Eldon Colliery

Northern Pit

Account of the Northern Pit, at Eldon Colliery, South Durham. August 20th, 1829

Shaft Details

Sunk: 20 Aug 1829, Closed: Jul 1932

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Geology encountered	Thickness		Depth
	ft.	in.	ft.	in.
Soil	1	6	1	6
Yellow sandy clay	22	6	24	0
Soft blue metal	13	4	37	4
Brown post, with water	7	3	44	7
Soft blue metal	6	0	50	7
Grey metal, with post girdles and water	13	1	63	8
Post, with water	19	3	82	11
Soft blue metal, with iron girdles	11	1	94	0
COAL - Main Coal Seam	6	11	100	11
COAL and danty partings	1	4½
Band	0	1
COAL, good	3	8
COAL, coarse	0	6
COAL, splint	1	4

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 0768 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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