Burdon Main Colliery
Hopewell Pit
Account of the different Metals sunk through in the Hopewell Pit, Burdon Main Colliery
Shaft Details
Approximate surface level 100 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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fathoms, feet & inches, or metres
 
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| From the surface clay |
60 |
0 |
|
60 |
0 |
| Brown post |
34 |
8 |
|
94 |
8 |
| Grey and blue metal girdles |
5 |
4 |
|
100 |
0 |
| Grey and blue metal girdles |
12 |
8 |
|
112 |
8 |
| Black metal |
13 |
7 |
|
126 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
126 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
0 |
|
132 |
8 |
| White post |
46 |
3 |
|
178 |
11 |
| COAL - High Main Seam |
6 |
1 |
|
185 |
0 |
| COAL |
2 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Metal band |
0 |
7 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
3 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Grey thill |
0 |
3 |
|
185 |
3 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
186 |
3 |
| Black metal |
2 |
0 |
|
188 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
28 |
0 |
|
216 |
3 |
| Grey post |
4 |
6 |
|
220 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
0 |
|
226 |
9 |
| Grey post |
13 |
3 |
|
240 |
0 |
| COAL - Metal Coal Seam |
2 |
10 |
|
242 |
10 |
| Grey metal, with water |
27 |
0 |
|
269 |
10 |
| Black metal, with water |
18 |
0 |
|
287 |
10 |
| COAL, splint |
0 |
10 |
|
288 |
8 |
| Coarse post, with metal partings |
6 |
0 |
|
294 |
8 |
| Black metal |
4 |
0 |
|
298 |
8 |
| White post |
2 |
6 |
|
301 |
2 |
| Black metal |
3 |
0 |
|
304 |
2 |
| Grey and blue metal girdles |
18 |
0 |
|
322 |
2 |
| Grey post |
6 |
0 |
|
328 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
0 |
|
334 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
12 |
0 |
|
346 |
2 |
| COAL - Little and Yard Coal Seam |
7 |
0 |
|
353 |
2 |
| COAL |
1 |
5 |
|
|
|
| Metal stone |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
11 |
|
|
|
| Grey metal |
0 |
5 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
|
|
| Grey metal |
0 |
10 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
2 |
10 |
|
|
|
| Post and grey metal girdles |
21 |
0 |
|
374 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
374 |
6 |
| Black metal |
3 |
0 |
|
377 |
6 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
36 |
0 |
|
413 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
6 |
0 |
|
419 |
6 |
| COAL - Bensham Seam |
4 |
6 |
|
424 |
0 |
| COAL |
2 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Splint |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
2 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Grey metal and post girdles |
8 |
0 |
|
432 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
6 |
0 |
|
438 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
24 |
0 |
|
462 |
0 |
| White post |
30 |
0 |
|
492 |
0 |
| Black metal |
2 |
0 |
|
494 |
0 |
| COAL (probably 6/4 Seam) |
0 |
4 |
|
494 |
4 |
| White post |
12 |
0 |
|
506 |
4 |
| Blue and grey metal girdles |
25 |
3 |
|
531 |
7 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
4 |
8 |
|
536 |
3 |
| COAL, coarse |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
| Metal stone |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL, splint |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Black metal |
1 |
8 |
|
|
|
| COAL, splint |
0 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Grey metal and post girdles |
10 |
0 |
|
546 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
0 |
|
550 |
3 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
5 |
6 |
|
555 |
9 |
| COAL |
2 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Stone |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
|
|
| Stone |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
2 |
1 |
|
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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 0327 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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