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Callerton Colliery
Engine Pit
Strata sunk and bored in Engine Pit, at Callerton Colliery, near Wolsingham Bridge, in 1827 and 1828
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1827
Approximate surface level 237 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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fathoms, feet & inches, or metres
 
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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 and clay |
3 |
6 |
|
3 |
6 |
| Gravel and sand, with water |
13 |
0 |
|
16 |
6 |
| Strong blue metal, with tumblers |
87 |
0 |
|
103 |
6 |
| White post |
1 |
7 |
|
105 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
5 |
|
108 |
6 |
| Strong grey metal, scared with post |
18 |
6 |
|
127 |
0 |
| Soft grey metal |
0 |
7 |
|
127 |
7 |
| Soft blue metal, with coal pipes |
2 |
4 |
|
129 |
11 |
| Soft grey metal, with coal pipes |
1 |
11 |
|
131 |
10 |
| Soft blue metal, with coal pipes |
6 |
0 |
|
137 |
10 |
| Soft grey metal |
12 |
2 |
|
150 |
0 |
| White Post |
2 |
11 |
|
152 |
11 |
| Grey metal, scared with post |
2 |
8 |
|
155 |
7 |
| White post |
4 |
11 |
|
160 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
14 |
6 |
|
175 |
0 |
| COAL, foul |
1 |
6 |
|
176 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
7 |
11 |
|
184 |
5 |
| COAL - Grove Seam |
5 |
10 |
|
190 |
3 |
| Fire clay |
0 |
7 |
|
190 |
10 |
| Blue metal, with coal pipes |
4 |
5 |
|
195 |
3 |
| White post, with coal pipes |
2 |
9 |
|
198 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
9 |
5 |
|
207 |
5 |
| White post |
2 |
2½ |
|
209 |
7½ |
| Blue metal |
1 |
2½ |
|
210 |
10 |
| Ironstone girdle |
0 |
1 |
|
210 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
8 |
|
211 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
0½ |
|
214 |
7½ |
| COAL, foul |
1 |
0 |
|
215 |
7½ |
| Blue metal |
4 |
4 |
|
219 |
11½ |
| White post |
2 |
0 |
|
221 |
11½ |
| Grey metal |
2 |
6 |
|
224 |
5½ |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
224 |
10½ |
| Grey metal |
0 |
6½ |
|
225 |
5 |
| Whin girdle, with water |
0 |
3 |
|
225 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
6½ |
|
226 |
2½ |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
226 |
5½ |
| Grey metal |
0 |
4½ |
|
226 |
10 |
| White post, with water |
4 |
5 |
|
231 |
3 |
| Soft blue metal |
1 |
1 |
|
232 |
4 |
| White post, with water |
2 |
11 |
|
235 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
9 |
|
237 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
10 |
|
237 |
10 |
| White post |
1 |
4 |
|
239 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
6 |
|
239 |
8 |
| White Post |
2 |
1½ |
|
241 |
9½ |
| COAL |
1 |
3 |
|
243 |
0½ |
| Grey metal stone |
2 |
3 |
|
245 |
3½ |
| Grey post |
3 |
8 |
|
248 |
11½ |
| White post, mild |
17 |
4 |
|
266 |
3½ |
| Grey metal |
2 |
10 |
|
269 |
1½ |
| COAL, coarse |
1 |
11 |
|
271 |
0½ |
| Grey metal |
15 |
3 |
|
286 |
3½ |
| Grey metal, with post girdles and water |
10 |
1 |
|
296 |
4½ |
| Grey post |
27 |
9 |
|
324 |
1½ |
| Grey metal |
13 |
6 |
|
337 |
7½ |
| COAL |
4 |
11 |
|
342 |
6½ |
| Grey metal |
4 |
3 |
|
346 |
9½ |
| COAL |
2 |
0 |
|
348 |
9½ |
| Grey metal |
8 |
3 |
|
357 |
0½ |
| Black stone |
0 |
10 |
|
357 |
10½ |
| COAL, coarse |
2 |
9 |
|
360 |
7½ |
| Left off sinking 8th August, 1828, and then commenced boring. |
0 |
0 |
|
360 |
7½ |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
13 |
9 |
|
374 |
4½ |
| Blue metal, with post |
11 |
8 |
|
386 |
0½ |
| COAL coarse, with water |
1 |
0 |
|
387 |
0½ |
| Grey metal thill |
1 |
0 |
|
388 |
0½ |
| White post |
21 |
3½ |
|
409 |
4 |
| Strong post, with water |
7 |
11½ |
|
417 |
3½ |
| Whin |
2 |
10 |
|
420 |
1½ |
| Strong white post, with water at a parting |
1 |
5 |
|
421 |
6½ |
| Strong post |
9 |
5½ |
|
431 |
0 |
| Soft parting, with water |
0 |
2 |
|
431 |
2 |
| Grey thill |
1 |
7 |
|
432 |
9 |
| Soft blue metal |
8 |
10 |
|
441 |
7 |
| Grey metal, with water |
8 |
1 |
|
449 |
8 |
| Grey post |
6 |
6 |
|
456 |
2 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
4 |
11 |
|
461 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
6½ |
|
464 |
7½ |
| Blue metal, with post girdles |
4 |
9 |
|
469 |
4½ |
| Grey metal |
6 |
10 |
|
476 |
2½ |
| Blue metal |
3 |
0½ |
|
479 |
3 |
| Black stone |
0 |
4 |
|
479 |
7 |
| Black metal |
4 |
7 |
|
484 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
7 |
0 |
|
491 |
2 |
| Strong white post |
32 |
7 |
|
523 |
9 |
| Grey post |
2 |
0 |
|
525 |
9 |
| Blue metal, with post girdles |
1 |
10 |
|
527 |
7 |
| White post |
4 |
1 |
|
531 |
8 |
| Strong black metal |
1 |
4 |
|
533 |
0 |
| Grey metal stone |
6 |
2 |
|
539 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
4 |
|
542 |
6 |
| Strong grey post, with whin |
2 |
10½ |
|
545 |
4½ |
| Strong white post |
2 |
5½ |
|
547 |
10 |
| Dark grey shivery post |
9 |
4 |
|
557 |
2 |
| Blue metal, with ironstone balls or girdles |
13 |
3 |
|
570 |
5 |
| In strong post |
1 |
7½ |
|
572 |
0½ |
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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 0393 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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