Broomhill Colliery
A Pit
Approximation to Section of Broomhill A Pit. August, 1849
Shaft Details
Sunk: Aug 1849, Closed: 1961
Approximate surface level 80 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Strong clay |
39 |
0 |
|
39 |
0 |
| Sand, with water |
6 |
0 |
|
45 |
0 |
| Strong clay |
15 |
0 |
|
60 |
0 |
| Soft blue metal, with occasional iron girdles |
20 |
0 |
|
80 |
0 |
| Soft blue metal, with occasional iron girdles |
40 |
0 |
|
120 |
0 |
| * COAL - Top Seam |
6 |
0 |
|
126 |
0 |
| COAL, coarse |
1 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| COAL, good |
4 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Thill |
2 |
6 |
|
128 |
6 |
| Blue metal, mixed with post |
15 |
11 |
|
144 |
5 |
| White post |
15 |
2 |
|
159 |
7 |
| Whin |
2 |
9 |
|
162 |
4 |
| Post |
44 |
6 |
|
206 |
10 |
| * COAL - Main Seam |
5 |
6 |
|
212 |
4 |
| Grey post |
5 |
0 |
|
217 |
4 |
| Whin |
2 |
0 |
|
219 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
13 |
8 |
|
233 |
0 |
| Ironstone |
0 |
10 |
|
233 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
10 |
|
238 |
8 |
| Ironstone |
0 |
6 |
|
239 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
5 |
9 |
|
244 |
11 |
| Black metal |
3 |
9 |
|
248 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
5 |
6 |
|
254 |
2 |
| Ironstone |
0 |
6 |
|
254 |
8 |
| Grey post, with metal |
8 |
4 |
|
263 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
6 |
|
265 |
6 |
| Shivery post |
1 |
6 |
|
267 |
0 |
| * COAL - Bottom Seam |
3 |
0 |
|
270 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
0 |
|
271 |
0 |
| * Same as Acklington Pit Seams, and same as Togston Pit. |
0 |
0 |
|
271 |
0 |
| NOTE. — The details of the beds between the seams are doubtful, the original section having been lost. |
0 |
0 |
|
271 |
0 |
|
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 0299 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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