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Earsdon Colliery
Church Pit
Earsdon Colliery Boring Account, at Church Pit, below the High Main Coal. 1838
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1838
Approximate surface level 170 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. |
| Sunk to High Main |
73 |
8 |
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73 |
8 |
| COAL - High Main Seam |
5 |
0 |
|
78 |
8 |
| Swad |
0 |
2 |
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| COAL, foul |
1 |
7 |
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| Grey metal |
0 |
11 |
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| COAL, strong brassy |
2 |
4 |
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| Grey thill |
3 |
9 |
|
82 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
18 |
3 |
|
100 |
8 |
| Grey post, with metal partings |
24 |
3 |
|
124 |
11 |
| White post, with clyers of whin |
5 |
9 |
|
130 |
8 |
| Blue metal, with scares of post |
3 |
3 |
|
133 |
11 |
| White post, with water |
12 |
6 |
|
146 |
5 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
4 |
|
146 |
9 |
| Dark blue metal, mixed with coal |
1 |
4 |
|
148 |
1 |
| Grey thill |
3 |
0 |
|
151 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
11 |
|
153 |
0 |
| Post girdles, with metal partings |
9 |
10 |
|
162 |
10 |
| Black stone |
2 |
0 |
|
164 |
10 |
| Dark grey post, with water |
9 |
6 |
|
174 |
4 |
| COAL - Stone Coal Seam |
1 |
8 |
|
176 |
0 |
| Dark grey thill |
0 |
7 |
|
176 |
7 |
| Dark grey post, with water |
1 |
6 |
|
178 |
1 |
| Strong white post, with clyers of whin |
5 |
4 |
|
183 |
5 |
| Dark grey post |
1 |
6 |
|
184 |
11 |
| Dark grey metal |
0 |
8 |
|
185 |
7 |
| Grey post |
1 |
4 |
|
186 |
11 |
| Black stone |
2 |
0 |
|
188 |
11 |
| Scaly grey post |
1 |
6 |
|
190 |
5 |
| Post girdles, with grey metal partings |
2 |
4 |
|
192 |
9 |
| Grey metal stone, with post girdles |
7 |
10 |
|
200 |
7 |
| Blue metal, with ironstone girdles |
4 |
8 |
|
205 |
3 |
| Blue metal, with post girdles |
4 |
2 |
|
209 |
5 |
| Dark blue metal, with ironstone girdles |
3 |
4 |
|
212 |
9 |
| Black stone, mixed with coal |
0 |
4 |
|
213 |
1 |
| Dark grey thill |
1 |
0 |
|
214 |
1 |
| COAL |
1 |
5 |
|
215 |
6 |
| Dark thill (grey) |
0 |
6 |
|
216 |
0 |
| Dark grey metal |
3 |
1 |
|
219 |
1 |
| Post girdle |
0 |
5 |
|
219 |
6 |
| Dark grey metal |
4 |
11 |
|
224 |
5 |
| Strong white post |
4 |
0 |
|
228 |
5 |
| Grey post girdles, with metal partings |
3 |
4 |
|
231 |
9 |
| Strong white post, with dyer of whin |
8 |
6 |
|
240 |
3 |
| Post girdles, with grey metal partings |
5 |
1 |
|
245 |
4 |
| COAL - Yard Coal Seam * |
1 |
8 |
|
247 |
0 |
| Black stone |
0 |
2 |
|
247 |
2 |
| Grey thill |
2 |
0 |
|
249 |
2 |
| Post and whin girdles, with metal partings |
3 |
0 |
|
252 |
2 |
| Blue metal, with ironstone girdles |
8 |
0 |
|
260 |
2 |
| Grey post, with metal partings |
18 |
0 |
|
278 |
2 |
| Strong white post, with whin clyers |
42 |
0 |
|
320 |
2 |
| Dark blue metal, with ironstone girdles |
4 |
7 |
|
324 |
9 |
| COAL - Bensham Seam |
4 |
0 |
|
328 |
9 |
| COAL |
1 |
10 |
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| Dark band |
0 |
8 |
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| COAL |
1 |
6 |
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| Dark thill, mixed with coal |
0 |
8 |
|
329 |
5 |
| Left off in grey thill |
0 |
4 |
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329 |
9 |
| * Found on sinking to be 2 feet 8 inches; coarse, but burns well |
0 |
0 |
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329 |
9 |
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Source: An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume C-E, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1881
 original entry for sinking/boring number 0745 in "An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume C-E, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1881"
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