Carr Edge Mine

Account of Strata sunk through in the East Shaft, Carr Edge Mine, in the second field East of Meg's House

Shaft Details

Approximate surface level 520 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)

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Geology encountered	Thickness		Depth
	ft.	in.	ft.	in.
Hazle	42	0	42	0
COAL	1	0	43	0
Clay and plate	5	0	48	0
Scar Limestone	8	0	56	0
Plate	2	0	58	0
Fie-clay	5	0	63	0
Hazle	7	10	70	10
Grey beds	20	0	90	10
Hazle	9	2	100	0

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 2508 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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