Chopwell Colliery
Pennyhill Pit
Account of Stone and Metal sunk through at the Penny Hill Pit, Chopwell Colliery, May 26th, 1802
Shaft Details
Sunk: 26 May 1802
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| From the swarth |
7 |
0 |
|
7 |
0 |
| Broken post |
25 |
2 |
|
32 |
2 |
| COAL - Onput Seam of |
2 |
4 |
|
34 |
6 |
| Shivery post |
48 |
0 |
|
82 |
6 |
| Black metal stone, timbered |
9 |
0 |
|
91 |
6 |
| Strong post, with girdles |
12 |
10 |
|
104 |
4 |
| COAL - Onput Seam of |
1 |
0 |
|
105 |
4 |
| Thill |
2 |
1 |
|
107 |
5 |
| Strong grey post |
15 |
11 |
|
123 |
4 |
| COAL - Barlowfield Seam |
2 |
2 |
|
125 |
6 |
| COAL, splint at top |
0 |
7 |
|
|
|
| COAL, clean |
1 |
7 |
|
|
|
| Thill |
2 |
1 |
|
127 |
7 |
| Grey post stone |
14 |
5 |
|
142 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
142 |
8 |
| Thill |
6 |
0 |
|
148 |
8 |
| Strong white post stone |
24 |
7 |
|
173 |
3 |
| COAL - Tilly Seam |
1 |
6 |
|
174 |
9 |
| Thill |
0 |
9 |
|
175 |
6 |
| Strong white post stone |
2 |
10 |
|
178 |
4 |
| Blue metal stone |
4 |
0 |
|
182 |
4 |
| Black metal stone |
5 |
3 |
|
187 |
7 |
| White post, with whin |
6 |
6 |
|
194 |
1 |
| COAL - Hand Coal Seam |
0 |
4 |
|
194 |
5 |
| Thill |
0 |
6 |
|
194 |
11 |
| Blue metal stone |
7 |
6 |
|
202 |
5 |
| COAL - Stone Coal Seam |
2 |
6 |
|
204 |
11 |
| Blue metal stone, with whin girdles |
17 |
0 |
|
221 |
11 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
3 |
2 |
|
225 |
1 |
| Thill |
1 |
0 |
|
226 |
1 |
| Blue metal stone, mixed with cat-heads |
2 |
3 |
|
228 |
4 |
| Strong white post, with girdles |
1 |
7 |
|
229 |
11 |
| Blue metal stone, mixed with girdles |
4 |
0 |
|
233 |
11 |
| Strong whin |
0 |
7 |
|
234 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
5 |
|
234 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
235 |
1 |
| Blue metal stone |
3 |
0 |
|
238 |
1 |
| Black metal stone |
2 |
5 |
|
240 |
6 |
| Blue metal stone |
7 |
4 |
|
247 |
10 |
| COAL - Three-Quarter Seam |
2 |
6 |
|
250 |
4 |
| Thill |
0 |
10 |
|
251 |
2 |
| Blue metal stone |
38 |
6 |
|
289 |
8 |
| Strong brown post, mixed with whin |
6 |
4 |
|
296 |
0 |
| Blue stone |
2 |
3 |
|
298 |
3 |
| Black jet |
0 |
3 |
|
298 |
6 |
| COAL - Brockwell Seam |
4 |
8 |
|
303 |
2 |
| COAL |
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
| Thill |
1 |
7 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
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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 0490 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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