Barney Crag (Lead Ore)

Account of the Measures passed through in sinking the Barney Crag Mine Shaft, near Carr Shield

Shaft Details

Approximate surface level 1350 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)

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Geology encountered	Thickness		Depth
	ft.	in.	ft.	in.
Quarry Hazle	22	0	22	0
Plate	55	0	77	0
Four Fathoms Limestone	23	0	100	0
Plate	5	0	105	0
Nattrass Gill Hazle, into	23	0	128	0

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 2356 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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