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Burdon Main Colliery
Engine Pit
Section of Strata sunk through at the Engine Pit, Collingwood Main Colliery
Shaft Details
Approximate surface level 62 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. |
| Surface |
9 |
0 |
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9 |
0 |
| Soil |
0 |
6 |
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9 |
6 |
| Brown stony clay, with whin tumblers |
11 |
6 |
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21 |
0 |
| Gravelly clay |
2 |
0 |
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23 |
0 |
| Brown stony clay, with water |
39 |
0 |
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62 |
0 |
| Brown stony clay, with water |
10 |
0 |
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72 |
0 |
| Sand |
1 |
3 |
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73 |
3 |
| Stony clay |
1 |
0 |
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74 |
3 |
| Sand, with small scares of stony clay |
0 |
6 |
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74 |
9 |
| Stony clay |
1 |
10 |
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76 |
7 |
| Sand and clay |
0 |
6 |
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77 |
1 |
| Stony clay |
1 |
6 |
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78 |
7 |
| Sand, with water |
0 |
5 |
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79 |
0 |
| Stony clay |
2 |
6 |
|
81 |
6 |
| Sand, with scares of clay |
1 |
4 |
|
82 |
10 |
| Stony clay |
27 |
6 |
|
110 |
4 |
| Sand, with scares of clay, near bottom |
4 |
8 |
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115 |
0 |
| Stony clay, with ramble metal |
3 |
6 |
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118 |
6 |
| COAL, foul |
0 |
10 |
|
119 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
8 |
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124 |
0 |
| Grey metal, with girdles |
26 |
2 |
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150 |
2 |
| Strong white post, with whin and water |
63 |
0 |
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213 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
6 |
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215 |
8 |
| Post |
2 |
4 |
|
218 |
0 |
| Post girdles |
5 |
2 |
|
223 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
2 |
|
229 |
4 |
| Black metal |
3 |
6 |
|
232 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
0 |
|
234 |
10 |
| Strong white post |
3 |
0 |
|
237 |
10 |
| Grey metal, with girdles |
4 |
0 |
|
241 |
10 |
| Black stone |
21 |
0 |
|
262 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
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263 |
7 |
| Black metal |
0 |
5 |
|
264 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
0 |
|
266 |
0 |
| Post, with girdles |
5 |
6 |
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271 |
6 |
| whin and water |
2 |
6 |
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274 |
0 |
| Strong white post, mixed with whin |
28 |
0 |
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302 |
0 |
| COAL - High Main Seam |
5 |
6 |
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307 |
6 |
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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 0326 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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