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Backworth Colliery
E Pit
Account of Strata sunk through at the E Pit, Backworth Colliery
Shaft Details
Closed: 1890s
Approximate surface level 150 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. |
| Engine ashes, etc. |
4 |
0 |
|
4 |
0 |
| Soil |
1 |
0 |
|
5 |
0 |
| Brown clay |
6 |
0 |
|
11 |
0 |
| Sand, with water |
2 |
6 |
|
13 |
6 |
| Blue clay |
8 |
10 |
|
22 |
4 |
| COAL, dirty |
2 |
0 |
|
24 |
4 |
| Grey thill |
5 |
0 |
|
29 |
4 |
| Grey metal stone |
7 |
10 |
|
37 |
2 |
| Post |
3 |
7 |
|
40 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
5 |
|
44 |
2 |
| Scamy post, with metal partings |
5 |
0 |
|
49 |
2 |
| Black metal stone |
0 |
10 |
|
50 |
0 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
51 |
0 |
| Thill stone |
6 |
4 |
|
57 |
4 |
| White post |
40 |
0 |
|
97 |
4 |
| Blue metal stone |
4 |
4 |
|
101 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
102 |
1 |
| Thill stone |
3 |
5 |
|
105 |
6 |
| Post |
11 |
6 |
|
117 |
0 |
| Blue metal stone |
2 |
1 |
|
119 |
1 |
| Post, with whin |
13 |
0 |
|
132 |
1 |
| Black stone and dark metal |
12 |
6 |
|
144 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
145 |
5 |
| Thill stone |
1 |
0 |
|
146 |
5 |
| Dark post |
3 |
7 |
|
150 |
0 |
| Dark post |
8 |
5 |
|
158 |
5 |
| Whin |
2 |
6 |
|
160 |
11 |
| Post |
1 |
0 |
|
161 |
11 |
| Dark blue metal |
12 |
0 |
|
173 |
11 |
| Whin |
0 |
10 |
|
174 |
9 |
| Dark blue metal stone |
1 |
8 |
|
176 |
5 |
| Splint |
0 |
9 |
|
177 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
6 |
0 |
|
183 |
2 |
| COAL - High Main Seam |
6 |
0 |
|
189 |
2 |
| Thill stone |
0 |
9 |
|
189 |
11 |
| COAL, coarse |
2 |
5 |
|
192 |
4 |
| White stone |
0 |
10 |
|
193 |
2 |
| COAL, coarse |
2 |
6 |
|
195 |
8 |
| White stone |
2 |
6 |
|
198 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
43 |
3 |
|
241 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
9 |
|
244 |
2 |
| Post |
21 |
0 |
|
265 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
6 |
0 |
|
271 |
2 |
| COAL - Metal Coal Seam |
3 |
5 |
|
274 |
7 |
| Thill stone |
2 |
0 |
|
276 |
7 |
| Light blue metal |
20 |
9 |
|
297 |
4 |
| COAL - Stone Coal Seam |
2 |
3 |
|
299 |
7 |
| Black stone |
1 |
0 |
|
300 |
7 |
| Dark grey metal |
3 |
1 |
|
303 |
8 |
| Post |
2 |
11 |
|
306 |
7 |
| Black stone |
0 |
6 |
|
307 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
307 |
5 |
| Dark thill |
2 |
0 |
|
309 |
5 |
| Blue metal, with ironstone balls |
9 |
0 |
|
318 |
5 |
| Blue metal, with post |
6 |
0 |
|
324 |
5 |
| Scamy post |
3 |
0 |
|
327 |
5 |
| Dark blue metal |
6 |
0 |
|
333 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
333 |
11 |
| Dark grey thill |
3 |
5 |
|
337 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
337 |
7 |
| Grey thill |
1 |
0 |
|
338 |
7 |
| Post |
1 |
1 |
|
339 |
8 |
| Dark grey metal |
4 |
0 |
|
343 |
8 |
| Grey post |
4 |
0 |
|
347 |
8 |
| Blue metal, with ironstone girdles |
7 |
6 |
|
355 |
2 |
| Blue metal stone |
5 |
0 |
|
360 |
2 |
| COAL - Yard Seam |
2 |
6 |
|
362 |
8 |
| Light grey thill |
3 |
0 |
|
365 |
8 |
| Grey post |
4 |
1 |
|
369 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
6 |
|
374 |
3 |
| Dark grey thill |
2 |
7 |
|
376 |
10 |
| Dark metal stone, with whin clyers |
3 |
9 |
|
380 |
7 |
| Black stone |
0 |
6 |
|
381 |
1 |
| Light grey metal |
5 |
1 |
|
386 |
2 |
| Grey metal, with whin |
12 |
0 |
|
398 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
18 |
0 |
|
416 |
2 |
| Grey post |
0 |
0 |
|
416 |
2 |
| COAL - Bensham Seam |
4 |
2 |
|
420 |
4 |
| COAL, coarse |
2 |
2 |
|
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| Band |
0 |
8 |
|
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|
| COAL, good |
1 |
4 |
|
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|
| Error - Add |
18 |
4 |
|
438 |
8 |
| Outset at top |
4 |
4 |
|
443 |
0 |
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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 0034 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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