| 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 |
6½ |
|
|
|
| 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 |
8½ |
|
|
|
| Band |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
9½ |
|
|
|
| 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 |
4½ |
|
|
|
| Band slate |
0 |
9¾ |
|
|
|
| COAL, with slaty partings |
3 |
5½ |
|
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
|