Sheriff Hill

Doll Pit

Section of the Several Seams of Coal, as they lie below each other in the Doll Pit, Gateshead Fell

Shaft Details

Approximate surface level 425 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)

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Geology encountered	Thickness		Depth
	ft.	in.	ft.	in.
Strata	201	8	201	8
COAL - Upper Main Coal Seam	5	4	207	0
COAL	2	10
Stone	0	4
COAL	2	2
Strata	46	2	253	2
COAL - Metal Coal Seam	1	10	255	0
Strata	31	6	286	6
COAL - Stone Coal Seam	1	6	288	0
Strata	58	2	346	2
COAL - Yard Coal Seam	7	10	354	0
COAL (Little Coal)	1	10
Stone	3	0
COAL (Yard Coal)	3	0
Strata	63	3	417	3
COAL - Bensham Seam	2	9	420	0
COAL	1	5
Stone	0	4
COAL	1	0
Strata	5	0	425	0
Strata	65	0	490	0
COAL - Six-Quarter Seam	4	6	494	6
COAL	1	10
COAL, cannel	1	2
Stone	0	2
COAL	1	4
COAL - Five-Quarter Seam	3	6	498	0
Stone	0	4
COAL	3	2
Strata	43	6	541	6
COAL - Low Main Seam	4	6	546	0

Source: An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume S-T, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1894

original entry for sinking/boring number 1746 in "An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume S-T, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1894"



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