Coat Yards Colliery

South/Water Pit

Account of Strata sunk through in the South or Water Pit, Coatyards Colliery, 1903

Shaft Details

Sunk: 1903, Closed: 23 Feb 1904

Approximate surface level 730 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)

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Geology encountered	Thickness		Depth
	ft.	in.	ft.	in.
Sandy clay	5	0	5	0
Freestone	10	0	15	0
Grey shale	63	0	78	0
Blue shale, with coal pipes	1	6	79	6
Black shale	1	2	80	8
COAL - Netherwitton Bottom Seam	2	0	82	8

Source: An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910

original entry for sinking/boring number 2549 in "An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910"

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