Byermoor Colliery
Account of Strata sunk through in the Byer Moor Pit, Byer Moor Colliery
Shaft Details
Closed: 02 Feb 1968
Approximate surface level 600 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. |
| Depth from settle boards to thill of Hutton Seam |
114 |
0 |
|
114 |
0 |
| Grey metal stone |
5 |
3 |
|
119 |
3 |
| Blue metal, with post girdles |
9 |
3 |
|
128 |
6 |
| COAL |
1 |
4 |
|
129 |
10 |
| Grey metal stone |
9 |
2 |
|
139 |
0 |
| Blue metal, with post girdles |
9 |
3 |
|
148 |
3 |
| Hard white post |
21 |
0 |
|
169 |
3 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
4 |
0 |
|
173 |
3 |
| Black slate |
0 |
5 |
|
173 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
173 |
11 |
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
0 |
|
175 |
11 |
| Blue metal stone |
2 |
2 |
|
178 |
1 |
| Hard bastard post |
6 |
11 |
|
185 |
0 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
11 |
0 |
|
196 |
0 |
| Hard white post |
28 |
0 |
|
224 |
0 |
| COAL |
1 |
5 |
|
225 |
5 |
| Grey metal stone |
3 |
3 |
|
228 |
8 |
| White post and whin |
3 |
6 |
|
232 |
2 |
| Blue metal, with post girdles |
7 |
10 |
|
240 |
0 |
| Blue metal, with ironstone girdles |
18 |
0 |
|
258 |
0 |
| Grey metal stone |
7 |
0 |
|
265 |
0 |
| Strong white post |
35 |
0 |
|
300 |
0 |
| Blue metal stone |
9 |
0 |
|
309 |
0 |
| Grey metal stone |
9 |
0 |
|
318 |
0 |
| White post and whin |
17 |
0 |
|
335 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
335 |
5 |
| Grey metal stone |
12 |
7 |
|
348 |
0 |
| White post, with metal partings |
11 |
0 |
|
359 |
0 |
| COAL |
2 |
3 |
|
361 |
3 |
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
0 |
|
363 |
3 |
| Strong white post |
4 |
9 |
|
368 |
0 |
| Grey metal stone |
7 |
0 |
|
375 |
0 |
| White post |
27 |
0 |
|
402 |
0 |
| Blue metal, with post girdles |
4 |
0 |
|
406 |
0 |
| Blue metal stone |
1 |
0 |
|
407 |
0 |
| COAL - Busty Seam |
5 |
7 |
|
412 |
7 |
| COAL |
2 |
10 |
|
|
|
| Grey metal |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Black metal |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL, tender |
2 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay |
12 |
0 |
|
424 |
7 |
| Hard white post |
3 |
0 |
|
427 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
18 |
0 |
|
445 |
7 |
| COAL - Three-Quarter Seam |
3 |
4 |
|
448 |
11 |
| COAL |
2 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Blue metal |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay |
3 |
6 |
|
452 |
5 |
| Post girdles and grey metal |
5 |
0 |
|
457 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
18 |
0 |
|
475 |
5 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
3 |
8 |
|
479 |
1 |
| COAL - Brockwell Seam |
4 |
5 |
|
483 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Blue metal |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
2 |
2 |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
6 |
|
486 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
486 |
4 |
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
3 |
|
488 |
7 |
| Post, with metal partings |
12 |
0 |
|
500 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
10 |
0 |
|
510 |
7 |
| Hard white post |
3 |
2 |
|
513 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
0 |
|
515 |
9 |
| Post |
1 |
8 |
|
517 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
0 |
|
518 |
5 |
| Post |
1 |
4 |
|
519 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
9 |
|
524 |
6 |
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
|
526 |
0 |
| Post, into |
3 |
0 |
|
529 |
0 |
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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 2505 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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