Dinnington Colliery
Hester Pit
Account of Strata sunk through in the Hester Pit, near the West Pit, Dinnington Colliery, from the Beaumont Seam, October, 1901
Shaft Details
Approximate surface level 245 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
 
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|
|
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Depth from surface |
798 |
9 |
|
798 |
9 |
| COAL - Beaumont Seam |
4 |
3 |
|
803 |
0 |
| COAL |
3 |
2 |
|
803 |
0 |
| Band |
0 |
1 |
|
803 |
0 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
803 |
0 |
| White post, with partings |
16 |
0 |
|
819 |
0 |
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
|
820 |
6 |
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
6 |
|
823 |
0 |
| Grey post |
4 |
0 |
|
827 |
0 |
| White post, with partings |
31 |
8 |
|
858 |
8 |
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
|
860 |
2 |
| Dark grey metal |
10 |
10 |
|
871 |
0 |
| Strong grey metal |
3 |
0 |
|
874 |
0 |
| White post |
2 |
0 |
|
876 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
876 |
4 |
| Seggar-clay |
5 |
2 |
|
881 |
6 |
| COAL - Top Busty Seam |
2 |
0 |
|
883 |
6 |
| Seggar-clay, with iron balls |
2 |
6 |
|
886 |
0 |
| Grey post |
10 |
6 |
|
896 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
9 |
|
900 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
900 |
6 |
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
6 |
|
903 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
903 |
3 |
| Seggar-clay |
11 |
1 |
|
914 |
4 |
| COAL - Bottom Busty Seam |
2 |
3 |
|
916 |
7 |
| COAL |
2 |
0 |
|
916 |
7 |
| Band |
0 |
3 |
|
916 |
7 |
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
5 |
|
919 |
0 |
| Grey post |
4 |
0 |
|
923 |
0 |
| Grey post, with whin |
6 |
0 |
|
929 |
0 |
| White post |
4 |
0 |
|
933 |
0 |
| White post, with whin |
4 |
0 |
|
937 |
0 |
| White post |
16 |
6 |
|
953 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
8 |
|
960 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
961 |
0 |
| Seggar-clay |
4 |
0 |
|
965 |
0 |
| Dark grey post, with whin |
3 |
6 |
|
968 |
6 |
| Dark grey post |
5 |
0 |
|
973 |
6 |
| Dark grey post, with white post girdles |
5 |
6 |
|
979 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
6 |
|
979 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
979 |
8 |
| Seggar-clay |
4 |
4 |
|
984 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
984 |
3 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
0 |
|
985 |
3 |
| Dark grey post, with whin |
4 |
0 |
|
989 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
0 |
|
992 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
992 |
5 |
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
10 |
|
995 |
3 |
| Grey post |
2 |
6 |
|
997 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
997 |
11 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
6 |
|
999 |
5 |
| Grey post |
3 |
4 |
|
1002 |
9 |
| Seggar-clay, with iron balls |
9 |
2 |
|
1011 |
11 |
| COAL - Brockwell Seam |
1 |
4 |
|
1013 |
3 |
| Strong seggar-clay |
2 |
0 |
|
1015 |
3 |
| White post |
5 |
0 |
|
1020 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
0 |
|
1021 |
3 |
| White post |
3 |
9 |
|
1025 |
0 |
| Leafy post |
3 |
0 |
|
1028 |
0 |
| Grey metal, with post panels |
3 |
0 |
|
1031 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
10 |
|
1033 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
1034 |
6 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
6 |
|
1036 |
0 |
| Grey post |
2 |
0 |
|
1038 |
0 |
| Black stone |
2 |
2 |
|
1040 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
1040 |
6 |
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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 2647 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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