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Burnhope Colliery
Engine Pit
Account of Strata sunk through in the Engine Pit, Burnhope Colliery, to the Bustybank Seam
Shaft Details
Closed: 22 Jul 1949
Approximate surface level 730 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. |
| From top of quadrant at surface to bottom of walling, comprising clay and blue metal |
106 |
6 |
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106 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
12 |
4 |
|
118 |
10 |
| Strong white post, mixed with whin |
72 |
4 |
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191 |
2 |
| COAL - Maudlin Seam |
2 |
10 |
|
194 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
11 |
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| Band |
0 |
3 |
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| COAL |
0 |
11 |
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| Band |
0 |
2 |
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| COAL, coarse |
0 |
7 |
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| Thill stone |
2 |
2 |
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196 |
2 |
| Post, mixed with metal partings |
12 |
3 |
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208 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
0 |
|
211 |
5 |
| Blue metal, with ironstone girdles |
6 |
7 |
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218 |
0 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
2 |
0 |
|
220 |
0 |
| Strong coarse seggar-clay |
3 |
6 |
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223 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
11 |
|
225 |
5 |
| Post, with grey metal partings |
7 |
1 |
|
232 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
9 |
|
237 |
3 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
238 |
3 |
| Thill stone |
0 |
3 |
|
238 |
6 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
6 |
6 |
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245 |
0 |
| Post girdles |
0 |
11 |
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245 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
2 |
|
246 |
1 |
| Post girdles |
1 |
4 |
|
247 |
5 |
| Post, mixed with grey metal |
8 |
10 |
|
256 |
3 |
| White post |
7 |
9 |
|
264 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
9 |
|
266 |
9 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
4 |
0 |
|
270 |
9 |
| Seggar-clay, strong |
3 |
0 |
|
273 |
9 |
| Grey metal, with vegetable impressions |
28 |
0 |
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301 |
9 |
| Post, mixed with grey metal, with water |
49 |
6 |
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351 |
3 |
| Post, with 700 gallons of water per minute |
43 |
4 |
|
394 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
0 |
|
400 |
7 |
| Black metal |
14 |
0 |
|
414 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
9 |
0 |
|
423 |
7 |
| Post girdles |
1 |
9 |
|
425 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
1 |
|
427 |
5 |
| Grey post |
5 |
0 |
|
432 |
5 |
| COAL - Harvey Seam |
2 |
4 |
|
434 |
9 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
6 |
|
436 |
3 |
| Post, with blue partings |
9 |
0 |
|
445 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
6 |
|
447 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
447 |
11 |
| Post girdle |
3 |
10 |
|
451 |
9 |
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
2 |
|
453 |
11 |
| Post girdle |
2 |
4 |
|
456 |
3 |
| Strong seggar-clay |
4 |
6 |
|
460 |
9 |
| Post, with iron girdles |
8 |
6 |
|
469 |
3 |
| COAL - Tilley Seam |
1 |
4 |
|
470 |
7 |
| Strong seggar-clay |
5 |
4 |
|
475 |
11 |
| Blue metal, with post and iron girdles |
35 |
0 |
|
510 |
11 |
| Strong white post |
20 |
10 |
|
531 |
9 |
| COAL - Bustybank Seam |
14 |
3 |
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546 |
0 |
| COAL |
1 |
8 |
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| Post |
8 |
9 |
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| COAL, good |
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 2468 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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