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Deaf Hill Colliery
No. 3 Pit
Account of the Strata sunk through in the No. 3 Pit, Deaf Hill Colliery, for the Trimdon Coal Company, 1891-1892
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1891
Approximate surface level 480 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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fathoms, feet & inches, or metres
 
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
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ft. |
in. |
| Strong clay and gravel |
54 |
0 |
|
54 |
0 |
| Strong clay and beds of marl |
15 |
2 |
|
69 |
2 |
| Marl and limestone |
73 |
2 |
|
142 |
4 |
| Limestone and marl beds |
36 |
0 |
|
178 |
4 |
| Strong honey-combed yellow limestone |
84 |
0 |
|
262 |
4 |
| Honey-combed limestone |
44 |
9 |
|
307 |
1 |
| Blue and yellow limestone |
32 |
5 |
|
339 |
6 |
| Marl slate (fish bed) |
4 |
5 |
|
343 |
11 |
| Blue sand |
1 |
9 |
|
345 |
8 |
| Yellow sand |
4 |
8 |
|
350 |
4 |
| Blue sand |
1 |
0 |
|
351 |
4 |
| Soft blue metal |
3 |
6 |
|
354 |
10 |
| Blue and red metal |
24 |
7 |
|
379 |
5 |
| Red and grey post |
12 |
4 |
|
391 |
9 |
| Red seggar-clay |
2 |
7 |
|
394 |
4 |
| Strong red and grey metal |
19 |
0 |
|
413 |
4 |
| Grey metal, with black partings |
6 |
11 |
|
420 |
3 |
| Blue metal, with balls of ironstone |
6 |
7 |
|
426 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
7 |
0 |
|
433 |
10 |
| Strong grey metal, with balls of ironstone |
4 |
6 |
|
438 |
4 |
| Red and grey post |
23 |
0 |
|
461 |
4 |
| Ironstone girdle |
0 |
2 |
|
461 |
6 |
| Red and grey post |
13 |
10 |
|
475 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
6 |
|
477 |
10 |
| COAL - Three-Quarter Seam |
3 |
5 |
|
481 |
3 |
| COAL, mixed with black stone |
3 |
5 |
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| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
3 |
7 |
|
484 |
10 |
| COAL |
3 |
7 |
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| Seggar-clay |
4 |
6 |
|
489 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
27 |
7 |
|
516 |
11 |
| Grey post |
30 |
0 |
|
546 |
11 |
| White post |
33 |
7 |
|
580 |
6 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
4 |
2 |
|
584 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
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| Band |
0 |
4 |
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| COAL, good |
3 |
0 |
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| COAL, coarse |
0 |
6 |
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| Seggar-clay |
3 |
0 |
|
587 |
8 |
| COAL, coarse |
1 |
3 |
|
588 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
0 |
|
591 |
11 |
| Grey post |
18 |
0 |
|
609 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
20 |
0 |
|
629 |
11 |
| GOAL |
1 |
0 |
|
630 |
11 |
| Seggar-clay |
3 |
0 |
|
633 |
11 |
| Grey post |
68 |
4 |
|
702 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
9 |
0 |
|
711 |
3 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
3 |
6 |
|
714 |
9 |
| COAL |
3 |
6 |
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| White post |
18 |
7 |
|
733 |
4 |
| Black stone |
1 |
0 |
|
734 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
734 |
6 |
| Grey post |
12 |
0 |
|
746 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
746 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
10 |
|
753 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
754 |
2 |
| Strong grey metal, with post girdles... |
10 |
0 |
|
764 |
2 |
| Strong white post |
4 |
7 |
|
768 |
9 |
| Dark metal |
4 |
6 |
|
773 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
773 |
5 |
| Strong grey post |
12 |
0 |
|
785 |
5 |
| Dark metal |
6 |
0 |
|
791 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
0 |
|
797 |
5 |
| COAL - Brass Thill Seam |
1 |
6 |
|
798 |
11 |
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
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| Seggar-clay |
0 |
8 |
|
799 |
7 |
| Blue metal, with ironstone balls |
30 |
1 |
|
829 |
8 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
3 |
1 |
|
832 |
9 |
| COAL |
2 |
5 |
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| Cannel stone |
0 |
8 |
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| Grey post |
15 |
0 |
|
847 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
848 |
3 |
| Grey post, with metal partings |
30 |
0 |
|
878 |
3 |
| Black stone |
1 |
0 |
|
879 |
3 |
| COAL |
1 |
2 |
|
880 |
5 |
| Grey post |
4 |
4 |
|
884 |
9 |
| Grey post, with metal partings |
12 |
0 |
|
896 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
7 |
6 |
|
904 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
904 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
6 |
|
909 |
3 |
| Grey post |
12 |
0 |
|
921 |
3 |
| Black stone |
15 |
2 |
|
936 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
9 |
0 |
|
945 |
5 |
| COAL |
2 |
10 |
|
948 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
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| Black shale |
0 |
9 |
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| COAL |
0 |
6 |
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| Shale |
1 |
3 |
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| COAL |
0 |
3 |
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| Grey metal |
5 |
7 |
|
953 |
10 |
| Grey post |
9 |
0 |
|
962 |
10 |
| Black stone |
1 |
0 |
|
963 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
964 |
0 |
| Black stone |
0 |
2 |
|
964 |
2 |
| COAL - Harvey Seam |
3 |
1 |
|
967 |
3 |
| COAL |
3 |
1 |
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| Strong metal stone |
4 |
6 |
|
971 |
9 |
| Strong post |
0 |
9 |
|
972 |
6 |
| Blue stone |
1 |
3 |
|
973 |
9 |
| Blue stone, mixed with pipes |
1 |
0 |
|
974 |
9 |
| Post, with iron balls |
0 |
8 |
|
975 |
5 |
| Blue stone |
2 |
10 |
|
978 |
3 |
| Post |
0 |
6 |
|
978 |
9 |
| Blue stone |
0 |
6 |
|
979 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
18 |
0 |
|
997 |
3 |
| Post |
1 |
6 |
|
998 |
9 |
| COAL - Busty Seam |
5 |
11½ |
|
1004 |
8½ |
| COAL |
2 |
7 |
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| Band |
0 |
2½ |
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| COAL |
0 |
9 |
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| Band |
0 |
3½ |
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| COAL |
0 |
11½ |
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| Band |
0 |
7 |
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| COAL |
0 |
7 |
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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 2633 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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