Cornish Hush (Lead Ore)
Air Shaft
Account of Strata sunk through in the Air Shaft, Cornish Hush Mine, Upper Weardale
Shaft Details
Approximate surface level 1100 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Grindstone Sill |
24 |
0 |
|
24 |
0 |
| Plate |
59 |
0 |
|
83 |
0 |
| Fell Top Limestone |
2 |
0 |
|
85 |
0 |
| Hazle and grey beds |
17 |
0 |
|
102 |
0 |
| Plate |
11 |
0 |
|
113 |
0 |
| Slaty hazle |
28 |
3 |
|
141 |
3 |
| Plate |
17 |
3 |
|
158 |
6 |
| High Slate Sill |
16 |
0 |
|
174 |
6 |
| Plate |
3 |
0 |
|
177 |
6 |
| High Slate Sill |
12 |
0 |
|
189 |
6 |
| Plate |
6 |
0 |
|
195 |
6 |
| High Slate Sill |
28 |
0 |
|
223 |
6 |
| Plate |
25 |
0 |
|
248 |
6 |
| Low Slate Sill |
62 |
0 |
|
310 |
6 |
| Plate and grey beds |
19 |
0 |
|
329 |
6 |
| Freestone Sill |
95 |
0 |
|
424 |
6 |
| Plate |
4 |
0 |
|
428 |
6 |
| Upper Little Limestone |
5 |
0 |
|
433 |
6 |
| Plate |
9 |
0 |
|
442 |
6 |
| Pattinson's Sill |
23 |
9 |
|
466 |
3 |
| Plate |
53 |
0 |
|
519 |
3 |
| Lower Little Limestone |
5 |
0 |
|
524 |
3 |
| White sill |
6 |
0 |
|
530 |
3 |
| High Coal Sill |
43 |
0 |
|
573 |
3 |
| Plate |
5 |
6 |
|
578 |
9 |
| High Coal Sill |
6 |
0 |
|
584 |
9 |
| Plate |
4 |
0 |
|
588 |
9 |
| Low Coal Sill |
5 |
0 |
|
593 |
9 |
| Plate |
11 |
6 |
|
605 |
3 |
| Great Limestone |
60 |
0 |
|
665 |
3 |
| Plate |
4 |
0 |
|
669 |
3 |
| Quarry Hazle |
77 |
0 |
|
746 |
3 |
| Plate |
4 |
0 |
|
750 |
3 |
| Four Fathoms Limestone |
35 |
0 |
|
785 |
3 |
| Nattrass Gill Hazle and grey beds |
13 |
0 |
|
798 |
3 |
|
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 2960 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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