| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Soil |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
| Yellow clay |
12 |
6 |
|
13 |
6 |
| Black metal |
1 |
6 |
|
15 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
0 |
|
19 |
0 |
| Grey whin |
0 |
6 |
|
19 |
6 |
| Post girdles |
14 |
0 |
|
33 |
6 |
| Grey whin, with water |
4 |
0 |
|
37 |
6 |
| Strong white post |
7 |
1 |
|
44 |
7 |
| Post girdle |
3 |
0 |
|
47 |
7 |
| COAL - Moorland or 70 fathom Seam |
2 |
8 |
|
50 |
3 |
| COAL |
2 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Thill |
1 |
0 |
|
51 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
9 |
6 |
|
60 |
9 |
| White post girdle, with blue metal partings |
1 |
6 |
|
62 |
3 |
| Blue stone, with ironstone girdles |
3 |
5 |
|
65 |
8 |
| Strong white post |
2 |
1 |
|
67 |
9 |
| Blue stone, with ironstone girdles |
21 |
0 |
|
88 |
9 |
| Black stone |
0 |
4 |
|
89 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
89 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
4 |
|
90 |
1 |
| Grey post girdles, with blue metal partings |
9 |
11 |
|
100 |
0 |
| Grey post girdles, with blue metal partings |
4 |
5 |
|
104 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
104 |
8 |
| White post girdle |
16 |
0 |
|
120 |
8 |
| Blue metal stone, with ironstone girdles |
8 |
0 |
|
128 |
8 |
| Mussel bed |
0 |
9 |
|
129 |
5 |
| Fine blue stone |
9 |
0 |
|
138 |
5 |
| COAL |
1 |
4 |
|
139 |
9 |
| Grey metal stone |
6 |
0 |
|
145 |
9 |
| Blue stone, with scares of post |
12 |
0 |
|
157 |
9 |
| White post girdles, with blue metal partings |
4 |
9 |
|
162 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
162 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
0 |
|
165 |
10 |
| Blue metal stone, with balls of ironstone |
3 |
6 |
|
169 |
4 |
| Blue stone, scared with post |
6 |
0 |
|
175 |
4 |
| Strong blue metal |
6 |
0 |
|
181 |
4 |
| Soft blue metal and iron girdles |
12 |
0 |
|
193 |
4 |
| Strong blue metal |
13 |
0 |
|
206 |
4 |
| Grey post girdles, with water |
4 |
0 |
|
210 |
4 |
| Grey whin |
3 |
0 |
|
213 |
4 |
| Strong white post, with water |
10 |
10 |
|
224 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
0 |
|
225 |
2 |
| Strong white post, with water |
6 |
2 |
|
231 |
4 |
| COAL - Glebe Seam or High Main |
4 |
7 |
|
235 |
11 |
| COAL |
2 |
2 |
|
|
|
| Stone |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Strong grey metal |
4 |
0 |
|
239 |
11 |
| White post girdles, with blue metal scared with coal |
6 |
3 |
|
246 |
2 |
| Blue post |
3 |
9 |
|
249 |
11 |
| Blue metal stone |
10 |
0 |
|
259 |
11 |
| Blue metal stone scared with post |
3 |
2 |
|
263 |
1 |
| Blue post girdles, with water |
0 |
9 |
|
263 |
10 |
| Blue stone girdles, with post |
1 |
1 |
|
264 |
11 |
| Blue post girdles, with blue metal partings |
0 |
9 |
|
265 |
8 |
| Strong white post |
5 |
5 |
|
271 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
6 |
|
271 |
7 |
| Strong blue post, with water |
11 |
5 |
|
283 |
0 |
| Blue post girdles |
2 |
0 |
|
285 |
0 |
| Strong blue post, with water |
3 |
0 |
|
288 |
0 |
| Blue post girdles, with metal partings |
4 |
9 |
|
292 |
9 |
| Strong white post, with water |
10 |
10 |
|
303 |
7 |
| Strong blue stone, scared with post |
6 |
2 |
|
309 |
9 |
| White post girdles, with blue metal partings |
5 |
9 |
|
315 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
14 |
3 |
|
329 |
9 |
| COAL - Grey Seam |
2 |
2 |
|
331 |
11 |
| Black stone |
10 |
10 |
|
342 |
9 |
| White post, with water |
5 |
0 |
|
347 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
8 |
|
349 |
5 |
| White scared post, with blue metal partings |
6 |
0 |
|
355 |
5 |
| Blue metal, with water |
0 |
7 |
|
356 |
0 |
| White post girdles |
4 |
7 |
|
360 |
7 |
| Blue metal, with ironstone girdles |
4 |
11 |
|
365 |
6 |
| Black stone, resembling coal |
2 |
8 |
|
368 |
2 |
| COAL, with 4 in. metal in middle |
1 |
5 |
|
369 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
5 |
|
374 |
0 |
| Grey post girdles |
3 |
3 |
|
377 |
3 |
| Strong blue metal, with iron girdles |
1 |
0 |
|
378 |
3 |
| Grey post girdles |
6 |
3 |
|
384 |
6 |
| Grey whin, with water |
2 |
6 |
|
387 |
0 |
| Grey scared post |
4 |
3 |
|
391 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
5 |
|
393 |
8 |
| Grey scared post |
1 |
6 |
|
395 |
2 |
| Blue metal, scared with post |
0 |
8 |
|
395 |
10 |
| Grey scared post |
0 |
7 |
|
396 |
5 |
| Blue metal, with iron girdles |
1 |
3 |
|
397 |
8 |
| COAL - Yard Seam |
2 |
11 |
|
400 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
10 |
0 |
|
410 |
7 |
| Grey post, with strong girdles |
16 |
2 |
|
426 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
|
426 |
10 |
| Strong blue metal |
0 |
7 |
|
427 |
5 |
| White post girdle |
0 |
6 |
|
427 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
428 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
0 |
|
429 |
5 |
| Strong blue metal, scared with grey post |
20 |
0 |
|
449 |
5 |
| Blue metal, with thin iron girdles |
6 |
3 |
|
455 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
456 |
3 |
| Metal |
1 |
0 |
|
457 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
457 |
6 |
| Metal |
1 |
2 |
|
458 |
8 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
459 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
0 |
|
463 |
8 |
| Blue metal, scared with post |
13 |
4 |
|
477 |
0 |
| Grey scared post |
4 |
0 |
|
481 |
0 |
| White post |
4 |
8 |
|
485 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
2 |
|
485 |
10 |
| White post |
3 |
3 |
|
489 |
1 |
| Grey post girdles, with blue metal partings |
4 |
0 |
|
493 |
1 |
| Black stone |
0 |
7 |
|
493 |
8 |
| COAL - Bensham Seam |
2 |
7 |
|
496 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
9 |
0 |
|
505 |
3 |
| White post girdle |
8 |
3 |
|
513 |
6 |
| Grey whin |
1 |
4 |
|
514 |
10 |
| Blue metal, with iron girdles |
16 |
10 |
|
531 |
8 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
2 |
6 |
|
534 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
7 |
|
535 |
9 |
| COAL, with 2 inches metal in middle |
0 |
9 |
|
536 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
10 |
|
537 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
537 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
12 |
0 |
|
549 |
9 |
| Grey metal, with thin post girdles |
6 |
9 |
|
556 |
6 |
| Strong grey post girdle |
6 |
0 |
|
562 |
6 |
| Strong white post, mixed with whin |
8 |
0 |
|
570 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
0 |
|
574 |
6 |
| Grey post girdle |
12 |
0 |
|
586 |
6 |
| Strong blue metal |
4 |
0 |
|
590 |
6 |
| Grey post girdles |
2 |
8 |
|
593 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
6 |
|
594 |
8 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
6 |
0½ |
|
600 |
8½ |
| COAL, cannel |
0 |
1½ |
|
|
|
| COAL, grey |
0 |
6½ |
|
|
|
| COAL, good |
4 |
4½ |
|
|
|
| Splint band |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL, bottom |
0 |
10 |
|
|
|