Elemore Colliery
Isabella Pit
Strata sunk through in the Elemore Isabella Pit
Shaft Details
Shaft diameter: 8' 8", Closed: Feb 1974
Approximate surface level 400 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
Switch to measurements in:
fathoms, feet & inches, or metres


 

 

 

 
|


 

 

 

 

 

 

 
|












































































|









|
| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Outset |
16 |
0 |
|
16 |
0 |
| Strong brown clay |
48 |
0 |
|
64 |
0 |
| Limestone |
96 |
0 |
|
160 |
0 |
| Blue limestone |
1 |
0 |
|
161 |
0 |
| Brown clay, scared with blue |
0 |
7 |
|
161 |
7 |
| Sand bed — Soft sand in which the water increased to 1,000 gallons per hour |
63 |
0 |
|
224 |
7 |
| White post, in which a crib was set |
2 |
10 |
|
227 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
10 |
|
229 |
3 |
| COAL |
1 |
10 |
|
231 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
10 |
|
232 |
11 |
| White post |
5 |
0 |
|
237 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
10 |
|
238 |
9 |
| White post |
0 |
10 |
|
239 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
10 |
|
241 |
5 |
| White post |
0 |
7 |
|
242 |
0 |
| Strong blue metal |
15 |
4 |
|
257 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
258 |
1 |
| Brown thill |
7 |
4 |
|
265 |
5 |
| White post |
4 |
1 |
|
269 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
5 |
|
269 |
11 |
| White post |
13 |
0 |
|
282 |
11 |
| Blue metal stone |
0 |
2 |
|
283 |
1 |
| White post |
18 |
9 |
|
301 |
10 |
| Brown whin |
2 |
6 |
|
304 |
4 |
| White post |
5 |
3 |
|
309 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
10 |
2 |
|
319 |
9 |
| Black stone |
0 |
3 |
|
320 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
4 |
|
321 |
4 |
| Black stone |
2 |
3 |
|
323 |
7 |
| Brown thill |
2 |
6 |
|
326 |
1 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
327 |
1 |
| Brown thill |
0 |
9 |
|
327 |
10 |
| COAL |
3 |
9 |
|
331 |
7 |
| Thill |
4 |
0 |
|
335 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
11 |
0 |
|
346 |
7 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
12 |
0 |
|
358 |
7 |
| Strong white post |
10 |
0 |
|
368 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
12 |
10 |
|
381 |
5 |
| Strong white post, mixed with ironstone balls |
18 |
7 |
|
400 |
0 |
| Strong white post, mixed with ironstone balls |
2 |
0 |
|
402 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
10 |
|
402 |
10 |
| Strong grey metal, with post girdles |
46 |
6 |
|
449 |
4 |
| Grey post |
14 |
4 |
|
463 |
8 |
| COAL - High Main Seam |
5 |
10 |
|
469 |
6 |
| White thill |
4 |
0 |
|
473 |
6 |
| Strong white post |
6 |
8 |
|
480 |
2 |
| Black stone |
1 |
0 |
|
481 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
13 |
7 |
|
494 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
17 |
3 |
|
512 |
0 |
| Strong white post |
12 |
6 |
|
524 |
6 |
| Strong brown post, mixed with whin |
24 |
6 |
|
549 |
1 |
| COAL (supposed Maudlin Seam) |
0 |
9 |
|
549 |
10 |
| Brown thill |
0 |
10 |
|
550 |
8 |
| White post |
2 |
7 |
|
553 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
5 |
3 |
|
558 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
558 |
8 |
| Soft brown thill |
2 |
5 |
|
561 |
1 |
| Soft white thill |
0 |
9 |
|
561 |
10 |
| Soft brown post girdles |
1 |
0 |
|
562 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
0 |
|
564 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
565 |
2 |
| Brown thill |
0 |
8 |
|
565 |
10 |
| Soft white post |
4 |
0 |
|
569 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
0 |
|
573 |
10 |
| Soft blue metal and post girdles |
17 |
0 |
|
590 |
10 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
3 |
9 |
|
594 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
1 |
|
600 |
8 |
| White post |
28 |
2 |
|
628 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
629 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
15 |
4 |
|
644 |
7 |
| White post |
6 |
6 |
|
651 |
1 |
| Whin girdles |
12 |
3 |
|
663 |
4 |
| Black stone |
3 |
3 |
|
666 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
9 |
7 |
|
676 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
676 |
11 |
| Band |
0 |
3 |
|
677 |
2 |
| Brown thill |
0 |
8 |
|
677 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
21 |
4 |
|
699 |
2 |
| Strong white post |
21 |
0 |
|
720 |
2 |
| Strong brown whin |
4 |
0 |
|
724 |
2 |
| Strong white post |
36 |
0 |
|
760 |
2 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
5 |
7 |
|
765 |
9 |
| COAL |
4 |
5 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL, bottom |
0 |
9 |
|
|
|
| Strong splint |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Black stone |
0 |
6 |
|
766 |
3 |
| NOTE — The George and Isabella Pits are about 45 yards apart, and there is a dip dyke to the East of 7 fathoms between the two shafts. |
0 |
0 |
|
766 |
3 |
|
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 0774 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"
main page for Elemore Colliery