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Derwent Crook Colliery
George Pit
Account of the Boring in the George Pit, Derwent Crook Colliery, from the Thill of Low Main Seam. 1819
Shaft Details
Approximate surface level 105 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
 
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
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ft. |
in. |
| Sunk to Low Main Seam |
210 |
0 |
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210 |
0 |
| |
105 |
0 |
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210 |
0 |
| Sea Level |
0 |
0 |
|
210 |
0 |
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105 |
0 |
|
210 |
0 |
| Box |
2 |
0 |
|
212 |
0 |
| COAL, foul, and rubbish |
2 |
0 |
|
214 |
0 |
| Grey metal stone and iron girdles |
44 |
0 |
|
258 |
0 |
| Strong grey metal, with sulphur and beds of post |
20 |
0 |
|
278 |
0 |
| Strong white post |
4 |
0 |
|
282 |
0 |
| Grey metal, with girdles |
19 |
6 |
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301 |
6 |
| Dark grey metal, with sulphur |
1 |
6 |
|
303 |
0 |
| Strong white and grey post |
55 |
10 |
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358 |
10 |
| Grey post, with coal pipes |
1 |
2 |
|
360 |
0 |
| Strong white post |
7 |
0 |
|
367 |
0 |
| Grey metal, with ironstone girdles |
4 |
0 |
|
371 |
0 |
| COAL |
4 |
10 |
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375 |
10 |
| COAL, with sulphur |
2 |
5 |
|
375 |
10 |
| Dark grey metal |
1 |
5 |
|
375 |
10 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
375 |
10 |
| Grey metal, mixed with coal |
0 |
3 |
|
376 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
0 |
|
378 |
1 |
| Strong white post |
10 |
5 |
|
388 |
6 |
| Grey post, with metal partings |
18 |
0 |
|
406 |
6 |
| Grey metal, with hard girdles |
6 |
11 |
|
413 |
5 |
| COAL |
4 |
1 |
|
417 |
6 |
| COAL, with sulphur |
0 |
6 |
|
417 |
6 |
| Dark grey metal |
0 |
6 |
|
417 |
6 |
| COAL, with sulphur |
2 |
3 |
|
417 |
6 |
| Mixture of metal and coal |
0 |
4 |
|
417 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
417 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
0 |
|
418 |
6 |
| White post |
4 |
0 |
|
422 |
6 |
| Blue grey metal |
3 |
0 |
|
425 |
6 |
| COAL, with sulphur |
1 |
0 |
|
426 |
6 |
| Black slaty metal stone |
0 |
6 |
|
427 |
0 |
| Dark grey metal |
1 |
3 |
|
428 |
3 |
| COAL, with sulphur |
2 |
5 |
|
430 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
4 |
|
431 |
0 |
| Grey metal stone |
3 |
0 |
|
434 |
0 |
| Strong white post |
27 |
0 |
|
461 |
0 |
| COAL |
3 |
5 |
|
464 |
5 |
| COAL, with sulphur |
2 |
2 |
|
464 |
5 |
| COAL, foul slaty, mixed with sulphur |
1 |
3 |
|
464 |
5 |
| In grey metal |
2 |
9 |
|
467 |
2 |
| Grey metal stone, with girdles |
2 |
7 |
|
469 |
9 |
| Strong greyish white post |
12 |
0 |
|
481 |
9 |
| Strong white post and whin |
11 |
6 |
|
493 |
3 |
| Strong white and grey post |
20 |
9 |
|
514 |
0 |
| Strong metal stone |
2 |
6 |
|
516 |
6 |
| COAL, with sulphur, tender |
1 |
11 |
|
518 |
5 |
| Dark shivery grey metal, with sulphur girdles near the bottom |
8 |
4 |
|
526 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
527 |
6 |
| Grey metal and metal stone |
11 |
3 |
|
538 |
9 |
| COAL, with sulphur |
1 |
3 |
|
540 |
0 |
| Strong grey metal stone |
3 |
5 |
|
543 |
5 |
| COAL, with sulphur |
2 |
0 |
|
545 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
0 |
|
549 |
5 |
| Strong white post |
31 |
11 |
|
581 |
4 |
| Whin and white post |
1 |
3 |
|
582 |
7 |
| Strong white post, with whin girdles |
5 |
0 |
|
587 |
7 |
| Grey metal stone, with post girdles |
1 |
6 |
|
589 |
1 |
| White and grey post |
12 |
0 |
|
601 |
1 |
| Blue black metal stone |
10 |
0 |
|
611 |
1 |
| Grey post |
4 |
0 |
|
615 |
1 |
| Black metal |
0 |
4 |
|
615 |
5 |
| Grey metal stone |
4 |
0 |
|
619 |
5 |
| Dark grey metal, with girdles |
2 |
6 |
|
621 |
11 |
| Grey post, with metal partings |
2 |
6 |
|
624 |
5 |
| Strong white post |
23 |
7 |
|
648 |
0 |
| Strong white post and whin |
3 |
4 |
|
651 |
4 |
| Strong white post |
2 |
6 |
|
653 |
10 |
| Strong white post, with whin girdles |
12 |
8 |
|
666 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
667 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
7 |
0 |
|
674 |
3 |
| Strong white post |
1 |
6 |
|
675 |
9 |
| Grey metal stone |
6 |
0 |
|
681 |
9 |
| Thin white post girdles, with metal partings |
5 |
10 |
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687 |
7 |
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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 0717 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"
original entry for sinking/boring number 2638 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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