Eden Colliery
Air Shaft
Account of Strata sunk through in the Eden Air shaft, Consett Collieries
Shaft Details
Closed: 18 July 1980
Approximate surface level 650 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. |
| Gravel and clay |
7 |
6 |
|
7 |
6 |
| Soft shivery stone |
10 |
5 |
|
17 |
11 |
| Black stone, mixed with iron balls |
6 |
3 |
|
24 |
2 |
| Grey post |
1 |
3 |
|
25 |
5 |
| Blue stone |
2 |
4 |
|
27 |
9 |
| Grey post |
3 |
4 |
|
31 |
1 |
| Black stone |
0 |
7 |
|
31 |
8 |
| White post |
6 |
4 |
|
38 |
0 |
| Grey post |
40 |
8 |
|
78 |
8 |
| Iron girdle |
0 |
7 |
|
79 |
3 |
| White post |
10 |
2 |
|
89 |
5 |
| Grey post |
7 |
8 |
|
97 |
1 |
| Blue stone |
12 |
10 |
|
109 |
11 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
8 |
6 |
|
118 |
5 |
| COAL |
2 |
10 |
|
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| Band |
0 |
8 |
|
|
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| COAL |
3 |
8 |
|
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| Black stone |
0 |
2 |
|
|
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| COAL |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
| Black stone, mixed with post |
3 |
4 |
|
121 |
9 |
| COAL - Little Coal Seam |
2 |
2 |
|
123 |
11 |
| White post |
2 |
6 |
|
126 |
5 |
| Blue panel |
2 |
1 |
|
128 |
6 |
| Iron stone |
0 |
8 |
|
129 |
2 |
| Post, mixed with blue metal |
7 |
8 |
|
136 |
10 |
| Grey post |
1 |
6 |
|
138 |
4 |
| Blue stone |
2 |
0 |
|
140 |
4 |
| Post, mixed with blue metal |
4 |
2 |
|
144 |
6 |
| White post |
3 |
9 |
|
148 |
3 |
| Blue stone |
1 |
1 |
|
149 |
4 |
| Grey post |
1 |
3 |
|
150 |
7 |
| Post, mixed with blue metal |
3 |
6 |
|
154 |
1 |
| White post |
1 |
0 |
|
155 |
1 |
| Blue stone and post |
1 |
2 |
|
156 |
3 |
| Iron stone |
0 |
9 |
|
157 |
0 |
| Blue stone |
0 |
8 |
|
157 |
8 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
4 |
2 |
|
161 |
10 |
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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 2664 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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