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Emma Colliery
Strata sunk through in the Emma Pit, Towneley Colliery. Commenced March 17th, 1845
Shaft Details
Sunk: 17 Mar 1845, Closed: 19 Apr 1968
Approximate surface level 280 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Soil |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
| Clay, gravel, and sand |
15 |
6 |
|
16 |
6 |
| Yellow and white freestone |
9 |
10 |
|
26 |
4 |
| Soft black stone |
2 |
5 |
|
28 |
9 |
| Yellow and white freestone |
26 |
3 |
|
55 |
0 |
| COAL - Grand Lease Main Coal (old waste crept close ; cut into seam March 28th 1845) |
7 |
0 |
|
62 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
0 |
|
68 |
0 |
| Dark grey post and blue metal |
18 |
0 |
|
86 |
0 |
| Grey post and blue metal stone |
12 |
0 |
|
98 |
0 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
3 |
7 |
|
101 |
7 |
| White post, with metal partings |
3 |
7 |
|
105 |
2 |
| White post, with metal partings |
3 |
10 |
|
109 |
0 |
| COAL - Crow Coal Seam |
2 |
0 |
|
111 |
0 |
| Seggar clay |
2 |
0 |
|
113 |
0 |
| Grey metal and post girdles |
2 |
0 |
|
115 |
0 |
| Grey metal and post girdles |
0 |
10 |
|
115 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
4 |
|
117 |
2 |
| Grey metal, with ironstone girdles |
7 |
6 |
|
124 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
1 |
|
128 |
9 |
| Grey metal, with ironstone balls and girdles |
38 |
6 |
|
167 |
3 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
7 |
0 |
|
174 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
|
|
| Black stone band |
2 |
4 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
2 |
11 |
|
|
|
| Black stone band |
0 |
11 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
|
|
| Thill |
1 |
11 |
|
176 |
2 |
| White post, with metal partings and water |
5 |
9 |
|
181 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
5 |
|
183 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
184 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
8 |
7 |
|
192 |
7 |
| Grey post, with water |
12 |
4 |
|
204 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
12 |
6 |
|
217 |
5 |
| COAL - Ruler Seam |
2 |
2 |
|
219 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
11 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
1½ |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
1½ |
|
|
|
| Seggar clay |
1 |
4 |
|
220 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
5 |
3 |
|
226 |
2 |
| Ironstone band |
0 |
4 |
|
226 |
6 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles and 60 galls. of water per minute |
3 |
3 |
|
229 |
9 |
| Grey post girdle |
0 |
4 |
|
230 |
1 |
| Grey metal, with water |
1 |
8 |
|
231 |
9 |
| White post, with water |
4 |
2 |
|
235 |
11 |
| Grey whin |
2 |
4 |
|
238 |
3 |
| White post, with water |
5 |
0 |
|
243 |
3 |
| Grey whin |
1 |
8 |
|
244 |
11 |
| White post |
1 |
8 |
|
246 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
9 |
|
247 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
3 |
|
250 |
8 |
| Grey post girdles, with water |
0 |
8 |
|
251 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
6 |
|
252 |
10 |
| Blue stone |
3 |
2 |
|
256 |
0 |
| Band of ironstone |
0 |
3 |
|
256 |
3 |
| Grey metal, with bands of freestone |
6 |
5 |
|
262 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
263 |
1 |
| Seggar clay |
3 |
2 |
|
266 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
266 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
8 |
2 |
|
274 |
10 |
| Post |
5 |
0 |
|
279 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
2 |
|
280 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
8 |
|
281 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
282 |
6 |
| Post girdles |
0 |
5 |
|
282 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
283 |
1 |
| Grey metal post |
1 |
7 |
|
284 |
8 |
| Post girdle |
0 |
4 |
|
285 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
5 |
6 |
|
290 |
6 |
| White post |
2 |
3 |
|
292 |
10 |
| Blue parting |
1 |
0 |
|
293 |
10 |
| Post |
0 |
7 |
|
294 |
5 |
| Blue stone |
0 |
3 |
|
294 |
9 |
| Post |
2 |
11 |
|
297 |
8 |
| Blue parting |
0 |
4 |
|
298 |
0 |
| Post |
10 |
8 |
|
308 |
8 |
| Blue stone |
2 |
1 |
|
310 |
10 |
| COAL - Towneley Seam |
4 |
3 |
|
315 |
1 |
| COAL, splint |
0 |
9½ |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
2½ |
|
|
|
| COAL |
3 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Seggar clay |
2 |
0 |
|
317 |
1 |
| Grey post |
3 |
4 |
|
320 |
5 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
4 |
|
321 |
9 |
| COAL - Hodge Seam |
1 |
10 |
|
323 |
7 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
10 |
0 |
|
333 |
7 |
| White post |
21 |
0 |
|
354 |
7 |
| Blue stone |
11 |
0 |
|
365 |
7 |
| White post |
0 |
10 |
|
366 |
5 |
| Blue stone |
1 |
3 |
|
367 |
8 |
| COAL - Hand Coal Seam |
0 |
2 |
|
367 |
11 |
| Blue stone |
2 |
10 |
|
370 |
9 |
| White post |
1 |
8 |
|
372 |
5 |
| Brown whin |
6 |
9 |
|
379 |
2 |
| White post |
1 |
6 |
|
380 |
8 |
| Blue stone |
3 |
0 |
|
383 |
8 |
| COAL - Stone Coal Seam |
2 |
6 |
|
386 |
2 |
| COAL |
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Blue stone |
3 |
8 |
|
389 |
10 |
| White post |
7 |
9 |
|
397 |
7 |
| Brown whin |
4 |
7 |
|
402 |
2 |
| Post girdles |
0 |
7 |
|
402 |
9 |
| Blue stones |
1 |
6 |
|
404 |
3 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
3 |
3 |
|
407 |
6 |
| COAL, top |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL, good |
2 |
3 |
|
|
|
| COAL, coarse |
0 |
5 |
|
|
|
| Commenced to sink from 5/4 to Brockwell Seam, April 6th 1881 :— |
0 |
0 |
|
407 |
6 |
| Seggar clay |
1 |
0 |
|
408 |
6 |
| Grey post, with whin |
13 |
7 |
|
422 |
1 |
| Blue stone |
1 |
6 |
|
423 |
7 |
| Grey post |
1 |
10 |
|
425 |
5 |
| Blue stone |
1 |
8 |
|
427 |
1 |
| Grey whin |
4 |
0 |
|
431 |
1 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
12 |
0 |
|
443 |
1 |
| COAL - Three-Quarter Seam |
2 |
4 |
|
445 |
5 |
| Thill |
2 |
4 |
|
447 |
9 |
| Grey post |
3 |
1 |
|
450 |
10 |
| White post |
1 |
3 |
|
452 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
5 |
6 |
|
457 |
7 |
| White post |
0 |
8 |
|
458 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
6 |
|
459 |
9 |
| Grey post |
6 |
2 |
|
465 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
8 |
|
467 |
7 |
| Grey post |
2 |
4 |
|
469 |
11 |
| White post |
33 |
8 |
|
503 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
3 |
|
503 |
10 |
| White post |
1 |
3 |
|
505 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
4 |
|
505 |
5 |
| White post |
0 |
8 |
|
506 |
1 |
| COAL - Brockwell Seam |
3 |
6 |
|
509 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| COAL, coarse |
0 |
5 |
|
|
|
| COAL, good |
2 |
2½ |
|
|
|
| Splint |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Thill |
2 |
6 |
|
512 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
0 |
|
514 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
514 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
5 |
|
517 |
0 |
| White post |
1 |
1 |
|
518 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
2 |
|
518 |
3 |
| White post |
0 |
7 |
|
518 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
4 |
|
519 |
2 |
| White post |
2 |
6 |
|
521 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
8 |
|
522 |
4 |
| White post |
8 |
0 |
|
530 |
4 |
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Source: An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume S-T, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1894
original entry for sinking/boring number 1875 in "An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume S-T, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1894"
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