Axwell Colliery
No. 1 Pit
Strata sunk through in No. 1 Pit, Axwell Colliery, 1878
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1878
Approximate surface level 290 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Soil |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
| Soil and gravel |
8 |
0 |
|
9 |
0 |
| Gravelly clay |
9 |
0 |
|
18 |
0 |
| Freestone post, mixed with clay |
18 |
0 |
|
36 |
0 |
| Yellow and white freestone |
6 |
0 |
|
42 |
0 |
| White post |
3 |
0 |
|
45 |
0 |
| Blue shale |
3 |
6 |
|
48 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
6 |
|
51 |
0 |
| COAL - Towneley Main Seam |
4 |
2 |
|
55 |
2 |
| COAL |
2 |
5 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
4½ |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
4½ |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay |
4 |
0 |
|
59 |
2 |
| COAL - Tilley Seam |
1 |
1 |
|
60 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Coarse seggar |
2 |
7 |
|
62 |
10 |
| Thill shale |
2 |
9 |
|
65 |
7 |
| Yellow and grey freestone |
16 |
0 |
|
81 |
7 |
| COAL - Cannel, Splint or Hodge Seam |
5 |
8 |
|
87 |
3 |
| COAL, cannel |
1 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Brown band |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Coarse seggar-clay |
2 |
2 |
|
89 |
5 |
| Blue metal thill |
4 |
6 |
|
93 |
11 |
| White freestone post |
6 |
9 |
|
100 |
8 |
| White girdle |
1 |
0 |
|
101 |
8 |
| Grey leafy post |
4 |
0 |
|
105 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
3 |
|
109 |
11 |
| Grey freestone |
3 |
9 |
|
113 |
8 |
| Blue metal and post girdles |
3 |
0 |
|
116 |
8 |
| Dark blue metal |
1 |
6 |
|
118 |
2 |
| COAL - Stone Coal or Upper Busty Seam |
2 |
6 |
|
120 |
8 |
| COAL |
2 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Blue band |
0 |
1½ |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
4½ |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
3 |
|
122 |
11 |
| Coarse clay |
2 |
9 |
|
125 |
8 |
| Blue metal, with iron girdles |
10 |
0 |
|
135 |
8 |
| Black shale |
0 |
1 |
|
135 |
9 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter or Lower Busty Seam |
3 |
6 |
|
139 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
11 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
1½ |
|
|
|
| COAL |
2 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Coal and blue metal mixed |
1 |
3 |
|
140 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
2 |
|
141 |
8 |
| Coarse seggar, with ironstone balls |
3 |
9 |
|
145 |
5 |
| Black metal |
2 |
6 |
|
147 |
11 |
| Dark shale |
0 |
11 |
|
148 |
10 |
| COAL - Three-Quarter Seam |
2 |
2 |
|
151 |
0 |
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
6 |
|
152 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
152 |
8 |
| Coarse seggar-clay |
2 |
2 |
|
154 |
10 |
| Black metal |
1 |
0 |
|
155 |
10 |
| White post |
5 |
0 |
|
160 |
10 |
| Blue post |
1 |
0 |
|
161 |
10 |
| Yellow and white coarse post |
16 |
8 |
|
178 |
6 |
| Coarse white post |
7 |
0 |
|
185 |
6 |
| Yellow and white post |
14 |
0 |
|
199 |
6 |
| Soft blue metal |
0 |
6 |
|
200 |
0 |
| Mild white post, with blue partings |
8 |
6 |
|
208 |
6 |
| Strong white post |
6 |
0 |
|
214 |
6 |
| COAL - Brockwell Seam |
3 |
0 |
|
217 |
6 |
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Source: An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910
original entry for sinking/boring number 2384 in "An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910"
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