Dunsheugh Colliery

Section of Strata at Dunsheugh Colliery, 500 yards sout-east of Ratcheugh Crag (East of Alnwick)

Shaft Details

Approximate surface level 230 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)

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Geology encountered	Thickness		Depth
	ft.	in.	ft.	in.
Limestone (part of Six-Yard Limestone)	15	0	15	0
COAL	0	6	15	6
Shale	33	0	48	6
Sandstone	15	0	63	6
Shale	3	6	67	0
COAL - Shilbottle Seam	2	0	69	0
COAL, with band	2	0

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 0737 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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