Clara Vale Colliery
Account of Strata sunk through at Clara Vale Colliery, 1893
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1893, Closed: 05 Feb 1966
Approximate surface level 66 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
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ft. |
in. |
| Soil |
1 |
6 |
|
1 |
6 |
| Loamy sand |
12 |
0 |
|
13 |
6 |
| Shivery freestone |
16 |
0 |
|
29 |
6 |
| Freestone |
17 |
6 |
|
47 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
5 |
6 |
|
52 |
6 |
| Blue metal, with post girdles |
16 |
0 |
|
68 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
21 |
6 |
|
90 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
6 |
|
94 |
6 |
| Grey post |
9 |
0 |
|
103 |
6 |
| COAL - Ruler Seam |
3 |
9 |
|
107 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
7¼ |
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| Band |
0 |
0¼ |
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| COAL |
2 |
0 |
|
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| Band |
0 |
10¾ |
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| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
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| Bastard seggar-clay |
4 |
0 |
|
111 |
3 |
| Grey post |
34 |
3 |
|
145 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
10 |
6 |
|
156 |
0 |
| COAL |
2 |
3 |
|
158 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
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| Clay |
1 |
1 |
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| COAL |
0 |
8 |
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| Seggar-clay |
5 |
0 |
|
163 |
3 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
7 |
9 |
|
171 |
0 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
172 |
0 |
| Grey post |
17 |
2 |
|
189 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
5 |
10 |
|
195 |
0 |
| COAL - Towneley Seam |
4 |
3 |
|
199 |
3 |
| Splint |
0 |
7¼ |
|
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| COAL, coarse |
0 |
3½ |
|
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| Band |
0 |
1½ |
|
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| COAL, good |
3 |
2¾ |
|
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| Seggar-clay |
3 |
0 |
|
202 |
3 |
| Bastard seggar-clay |
3 |
8 |
|
205 |
11 |
| COAL - Hodge Seam |
0 |
9 |
|
206 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
9 |
6 |
|
216 |
2 |
| Grey post (heavy feeders of water) |
20 |
2 |
|
236 |
4 |
| COAL - Tilley Seam |
2 |
3 |
|
238 |
7 |
| Bastard seggar-clay |
6 |
7 |
|
245 |
2 |
| Blue metal, with post girdles |
7 |
9 |
|
252 |
11 |
| COAL - Hand Coal Seam |
0 |
3 |
|
253 |
2 |
| Seggar-clay |
3 |
2 |
|
256 |
4 |
| Grey post |
3 |
11 |
|
260 |
3 |
| White post |
9 |
9 |
|
270 |
0 |
| Grey freestone |
5 |
4 |
|
275 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
0 |
|
278 |
4 |
| COAL - Stone Coal Seam |
3 |
2 |
|
281 |
6 |
| COAL |
2 |
6 |
|
|
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| Band |
0 |
1 |
|
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| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
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| Seggar-clay |
2 |
0 |
|
283 |
6 |
| Post girdle |
1 |
1 |
|
284 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
9 |
10 |
|
294 |
5 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
3 |
9 |
|
298 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
0½ |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
3½ |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
0¾ |
|
|
|
| COAL |
3 |
1¼ |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay |
0 |
9 |
|
298 |
11 |
| Blue metal, with post girdles |
2 |
4 |
|
301 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
301 |
5 |
| Blue metal |
19 |
9 |
|
321 |
2 |
| Blue metal, with post girdles |
4 |
0 |
|
325 |
2 |
| COAL - Three-Quarter Seam |
2 |
4 |
|
327 |
6 |
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
|
|
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| Band |
0 |
3 |
|
|
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| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
|
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| Seggar-clay |
2 |
6 |
|
330 |
0 |
| Grey post and whin |
14 |
1 |
|
344 |
1 |
| Seggar-clay |
4 |
11 |
|
349 |
0 |
| Bastard seggar-clay |
3 |
9 |
|
352 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
10 |
|
355 |
7 |
| Blue metal, with post girdles |
6 |
7 |
|
362 |
2 |
| White post |
15 |
3 |
|
377 |
5 |
| Blue metal, with post girdles |
17 |
7 |
|
395 |
0 |
| Black stone |
0 |
8 |
|
395 |
8 |
| COAL - Brockwell Seam |
2 |
9 |
|
398 |
5 |
| COAL, splint |
0 |
5¼ |
|
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| COAL |
2 |
1½ |
|
|
|
| COAL, splint |
0 |
2¼ |
|
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| Seggar-clay |
2 |
11 |
|
401 |
4 |
| White post |
3 |
0 |
|
404 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
0 |
|
405 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
406 |
0 |
| Seggar-clay |
0 |
10 |
|
406 |
10 |
| Grey post |
2 |
6 |
|
409 |
4 |
| White post, with metal partings |
6 |
10 |
|
416 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
7 |
11 |
|
424 |
1 |
| Grey post |
7 |
0 |
|
431 |
1 |
| White post |
6 |
0 |
|
437 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
6 |
|
438 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
438 |
10 |
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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 2535 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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