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 |
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Depth |
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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 |
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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 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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