Beamish
Mount Pit
Account of Strata sunk through in the Mount Pit, Beamish South Moor, August 27th, 1759
Shaft Details
Sunk: 27 Aug 1758
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
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ft. |
in. |
| Earth work |
10 |
0 |
|
10 |
0 |
| Blue stone |
9 |
0 |
|
19 |
0 |
| Quarry post |
6 |
0 |
|
25 |
0 |
| Whin |
3 |
0 |
|
28 |
0 |
| Quarry post |
29 |
0 |
|
57 |
0 |
| COAL, foul (crops out at big pit) |
1 |
2 |
|
58 |
2 |
| Soft blue stone |
5 |
0 |
|
63 |
2 |
| Grey and blue stone |
7 |
10 |
|
71 |
0 |
| White post |
3 |
0 |
|
74 |
0 |
| Whin |
2 |
0 |
|
76 |
0 |
| Soft blue stone |
11 |
0 |
|
87 |
0 |
| COAL, foul (crops out under the Quarry Dean) |
0 |
10 |
|
87 |
10 |
| Soft thill |
2 |
0 |
|
89 |
10 |
| Brown post |
15 |
0 |
|
104 |
10 |
| Blue stone |
7 |
2 |
|
112 |
0 |
| COAL (crops out above Lonsdale's) |
1 |
8 |
|
113 |
8 |
| Blue stone |
9 |
4 |
|
123 |
0 |
| Post |
4 |
0 |
|
127 |
0 |
| Soft blue stone |
10 |
0 |
|
137 |
0 |
| Grey post girdles |
7 |
0 |
|
144 |
0 |
| Blue stone |
31 |
0 |
|
175 |
0 |
| COAL (crops out at W. Cockburn's) |
2 |
3 |
|
177 |
3 |
| Thill |
2 |
0 |
|
179 |
3 |
| Post girdles |
8 |
0 |
|
187 |
3 |
| Black stone |
15 |
6 |
|
202 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
203 |
1 |
| Grey stone |
5 |
0 |
|
208 |
1 |
| Strong white post |
37 |
0 |
|
245 |
1 |
| COAL |
9 |
0 |
|
254 |
1 |
| COAL |
2 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Blue stone |
2 |
3 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
4 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Blue stone |
4 |
0 |
|
258 |
1 |
| Strong green post |
6 |
0 |
|
264 |
1 |
| Strong grey stone |
19 |
2 |
|
283 |
3 |
| COAL, foul, foot coal |
0 |
10 |
|
284 |
1 |
| Grey stone |
5 |
0 |
|
289 |
1 |
| Green post |
3 |
0 |
|
292 |
1 |
| Bastey grey stone |
27 |
6 |
|
319 |
7 |
| COAL - Hard Coal Seam |
4 |
6 |
|
324 |
1 |
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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 0071 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"
