Chopwell Colliery
Maria Pit
Account of Strata bored through in the Mar1a Pit, Chopwell Colliery, from the Brockwell Seam. March 1st, 1795.
Shaft Details
Sunk: 01 Mar 1795, Closed: 25 Nov 1966
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Staple sunk |
19 |
3 |
|
19 |
3 |
| Brown post |
12 |
0 |
|
31 |
3 |
| Black metal stone |
2 |
0 |
|
33 |
3 |
| Grey post |
11 |
0 |
|
44 |
3 |
| Black metal stone |
0 |
5 |
|
44 |
8 |
| COAL |
1 |
1 |
|
45 |
9 |
| Brown post thill |
1 |
0 |
|
46 |
9 |
| Blue metal stone |
5 |
9 |
|
52 |
6 |
| Dun whin |
1 |
6 |
|
54 |
0 |
| Cash parting |
0 |
1 |
|
54 |
1 |
| Strong white post |
6 |
9 |
|
60 |
10 |
| Blue metal stone |
0 |
9 |
|
61 |
7 |
| Strong post girdles |
0 |
5 |
|
62 |
0 |
| Black metal stone |
7 |
7 |
|
69 |
7 |
| Strong post girdles |
0 |
5 |
|
70 |
0 |
| Blue metal stone |
10 |
4 |
|
80 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
|
80 |
5 |
| Thill |
0 |
10 |
|
81 |
3 |
| Blue metal stone |
2 |
10 |
|
84 |
1 |
| Strong white post |
2 |
6 |
|
86 |
7 |
| Black metal stone |
3 |
0 |
|
89 |
7 |
| Strong white post |
1 |
0 |
|
90 |
7 |
| Black metal stone |
3 |
8 |
|
94 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
|
94 |
4 |
| Black metal stone |
1 |
4 |
|
95 |
8 |
| Strong white post |
9 |
4 |
|
105 |
0 |
| Cash parting |
0 |
1 |
|
105 |
1 |
| White post |
1 |
11 |
|
107 |
0 |
| Blue metal stone |
0 |
7 |
|
107 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
108 |
4 |
| Black metal stone, mixed with coal |
0 |
6 |
|
108 |
10 |
| Thill |
0 |
9 |
|
109 |
7 |
| Grey metal stone |
2 |
2 |
|
111 |
9 |
| White post |
2 |
7 |
|
114 |
4 |
| Cash parting |
0 |
1 |
|
114 |
5 |
| White post girdles |
0 |
8 |
|
115 |
1 |
| Dun whin |
2 |
0 |
|
117 |
1 |
| Strong white post girdles |
0 |
8 |
|
117 |
9 |
| Black metal stone |
1 |
9 |
|
119 |
6 |
| Post girdles |
0 |
5 |
|
119 |
11 |
| Black metal stone |
1 |
11 |
|
121 |
10 |
| Post girdle |
0 |
6 |
|
122 |
4 |
| Blue metal stone |
4 |
4 |
|
126 |
8 |
| Strong white post |
1 |
0 |
|
127 |
8 |
| Grey white metal stone |
3 |
6 |
|
131 |
2 |
| White post girdle |
0 |
5 |
|
131 |
7 |
| Grey metal stone |
0 |
8 |
|
132 |
3 |
| White post |
2 |
7 |
|
134 |
10 |
| Parting |
0 |
1 |
|
134 |
11 |
| Strong grey post |
2 |
11 |
|
137 |
10 |
| Parting |
0 |
1 |
|
137 |
11 |
| Strong white post |
0 |
10 |
|
138 |
9 |
| Grey post |
2 |
4 |
|
141 |
1 |
| Strong white post |
6 |
6 |
|
147 |
7 |
| Grey post |
0 |
10 |
|
148 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
148 |
7 |
| Dun post |
5 |
0 |
|
153 |
7 |
| Blue metal stone |
0 |
8 |
|
154 |
3 |
| Whin girdles |
0 |
2 |
|
154 |
5 |
| Grey |
1 |
2 |
|
155 |
7 |
| Dun post |
2 |
0 |
|
157 |
7 |
| White post |
2 |
2 |
|
159 |
9 |
| Grey post |
2 |
9 |
|
162 |
6 |
| White post |
2 |
2 |
|
164 |
8 |
| Dun whin |
2 |
4 |
|
167 |
0 |
| Parting |
0 |
2 |
|
167 |
2 |
| White post |
1 |
8 |
|
168 |
10 |
| Blue metal stone |
0 |
8 |
|
169 |
6 |
| Strong post girdle |
0 |
4 |
|
169 |
10 |
| White girdles |
3 |
6 |
|
173 |
4 |
| Blue metal stone |
8 |
10 |
|
182 |
2 |
| Grey post girdles |
0 |
8 |
|
182 |
10 |
| Blue metal stone |
3 |
3 |
|
186 |
1 |
| White post |
2 |
11 |
|
189 |
0 |
| Blue metal stone |
3 |
0 |
|
192 |
0 |
| Grey post |
3 |
9 |
|
195 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
196 |
6 |
| Grey post |
1 |
9 |
|
198 |
3 |
| White post |
2 |
10 |
|
201 |
1 |
| Brown post |
0 |
11 |
|
202 |
0 |
| Parting |
0 |
2 |
|
202 |
2 |
| Brown post |
1 |
6 |
|
203 |
8 |
| Parting |
0 |
1 |
|
203 |
9 |
| White post |
3 |
1 |
|
206 |
10 |
| Grey post |
3 |
6 |
|
210 |
4 |
| Blue metal stone |
0 |
6 |
|
210 |
10 |
| Grey post |
1 |
8 |
|
212 |
6 |
| Cash parting |
0 |
3 |
|
212 |
9 |
| White post girdle |
0 |
4 |
|
213 |
1 |
| Blue metal stone |
3 |
6 |
|
216 |
7 |
| Grey metal stone |
1 |
9 |
|
218 |
4 |
| Whin girdle |
0 |
7 |
|
218 |
11 |
| Blue metal stone |
4 |
4 |
|
223 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
223 |
6 |
| Thill |
1 |
0 |
|
224 |
6 |
| Brown post |
0 |
11 |
|
225 |
5 |
| Grey metal stone |
0 |
11 |
|
226 |
4 |
| Dun whin |
1 |
0 |
|
227 |
4 |
| Parting |
0 |
1 |
|
227 |
5 |
| White post |
4 |
2 |
|
231 |
7 |
| Grey metal stone |
1 |
4 |
|
232 |
11 |
| White post |
1 |
8 |
|
234 |
7 |
| Grey metal stone |
1 |
4 |
|
235 |
11 |
| White post and grey metal stone |
5 |
8 |
|
241 |
7 |
| Black metal stone |
2 |
10 |
|
244 |
5 |
| Strong grey post |
3 |
1 |
|
247 |
6 |
| Post girdle |
0 |
8 |
|
248 |
2 |
| Strong grey post |
1 |
8 |
|
249 |
10 |
| Strong white post |
5 |
3 |
|
255 |
1 |
| Black metal stone |
3 |
2 |
|
258 |
3 |
| Grey metal stone |
2 |
3 |
|
260 |
6 |
| Strong white post |
1 |
2 |
|
261 |
8 |
| Strong brown post |
3 |
1 |
|
264 |
9 |
| Cash parting |
0 |
9 |
|
265 |
6 |
| White post girdle |
0 |
7 |
|
266 |
1 |
| Grey metal stone |
2 |
7 |
|
268 |
8 |
| White post |
1 |
0 |
|
269 |
8 |
| Blue metal stone |
0 |
8 |
|
270 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
270 |
9 |
| White post, mixed with coal pipes |
7 |
3 |
|
278 |
0 |
| Blue metal stone |
7 |
7 |
|
285 |
7 |
| Dun whin |
1 |
6 |
|
287 |
1 |
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Source: An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume C-E, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1881
original entry for sinking/boring number 0484 in "An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume C-E, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1881"
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