Derwent Mines (Lead Ore)
Presser Engine Shaft
Account of Strata sunk through in the Presser Engine Shaft, Jeffrey's Rake, Derwent Mines
Shaft Details
Approximate surface level 1250 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. |
| Moss and gravel |
12 |
0 |
|
12 |
0 |
| Slate sill |
30 |
0 |
|
42 |
0 |
| Plate and post |
12 |
0 |
|
54 |
0 |
| Cockle beds |
15 |
0 |
|
69 |
0 |
| Plate |
27 |
0 |
|
96 |
0 |
| Fell Top Limestone |
6 |
0 |
|
102 |
0 |
| Girdle bed |
6 |
0 |
|
108 |
0 |
| Plate |
15 |
0 |
|
123 |
0 |
| Hipple Sill |
36 |
0 |
|
159 |
0 |
| Grey beds |
9 |
0 |
|
168 |
0 |
| Plate |
32 |
0 |
|
200 |
0 |
| High Grit Sill |
84 |
0 |
|
284 |
0 |
| COAL, sulphurous |
1 |
0 |
|
285 |
0 |
| Low Grit Sill |
144 |
0 |
|
429 |
0 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
430 |
0 |
| Crag Limestone |
4 |
0 |
|
434 |
0 |
| Crag Sill |
48 |
0 |
|
482 |
0 |
| Plate |
10 |
0 |
|
492 |
0 |
| Limestone post |
1 |
6 |
|
493 |
6 |
| Pattinson's Sill |
30 |
0 |
|
523 |
6 |
| Plate |
27 |
0 |
|
550 |
6 |
| Plate with girdle beds |
44 |
0 |
|
594 |
6 |
| Little Limestone |
8 |
0 |
|
602 |
6 |
| High Coal Sill |
31 |
0 |
|
633 |
6 |
| COAL, sulphurous |
1 |
0 |
|
634 |
6 |
| Plate |
6 |
0 |
|
640 |
6 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
641 |
6 |
| Hazle |
6 |
0 |
|
647 |
6 |
| Plate |
5 |
0 |
|
652 |
6 |
| Low Coal Sill |
56 |
0 |
|
708 |
6 |
| Plate |
7 |
0 |
|
715 |
6 |
| Great Limestone |
52 |
0 |
|
767 |
6 |
| Tuft, or water sill |
11 |
0 |
|
778 |
6 |
| Plate |
12 |
0 |
|
790 |
6 |
| Limestone post |
6 |
0 |
|
796 |
6 |
| Quarry hazle, into |
6 |
0 |
|
802 |
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 2787 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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