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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   Depth
  ft. in.   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

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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