| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Soil and yellow clay |
2 |
6 |
|
2 |
6 |
| Sand, with a siping of water |
1 |
0 |
|
3 |
6 |
| Blue stony clay, with whin tumblers |
67 |
6 |
|
71 |
0 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
18 |
0 |
|
89 |
0 |
| Dark grey and black metal, with hard lumps |
16 |
0 |
|
105 |
0 |
| COAL |
1 |
4 |
|
106 |
4 |
| Grey metal, with scares of coal |
4 |
0 |
|
110 |
4 |
| COAL - High Main Seam |
4 |
11 |
|
115 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Brown metal |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
2 |
10 |
|
|
|
| Grey metal |
0 |
7 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Dark grey and grey metal |
16 |
9 |
|
132 |
0 |
| White post, with metal partings, and set away the water |
24 |
0 |
|
156 |
0 |
| Strong white post, with water |
9 |
0 |
|
165 |
0 |
| Whin (six shifts) |
2 |
0 |
|
167 |
0 |
| White post |
3 |
0 |
|
170 |
0 |
| Grey metal stone, with post girdles |
9 |
0 |
|
179 |
0 |
| White post, with water |
12 |
0 |
|
191 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
5 |
|
191 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
191 |
7 |
| Grey scared post |
2 |
0 |
|
193 |
7 |
| Grey metal stone, with girdles |
8 |
5 |
|
202 |
0 |
| Grey metal stone, with girdles |
11 |
0 |
|
213 |
0 |
| White post, with metal partings, and water near the bottom |
13 |
0 |
|
226 |
0 |
| Grey metal and metal stone, with girdles |
5 |
6 |
|
231 |
6 |
| COAL - Grey Seam |
6 |
6 |
|
238 |
0 |
| COAL |
2 |
9 |
|
|
|
| COAL, rather foul and brassy |
0 |
7 |
|
|
|
| COAL, with sulphur near bottom |
2 |
8 |
|
|
|
| COAL, foul |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Grey metal |
0 |
3 |
|
238 |
3 |
| Grey metal stone, with post girdles |
25 |
6 |
|
263 |
9 |
| Black metal, with whin girdles |
2 |
0 |
|
265 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
266 |
2 |
| Hard band |
0 |
2 |
|
266 |
4 |
| COAL, foul, and mixed with metal near the bottom |
0 |
8 |
|
267 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
267 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
2 |
|
267 |
5 |
| Grey metal stone |
0 |
10 |
|
268 |
3 |
| White post |
4 |
0 |
|
272 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
0 |
|
276 |
3 |
| Strong white post |
4 |
2 |
|
280 |
5 |
| Whin, got 12th July through 16th August |
4 |
4 |
|
284 |
9 |
| Strong white post, thin whin girdles |
3 |
0 |
|
287 |
9 |
| Strong white post |
9 |
6 |
|
297 |
3 |
| Grey metal stone, with post girdles |
7 |
0 |
|
304 |
3 |
| COAL - Yard Seam |
2 |
11 |
|
307 |
2 |
| COAL |
2 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Black metal band |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| Bored further — |
0 |
0 |
|
307 |
2 |
| From thill of Grey Seam to bottom of box |
20 |
4 |
|
327 |
6 |
| Grey metal, mixed with post |
13 |
2 |
|
340 |
8 |
| Whin |
0 |
6 |
|
341 |
2 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
4 |
3 |
|
345 |
5 |
| Strong post, with partings |
21 |
0 |
|
366 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
4 |
|
368 |
9 |
| Black stone, mixed with coal |
0 |
10 |
|
369 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
20 |
5 |
|
390 |
0 |
| COAL - Hartley Stone Coal |
2 |
2 |
|
392 |
2 |
| Grey metal, with whin girdles |
5 |
2 |
|
397 |
4 |
| Strong post, mixed with whin |
7 |
6 |
|
404 |
10 |
| Whin |
1 |
0 |
|
405 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
4 |
|
409 |
2 |
| Whin |
0 |
5 |
|
409 |
7 |
| Strong post |
1 |
9 |
|
411 |
4 |
| Grey metal, with whin girdles |
9 |
8 |
|
421 |
0 |
| Post |
2 |
1 |
|
423 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
2 |
|
426 |
3 |
| COAL |
3 |
7 |
|
429 |
10 |
| COAL, tender near the bottom |
2 |
5 |
|
|
|
| Thill |
0 |
7 |
|
|
|
| COAL, hard foul |
0 |
7 |
|
|
|
| Dark thill and grey metal |
4 |
7 |
|
434 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
435 |
1 |
| White thill |
1 |
0 |
|
436 |
1 |
| Dark metal, mixed with coal |
0 |
8 |
|
436 |
9 |
| Grey metal, mixed with post |
3 |
0 |
|
439 |
9 |
| Strong white post |
2 |
0 |
|
441 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
7 |
|
443 |
4 |
| Whin |
0 |
10 |
|
444 |
2 |
| Post |
3 |
8 |
|
447 |
10 |
| Dark metal |
0 |
10 |
|
448 |
8 |
| Grey metal, with ironstone girdles |
11 |
7 |
|
460 |
3 |
| Black stone, mixed with coal |
1 |
7 |
|
461 |
10 |
| Grey metal, with ironstone girdles |
13 |
7 |
|
475 |
5 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
5 |
7 |
|
481 |
0 |
| COAL, cannel |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL, clean |
5 |
5 |
|
|
|
| Dark thill, mixed with coal |
1 |
0 |
|
482 |
0 |
| Dark grey thill |
0 |
2 |
|
482 |
2 |
original entry for sinking/boring number 0647 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"
