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Croxdale Colliery
Thornton Pit
Account of strata sunk through in the Thornton Pit, Croxdale Colliery
Shaft Details
Closed: 1934
Approximate surface level 272 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Soil |
2 |
0 |
|
2 |
0 |
| Sand |
22 |
0 |
|
24 |
0 |
| Gravel, with water |
5 |
0 |
|
29 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
6 |
|
33 |
6 |
| Grey post |
2 |
4 |
|
35 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
9 |
2 |
|
45 |
0 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
46 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| Splint |
0 |
10 |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay |
0 |
2 |
|
46 |
2 |
| Post |
0 |
10 |
|
47 |
0 |
| Seggar-clay, with post girdles |
2 |
7 |
|
49 |
7 |
| Band |
0 |
2 |
|
49 |
9 |
| COAL, coarse |
0 |
11 |
|
50 |
8 |
| Seggar-clay, with iron girdles |
4 |
6 |
|
55 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
55 |
4 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
0 |
|
56 |
4 |
| Post |
5 |
0 |
|
61 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
5 |
|
63 |
9 |
| Post |
4 |
8 |
|
68 |
5 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
8 |
7 |
|
77 |
0 |
| Black stone |
0 |
7 |
|
77 |
7 |
| COAL |
1 |
8 |
|
79 |
3 |
| Coarse seggar-clay |
5 |
6 |
|
84 |
9 |
| Broken post |
28 |
0 |
|
112 |
9 |
| Blue metal and nodules of ironstone |
2 |
6 |
|
115 |
3 |
| COAL |
2 |
9 |
|
118 |
0 |
| COAL |
1 |
7 |
|
|
|
| Black band |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| COAL, splint |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Dark seggar-clay |
4 |
9 |
|
122 |
9 |
| Grey metal, with post |
14 |
0 |
|
136 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
137 |
6 |
| Soft seggar-clay |
0 |
10 |
|
138 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
20 |
0 |
|
158 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
158 |
8 |
| Dark seggar-clay |
1 |
6 |
|
160 |
2 |
| Post and whin, with water and gas |
22 |
0 |
|
182 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
182 |
10 |
| Seggar-clay |
0 |
8 |
|
183 |
6 |
| Post, with water |
8 |
7 |
|
192 |
1 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles and water |
10 |
0 |
|
202 |
1 |
| Blue stone |
9 |
9 |
|
211 |
10 |
| Black stone |
0 |
6 |
|
212 |
4 |
| Seggar-clay |
0 |
1 |
|
212 |
5 |
| Blue stone |
9 |
6 |
|
221 |
11 |
| Black stone |
2 |
8 |
|
224 |
7 |
| Seggar-clay |
3 |
0 |
|
227 |
7 |
| Broken post |
33 |
5 |
|
261 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
8 |
5 |
|
269 |
5 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
1 |
6 |
|
270 |
11 |
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay |
3 |
5 |
|
274 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
7 |
5 |
|
281 |
9 |
| Black stone |
0 |
4 |
|
282 |
1 |
| Seggar-clay |
3 |
4 |
|
285 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
0 |
|
287 |
5 |
| White post |
8 |
7 |
|
296 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
296 |
2 |
| Seggar-clay |
5 |
0 |
|
301 |
2 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
21 |
0 |
|
322 |
2 |
| COAL |
2 |
7 |
|
324 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay |
0 |
8 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Slate |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Posty seggar-clay |
5 |
0 |
|
329 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
6 |
|
332 |
3 |
| Black stone |
1 |
0 |
|
333 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
333 |
7 |
| Dark seggar-clay |
5 |
9 |
|
339 |
4 |
| Post |
3 |
8 |
|
343 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
13 |
3 |
|
356 |
3 |
| COAL - Harvey Seam |
2 |
2 |
|
358 |
5 |
| COAL |
2 |
2 |
|
|
|
| Posty seggar-clay |
5 |
0 |
|
363 |
5 |
| White post |
94 |
0 |
|
457 |
5 |
| Blue metal |
6 |
0 |
|
463 |
5 |
| COAL - Busty Seam |
2 |
0 |
|
465 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
1½ |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
6½ |
|
|
|
| Coarse seggar-clay |
4 |
3 |
|
469 |
8 |
| Blue stone |
2 |
6 |
|
472 |
2 |
| Black stone |
1 |
0 |
|
473 |
2 |
| Strong seggar-clay |
2 |
3 |
|
475 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
|
475 |
6 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
4 |
|
476 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
13 |
8 |
|
490 |
6 |
| Post |
11 |
0 |
|
501 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
10 |
6 |
|
512 |
0 |
| Badger |
0 |
3 |
|
512 |
3 |
| COAL - Brockwell Seam |
3 |
7 |
|
515 |
10 |
| COAL |
3 |
7 |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
6 |
|
517 |
4 |
| Post |
7 |
0 |
|
524 |
4 |
| Blue stone |
5 |
6 |
|
529 |
10 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
23 |
5 |
|
553 |
3 |
| Whinstone |
3 |
0 |
|
556 |
3 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
16 |
7 |
|
572 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
7 |
10 |
|
580 |
8 |
| Black stone |
1 |
2 |
|
581 |
10 |
| COAL - Victoria Seam |
2 |
6 |
|
584 |
4 |
| COAL |
2 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Post, into |
12 |
0 |
|
596 |
4 |
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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 2627 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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