Dunston Colliery
Account of Strata sunk through at Dunston Colliery, 1875
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1875, Closed: Dec 1947
Approximate surface level 20 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Strong clay and sand |
20 |
0 |
|
20 |
0 |
| Strong clay and sand |
168 |
10 |
|
188 |
10 |
| White post |
8 |
0 |
|
196 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
0 |
|
198 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
199 |
6 |
| Fire-clay |
2 |
2 |
|
201 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
20 |
8 |
|
222 |
4 |
| COAL - Beaumont Seam |
3 |
9 |
|
226 |
1 |
| COAL |
2 |
2 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
7 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Fire-clay |
2 |
0 |
|
228 |
1 |
| White post |
6 |
4 |
|
234 |
5 |
| Fire-clay |
2 |
8 |
|
237 |
1 |
| White post |
5 |
0 |
|
242 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
242 |
4 |
| Fire-clay |
3 |
0 |
|
245 |
4 |
| White post, with blue metal girdles |
12 |
2 |
|
257 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
7 |
0 |
|
264 |
6 |
| COAL - Stone Coal Seam |
2 |
0 |
|
266 |
6 |
| COAL |
2 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
2 |
|
266 |
8 |
| Fire-clay |
1 |
6 |
|
268 |
2 |
| Post, mixed with blue metal |
4 |
10 |
|
273 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
9 |
0 |
|
282 |
0 |
| White post |
25 |
0 |
|
307 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
307 |
10 |
| Fire-clay |
2 |
0 |
|
309 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
8 |
0 |
|
317 |
10 |
| White post |
7 |
0 |
|
324 |
10 |
| Grey whin |
2 |
2 |
|
327 |
0 |
| Post |
12 |
11 |
|
339 |
11 |
| Grey whin |
2 |
0 |
|
341 |
11 |
| Post |
4 |
0 |
|
345 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
346 |
2 |
| Fire-clay |
2 |
0 |
|
348 |
2 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
2 |
10 |
|
351 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
2 |
2 |
|
|
|
| Post |
19 |
6 |
|
370 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
371 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
6 |
0 |
|
377 |
2 |
| COAL - Three-Quarter Seam |
2 |
0 |
|
379 |
2 |
| COAL |
2 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Fire-clay |
2 |
0 |
|
381 |
2 |
| Coarse fire-clay |
8 |
10 |
|
390 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
32 |
7 |
|
422 |
7 |
| COAL - Brockwell Seam |
3 |
6 |
|
426 |
1 |
| COAL |
3 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Fire-clay |
2 |
0 |
|
428 |
1 |
| White post |
28 |
0 |
|
456 |
1 |
|
Source: An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume C-E, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1881
original entry for sinking/boring number 2649 in "An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume C-E, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1881"
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