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Bebside Colliery

A Pit

Account of the Strata sunk through in the A Pit, Bebside, from the surface to the Low Main Seam, September 13th, 1853

Shaft Details

Sunk: 13 Sep 1853

Approximate surface level 93 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)

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Geology encountered   Thickness   Depth
  ft. in.   ft. in.
Soil    1  0     1  0
Strong yellow clay    5  10     6  10
Soft grey metal, with balls of ironstone    6  10     13  8
Strong post girdles    0  7     14  3
Soft blue metal    0  7     14  10
Black stone, mixed with coal    0  11     15  9
Grey metal    1  4     17  1
Black stone    0  8     17  9
Grey metal, with balls of ironstone    6  8     24  5
COAL, coarse    0  7     25  0
Soft grey metal    8  6½     33  6½
Grey metal, with post girdles    8  0     41  6½
Post girdles    0  5½     42  0
COAL - Moorland Seam    2  6½     44  6½
    COAL    1         
    Band    0  2       
    COAL, coarse    0  10       
Soft grey metal    3  2     47  8½
Grey metal, with thin beds of ironstone    6  1     53  9½
Strong white post, with water    2  0     55  9½
Grey metal    0  8     56  5½
Strong white post    2  0     58  5½
Soft blue metal, with ironstone girdles    21  0     79  5½
Dark metal    0  4     79  9½
Black metal, mixed with coal    0  8     80  5½
Strong white post    6  10     87  3½
Grey metal    2  10     90  1½
Grey post    2  10½     93  0
Grey post    0  1½     93  1½
Grey metal    1  10     94  11½
White post    14  2     109  1½
Grey metal, with ironstone balls    18  0     127  1½
Strong grey metal, with water (1,500 ?? hour)    3  0     130  1½
Strong white post, with metal partings and water    9  0     139  1½
Strong post girdles, with metal partings over the pit    7  10½     147  0
Soft dark grey metal    3  1     150  1
Mussel bed    0  9½     150  10½
Dark grey metal, with bands of ironstone    3  11     154  9½
Black metal stone, with ironstone girdles    5  0     159  9½
COAL, coarse    1  9     161  6½
Grey metal thill, with balls of ironstone    4  1½     165  8
Dark grey metal, mixed with coal    1  2½     166  10½
COAL - High Main Seam    6  3     173  1½
    COAL    0  7       
    Band    0  4       
    COAL    1         
    Band    1  0       
    COAL    1  4       
    Band    0  6       
    COAL    0         
Soft grey metal, with balls of ironstone    12  0     185  1½
Strong grey metal, with balls of ironstone    27  0     212  1½
Strong grey metal, mixed with post girdles with water    32  0     244  1½
Strong white post and metal partings, with water    27  2     271  3½
Strong grey metal    8  3     279  6½
Black metal    3  1     282  7½
COAL - Grey Seam (got 25th Feb., sunk through 3rd March)    16  2¼     298  9¾
    COAL    2         
    Band slate    0         
    COAL, with slaty partings    3         
    Band grey metal    1  6       
    COAL    0  6       
    Band grey metal, with partings    4  8       
    COAL    2  10½       
Dark grey metal    3  0     301  9¾
Black metal    0  6     302  3¾
COAL, coarse    0  9     303  0¾
Black stone    1  8     304  8¾
Grey post, with metal partrings    14  6     319  2¾
Grey metal, with ironstone girdles    2  6     321  8¾
Black stone    2  10     324  6¾
Strong grey metal, with ironstone girdles    19  5     343  11¾
Grey post, with water    10  4     354  3¾
Strong white post    2  6     356  9¾
Grey whin    4  7     361  4¾
White post, with water    19  4     380  8¾
Dark grey metal    0  9     381  5¾
COAL - Yard Seam    3  4     384  9¾
    COAL    3  4       
Grey thill    3  2     387  11¾
Grey metal, with post girdles and ironstone balls    30  4     418  3¾
Dark thill stone, 2 in. of coal round 10 ft. of pit    0  3     418  6¾
Strong grey metal    2  9     421  3¾
Grey post, mixed with whin and scared with metal    5  0     426  3¾
Grey metal, with ironstone girdles    23  0     449  3¾
COAL - Bensham Seam    4  0     453  3¾
    COAL    0  3       
    COAL, good    1  7       
    Band    0  6       
    COAL, good    1  8       
Thill    7  1     460  4¾
White post and metal partings    6  0     466  4¾
Grey metal and post girdles    2  9     469  1¾
Black metal    0  3     469  4¾
COAL - Stone Coal Seam    2  7     471  11¾
    COAL    2  7       
Grey thill and ironstone balls    2  11     474  10¾
Strong post girdle    0  7     475  5¾
Strong grey metal, with post girdles    9  6     484  11¾
Strong white post girdles    1  0     485  11¾
Blue metal, with ironstone girdles    12  5     498  4¾
COAL - Brass Thill Seam    1  11     500  3¾
    COAL    1  11       
Grey metal and thill    6  0     506  3¾
Strong grey metal, with post girdles    5  6     511  9¾
COAL    2  0     513  9¾
    COAL    0  5       
    Band    0  4       
    COAL    1  3       
Blue metal, with ironstone balls and girdles    7  3     521  0¾
Grey metal, mixed with grey post    1  4     522  4¾
Strong grey post, with post girdles    8  6     530  10¾
Grey metal, with ironstone girdles    10  2     541  0¾
Mussel bed    0  10     541  10¾
COAL    0  5     542  3¾
Grey metal, with post girdles    3  8     545  11¾
White post    2  3     548  2¾
Dark grey metal    1  2     549  4¾
White post    1  2     550  6¾
Grey metal, with post girdles    2  4     552  10¾
Blue metal, with ironstone girdles    3  6     556  4¾
Black stone, mixed with brass    0  7     556  11¾
COAL - Low Main Seam    5  0     561  11¾
    COAL    4  7       
    Band    0  2       
    COAL    0  3       

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 0087 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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