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Burradon Colliery
Engine Pit
Account of Strata sunk through at the Engine Pit, Burradon Colliery, on the North Side of the 90-Fathom Dyke, from the Surface to the Low Main Seam. October 4th, 1837
Shaft Details
Sunk: 04 Oct 1837, Closed: Nov 1975
Approximate surface level 250 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Scaffold above the surface |
6 |
0 |
|
6 |
0 |
| Soil |
2 |
0 |
|
8 |
0 |
| Clay, mixed with pebbles |
19 |
10 |
|
27 |
10 |
| Grey metal stone |
11 |
8 |
|
39 |
6 |
| Whin, mixed with post and spar |
6 |
4 |
|
45 |
10 |
| Grey and blue metal |
8 |
0 |
|
53 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
54 |
6 |
| Blue and grey metal |
7 |
4 |
|
61 |
10 |
| Whin |
1 |
6 |
|
63 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
20 |
8 |
|
84 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
4 |
|
88 |
4 |
| Black metal |
4 |
6 |
|
92 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
7 |
|
95 |
5 |
| COAL |
1 |
4 |
|
96 |
9 |
| Dark grey metal |
2 |
3 |
|
99 |
0 |
| Black stone |
1 |
6 |
|
100 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
101 |
0 |
| Grey and white post, with whin |
20 |
0 |
|
121 |
0 |
| Thill, or indurated clay |
2 |
0 |
|
123 |
0 |
| White post girdles |
1 |
0 |
|
124 |
0 |
| Grey girdle and metal stone |
3 |
2 |
|
127 |
2 |
| White post |
15 |
0 |
|
142 |
2 |
| Black stone |
1 |
0 |
|
143 |
2 |
| Blue stone and grey girdles |
10 |
0 |
|
153 |
2 |
| Grey post |
4 |
0 |
|
157 |
2 |
| Black and blue metal stone |
6 |
9 |
|
163 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
164 |
8 |
| Thill, or indurated clay |
1 |
6 |
|
166 |
2 |
| Grey post |
4 |
2 |
|
170 |
4 |
| Blue stone |
1 |
3 |
|
171 |
7 |
| White post |
25 |
8 |
|
197 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
5 |
4 |
|
202 |
7 |
| Blue metal stone |
3 |
8 |
|
206 |
3 |
| Black stone |
0 |
6 |
|
206 |
9 |
| Black metal stone |
3 |
0 |
|
209 |
9 |
| Black stone |
1 |
9 |
|
211 |
6 |
| Grey girdles and blue metal stone |
9 |
0 |
|
220 |
6 |
| Whin girdles |
0 |
8 |
|
221 |
2 |
| Blue stone |
5 |
10 |
|
227 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
227 |
9 |
| Blue metal, with grey post girdles |
7 |
3 |
|
235 |
0 |
| Whin |
1 |
3 |
|
236 |
3 |
| White post |
2 |
0 |
|
238 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
4 |
|
240 |
7 |
| Black stone |
9 |
5 |
|
250 |
0 |
| Black stone |
10 |
3 |
|
260 |
3 |
| COAL |
2 |
9 |
|
263 |
0 |
| Black stone |
0 |
3 |
|
263 |
3 |
| Blue metal stone |
11 |
2 |
|
274 |
5 |
| COAL, foul |
0 |
6 |
|
274 |
11 |
| Blue stone |
4 |
6 |
|
279 |
5 |
| COAL (not saleable) |
0 |
9 |
|
280 |
2 |
| Band or stone |
0 |
3 |
|
280 |
5 |
| COAL - High Main Seam |
4 |
10 |
|
285 |
3 |
| COAL, good |
3 |
9 |
|
|
|
| COAL, bad |
0 |
8 |
|
|
|
| COAL, bad, mixed with stone |
0 |
5 |
|
|
|
| Black stone, mixed with coal |
2 |
1 |
|
287 |
4 |
| Blue stone, mixed with whin girdles |
4 |
3 |
|
291 |
7 |
| Blue metal stone |
2 |
1 |
|
293 |
8 |
| COAL - Crow Coal Seam |
3 |
4 |
|
297 |
0 |
| Thill |
1 |
6 |
|
298 |
6 |
| Blue stone |
5 |
3 |
|
303 |
9 |
| Strong blue stone, with scams and post |
3 |
9 |
|
307 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
9 |
|
311 |
3 |
| White post, mixed with whin |
9 |
8 |
|
320 |
11 |
| Whin |
5 |
0 |
|
325 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
0 |
|
326 |
11 |
| Grey post |
8 |
4 |
|
335 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
6 |
|
339 |
9 |
| COAL - Metal Coal Seam |
2 |
5 |
|
342 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
2 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Thill |
0 |
3 |
|
342 |
5 |
| Blue metal and grey girdles |
18 |
9 |
|
361 |
2 |
| White post |
9 |
2 |
|
370 |
4 |
| COAL - Grey Seam |
1 |
6 |
|
371 |
10 |
| Thill |
3 |
0 |
|
374 |
10 |
| Grey metal, with whin girdles |
7 |
8 |
|
382 |
6 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
6 |
0 |
|
388 |
6 |
| Whin |
1 |
0 |
|
389 |
6 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
10 |
10 |
|
400 |
4 |
| Whin |
1 |
6 |
|
401 |
10 |
| Strong white post |
4 |
0 |
|
405 |
10 |
| Black stone, scared with coal |
1 |
2 |
|
407 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
407 |
4 |
| Black metal, scared with coal |
1 |
6 |
|
408 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
9 |
2 |
|
418 |
0 |
| Black metal, scared with coal |
0 |
8 |
|
418 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
419 |
0 |
| Black metal, scared with coal |
1 |
0 |
|
420 |
0 |
| Black metal, with whin lumps |
6 |
6 |
|
426 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
426 |
9 |
| Thill |
1 |
0 |
|
427 |
9 |
| Black metal, with whin lumps |
3 |
3 |
|
431 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
0 |
|
433 |
0 |
| Whin |
1 |
0 |
|
434 |
0 |
| Grey metal and whin girdles |
5 |
8 |
|
439 |
8 |
| Black stone |
4 |
0 |
|
443 |
8 |
| Black metal, with whin girdles |
5 |
5 |
|
449 |
1 |
| COAL - Yard Seam |
2 |
8 |
|
451 |
9 |
| Thill |
3 |
0 |
|
454 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
0 |
|
455 |
9 |
| Strong grey metal |
6 |
0 |
|
461 |
9 |
| Post girdle |
1 |
0 |
|
462 |
9 |
| Strong grey metal |
1 |
6 |
|
464 |
3 |
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
|
465 |
9 |
| Grey and blue metal |
12 |
6 |
|
478 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
0 |
|
479 |
3 |
| Grey and white post girdles |
5 |
2 |
|
484 |
5 |
| Whin girdle |
0 |
10 |
|
485 |
3 |
| Grey metal, with post girdle |
6 |
5 |
|
491 |
8 |
| Whin girdle |
0 |
6 |
|
492 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
14 |
11 |
|
507 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
0 |
|
509 |
1 |
| COAL - Bensham Seam |
5 |
8 |
|
514 |
9 |
| COAL |
2 |
9 |
|
|
|
| Soft grey metal |
0 |
10 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
| Thill, soft metal |
3 |
0 |
|
517 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
14 |
7 |
|
532 |
4 |
| Blue metal mnmd post girdles |
14 |
6 |
|
546 |
10 |
| Strong post, mixed with whin |
6 |
6 |
|
553 |
4 |
| Strong post |
1 |
7 |
|
554 |
11 |
| Whin |
1 |
6 |
|
556 |
5 |
| Strong post |
5 |
4 |
|
561 |
9 |
| Whin |
1 |
4 |
|
563 |
1 |
| Post, very strong |
34 |
0 |
|
597 |
1 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter seam |
2 |
0 |
|
599 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
5 |
|
|
|
| COAL and stone mixed |
1 |
6 |
|
600 |
7 |
| Strong post |
5 |
2 |
|
605 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
6 |
2 |
|
611 |
11 |
| Whin girdle |
0 |
6 |
|
612 |
5 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
10 |
|
614 |
3 |
| Strong post girdle |
1 |
10 |
|
616 |
1 |
| Grey metal stone |
3 |
0 |
|
619 |
1 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
3 |
7 |
|
622 |
8 |
| COAL, 7 inches near bottom, danty |
3 |
7 |
|
|
|
| Thill, white soft metal |
2 |
0 |
|
624 |
8 |
| Post girdle |
0 |
6 |
|
625 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
3 |
|
625 |
5 |
| Grey post and whin girdles |
9 |
7 |
|
635 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
0 |
|
639 |
0 |
| COAL, danty, bottom of Low Main Seam |
1 |
2 |
|
640 |
2 |
| Grey thill |
0 |
2 |
|
640 |
4 |
| Grey metal and post scars |
17 |
0 |
|
657 |
4 |
| Dark blue metal |
3 |
10 |
|
661 |
2 |
| COAL - Plessy Seam |
1 |
4 |
|
662 |
6 |
| COAL, very soft |
1 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Grey thill |
0 |
2 |
|
662 |
8 |
| Light blue metal |
5 |
0 |
|
667 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
21 |
0 |
|
688 |
8 |
| Grey post |
10 |
0 |
|
698 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
11 |
|
699 |
7 |
| Grey post |
18 |
3 |
|
717 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
10 |
|
718 |
8 |
| White post, very strong |
12 |
8 |
|
731 |
4 |
| Whin girdle |
0 |
6 |
|
731 |
10 |
| White post, very strong |
8 |
0 |
|
739 |
10 |
| Whin girdle |
1 |
0 |
|
740 |
10 |
| White post |
10 |
1 |
|
750 |
11 |
| Whin girdle |
0 |
10 |
|
751 |
9 |
| White post |
7 |
3 |
|
759 |
0 |
| Bed of pebble stones |
1 |
2 |
|
760 |
2 |
| White post |
5 |
0 |
|
765 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
0 |
|
767 |
2 |
| Strong post |
12 |
6 |
|
779 |
8 |
| Whin |
1 |
8 |
|
781 |
4 |
| Post |
9 |
6 |
|
790 |
10 |
| Post, with blue metal and pebbles |
5 |
8 |
|
796 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
2 |
|
800 |
8 |
| Whin girdles |
1 |
2 |
|
801 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
3 |
|
806 |
1 |
| Whin |
0 |
5 |
|
806 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
3 |
|
808 |
9 |
| Black stone |
0 |
8 |
|
809 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
|
809 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
4 |
|
813 |
10 |
| Whin |
0 |
10 |
|
814 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
5 |
10 |
|
820 |
6 |
| Whin |
1 |
2 |
|
821 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
5 |
0 |
|
826 |
8 |
| Blue metal and post girdles |
19 |
2 |
|
845 |
10 |
| COAL - Beaumont Seam |
5 |
2 |
|
851 |
0 |
| COAL, good |
3 |
0 |
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| Fire clay band |
0 |
10 |
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| COAL, good |
1 |
4 |
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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 0338 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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