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Geology encountered   Thickness   Depth   ft. in.   ft. in. Engine Pit sunk to the top of the first coal    72  0     72  0 Engine Pit sunk to the top of the first coal    97  6     169  6 COAL    1  6     171  0 White and grey thill    6  0     177  0 Black stone    3  0     180  0 Blue stone    6  0     186  0 COAL    2  10     188  10     COAL    0  4            Stone    0  1            COAL    0  6            Stone    0  2            COAL    1  9        Grey thill    7  6     196  4

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 0453 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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