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Chaytor's Haugh Colliery
Stable End Pit
Chatershaugh, in the Stable, End Pit
Shaft Details
Approximate surface level 25 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. |
| Depth to the Three-Quarter Coal Seam |
93 |
0 |
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93 |
0 |
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4 |
1 |
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| Sea Level |
0 |
0 |
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11 |
2 |
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| COAL - Three Quarter Seam |
2 |
9 |
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95 |
9 |
| COAL, top, good |
0 |
9 |
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| Band |
0 |
0½ |
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| COAL |
0 |
3 |
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| Band |
0 |
1 |
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| COAL |
0 |
3 |
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| Band |
0 |
1 |
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| COAL |
0 |
4 |
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| Further below the above |
40 |
8 |
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136 |
5 |
| Little Seam — Coal 23 to 25 inches, about one inch of which at top is coarse. |
0 |
0 |
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136 |
5 |
| Further to 5/4 Seam |
52 |
10 |
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189 |
3 |
| Chatershaugh Colliery was first won in 1680, and continued working until 1708, when it was laid in, Resumed working in 1728, and continued until 1771, when it was drowned out by a flood. |
0 |
0 |
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189 |
3 |
| Began by the late lessees to work about Nov., 1844, and ceased in Nov., 1847. |
0 |
0 |
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189 |
3 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
3 |
10 |
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193 |
1 |
| COAL, good |
1 |
4 |
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| COAL, good, but most suitable for steam ... |
2 |
6 |
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| Further to Main Coal Seam |
76 |
10 |
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270 |
0 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
6 |
6 |
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276 |
6 |
| COAL, top, good |
2 |
3 |
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| Band |
0 |
2 |
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| COAL, fine |
1 |
4 |
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| Band |
0 |
1 |
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| COAL, ground, good |
2 |
8 |
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| NOTE — The Maudlin Seam, including 1½ inch band near the middle, is 4 feet 6 inches thick but the depth of intermediate strata is wanting in the original section. |
0 |
0 |
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276 |
6 |
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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 0415 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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