Brusselton Colliery
Account of Strata sunk through at the Brusselton Colliery, near West Auckland
Shaft Details
Closed: 07 June 1968
Approximate surface level 376 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. |
| Soil |
1 |
3 |
|
1 |
3 |
| Boulder clay |
4 |
9 |
|
6 |
0 |
| Sandstone |
21 |
0 |
|
27 |
0 |
| Black shale |
2 |
11 |
|
29 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
30 |
2 |
| Black metal |
0 |
11 |
|
31 |
1 |
| Post girdle |
1 |
6 |
|
32 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
5 |
|
34 |
0 |
| Post girdle |
0 |
10 |
|
34 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
0 |
|
36 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
0 |
|
39 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
10 |
6 |
|
50 |
4 |
| COAL, coarse splint |
0 |
9 |
|
51 |
1 |
| Seggar |
1 |
9 |
|
52 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
10 |
|
53 |
8 |
| Leafy post |
8 |
0 |
|
61 |
8 |
| Post |
3 |
0 |
|
64 |
8 |
| Leafy post |
0 |
8 |
|
65 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
19 |
6 |
|
84 |
10 |
| Blue metal, soft |
4 |
0 |
|
88 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
10 |
0 |
|
98 |
10 |
| Blue metal, soft |
9 |
0 |
|
107 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
108 |
5 |
| Bastard seggar |
5 |
7 |
|
114 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
114 |
3 |
| Seggar |
4 |
3 |
|
118 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
10 |
6 |
|
129 |
0 |
| Whin |
1 |
6 |
|
130 |
6 |
| Grey metal, with whin girdles |
3 |
0 |
|
133 |
6 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
5 |
0 |
|
138 |
6 |
| Black shale |
4 |
3 |
|
142 |
9 |
| White ramble |
0 |
3 |
|
143 |
0 |
| COAL - Harvey Seam |
5 |
5 |
|
148 |
5 |
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Clay band |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
3 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Seggar |
1 |
7 |
|
150 |
0 |
| Grey post |
32 |
0 |
|
182 |
0 |
| Sandy post |
12 |
0 |
|
194 |
0 |
| Freestone |
7 |
6 |
|
201 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
6 |
|
202 |
0 |
| White post |
14 |
0 |
|
216 |
0 |
| Grey post |
9 |
0 |
|
225 |
0 |
| Hard white post |
24 |
0 |
|
249 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
0 |
|
250 |
0 |
| White post |
6 |
0 |
|
256 |
0 |
| White post, with coal pipings |
3 |
0 |
|
259 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
259 |
8 |
| Bastard seggar |
11 |
4 |
|
271 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
8 |
0 |
|
279 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
279 |
6 |
| Seggar |
1 |
9 |
|
281 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
281 |
9 |
| White post |
2 |
6 |
|
284 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
0 |
|
285 |
3 |
| COAL |
1 |
3 |
|
286 |
6 |
| Seggar |
5 |
0 |
|
291 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
9 |
0 |
|
300 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
29 |
0 |
|
329 |
6 |
| COAL - Beaumont Seam |
3 |
0 |
|
332 |
6 |
| Seggar |
11 |
6 |
|
344 |
0 |
| Grey post |
2 |
3 |
|
346 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
3 |
|
346 |
6 |
| Grey post |
1 |
6 |
|
348 |
0 |
| Black shale |
3 |
6 |
|
351 |
6 |
| COAL - Busty Seam |
5 |
0 |
|
356 |
6 |
| COAL |
3 |
2 |
|
|
|
| Seggar |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Seggar |
5 |
6 |
|
362 |
0 |
| Grey post |
3 |
0 |
|
365 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
6 |
0 |
|
371 |
0 |
| Post girdle |
0 |
3 |
|
371 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
7 |
9 |
|
379 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
379 |
6 |
| Seggar |
1 |
6 |
|
381 |
0 |
| Grey post |
2 |
6 |
|
383 |
6 |
| Post, with metal partings |
4 |
0 |
|
387 |
6 |
| Post, hard |
3 |
0 |
|
390 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
4 |
|
390 |
10 |
| Post |
0 |
4 |
|
391 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
18 |
3 |
|
409 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
409 |
11 |
| Seggar |
6 |
0 |
|
415 |
11 |
| Post, with blue metal partings |
6 |
0 |
|
421 |
11 |
| Post |
6 |
0 |
|
427 |
11 |
| Post, with metal partings |
7 |
0 |
|
434 |
11 |
| White post |
10 |
0 |
|
444 |
11 |
| Leafy post |
1 |
6 |
|
446 |
5 |
| Post, with metal partings |
3 |
0 |
|
449 |
5 |
| Leaty post |
3 |
0 |
|
452 |
5 |
| Blue metal |
13 |
3 |
|
465 |
8 |
| COAL - Brockwell Seam |
6 |
6 |
|
472 |
2 |
| COAL |
4 |
2 |
|
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| Soft black band |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
| Post |
9 |
0 |
|
481 |
2 |
| Grey post |
2 |
0 |
|
483 |
2 |
| Post |
2 |
6 |
|
485 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
7 |
6 |
|
493 |
2 |
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Source: An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910
original entry for sinking/boring number 2466 in "An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910"
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