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Blaydon Main Colliery
Hazard Pit
Account of Strata sunk through in the Hazard Pit, Blaydon Main Colliery
Shaft Details
Closed: Mar 1921
Approximate surface level 45 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
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ft. |
in. |
| Soil |
1 |
0 |
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1 |
0 |
| Sand and gravel |
5 |
4 |
|
6 |
4 |
| Sand and water |
7 |
4 |
|
13 |
8 |
| Stone |
0 |
9 |
|
14 |
5 |
| Blue clay |
4 |
10 |
|
19 |
3 |
| Sand |
4 |
6 |
|
23 |
9 |
| Brown clay |
0 |
4 |
|
24 |
1 |
| Loamy clay |
3 |
8 |
|
27 |
9 |
| Brown clay |
0 |
2 |
|
27 |
11 |
| Sand |
0 |
6 |
|
28 |
5 |
| Clay |
0 |
2 |
|
28 |
7 |
| Sand |
7 |
8 |
|
36 |
3 |
| Broken stone |
1 |
10 |
|
38 |
1 |
| Sand, with water |
6 |
0 |
|
44 |
1 |
| Stone |
0 |
6 |
|
44 |
7 |
| Sand, with water |
0 |
5 |
|
45 |
0 |
| Sand, with water |
1 |
0 |
|
46 |
0 |
| Strong clay and gravel |
6 |
2 |
|
52 |
2 |
| Clay |
3 |
0 |
|
55 |
2 |
| Blue stone |
4 |
2 |
|
59 |
4 |
| Clay |
2 |
6 |
|
61 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
14 |
3 |
|
76 |
1 |
| Black stone |
1 |
8 |
|
77 |
9 |
| COAL, brassy |
0 |
4 |
|
78 |
1 |
| Clay, mixed with catheads |
5 |
7 |
|
83 |
8 |
| Dark grey post |
3 |
0 |
|
86 |
8 |
| Whin |
0 |
5 |
|
87 |
1 |
| Clay, with cat-heads |
4 |
0 |
|
91 |
1 |
| Dark grey post |
18 |
2 |
|
109 |
3 |
| White post, with gullets |
12 |
0 |
|
121 |
3 |
| Blue metal, and 260 gallons per minute |
3 |
7 |
|
124 |
10 |
| COAL - Towneley Seam |
4 |
0 |
|
128 |
10 |
| Seggar clay |
2 |
6 |
|
131 |
4 |
| Grey post, with girdles |
2 |
11 |
|
134 |
3 |
| COAL - Tilley Seam |
1 |
2 |
|
135 |
5 |
| Thill, mixed with ironstone balls |
1 |
3 |
|
136 |
8 |
| Strong grey metal, with post girdles |
3 |
0 |
|
139 |
8 |
| Black stone, with ironstone balls |
1 |
8 |
|
141 |
4 |
| Post girdle |
0 |
10 |
|
142 |
2 |
| COAL - Splint or Hodge Seam |
4 |
5 |
|
146 |
7 |
| COAL, cannel |
2 |
0 |
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| Band |
1 |
4 |
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| COAL, bottom |
1 |
1 |
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| Seggar clay thill |
0 |
6 |
|
147 |
1 |
| Seggar clay and post girdles |
6 |
0 |
|
153 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
6 |
|
154 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
155 |
0 |
| Seggar clay |
2 |
3 |
|
157 |
3 |
| Blue metal and post girdles, mixed with ironstone balls |
19 |
4 |
|
176 |
7 |
| White post, with girdles and water |
20 |
0 |
|
196 |
7 |
| Grey metal and post girdles |
4 |
0 |
|
200 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
6 |
|
203 |
1 |
| COAL - Stone Coal Seam |
3 |
6 |
|
206 |
7 |
| COAL |
2 |
7 |
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| Band and seggar clay |
0 |
5 |
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| COAL, bottom |
0 |
6 |
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| Thill |
0 |
6 |
|
207 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
7 |
3 |
|
214 |
4 |
| Grey post |
2 |
2 |
|
216 |
6 |
| Blue whin |
1 |
10 |
|
218 |
4 |
| Grey post |
2 |
0 |
|
220 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
3 |
|
222 |
7 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
4 |
10 |
|
227 |
5 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
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| Band and fire clay |
1 |
0 |
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| COAL |
2 |
10 |
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| Grey thill |
1 |
0 |
|
228 |
5 |
| Grey stone |
3 |
0 |
|
231 |
5 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
0 |
|
232 |
5 |
| Whin girdle |
0 |
9 |
|
233 |
2 |
| Blne metal |
0 |
6 |
|
233 |
8 |
| COAL, soft |
0 |
11 |
|
234 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
0 |
|
236 |
7 |
| Whin girdle |
0 |
4 |
|
236 |
11 |
| Black stone and scares of coal |
5 |
0 |
|
241 |
11 |
| Black metal and ironstone nodules |
4 |
2 |
|
246 |
1 |
| COAL - Three-Quarter Seam |
2 |
3 |
|
248 |
4 |
| Grey thill |
1 |
6 |
|
249 |
10 |
| Grey metal and coal |
1 |
0 |
|
250 |
10 |
| Grey stone |
3 |
0 |
|
253 |
10 |
| Whin |
2 |
2 |
|
256 |
0 |
| Grey stone girdles |
6 |
0 |
|
262 |
0 |
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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 0241 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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