Black Boy Colliery
Pasture Pit
Strata sunk through in the Pasture Pit, Old Black Boy Colliery
Shaft Details
Closed: 1939
Approximate surface level 435 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Outset |
13 |
9 |
|
13 |
9 |
| Soil |
1 |
6 |
|
15 |
3 |
| Strong blue clay |
12 |
0 |
|
27 |
3 |
| Strong blue metal, with iron |
17 |
0 |
|
44 |
3 |
| COAL - Willy Winter's Seam |
0 |
6 |
|
44 |
9 |
| Soft blue metal |
6 |
0 |
|
50 |
9 |
| Hard post, with girdles, a great quantity of stythe or carbonic acid gas, and a feeder of water of 100 gallons per minute; supposed to be the freestone |
48 |
0 |
|
98 |
9 |
| Soft blue metal |
6 |
6 |
|
105 |
3 |
| COAL |
3 |
0 |
|
108 |
3 |
| Soft blue metal |
12 |
0 |
|
120 |
3 |
| COAL |
2 |
0 |
|
122 |
3 |
| Soft blue metal |
3 |
6 |
|
125 |
9 |
| Hard post, with whin girdles |
2 |
0 |
|
127 |
9 |
| Hard blue metal |
2 |
0 |
|
129 |
9 |
| whin girdles |
0 |
9 |
|
130 |
6 |
| Hard blue metal |
2 |
6 |
|
133 |
0 |
| Whin girdles |
0 |
8 |
|
133 |
8 |
| Hard blue metal |
6 |
0 |
|
139 |
8 |
| Soft blue metal |
6 |
0 |
|
145 |
8 |
| Grey post |
4 |
1 |
|
149 |
9 |
| COAL |
2 |
11 |
|
152 |
8 |
| Hard black metal |
1 |
6 |
|
154 |
2 |
| Whin girdle |
0 |
8 |
|
154 |
10 |
| Blue grey post |
8 |
11 |
|
163 |
9 |
| Strong blue metal |
24 |
0 |
|
187 |
9 |
| Grey whin and post girdles |
12 |
0 |
|
199 |
9 |
| Strong grey metal |
4 |
0 |
|
203 |
9 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
5 |
0 |
|
208 |
9 |
| Hard white post |
1 |
0 |
|
209 |
9 |
| Soft grey metal |
6 |
0 |
|
215 |
9 |
| Whin girdles |
1 |
6 |
|
217 |
3 |
| Hard blue metal |
30 |
0 |
|
247 |
3 |
| Hard whin |
12 |
0 |
|
259 |
3 |
| Hard white post |
18 |
6 |
|
277 |
9 |
| Hard grey post |
12 |
0 |
|
289 |
9 |
| Soft blue metal |
12 |
0 |
|
301 |
9 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
7 |
3 |
|
309 |
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 0210 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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