Berwick Hill Colliery
Isabella Pit
Section of Strata sunk through in the Isabella Pit, Berwick Hill Colliery
Shaft Details
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Soil and clay |
6 |
0 |
|
6 |
0 |
| Blue shale |
3 |
0 |
|
9 |
0 |
| Limestone |
0 |
10 |
|
9 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
14 |
6 |
|
24 |
4 |
| COAL - Hardy Seam |
3 |
2 |
|
27 |
6 |
| COAL |
1 |
7 |
|
|
|
| Limestone |
0 |
9 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
|
|
| Shale |
3 |
0 |
|
30 |
6 |
| COAL - Diamond Seam |
3 |
7 |
|
34 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
9½ |
|
|
|
| Shale |
0 |
10 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
|
|
| Shale |
0 |
7 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
|
|
| Shale |
0 |
6 |
|
34 |
7 |
| White freestone bands |
1 |
6 |
|
36 |
1 |
| Hard red freestone |
27 |
0 |
|
63 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
63 |
7 |
| Limestone |
1 |
3 |
|
64 |
10 |
| Blue shale |
12 |
0 |
|
76 |
10 |
| Black shale |
1 |
3 |
|
78 |
1 |
| COAL - Bulman Main Seam |
4 |
0 |
|
82 |
1 |
| COAL |
1 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| COAL, ground |
2 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Metal |
0 |
6 |
|
82 |
7 |
| Freestone band |
1 |
0 |
|
83 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
84 |
1 |
| Limestone |
1 |
5 |
|
85 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
27 |
0 |
|
112 |
6 |
| Freestone |
21 |
0 |
|
133 |
6 |
| Shale |
8 |
0 |
|
141 |
6 |
| Limestone |
1 |
0 |
|
142 |
6 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
143 |
6 |
| Limestone |
1 |
4 |
|
144 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
|
144 |
11 |
| White freestone |
3 |
0 |
|
147 |
11 |
| Shale |
1 |
0 |
|
148 |
11 |
| Band |
1 |
0 |
|
149 |
11 |
| Tills |
4 |
6 |
|
154 |
5 |
| Freestone |
6 |
0 |
|
160 |
5 |
| Shale |
0 |
8 |
|
161 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
161 |
9 |
| Freestone |
10 |
8 |
|
172 |
5 |
| Limestone |
0 |
8 |
|
173 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
173 |
5 |
| Blue Tills |
4 |
0 |
|
177 |
5 |
| Five-Quarter freestone |
9 |
6 |
|
186 |
11 |
| Freestone band |
2 |
0 |
|
188 |
11 |
| Dark grey band |
2 |
4 |
|
191 |
4 |
| Tills |
10 |
0 |
|
201 |
4 |
| COAL - Three-Quarter Seam |
3 |
4 |
|
204 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
11 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
1½ |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
1½ |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
5½ |
|
|
|
| Limestone |
0 |
5½ |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Shale |
1 |
2 |
|
205 |
10 |
| Bastard freestone |
1 |
4 |
|
207 |
2 |
| Freestone bands |
3 |
0 |
|
210 |
2 |
| Tills |
2 |
8 |
|
212 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
213 |
0 |
| Limestone |
0 |
10 |
|
213 |
10 |
| Tills |
1 |
8 |
|
215 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
215 |
10 |
| Shale |
1 |
8 |
|
217 |
6 |
| Bastard freestone |
1 |
0 |
|
218 |
6 |
| Tills |
0 |
10 |
|
219 |
4 |
| Limestone (roof of Cowper Eye Seam) |
2 |
0 |
|
221 |
4 |
| COAL - Cowper Eye Seam |
5 |
4 |
|
226 |
8 |
| COAL, top |
1 |
5 |
|
|
|
| Band |
2 |
9 |
|
|
|
| COAL, ground |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
| Shale |
3 |
6 |
|
230 |
2 |
| Limestone |
1 |
6 |
|
231 |
8 |
| Tills |
2 |
0 |
|
233 |
8 |
| Limestone |
3 |
6 |
|
237 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
237 |
6 |
| Tills |
4 |
0 |
|
241 |
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 0170 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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