Blaydon Burn Colliery
Mary Pit
Strata sunk through in the Mary Pit, near Blaydon
Shaft Details
Closed: 03 Nov 1956
Approximate surface level 430 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Outset |
6 |
0 |
|
6 |
0 |
| Clay and gravel |
12 |
0 |
|
18 |
0 |
| COAL and stone |
11 |
0 |
|
29 |
0 |
| Grey post |
13 |
6 |
|
42 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
12 |
0 |
|
54 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
54 |
10 |
| Blue stone |
1 |
2 |
|
56 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
56 |
6 |
| Thill stone |
0 |
8 |
|
57 |
2 |
| Grey post |
20 |
2 |
|
77 |
4 |
| COAL and stone |
4 |
0 |
|
81 |
4 |
| Grey post |
25 |
4 |
|
106 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
6 |
|
109 |
2 |
| Grey post |
7 |
6 |
|
116 |
8 |
| Freestone |
28 |
0 |
|
144 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
12 |
0 |
|
156 |
8 |
| COAL, splint |
0 |
8 |
|
157 |
4 |
| Thill |
1 |
0 |
|
158 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
158 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
7 |
|
162 |
2 |
| Grey post |
1 |
6 |
|
163 |
8 |
| White post |
5 |
1 |
|
168 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
8 |
|
172 |
5 |
| Ironstone |
0 |
8 |
|
173 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
8 |
5 |
|
181 |
6 |
| Ironstone |
0 |
4 |
|
181 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
8 |
|
185 |
6 |
| Grey stone |
3 |
10 |
|
189 |
4 |
| COAL - Towneley Seam |
3 |
11 |
|
193 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
3 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Seggar clay and thill |
5 |
10 |
|
199 |
1 |
| COAL - Tilley Seam |
1 |
8 |
|
200 |
9 |
| Seggar clay |
0 |
10 |
|
201 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
0 |
|
202 |
7 |
| Grey post |
5 |
5 |
|
208 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
5 |
4 |
|
213 |
4 |
| COAL, splint |
1 |
11 |
|
215 |
3 |
| Black band |
0 |
4 |
|
215 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
216 |
2 |
| Strong seggar clay |
0 |
9 |
|
216 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
7 |
|
220 |
6 |
| Grey post |
19 |
0 |
|
239 |
6 |
| Whin |
0 |
9 |
|
240 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
5 |
|
246 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
2 |
|
248 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
249 |
3 |
| Fire clay |
0 |
7 |
|
249 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
7 |
|
252 |
5 |
| Whin |
0 |
8 |
|
253 |
1 |
| Grey post |
18 |
0 |
|
271 |
2 |
| COAL - Stone Coal Seam |
4 |
1 |
|
275 |
3 |
| COAL |
2 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Clay band |
0 |
8 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
11 |
|
|
|
| Seggar clay |
3 |
9 |
|
279 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
1 |
|
280 |
1 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
4 |
3 |
|
284 |
4 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Clay band |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
3 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Thill |
1 |
0 |
|
285 |
4 |
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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 0240 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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