Byers Green Colliery
Byers Green Colliery Sinking. Commenced January, 1840 ; finished August, 1841
Shaft Details
Sunk: Jan 1840, Closed: Jun 1931
Approximate surface level 370 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Outset |
6 |
0 |
|
6 |
0 |
| Soil |
1 |
0 |
|
7 |
0 |
| Yellow clay |
5 |
6 |
|
12 |
6 |
| Sand, with water |
3 |
0 |
|
15 |
6 |
| Blue clay |
11 |
0 |
|
26 |
6 |
| Grey post |
1 |
0 |
|
27 |
6 |
| Grey metal stone |
6 |
0 |
|
33 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
33 |
10 |
| Thill |
1 |
0 |
|
34 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
35 |
3 |
| Thill |
1 |
0 |
|
36 |
3 |
| Black stone, with water |
2 |
0 |
|
38 |
3 |
| Blue metal stone |
17 |
4 |
|
55 |
7 |
| Brown metal stone |
1 |
0 |
|
56 |
7 |
| Blue metal and ironstone |
1 |
5 |
|
58 |
0 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
2 |
3 |
|
60 |
3 |
| Thill |
9 |
0 |
|
69 |
3 |
| Black stone, with water |
0 |
9 |
|
70 |
0 |
| Grey metal stone |
5 |
0 |
|
75 |
0 |
| White post, with water |
12 |
0 |
|
87 |
0 |
| Grey metal stone |
1 |
3 |
|
88 |
3 |
| Black stone |
1 |
8 |
|
89 |
11 |
| Blue stone |
1 |
0 |
|
90 |
11 |
| Black stone |
0 |
4 |
|
91 |
3 |
| Blue metal stone |
4 |
9 |
|
96 |
0 |
| Grey metal stone |
6 |
0 |
|
102 |
0 |
| Blue metal and ironstone |
5 |
8 |
|
107 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
108 |
0 |
| Brown thill |
1 |
7 |
|
109 |
7 |
| White post |
1 |
2 |
|
110 |
9 |
| Dark grey post |
1 |
4 |
|
112 |
1 |
| White post |
1 |
2 |
|
113 |
3 |
| Strong brown post girdles |
1 |
8 |
|
114 |
11 |
| Grey post, with water |
2 |
10 |
|
117 |
9 |
| Blue metal stone |
3 |
4 |
|
121 |
1 |
| Ironstone |
0 |
4 |
|
121 |
5 |
| Blue metal stone |
3 |
0 |
|
124 |
5 |
| Dark thill |
0 |
8 |
|
125 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
125 |
5 |
| Brown thill |
0 |
6 |
|
125 |
11 |
| Grey post |
5 |
4 |
|
131 |
3 |
| White post, with water |
10 |
9 |
|
142 |
0 |
| Grey metal stone |
4 |
8 |
|
146 |
8 |
| Grey post |
4 |
6 |
|
151 |
2 |
| Blue metal stone |
0 |
10 |
|
152 |
0 |
| White post girdle |
1 |
0 |
|
153 |
0 |
| Blue metal and iron stone |
26 |
6 |
|
179 |
6 |
| Black stone |
1 |
6 |
|
181 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
181 |
5 |
| Grey thill |
2 |
6 |
|
183 |
11 |
| Grey post |
5 |
1 |
|
189 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
|
189 |
2 |
| Grey post |
4 |
6 |
|
193 |
8 |
| White post girdle |
1 |
0 |
|
194 |
8 |
| Grey metal stone |
4 |
6 |
|
199 |
2 |
| Black stone |
1 |
0 |
|
200 |
2 |
| White post |
0 |
2 |
|
200 |
4 |
| COAL |
1 |
8 |
|
202 |
0 |
| Grey thill |
3 |
0 |
|
205 |
0 |
| Soft metal parting |
0 |
3 |
|
205 |
3 |
| White post |
14 |
9 |
|
220 |
0 |
| Blue metal stone |
3 |
8 |
|
223 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
224 |
3 |
| Dark grey thill |
0 |
8 |
|
224 |
11 |
| Light grey thill |
5 |
8 |
|
230 |
7 |
| Dark grey post |
12 |
6 |
|
243 |
1 |
| White post, with 5 feet of whin in the back side of pit |
23 |
0 |
|
266 |
1 |
| Blue metal stone |
3 |
3 |
|
269 |
4 |
| COAL, band 6 in. from the top |
2 |
5 |
|
271 |
9 |
| Dark brown thill |
4 |
4 |
|
276 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
276 |
5 |
| Dark brown thill, with post |
1 |
0 |
|
277 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
278 |
1 |
| Dark brown thill |
2 |
11 |
|
281 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
281 |
8 |
| Grey thill |
2 |
9 |
|
284 |
5 |
| Grey metal stone |
28 |
8 |
|
313 |
1 |
| Blue metal stone |
2 |
0 |
|
315 |
1 |
| COAL - Busty Seam |
6 |
9 |
|
321 |
10 |
| COAL |
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
| Brown thill |
0 |
4½ |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
4½ |
|
|
|
| Brown thill |
1 |
7 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
2 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Brown thill |
1 |
10 |
|
323 |
8 |
| White post |
1 |
6 |
|
325 |
2 |
| Grey post |
7 |
6 |
|
332 |
8 |
| White post |
24 |
7 |
|
357 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
358 |
1 |
| Blue metal stone |
0 |
5 |
|
358 |
6 |
| Grey post and white girdles |
7 |
0 |
|
365 |
6 |
| Blue metal stone |
1 |
0 |
|
366 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
366 |
11 |
| Strong brown thill |
3 |
1 |
|
370 |
0 |
| Strong brown thill |
1 |
11 |
|
371 |
11 |
| Grey metal stone, with post girdles |
5 |
0 |
|
376 |
11 |
| Blue metal, very strong |
4 |
6 |
|
381 |
5 |
| Black stone |
1 |
7 |
|
383 |
0 |
| Strong brown thill |
4 |
1 |
|
387 |
1 |
| Blue metal stone |
0 |
4 |
|
387 |
5 |
| Grey post |
7 |
8 |
|
395 |
1 |
| White post girdles and metal partings |
15 |
0 |
|
410 |
1 |
| Strong white post |
25 |
0 |
|
435 |
1 |
| COAL - Main Coal or Brockwell Seam |
3 |
9 |
|
438 |
10 |
| Strong grey thill |
2 |
2 |
|
441 |
0 |
| White post |
3 |
2 |
|
444 |
2 |
| Blue metal stone |
6 |
0 |
|
450 |
2 |
| Grey post |
5 |
8 |
|
455 |
10 |
| White post |
2 |
6 |
|
458 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
0 |
|
459 |
4 |
| White post |
2 |
4 |
|
461 |
8 |
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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 0385 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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