Burnhope Colliery
Annie Pit
Account of Strata sunk through in the Annie Pit, Burnhope Colliery, from the Surface to the Bustybank Seam
Shaft Details
Closed: 22 Jul 1949
Approximate surface level 800 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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fathoms, feet & inches, or metres
 
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Clay and grey metal |
20 |
3 |
|
20 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
0 |
|
26 |
3 |
| COAL - Shield Row Seam |
4 |
6 |
|
30 |
9 |
| COAL |
2 |
7 |
|
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| Band |
0 |
3½ |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
7½ |
|
|
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| Blue metal |
72 |
9 |
|
103 |
6 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
6 |
6 |
|
110 |
0 |
| COAL, full of brass |
2 |
6 |
|
|
|
| COAL, coarse splint |
4 |
0 |
|
|
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| Blue metal |
22 |
6 |
|
132 |
6 |
| COAL - Brass Thill Seam |
2 |
6 |
|
135 |
0 |
| Grey post |
4 |
0 |
|
139 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
9 |
|
141 |
9 |
| White post, with water |
4 |
3 |
|
146 |
0 |
| Blue metal and post girdles |
55 |
2 |
|
201 |
2 |
| White post, with blue partings |
78 |
0 |
|
279 |
2 |
| COAL - Maudlin Seam |
3 |
1 |
|
282 |
3 |
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Blue stone |
0 |
5 |
|
|
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| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
|
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| Band |
0 |
2 |
|
|
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| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
|
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| Blue metal |
23 |
6 |
|
305 |
9 |
| Low Main Seam |
2 |
3 |
|
308 |
0 |
| Strong grey metal |
5 |
2 |
|
313 |
2 |
| Grey post |
5 |
5 |
|
318 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
319 |
4 |
| White post |
3 |
6 |
|
322 |
10 |
| Blue metal, with iron girdles |
11 |
6 |
|
334 |
4 |
| Strong white post |
15 |
2 |
|
349 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
5 |
|
350 |
11 |
| Post |
2 |
0 |
|
352 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
10 |
|
354 |
9 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
4 |
0 |
|
358 |
9 |
| Strong seggar-clay (walled up) |
9 |
5 |
|
368 |
2 |
| Blue metal, with strong post girdle |
38 |
0 |
|
406 |
2 |
| White post |
6 |
0 |
|
412 |
2 |
| Blue metal (heavy feeder of water) |
2 |
6 |
|
414 |
8 |
| Strong white post |
57 |
8 |
|
472 |
4 |
| Black metal |
12 |
0 |
|
484 |
4 |
| Strong grey metal |
7 |
4 |
|
491 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
9 |
8 |
|
501 |
4 |
| White post |
14 |
4 |
|
515 |
8 |
| COAL - Harvey Seam |
1 |
11 |
|
517 |
7 |
| Mild seggar-clay |
4 |
0 |
|
521 |
7 |
| Black metal, with vegetable impressions |
9 |
8 |
|
531 |
3 |
| White post |
4 |
0 |
|
535 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
9 |
0 |
|
544 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
544 |
7 |
| Strong seggar-clay |
8 |
0 |
|
552 |
7 |
| Grey post |
7 |
10 |
|
560 |
5 |
| COAL - Tilley Seam |
1 |
2 |
|
561 |
7 |
| Seggar-clay |
3 |
0 |
|
564 |
7 |
| Hard brown post, with blue partings |
37 |
4 |
|
601 |
11 |
| Strong blue stone |
11 |
6 |
|
613 |
5 |
| Strong brown post |
6 |
5 |
|
619 |
10 |
| COAL - Bustybank Seam |
11 |
11 |
|
631 |
9 |
| COAL |
1 |
10 |
|
|
|
| Blue metal and post girdles |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
3 |
0 |
|
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| COAL, coarse |
0 |
10 |
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Source: An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910
original entry for sinking/boring number 2467 in "An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910"
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