Binchester Colliery
No. 1 Pit
Account of Strata sunk through in No. 1 Pit, Binchester Colliery, on North Side of Butterknowle Fault. 1872
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1872
Approximate surface level 480 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Offset |
1 |
8 |
|
1 |
8 |
| Sand |
1 |
6 |
|
3 |
2 |
| Sand and clay |
2 |
10 |
|
6 |
0 |
| Sand and gravel |
12 |
6 |
|
18 |
6 |
| Clay metal |
16 |
6 |
|
35 |
0 |
| Soft grey metal |
8 |
6 |
|
43 |
6 |
| Black stone |
1 |
6 |
|
45 |
0 |
| Seggar-clay |
3 |
0 |
|
48 |
0 |
| Black stone |
0 |
9 |
|
48 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
0 |
|
50 |
9 |
| Post girdles |
1 |
3 |
|
52 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
6 |
|
55 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
55 |
9 |
| Seggar-clay |
0 |
6 |
|
56 |
3 |
| Black stone |
0 |
3 |
|
56 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
1 |
|
59 |
7 |
| Black stone |
0 |
11 |
|
60 |
6 |
| Seggar-clay |
5 |
4 |
|
65 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
16 |
3 |
|
82 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
82 |
6 |
| Post |
1 |
0 |
|
83 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
84 |
0 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
0 |
|
85 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
85 |
6 |
| Seggar-clay |
3 |
6 |
|
89 |
0 |
| Soft grey metal |
20 |
6 |
|
109 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
10 |
6 |
|
120 |
0 |
| COAL |
1 |
8 |
|
121 |
8 |
| Seggar-clay |
0 |
9 |
|
122 |
5 |
| Post girdles |
1 |
0 |
|
123 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
0 |
|
125 |
5 |
| Post girdles |
1 |
0 |
|
126 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
9 |
3 |
|
135 |
8 |
| Black stone |
0 |
10 |
|
136 |
6 |
| Seggar-clay |
0 |
9 |
|
137 |
3 |
| Post girdles |
1 |
6 |
|
138 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
0 |
|
144 |
9 |
| Blue stone |
2 |
7 |
|
147 |
4 |
| Black stone |
0 |
4 |
|
147 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
15 |
0 |
|
162 |
8 |
| Seggar-clay |
4 |
0 |
|
166 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
7 |
4 |
|
174 |
0 |
| COAL |
2 |
10 |
|
176 |
10 |
| Seggar-clay |
5 |
0 |
|
181 |
10 |
| Black stone |
1 |
6 |
|
183 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
6 |
|
187 |
10 |
| Black stone |
3 |
4 |
|
191 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
3 |
|
191 |
5 |
| Black stone |
1 |
6 |
|
192 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
14 |
4 |
|
207 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
4 |
|
210 |
7 |
| Grey metal post girdle, a fault |
37 |
0 |
|
247 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
21 |
0 |
|
268 |
7 |
| Black stone |
3 |
0 |
|
271 |
7 |
| Whin |
1 |
6 |
|
273 |
1 |
| Black stone |
0 |
4 |
|
273 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
273 |
10 |
| Grey post |
2 |
0 |
|
275 |
10 |
| Black stone |
0 |
4 |
|
276 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
276 |
8 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
0 |
|
277 |
8 |
| Grey post |
6 |
0 |
|
283 |
8 |
| Blue metal on north side of pit |
22 |
0 |
|
305 |
8 |
| White post, with water on south side of pit |
1 |
0 |
|
306 |
8 |
| Black stone and coal |
0 |
9 |
|
307 |
5 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
6 |
|
308 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
9 |
|
312 |
8 |
| White post and whin |
25 |
0 |
|
337 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
6 |
|
338 |
2 |
| COAL |
1 |
3 |
|
339 |
5 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
0 |
|
340 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
6 |
|
344 |
11 |
| White post |
36 |
0 |
|
380 |
11 |
| Black stone and coal |
1 |
4 |
|
382 |
3 |
| Brown post |
7 |
0 |
|
389 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
0 |
|
395 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
395 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
6 |
|
400 |
1 |
| Whin girdle |
2 |
6 |
|
402 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
0 |
|
405 |
7 |
| Black stone |
0 |
4 |
|
405 |
11 |
| Seggar-clay |
5 |
0 |
|
410 |
11 |
| Dark post |
6 |
0 |
|
416 |
11 |
| White post |
18 |
0 |
|
434 |
11 |
| Grey post |
9 |
0 |
|
443 |
11 |
| Metal |
1 |
8 |
|
445 |
7 |
| Black stone |
0 |
9 |
|
446 |
4 |
| COAL - Brockwell Seam |
4 |
4 |
|
450 |
8 |
| White post |
11 |
0 |
|
461 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
0 |
|
465 |
8 |
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Source: An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910
original entry for sinking/boring number 2421 in "An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910"
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