| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Soil |
0 |
8 |
|
0 |
8 |
| Yellow clay |
3 |
0 |
|
3 |
8 |
| Dark brown clay |
42 |
0 |
|
45 |
8 |
| Sand, with a little water |
0 |
7 |
|
46 |
3 |
| Loamy clay |
6 |
0 |
|
52 |
3 |
| Strong stony clay |
43 |
0 |
|
95 |
3 |
| Strong brown post |
4 |
9 |
|
100 |
0 |
| Strong brown post |
0 |
10 |
|
100 |
10 |
| Brown metal |
10 |
3 |
|
111 |
1 |
| Black stone, mixed with coal |
0 |
6 |
|
111 |
7 |
| Grey metal thill |
3 |
8 |
|
115 |
3 |
| Soft brown metal |
4 |
10 |
|
120 |
1 |
| Strong grey metal, with red partings |
7 |
0 |
|
127 |
1 |
| Grey post, with coal pipes |
4 |
0 |
|
131 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
6 |
6 |
|
137 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
137 |
9 |
| Grey metal thill, with balls of ironstone |
5 |
6 |
|
143 |
3 |
| Strong grey post |
4 |
4 |
|
147 |
7 |
| Strong grey post girdle |
1 |
9 |
|
149 |
4 |
| Grey post |
2 |
0 |
|
151 |
4 |
| White post |
4 |
8 |
|
156 |
0 |
| Grey post |
3 |
5 |
|
159 |
5 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
0 |
|
162 |
5 |
| Black stone |
21 |
4 |
|
183 |
9 |
| Grey metal thill, with ironstone balls |
0 |
6 |
|
184 |
3 |
| Brown post |
3 |
8 |
|
187 |
11 |
| Dark grey metal, with |
26 |
5 |
|
214 |
4 |
| brown partings |
9 |
0 |
|
223 |
4 |
| Black stone, with coal pipes |
1 |
0 |
|
224 |
4 |
| Grey metal thill |
1 |
8 |
|
226 |
0 |
| White post girdle |
1 |
6 |
|
227 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
6 |
0 |
|
233 |
6 |
| Black stone |
0 |
7 |
|
234 |
1 |
| Grey metal thill |
1 |
7 |
|
235 |
8 |
| COAL, mixed with stone |
1 |
0 |
|
236 |
8 |
| Grey metal thill |
2 |
0 |
|
238 |
8 |
| White post |
4 |
7 |
|
243 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
6 |
|
244 |
9 |
| Grey post girdle |
1 |
10 |
|
246 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
13 |
10 |
|
260 |
5 |
| Black stone |
2 |
2 |
|
262 |
7 |
| Grey metal thill |
1 |
4 |
|
263 |
11 |
| White post |
4 |
0 |
|
267 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
10 |
|
268 |
9 |
| Black stone, with coal pipes |
1 |
2 |
|
269 |
11 |
| Grey metal thill, with ironstone balls |
3 |
0 |
|
272 |
11 |
| Black stone |
0 |
3 |
|
273 |
2 |
| Grey metal thill, with ironstone balls, very much broken |
1 |
5 |
|
274 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
275 |
1 |
| Dark grey metal thill, with ironstone balls |
3 |
0 |
|
278 |
1 |
| Dark grey metal |
6 |
0 |
|
284 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
6 |
0 |
|
290 |
1 |
| Black stone |
0 |
7 |
|
290 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
6 |
0 |
|
296 |
8 |
| Brown metal, with partings |
13 |
8 |
|
310 |
4 |
| Brown post |
8 |
0 |
|
318 |
4 |
| Brown post, with brown partings |
3 |
0 |
|
321 |
4 |
| Blue metal, ironstone balls |
20 |
7 |
|
341 |
11 |
| Black stone |
1 |
10 |
|
343 |
9 |
| Grey post |
10 |
0 |
|
353 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
21 |
0 |
|
374 |
9 |
| Soft leader, mixed with metal, post, and coal |
98 |
0 |
|
472 |
9 |
| White post |
12 |
0 |
|
484 |
9 |
| Hitch stone |
3 |
0 |
|
487 |
9 |
| COAL |
1 |
8 |
|
489 |
5 |
| Soft thill stone |
12 |
0 |
|
501 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
502 |
3 |
| Thill stone, with ironstone balls |
21 |
0 |
|
523 |
3 |
| Blue metal, with post girdles |
12 |
0 |
|
535 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
535 |
11 |
| Thill stone |
6 |
0 |
|
541 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
18 |
0 |
|
559 |
11 |
| Grey post girdles, mixed with whin |
3 |
0 |
|
562 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
12 |
0 |
|
574 |
11 |
| Blue metal and post, with hitch stone |
10 |
10 |
|
585 |
9 |
| COAL |
3 |
1 |
|
588 |
10 |
| COAL |
1 |
5½ |
|
|
|
| Grey metal band |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
4½ |
|
|
|
| Dark thill stone |
2 |
0 |
|
590 |
10 |
| Grey post |
4 |
0 |
|
594 |
10 |
| Grey metal and post girdles |
22 |
0 |
|
616 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
23 |
0 |
|
639 |
10 |
| Soft hitch stone |
66 |
0 |
|
705 |
10 |
| Dark blue metal |
13 |
0 |
|
718 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
11 |
|
719 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
|
|
| COAL, mixed with stone |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Seggar or thill stone, very soft, mixed with a little water |
12 |
0 |
|
731 |
9 |
| White post and metal, very soft |
12 |
0 |
|
743 |
9 |
| Strong grey post |
6 |
0 |
|
749 |
9 |
| Strong grey metal, with post girdles |
18 |
0 |
|
767 |
9 |
| COAL |
1 |
8½ |
|
769 |
5½ |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
0½ |
|
|
|
| COAL, good |
0 |
11 |
|
|
|
| Grey post, with whin girdles |
22 |
10 |
|
792 |
3½ |
| Strong grey metal and post girdles |
8 |
0 |
|
800 |
3½ |
| Dark blue metal, with ironstone girdles |
13 |
4 |
|
813 |
7½ |
| COAL, coarse |
0 |
5 |
|
814 |
0½ |
| Strong grey metal |
10 |
5 |
|
824 |
5½ |
| White post |
8 |
3 |
|
832 |
8½ |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
833 |
1½ |
| Dark thill stone, with iron balls |
3 |
9 |
|
836 |
10½ |
| White post and whin girdles |
36 |
6 |
|
873 |
4½ |
| Soft dark metal |
11 |
6 |
|
884 |
10½ |
| COAL |
5 |
4 |
|
890 |
2½ |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Thill stone |
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL (good coal, 1ft. 9in.; coarse, 6 in.; drift) |
2 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Thill stone |
1 |
6 |
|
891 |
8½ |
| Strong white post, coal pipes at bottom |
57 |
7 |
|
949 |
3½ |
| Black stone |
2 |
7½ |
|
951 |
11 |
| COAL, good |
1 |
8 |
|
953 |
7 |
| Splint |
0 |
2 |
|
953 |
9 |
| Thill stone |
7 |
7 |
|
961 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
0 |
|
965 |
4 |
| White post |
5 |
9 |
|
971 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
5 |
10 |
|
976 |
11 |
| Strong white post, mixed with whin and a little water and stone, coarse grained, of various colours |
51 |
4 |
|
1028 |
3 |
| Dark blue metal |
3 |
6 |
|
1031 |
9 |
| Dark stone |
2 |
0 |
|
1033 |
9 |
| Post and whin girdles |
8 |
0 |
|
1041 |
9 |
| Black slaty stone |
11 |
6 |
|
1053 |
3 |
| Grey metal and post girdles |
6 |
0 |
|
1059 |
3 |
| Dark blue metal and ironstone girdles |
6 |
2 |
|
1065 |
5 |
| COAL |
1 |
3 |
|
1066 |
8 |
| Dark stone, mixed with coal |
0 |
5 |
|
1067 |
1 |
| Strong grey metal |
10 |
0 |
|
1077 |
1 |
| Strong grey post |
17 |
0 |
|
1094 |
1 |
| Blue metal, with ironstone girdles |
10 |
0 |
|
1104 |
1 |
| Dark slaty stone |
4 |
0 |
|
1108 |
1 |
| COAL - Supposed High Main Coal Seam |
3 |
0 |
|
1111 |
1 |
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL, very coarse splinty, mixed with band |
1 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Dark slaty stone |
0 |
9 |
|
1111 |
10 |
| Seggar or thill stone |
1 |
6 |
|
1113 |
4 |
| Strong grey metal |
28 |
0 |
|
1141 |
4 |
| Grey metal stone, with post girdles |
18 |
9 |
|
1160 |
1 |
| Strong grey post, with whin girdles, and a little water |
61 |
2 |
|
1221 |
3 |
| COAL - Brass Thill ; drift |
2 |
6 |
|
1223 |
9 |
| Strong seggar |
2 |
8 |
|
1226 |
5 |
| Strong grey metal, with post girdles |
9 |
6 |
|
1235 |
11 |
| Black metal stone |
9 |
9½ |
|
1245 |
8½ |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
1246 |
1½ |
| Dark metal stone |
10 |
6 |
|
1256 |
7½ |
| Grey metal stone |
5 |
0 |
|
1261 |
7½ |
| Grey post |
5 |
0 |
|
1266 |
7½ |
| Strong grey metal |
6 |
0 |
|
1272 |
7½ |
| White post |
8 |
4 |
|
1280 |
11½ |
| Grey metal |
15 |
0 |
|
1295 |
11½ |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
1296 |
8½ |
| Soft thill stone |
3 |
1 |
|
1299 |
9½ |
| COAL |
0 |
9½ |
|
1300 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
2½ |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Strong grey post |
7 |
0 |
|
1307 |
7 |
| Dark blue metal, with ironstone girdles |
16 |
10 |
|
1324 |
5 |
| COAL - Yard Coal Seam |
3 |
4 |
|
1327 |
9 |
| COAL |
1 |
7 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
1½ |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
2½ |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Seggar or thill stone |
2 |
4 |
|
1330 |
1 |
| Black metal |
1 |
5 |
|
1331 |
6 |
| Grey post, mixed with whin girdles |
6 |
5 |
|
1337 |
11 |
| Dark blue metal |
6 |
6 |
|
1344 |
5 |
| Blue metal, with ironstone girdles |
7 |
10 |
|
1352 |
3 |
| Dark metal stone |
3 |
4 |
|
1355 |
7 |
| Grey post, with whin girdles |
7 |
4 |
|
1362 |
11 |
| Strong grey metal, with post girdles |
16 |
0 |
|
1378 |
11 |
| Dark metal |
0 |
1 |
|
1379 |
0 |
| COAL - Bensham Seam |
5 |
6 |
|
1384 |
6 |
| COAL, top |
3 |
1 |
|
|
|
| Splint |
0 |
2½ |
|
|
|
| COAL, coarse |
0 |
1½ |
|
|
|
| COAL, bottom |
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
| Strong grey post |
7 |
0 |
|
1391 |
6 |
| Strong grey metal, with ironstone balls |
12 |
0 |
|
1403 |
6 |
| Strong grey metal, with post girdles |
8 |
5 |
|
1411 |
11 |
| COAL, splinty |
1 |
0 |
|
1412 |
11 |
| Grey post |
6 |
5 |
|
1419 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
2 |
|
1425 |
6 |
| Black stone |
1 |
9 |
|
1427 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
1427 |
10 |
| Grey post |
6 |
3 |
|
1434 |
1 |
| White post |
13 |
4 |
|
1447 |
5 |
| Grey metal, post girdles |
4 |
0 |
|
1451 |
5 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
2 |
6 |
|
1453 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
2 |
|
1458 |
1 |
| White post |
42 |
9 |
|
1500 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
21 |
2 |
|
1522 |
0 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam on Wear, Low Main on Tyne |
4 |
9 |
|
1526 |
9 |
| COAL, good |
4 |
4 |
|
|
|
| COAL, coarse |
0 |
5 |
|
|
|
| Sunk for sump— |
0 |
0 |
|
1526 |
9 |
| Grey metal thill |
3 |
0 |
|
1529 |
9 |
| Grey metal, with ironstone girdles |
15 |
6 |
|
1545 |
3 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
11 |
7 |
|
1556 |
10 |