Brancepeth Colliery
C Pit
Section of Strata sunk through at Brancepeth Colliery, C Pit, 1865
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1865, Closed: 22 Jul 1967
Approximate surface level 390 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
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ft. |
in. |
| Outset |
1 |
0 |
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1 |
0 |
| Soil |
1 |
0 |
|
2 |
0 |
| Clay |
3 |
0 |
|
5 |
0 |
| Gravel and loamy clay |
2 |
0 |
|
7 |
0 |
| Strong blue clay |
63 |
0 |
|
70 |
0 |
| Leafy clay |
2 |
6 |
|
72 |
6 |
| Gravel |
0 |
6 |
|
73 |
0 |
| Strong dark blue clay |
10 |
0 |
|
83 |
0 |
| White post |
1 |
8 |
|
84 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
5 |
4 |
|
90 |
0 |
| COAL |
4 |
8 |
|
94 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
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| Band |
0 |
0½ |
|
|
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| COAL |
1 |
9½ |
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| Seggar |
1 |
4 |
|
|
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| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
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| Band |
0 |
1½ |
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| COAL, with water |
0 |
6 |
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| Thill |
4 |
3 |
|
98 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
0 |
|
100 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
101 |
3 |
| Thill stone |
3 |
6 |
|
104 |
9 |
| Whin |
5 |
6 |
|
110 |
3 |
| Blue post, with girdles |
14 |
2 |
|
124 |
5 |
| COAL |
1 |
10 |
|
126 |
4 |
| Seggar, good |
1 |
10 |
|
128 |
2 |
| Seggar, coarse |
2 |
0 |
|
130 |
2 |
| Post |
3 |
9 |
|
133 |
11 |
| Blue metal, with post girdles |
6 |
0 |
|
139 |
11 |
| COAL |
3 |
5 |
|
143 |
4 |
| COAL, Jet or Cannel |
0 |
8 |
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| COAL, good |
2 |
9 |
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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 0264 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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