 |
| Grey metal and grey metal-stone |
6 |
0 |
|
228 |
2 |
| Grey post |
3 |
0 |
|
231 |
2 |
| White post, with water |
5 |
0 |
|
236 |
2 |
| Do. mixed with whin |
2 |
6 |
|
238 |
8 |
| White and grey post |
3 |
0 |
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241 |
8 |
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Source: An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume A-B, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1878
 original entry for sinking/boring number 0001 in "An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume A-B, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1878"
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