Dipton Colliery
Surtees Pit
Account of Strata sunk through in the No. 2 or Surtees Shaft, Dipton Colliery, February, 1883.
Shaft Details
Sunk: Feb 1883, Closed: Nov 1940
Approximate surface level 530 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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fathoms, feet & inches, or metres
 
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Marl |
9 |
8 |
|
9 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
6 |
0 |
|
15 |
8 |
| White post |
85 |
0 |
|
100 |
8 |
| Hutton Seam goaf |
0 |
0 |
|
100 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
46 |
2 |
|
146 |
10 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
2 |
10 |
|
149 |
8 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
0 |
|
150 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
51 |
5 |
|
202 |
1 |
| White post |
0 |
8 |
|
202 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
5 |
|
203 |
2 |
| White post |
1 |
5 |
|
204 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
4 |
|
204 |
11 |
| White post |
1 |
2 |
|
206 |
1 |
| Blue metal, mixed with post |
1 |
6 |
|
207 |
7 |
| White post |
4 |
0 |
|
211 |
7 |
| Grey post, with blue metal and iron balls |
2 |
5 |
|
214 |
0 |
| White post |
2 |
10 |
|
216 |
10 |
| White post, with blue metal and iron balls |
2 |
2 |
|
219 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
5 |
|
219 |
5 |
| COAL |
2 |
10 |
|
222 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Grey metal band |
0 |
10 |
|
|
|
| COAL, with grey band |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
| Grey and blue metal, mixed |
2 |
0 |
|
224 |
3 |
| Post girdle, with blue metal |
1 |
3 |
|
225 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
5 |
|
226 |
11 |
| White post |
3 |
10 |
|
230 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
1 |
|
230 |
10 |
| White post |
7 |
2 |
|
238 |
0 |
| Grey post, with threads of blue metal |
1 |
1 |
|
239 |
1 |
| White post |
0 |
11 |
|
240 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
9 |
0 |
|
249 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
0 |
|
251 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
6 |
|
252 |
6 |
| Post girdle |
0 |
5 |
|
252 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
13 |
10 |
|
266 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
266 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
7 |
1 |
|
274 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
|
274 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
1 |
|
275 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
275 |
4 |
| Grey post, mixed with coal |
0 |
3 |
|
275 |
7 |
| Grey post |
4 |
7 |
|
280 |
2 |
| White post |
3 |
8 |
|
283 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
4 |
|
284 |
2 |
| White post |
1 |
2 |
|
285 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
2 |
|
285 |
6 |
| Very hard white post |
8 |
6 |
|
294 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
1 |
|
294 |
1 |
| White post |
1 |
10 |
|
295 |
11 |
| Blue and grey metal |
9 |
7 |
|
305 |
6 |
| Post girdle |
0 |
6 |
|
306 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
4 |
|
306 |
4 |
| Post girdle |
0 |
8 |
|
307 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
3 |
|
308 |
3 |
| White post |
12 |
8 |
|
320 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
3 |
|
321 |
2 |
| Post girdle |
0 |
5 |
|
321 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
321 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
5 |
2 |
|
327 |
0 |
| Grey post |
10 |
3 |
|
337 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
0 |
|
339 |
3 |
| White post, with grey post partings |
18 |
7 |
|
357 |
10 |
| COAL |
1 |
10 |
|
359 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
6 |
|
362 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
362 |
7 |
| Blue and grey metal, mixed |
12 |
10 |
|
375 |
5 |
| Post girdle, with blue metal |
1 |
5 |
|
376 |
10 |
| COAL - Top Busty Seam |
2 |
5 |
|
379 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
2 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Blue metal |
16 |
5 |
|
395 |
8 |
| COAL - Bottom Busty Seam |
2 |
10 |
|
398 |
6 |
|
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 2648 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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