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Chopwell Colliery

Taylor Pit

Account of Strata sunk through from the surface at Taylor Pit, Chopwell Colliery. August 22, 1798

Shaft Details

Sunk: 22 Aug 1798, Closed: 25 Nov 1966

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Geology encountered   Thickness   Depth
  ft. in.   ft. in.
Outset    7  10     7  10
Soil, gravel, etc.    16  9     24  7
Broken white post    10  11     35  6
Whin    4  0     39  6
Strong brown post    6  3     45  9
Strong grey post    8  5     54  2
Whin    2  9     56  11
Black metal stone    10  4     67  3
COAL    0  2½     67  5½
Thill    4  10     72  3½
Blue metal stone    9  8     81  11½
COAL    0  8     82  7½
Thill    0  2     82  9½
Black metal stone    5  1     87  10½
Grey post    4  0     91  10½
Grey post girdle    2  9     94  7½
Strong white post    6  5     101  0½
Blue metal stone    3  0     104  0½
COAL - Towneley or Barlow Field Seam    2  5½     106  6
Thill    2  7     109  1
Blue metal stone    2  7     111  8
Strong post girdles    4  4     116  0
Whin    2  4     118  4
Post girdles    7  7     125  11
COAL - Foot Coal Seam    0  9     126  8
Thill    3  0     129  8
Blue metal stone    2  1     131  9
Strong white post    20  6     152  3
COAL - Tilly Seam    1  4     153  7
Thill    4  0     157  7
Blue metal stone, mixed with cat-heads    3  0     160  7
Dun whin    3  7     164  2
Blue metal stone    2  0     166  2
COAL - Hand Coal Seam    0  3     166  5
Thill    3  3     169  8
Strong post girdle    2  2     171  10
Strong white post, mixed with whin    3  3     175  1
Blue metal stone    4  5     179  6
COAL - Stone Coal Seam    2  10     182  4
Grey post thill    7  7     189  11
Whin girdles    2  6     192  5
Dun whin    1  2     193  7
Cash parting    0  7     194  2
Dun whin    2  11     197  1
Brown post, mixed with whin    0  10     197  11
Blue metal stone    1  9     199  8
COAL - Five-Quarter Seam    3  3     202  11
Thill    1  6     204  5
Post girdles, with catheads    4  0     208  5
COAL, blue metal    3  9     212  2
COAL    0  1     212  3
Blue stone, mixed with cat-heads    5  6     217  9
Whin girdles    0  10     218  7
Blue metal stone    2  9     221  4
COAL - Three-Quarter Seam    2  6     223  10

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 0487 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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