Burtree Pasture (Lead Ore)
Level Head Engine Shaft
Account of Strata sunk through in the Level Head Engine Shaft, Burtree Pasture Mine, Wear Valley
Shaft Details
Approximate surface level 1500 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Fire-stone |
31 |
6 |
|
31 |
6 |
| Plate |
35 |
6 |
|
67 |
0 |
| Pattinson's Sill |
7 |
0 |
|
74 |
0 |
| Plate |
12 |
0 |
|
86 |
0 |
| Little Limestone |
9 |
3 |
|
95 |
3 |
| Hazle |
1 |
6 |
|
96 |
9 |
| Plate |
19 |
6 |
|
116 |
3 |
| High Coal Sill |
9 |
6 |
|
125 |
9 |
| Plate |
11 |
6 |
|
137 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
137 |
9 |
| Low Coal Sill |
5 |
0 |
|
142 |
9 |
| Plate |
8 |
6 |
|
151 |
3 |
| Great Limestone |
62 |
0 |
|
213 |
3 |
| Tuft |
9 |
0 |
|
222 |
3 |
| Plate |
12 |
0 |
|
234 |
3 |
| Quarry Hazle |
16 |
3 |
|
250 |
6 |
| Grey beds |
6 |
0 |
|
256 |
6 |
| Plate |
39 |
6 |
|
296 |
0 |
| Four Fathoms Limestone |
18 |
3 |
|
314 |
3 |
| Till bed |
3 |
0 |
|
317 |
3 |
| Nattrass Gill Hazle |
36 |
0 |
|
353 |
3 |
| Plate |
51 |
0 |
|
404 |
3 |
| Three Yards Limestone |
10 |
0 |
|
414 |
3 |
| Till bed |
3 |
0 |
|
417 |
3 |
| Six Fathoms Hazle |
28 |
0 |
|
445 |
3 |
| Plate |
17 |
0 |
|
462 |
3 |
| Five Yards Limestone |
15 |
0 |
|
477 |
3 |
| Plate |
1 |
0 |
|
478 |
3 |
| Hazle |
6 |
0 |
|
484 |
3 |
| Plate |
11 |
6 |
|
495 |
9 |
| Hazle |
6 |
6 |
|
502 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
502 |
6 |
| Grey beds |
4 |
0 |
|
506 |
6 |
| Hazle |
5 |
6 |
|
512 |
0 |
| Plate |
28 |
6 |
|
540 |
6 |
| Scar Limestone |
34 |
0 |
|
574 |
6 |
| Plate |
1 |
0 |
|
575 |
6 |
| Hazle |
2 |
0 |
|
577 |
6 |
| Plate |
11 |
6 |
|
589 |
0 |
| Hazle |
5 |
6 |
|
594 |
6 |
| Plate |
1 |
0 |
|
595 |
6 |
| Hazle |
14 |
6 |
|
610 |
0 |
| Grey beds |
1 |
3 |
|
611 |
3 |
| Plate |
7 |
0 |
|
618 |
3 |
| Hazle |
8 |
0 |
|
626 |
3 |
| Grey beds |
3 |
0 |
|
629 |
3 |
| Cockle-shell Limestone |
1 |
0 |
|
630 |
3 |
| Hazle |
6 |
6 |
|
636 |
9 |
| Plate |
2 |
3 |
|
639 |
0 |
| Hazle |
3 |
3 |
|
642 |
3 |
| Tyne Bottom Limestone |
4 |
0 |
|
646 |
3 |
| Whetstone |
46 |
0 |
|
692 |
3 |
| Whin Sill (Basalt) |
238 |
6 |
|
930 |
9 |
| Whetstone Bed |
30 |
0 |
|
960 |
9 |
| Jew Limestone bed |
4 |
0 |
|
964 |
9 |
|
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 2958 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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