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Benwell Colliery
Edward Pit
Strata sunk and bored through in the Edward Pit, Benwell Colliery, 1809
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1809
Approximate surface level 390 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. |
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ft. |
in. |
| Outset |
6 |
0 |
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6 |
0 |
| Soil and clay |
3 |
6 |
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9 |
6 |
| Main post |
54 |
0 |
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63 |
6 |
| COAL - Main High Seam |
6 |
0 |
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69 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
9 |
0 |
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78 |
6 |
| Post girdles |
1 |
0 |
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79 |
6 |
| Blue stone |
4 |
6 |
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84 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
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84 |
3 |
| Grey metal stone, with post girdles |
31 |
3 |
|
115 |
6 |
| COAL, splint |
2 |
0 |
|
117 |
6 |
| Grey thill |
2 |
0 |
|
119 |
6 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
120 |
6 |
| Grey metal and post girdles |
17 |
0 |
|
137 |
6 |
| Brown post, with water |
15 |
0 |
|
152 |
6 |
| Grey metal and post girdles |
33 |
0 |
|
185 |
6 |
| White post |
4 |
8 |
|
190 |
2 |
| Black stone |
0 |
9 |
|
190 |
11 |
| White post |
6 |
0 |
|
196 |
11 |
| Blue metal, with partings |
28 |
6 |
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225 |
5 |
| Black stone |
0 |
8 |
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226 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
23 |
0 |
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249 |
1 |
| Strong brown and grey post, with whin in several places |
107 |
6 |
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356 |
7 |
| Strong post girdles and metal partings |
6 |
0 |
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362 |
7 |
| Grey metal and metal stone, with post girdles |
17 |
5 |
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380 |
0 |
| Grey metal and metal stone, with post girdles |
1 |
7 |
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381 |
7 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
7 |
0 |
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388 |
7 |
| COAL, with bands of metal |
7 |
0 |
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| Blue grey metal |
13 |
0 |
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401 |
7 |
| Strong white post, whin girdles, metal partings, set away water near bottom |
53 |
0 |
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454 |
7 |
| Grey metal stone, with girdles |
9 |
0 |
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463 |
7 |
| Blue metal, with girdles |
18 |
0 |
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481 |
7 |
| NOTE — This pit was down to Beanmont Seam, which it reached at a depth of 94 fathoms, but we have no particulars of Strata below 80 fathoms 1 foot 7 inches. |
0 |
0 |
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481 |
7 |
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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 0167 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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