Crookhall Colliery

Stockerley House Pit

Strata sunk through at Stockerley House Pit, Crook Hall Colliery. July, 1839

Shaft Details

Sunk: Jul 1839, Closed: 09 Nov 1963

Approximate surface level 640 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)

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Geology encountered	Thickness		Depth
	ft.	in.	ft.	in.
Soil and clay	14	0	14	0
Sand, with water (18 tubs of 15 gallons per hour)	5	1	19	1
Grey and yellow post	7	9	26	10
COAL - Tilley Seam	1	3	28	1
COAL	0	3
Band	0	6
COAL	0	6
Soft thill	2	10	30	11
Strong blue metal	8	5	39	4
Strong grey metal	4	0	43	4
Post, with partings	24	1	67	5
COAL - Busty Seam	4	5	71	10
COAL, burns to a good cinder	1	10½
Band and black metal	0	3½
COAL, strong bottom, burns to a good cinder	2	3½

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 0689 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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