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Elemore Colliery
George Pit
Strata sunk through in George Pit, Elemore Colliery. 1825
Shaft Details
Shaft diameter: 12' 6", Sunk: 1825, Closed: Feb 1974
Approximate surface level 400 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. |
| Outset |
6 |
0 |
|
6 |
0 |
| Soil |
0 |
6 |
|
6 |
6 |
| Yellow and blue clay |
5 |
6 |
|
12 |
0 |
| Strong blue clay |
43 |
0 |
|
55 |
0 |
| Black sandy clay, with limestone marle |
1 |
6 |
|
56 |
6 |
| Strong limestone |
75 |
0 |
|
131 |
6 |
| Yellow clay |
0 |
6 |
|
132 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
9 |
|
132 |
9 |
| *Sand bed. Yellow sandstone, with water, which increased to 1,000 gallons per hour, and which was drawn entirely with tubs by the machine |
62 |
10 |
|
195 |
7 |
| Yellow and grey post |
6 |
6 |
|
202 |
1 |
| Loose blue metal, with ironstone balls and red partings |
16 |
0 |
|
218 |
1 |
| COAL, coarse slaty |
2 |
4 |
|
220 |
5 |
| Brown band |
3 |
9 |
|
224 |
2 |
| COAL |
1 |
9 |
|
225 |
11 |
| Brown band |
1 |
1 |
|
227 |
0 |
| COAL |
1 |
11 |
|
228 |
11 |
| Brown thill |
2 |
6 |
|
231 |
5 |
| Dark thill |
5 |
0 |
|
236 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
236 |
11 |
| Brown thill |
1 |
11 |
|
238 |
10 |
| White post |
1 |
0 |
|
239 |
10 |
| Brown metal |
22 |
2 |
|
262 |
0 |
| Black stone |
1 |
11 |
|
263 |
11 |
| Brown thill |
3 |
7 |
|
267 |
6 |
| Brown metal |
2 |
8 |
|
270 |
2 |
| Black metal |
8 |
6 |
|
278 |
8 |
| Post girdles |
1 |
6 |
|
280 |
2 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
24 |
0 |
|
304 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
7 |
|
308 |
9 |
| COAL |
1 |
3 |
|
310 |
0 |
| Black thill |
0 |
4 |
|
310 |
4 |
| Brown thill |
3 |
0 |
|
313 |
4 |
| Blue metal, with post girdles |
23 |
4 |
|
336 |
8 |
| White post |
18 |
0 |
|
354 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
7 |
|
355 |
3 |
| COAL |
1 |
2 |
|
356 |
5 |
| Black band |
0 |
9 |
|
357 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
10 |
|
359 |
0 |
| White post |
31 |
2 |
|
390 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
9 |
9 |
|
399 |
11 |
| Black metal |
1 |
11 |
|
401 |
10 |
| Brown thill |
2 |
8 |
|
404 |
7 |
| COAL |
6 |
0 |
|
410 |
7 |
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Brown band |
0 |
7 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
2 |
10 |
|
|
|
| White thill |
0 |
4½ |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
|
|
| Grey metal |
6 |
2 |
|
416 |
9 |
| White post |
30 |
9 |
|
447 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
11 |
|
448 |
5 |
| White post |
7 |
7 |
|
456 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
17 |
8 |
|
473 |
8 |
| White post |
10 |
0 |
|
483 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
5 |
2 |
|
488 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
489 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
25 |
4 |
|
514 |
9 |
| Grey post |
1 |
4 |
|
516 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
0 |
|
520 |
1 |
| White post |
1 |
5 |
|
521 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
6 |
|
524 |
0 |
| White post |
3 |
10 |
|
527 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
11 |
8 |
|
539 |
6 |
| White post |
18 |
0 |
|
557 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
10 |
|
559 |
4 |
| COAL |
5 |
8 |
|
565 |
0 |
| * Sand bed, beneath the Magnesian Limestone; where it has usually been found, heavily surcharged with water to the North and East, as at Murton Colliery (Dalton Winning), &c. To the South, and West, where the Magnesian Limestone is much increased in thick |
0 |
0 |
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565 |
0 |
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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 0772 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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