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Beamish Colliery
Second Pit
An Account of the Strata sunk through at the Second Pit, Beamish South Moor Colliery, from the surface to the Hutton Seam; Boring from Hutton Seam, in the Second Pit at Beamish South Moor Colliery, 1834
Shaft Details
Approximate surface level 490 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Strong clay, mixed with gravel and sand |
12 |
0 |
|
12 |
0 |
| Blue metal stone |
16 |
5 |
|
28 |
5 |
| Whin stone |
2 |
0 |
|
30 |
5 |
| Strong post |
8 |
6 |
|
38 |
11 |
| Strong post, with whin girdles |
5 |
0 |
|
43 |
11 |
| Blue metal stone |
9 |
6 |
|
53 |
5 |
| Strong Shield Row post |
5 |
7 |
|
59 |
0 |
| COAL - Shield Row Seam |
4 |
10 |
|
63 |
10 |
| COAL, good |
2 |
7 |
|
|
|
| COAL, splint |
2 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Thill stone |
4 |
0 |
|
67 |
10 |
| COAL |
1 |
2 |
|
69 |
0 |
| Thill stone |
3 |
4 |
|
72 |
4 |
| Grey metal stone |
3 |
4 |
|
75 |
8 |
| White post, with whin girdles |
2 |
0 |
|
77 |
8 |
| Blue stone |
1 |
6 |
|
79 |
2 |
| COAL, with scare bands |
0 |
9 |
|
79 |
11 |
| Thill stone |
3 |
0 |
|
82 |
11 |
| Soft black metal, with pyritous beds |
7 |
6 |
|
90 |
5 |
| Blue metal stone |
19 |
11 |
|
110 |
4 |
| Black pyritous bed |
1 |
0 |
|
111 |
4 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
4 |
10 |
|
116 |
2 |
| COAL, good |
3 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL, splint |
1 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Thill stone |
3 |
0 |
|
119 |
2 |
| Blue thill stone |
6 |
6 |
|
125 |
8 |
| Whin stone |
1 |
9 |
|
127 |
5 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
6 |
|
130 |
11 |
| Whin stone |
0 |
9 |
|
131 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
18 |
0 |
|
149 |
8 |
| Strong post |
2 |
11 |
|
152 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
10 |
4 |
|
162 |
11 |
| COAL - High Main Seam |
4 |
7 |
|
167 |
6 |
| COAL, with scare bands |
4 |
7 |
|
|
|
| Thill stone |
3 |
4 |
|
170 |
10 |
| White post |
0 |
5 |
|
171 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
3 |
|
171 |
6 |
| White post |
1 |
9 |
|
173 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
5 |
7 |
|
178 |
10 |
| White post |
0 |
8 |
|
179 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
5 |
5 |
|
185 |
0 |
| White post, mixed with ironstone nodules |
1 |
3 |
|
186 |
3 |
| Black metal |
9 |
2 |
|
195 |
5 |
| Blue metal |
6 |
2 |
|
201 |
7 |
| Black metal, with shivery beds |
3 |
2 |
|
204 |
9 |
| White post |
21 |
5 |
|
226 |
2 |
| Strong blue metal |
9 |
5 |
|
235 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
8 |
|
238 |
4 |
| White post, mixed with beds of blue stone 2 feet thick |
42 |
9 |
|
281 |
1 |
| Strong blue metal |
36 |
6 |
|
317 |
7 |
| COAL - Maudlin Seam |
1 |
3 |
|
318 |
10 |
| COAL, with scare bands |
1 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Black, blue, and grey metal, with post girdles |
22 |
3 |
|
341 |
2 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
4 |
2 |
|
345 |
4 |
| Grey, blue, and black metal, with girdles and ironstone nodules |
29 |
6 |
|
374 |
10 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
4 |
2 |
|
379 |
0 |
| Boring from Hutton Seam, 1834 |
0 |
0 |
|
379 |
0 |
| Blue thill stone, 3 fms. of this sunk |
21 |
8 |
|
400 |
8 |
| Grey metal stone, mixed with post |
33 |
4 |
|
434 |
0 |
| Whin stone |
1 |
10 |
|
435 |
10 |
| Grey metal, mixed with post |
14 |
4 |
|
450 |
2 |
| Black parting |
0 |
5 |
|
450 |
7 |
| White post |
14 |
7 |
|
465 |
2 |
| Whin |
1 |
0 |
|
466 |
2 |
| Post |
4 |
8 |
|
470 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
9 |
|
474 |
7 |
| Whin |
2 |
3 |
|
476 |
10 |
| Grey metal, mixed with post |
13 |
2 |
|
490 |
0 |
| Grey metal, mixed with post |
6 |
7 |
|
496 |
7 |
| Blue metal, mixed with post |
11 |
4 |
|
508 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
2 |
|
511 |
2 |
| Very dark blue metal |
11 |
9 |
|
522 |
11 |
| Blue metal, mixed with post girdles |
7 |
7 |
|
530 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
530 |
9 |
| Grey metal, mixed with post girdles |
15 |
2 |
|
545 |
11 |
| White post |
6 |
1 |
|
552 |
0 |
| Grey, metal, mixed with post girdles |
15 |
8 |
|
567 |
8 |
| Strong white post |
2 |
1 |
|
569 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
570 |
1 |
| Blue thill stone |
3 |
6 |
|
573 |
7 |
| Blue thill stone, mixed with post girdles |
9 |
3 |
|
582 |
10 |
| Dark blue stone, (thought coal) |
1 |
6 |
|
584 |
4 |
| Soft shivery thill stone |
2 |
6 |
|
586 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
5 |
1 |
|
592 |
0 |
| Whin |
1 |
11 |
|
593 |
11 |
| White post |
0 |
10 |
|
594 |
9 |
| White post, mixed with strong girdles |
7 |
5 |
|
602 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
5 |
|
603 |
8 |
| White post, mixed with strong girdles |
3 |
7 |
|
607 |
3 |
| Black stone |
3 |
4 |
|
610 |
7 |
| White post |
5 |
10 |
|
616 |
5 |
| Very strong whin |
0 |
7 |
|
617 |
0 |
| Strong white post |
16 |
4 |
|
633 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
634 |
1 |
| Sand, mixed with coal pipes |
3 |
10 |
|
637 |
11 |
| Blue thill stone |
1 |
4 |
|
639 |
3 |
| Slaty thill stone |
3 |
1 |
|
642 |
4 |
| Soft dark post |
10 |
10 |
|
653 |
3 |
| Strong white post |
29 |
5 |
|
682 |
8 |
| Black stone |
1 |
2 |
|
683 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
5 |
|
688 |
3 |
| White post |
0 |
11 |
|
689 |
2 |
| Whin |
1 |
7 |
|
690 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
5 |
5 |
|
696 |
3 |
| Whin |
0 |
4 |
|
696 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
11 |
0 |
|
707 |
7 |
| Strong grey stone |
4 |
3 |
|
711 |
10 |
| Whin |
0 |
4 |
|
712 |
2 |
| Grey stone |
4 |
1 |
|
716 |
3 |
| Post |
1 |
7 |
|
717 |
11 |
| Brown sand |
0 |
10 |
|
718 |
9 |
| COAL |
1 |
4 |
|
720 |
1 |
| Blue thill stone |
1 |
6 |
|
721 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
5 |
6 |
|
727 |
1 |
| COAL |
1 |
4 |
|
728 |
6 |
| Thill stone |
1 |
11 |
|
730 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
1 |
|
733 |
6 |
| Strong post girdle |
0 |
2 |
|
733 |
8 |
| A mild soft stone |
2 |
2 |
|
735 |
10 |
| Dark blue stone |
5 |
2 |
|
741 |
1 |
| Grey post, mixed with whin |
3 |
1 |
|
744 |
2 |
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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 0069 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"
original entry for sinking/boring number 0070 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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