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Black Boy Colliery
Gurney Pit
Section of Strata sunk through at the Gurney Pit, Black Boy Colliery
Shaft Details
Closed: 1939
Approximate surface level 420 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 |
2 |
0 |
|
2 |
0 |
| Sandy metal |
11 |
0 |
|
13 |
0 |
| Freestone, with clay partings |
18 |
0 |
|
31 |
0 |
| Freestone, with whin partings and coal pipes |
17 |
0 |
|
48 |
0 |
| Freestone, with grey partings |
15 |
0 |
|
63 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
10 |
0 |
|
73 |
0 |
| Blue metal, with freestone girdles |
4 |
0 |
|
77 |
0 |
| Strong gullety freestone, with metal leady and water |
60 |
0 |
|
137 |
0 |
| Strong red hazel freestone, mixed with coal spar |
7 |
0 |
|
144 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
144 |
3 |
| Shivery soft stone, with coal pipes |
3 |
0 |
|
147 |
3 |
| Blue metal stone |
10 |
0 |
|
157 |
3 |
| COAL (called Willy Winter) |
1 |
3 |
|
158 |
6 |
| Soft clay, thill stone |
3 |
0 |
|
161 |
6 |
| Grey stone, mixed with ironstone girdles |
21 |
0 |
|
182 |
6 |
| Black stone |
1 |
0 |
|
183 |
6 |
| Black jet |
3 |
0 |
|
186 |
6 |
| Soft metal stone |
8 |
0 |
|
194 |
6 |
| Strong post girdle, with water crib laid |
2 |
0 |
|
196 |
6 |
| Strong grey stone, mixed with ironstone girdles |
21 |
0 |
|
217 |
6 |
| COAL (named Dicky Dant) |
2 |
6 |
|
220 |
0 |
| Soft blue metal stone, with water |
21 |
0 |
|
241 |
0 |
| Black jet in 14 feet round the pit, and blue metal in the other part |
2 |
0 |
|
243 |
0 |
| Black stone |
3 |
0 |
|
246 |
0 |
| Soft blue metal stone |
4 |
6 |
|
250 |
6 |
| Black jet |
4 |
0 |
|
254 |
6 |
| Black stone, mixed with blue metal |
6 |
0 |
|
260 |
6 |
| COAL - 5/4,in 20 feet round the pit, blue metal in the other part |
4 |
6 |
|
265 |
0 |
| Coal splint |
1 |
6 |
|
266 |
6 |
| Soft thill stone |
4 |
0 |
|
270 |
6 |
| Strong hastard post girdle, mixed with whin |
2 |
0 |
|
272 |
6 |
| Grey stone, mixed with ironstone girdles |
13 |
0 |
|
285 |
6 |
| Black stone |
5 |
6 |
|
291 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
10 |
6 |
|
301 |
6 |
| Grey post stone |
8 |
0 |
|
309 |
6 |
| Whin |
3 |
0 |
|
312 |
6 |
| Grey stone, mixed with ironstone girdles |
24 |
0 |
|
336 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
12 |
6 |
|
349 |
0 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
7 |
2 |
|
356 |
2 |
| COAL, top |
1 |
5 |
|
356 |
2 |
| Stone band |
0 |
1 |
|
356 |
2 |
| COAL, good |
3 |
8 |
|
356 |
2 |
| COAL, coarse |
0 |
4 |
|
356 |
2 |
| Splint |
1 |
8 |
|
356 |
2 |
| Soft metal thill stone |
1 |
3 |
|
357 |
5 |
| COAL, danty, bad |
1 |
10 |
|
359 |
3 |
| Black metal stone |
2 |
6 |
|
361 |
9 |
| Soft thill stone, mixed with had coal |
2 |
5 |
|
364 |
2 |
| Strong grey stone, mixed with lead, ore and calcareous spar |
8 |
0 |
|
372 |
2 |
| Strong grey stone, mixed with post girdles |
33 |
0 |
|
405 |
2 |
| Post |
5 |
0 |
|
5 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
0 |
|
8 |
0 |
| Post |
48 |
0 |
|
56 |
0 |
| Whin |
3 |
6 |
|
59 |
6 |
| Post |
11 |
0 |
|
70 |
6 |
| Post, with blue partings |
2 |
6 |
|
73 |
0 |
| Black shale |
0 |
6 |
|
73 |
6 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
1 |
9 |
|
75 |
3 |
| Black stone |
0 |
2 |
|
75 |
5 |
| Seggar-clay |
0 |
11 |
|
76 |
4 |
| Post |
0 |
9 |
|
77 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
0 |
|
79 |
1 |
| Post |
1 |
0 |
|
80 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
36 |
1 |
|
116 |
2 |
| COAL |
3 |
9 |
|
119 |
11 |
| COAL |
2 |
3 |
|
119 |
11 |
| Seggar-clay band |
0 |
2 |
|
119 |
11 |
| COAL |
1 |
4 |
|
119 |
11 |
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
0 |
|
121 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
0 |
|
125 |
11 |
| Whin |
3 |
6 |
|
129 |
5 |
| Dark blue metal |
7 |
1 |
|
136 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
136 |
9 |
| Seggar-clay |
7 |
8 |
|
144 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
145 |
0 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
0 |
|
146 |
0 |
| Grey metal, with post bands |
10 |
6 |
|
156 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
31 |
11 |
|
188 |
5 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
3 |
3 |
|
191 |
8 |
| COAL |
2 |
9 |
|
191 |
8 |
| COAL, splint |
0 |
6 |
|
191 |
8 |
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
0 |
|
193 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
2 |
|
199 |
10 |
| Strong white post |
9 |
0 |
|
208 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
10 |
|
213 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
214 |
2 |
| Seggar-clay |
0 |
6 |
|
214 |
8 |
| Strong grey metal, with blue partings |
3 |
6 |
|
218 |
2 |
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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 0209 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"
original entry for sinking/boring number 2437 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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