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Cassop Moor Colliery
Account of Strata sunk and bored through in the Cassop Moor Pit, June 14th, 1840
Shaft Details
Sunk: 14 Jun 1840, Closed: 1850's
Approximate surface level 339 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. |
| Sinking :— |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
| Clay |
42 |
0 |
|
42 |
0 |
| Gravel bed, with water |
2 |
0 |
|
44 |
0 |
| Post stone |
48 |
0 |
|
92 |
0 |
| COAL - Three-Quarter Seam |
6 |
10 |
|
98 |
10 |
| COAL and stone, mixed |
6 |
10 |
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| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
3 |
2 |
|
102 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
52 |
6 |
|
154 |
6 |
| Post, water upon it |
14 |
5 |
|
168 |
11 |
| Blue stone |
5 |
6 |
|
174 |
5 |
| COAL, coarse |
0 |
6 |
|
174 |
11 |
| Black stone |
1 |
0 |
|
175 |
11 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
4 |
1 |
|
180 |
0 |
| Bored further :— |
0 |
0 |
|
180 |
0 |
| Box |
9 |
0 |
|
189 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
0 |
|
191 |
0 |
| Grey post |
10 |
4 |
|
201 |
4 |
| Grey metal stone |
15 |
5 |
|
216 |
9 |
| Grey post |
6 |
0 |
|
222 |
9 |
| COAL, foul |
1 |
0 |
|
223 |
9 |
| Grey metal stone, with post girdles |
18 |
6 |
|
242 |
3 |
| White post, with metal partings and water |
13 |
0 |
|
255 |
3 |
| Red post, with water |
2 |
0 |
|
257 |
3 |
| White post |
5 |
0 |
|
262 |
3 |
| Red and white post |
35 |
9 |
|
298 |
0 |
| Strong white post |
6 |
0 |
|
304 |
0 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
2 |
10 |
|
306 |
10 |
| COAL |
2 |
6 |
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| COAL, foul |
0 |
4 |
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| Grey metal |
4 |
0 |
|
310 |
10 |
| Strong white post, with water |
22 |
0 |
|
332 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
7 |
|
336 |
5 |
| Blue metal |
9 |
0 |
|
345 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
346 |
0 |
| Grey metal, with hard post girdles |
15 |
0 |
|
361 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
361 |
3 |
| Grey metal, with girdles |
2 |
9 |
|
364 |
0 |
| White and grey post |
18 |
0 |
|
382 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
0 |
|
383 |
0 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
4 |
0 |
|
387 |
0 |
| COAL, very strong |
2 |
11 |
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| Grey metal |
0 |
6 |
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| COAL |
0 |
4 |
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| COAL, foul |
0 |
3 |
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| Grey metal |
0 |
2 |
|
387 |
2 |
| White post, mixed with whin |
5 |
0 |
|
392 |
2 |
| White post |
15 |
4 |
|
407 |
6 |
| COAL, soft with white scares |
1 |
8 |
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409 |
2 |
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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 2518 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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