Coxlodge Colliery
Regent/Engine Pit
Sinking of the Regent or Engine Pit, Coxlodge Colliery. 1811-12-13
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1811, Closed: 16 Jun 1894
Approximate surface level 200 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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fathoms, feet & inches, or metres
 
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Outset |
7 |
0 |
|
7 |
0 |
| Soil and strong clay |
7 |
6 |
|
14 |
6 |
| Sand and gravel |
1 |
0 |
|
15 |
6 |
| Strong stony clay |
82 |
0 |
|
97 |
6 |
| Sand and gravel |
1 |
6 |
|
99 |
0 |
| Strong stony clay |
27 |
0 |
|
126 |
0 |
| Soft grey metal |
8 |
0 |
|
134 |
0 |
| Strong white post |
18 |
0 |
|
152 |
0 |
| COAL |
1 |
11 |
|
153 |
11 |
| Soft blue thill |
12 |
0 |
|
165 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
166 |
4 |
| Soft thill |
3 |
0 |
|
169 |
4 |
| White post |
6 |
6 |
|
175 |
10 |
| Grey metal stone |
4 |
8 |
|
180 |
6 |
| Grey post |
5 |
5 |
|
185 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
14 |
1 |
|
200 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
11 |
|
200 |
11 |
| Strong white post, with metal partings |
27 |
7 |
|
228 |
6 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
229 |
6 |
| Soft thill |
2 |
2 |
|
231 |
8 |
| White post |
3 |
0 |
|
234 |
8 |
| Blue metal, with post girdles |
8 |
0 |
|
242 |
8 |
| Strong white post, mixed with whin |
7 |
6 |
|
250 |
2 |
| Strong post girdles |
1 |
8 |
|
251 |
10 |
| Grey post |
2 |
3 |
|
254 |
1 |
| Strong dun whin |
1 |
6 |
|
255 |
7 |
| Grey metal stone, with post girdles |
15 |
9 |
|
271 |
4 |
| Grey metal stone |
6 |
2 |
|
277 |
6 |
| Black stone |
9 |
10 |
|
287 |
4 |
| COAL |
1 |
2 |
|
288 |
6 |
| Blue metal thill |
0 |
6 |
|
289 |
0 |
| Grey metal stone |
25 |
0 |
|
314 |
0 |
| Mixed metal stone in a trouble |
8 |
4 |
|
322 |
4 |
| COAL |
1 |
9 |
|
324 |
1 |
| Soft thill |
1 |
6 |
|
325 |
7 |
| Grey metal stone |
5 |
6 |
|
331 |
1 |
| Grey post |
2 |
9 |
|
333 |
10 |
| Black stone |
6 |
0 |
|
339 |
10 |
| COAL - Supposed Little Seam |
3 |
3 |
|
343 |
1 |
| Soft thill |
3 |
4 |
|
346 |
5 |
| Post girdle |
1 |
4 |
|
347 |
9 |
| Grey post |
3 |
8 |
|
351 |
5 |
| Strong white post |
5 |
6 |
|
356 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
6 |
|
363 |
5 |
| Black stone |
2 |
8 |
|
366 |
1 |
| COAL, brassy |
1 |
6 |
|
367 |
7 |
| Soft thill |
2 |
8 |
|
370 |
3 |
| Grey metal stone, with post girdles |
35 |
8 |
|
405 |
11 |
| Black stone |
3 |
0 |
|
408 |
11 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
409 |
11 |
| Soft thill |
4 |
9 |
|
414 |
8 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
4 |
3 |
|
418 |
11 |
| Strong white post, mixed with whin |
9 |
8 |
|
428 |
7 |
| Black stone |
2 |
0 |
|
430 |
7 |
| Grey metal stone |
3 |
7 |
|
434 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
434 |
6 |
| Blue metal thill |
4 |
4 |
|
438 |
10 |
| Post, with grey girdles |
13 |
1 |
|
451 |
11 |
| Blue stone |
6 |
0 |
|
457 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
458 |
5 |
| Black stone |
0 |
8 |
|
459 |
1 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
8 |
0 |
|
467 |
1 |
| Black stone |
22 |
8 |
|
489 |
9 |
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
|
491 |
3 |
| Grey metal thill |
2 |
0 |
|
493 |
3 |
| Main post, mixed with whin |
46 |
6 |
|
539 |
9 |
| Black stone |
0 |
3 |
|
540 |
0 |
| COAL - High Main Seam |
4 |
6 |
|
544 |
6 |
| Sunk below the seam |
27 |
0 |
|
571 |
6 |
|
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 0635 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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