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Elswick Colliery
Wortley/Engine Pit
Account of Strata sunk and bored through in the Engine or Wortley Pit, Elswick Colliery. April 22nd, 1805
Shaft Details
Sunk: 22 Apr 1805
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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 |
4 |
0 |
|
4 |
0 |
| Soil and yellow clay |
4 |
6 |
|
8 |
6 |
| Sand, mixed with clay |
0 |
6 |
|
9 |
0 |
| Sandy clay |
0 |
6 |
|
9 |
6 |
| Stony clay, with small sandy partings |
4 |
9 |
|
14 |
3 |
| Sand |
0 |
3 |
|
14 |
6 |
| Leafy clay |
4 |
6 |
|
19 |
0 |
| Sand, with water |
9 |
0 |
|
28 |
0 |
| Gravel, with a mixture of clay |
5 |
0 |
|
33 |
0 |
| Stony clay, with gravel |
9 |
0 |
|
42 |
0 |
| Sand, with a siping of water |
10 |
6 |
|
52 |
6 |
| Stony clay |
0 |
6 |
|
53 |
0 |
| Sand, with water |
2 |
9 |
|
55 |
9 |
| Gravelly clay |
15 |
3 |
|
71 |
0 |
| Stony clay |
12 |
3 |
|
83 |
3 |
| Hard black sand |
1 |
0 |
|
84 |
3 |
| Leafy clay, with small layers of sand |
5 |
0 |
|
89 |
3 |
| Brown post tumbler |
0 |
10 |
|
90 |
1 |
| Sand, with some water |
1 |
2 |
|
91 |
3 |
| Brown and grey ramble |
7 |
0 |
|
98 |
3 |
| Stone head |
0 |
0 |
|
98 |
3 |
| Brown post |
36 |
0 |
|
134 |
3 |
| Rotten blue stone |
12 |
0 |
|
146 |
3 |
| COAL - Bensham Seam |
3 |
8 |
|
149 |
11 |
| Thill |
2 |
0 |
|
151 |
11 |
| Strong white post, with rife partings |
4 |
0 |
|
155 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
2 |
|
158 |
1 |
| Whin girdle |
0 |
6 |
|
158 |
7 |
| Blue stone |
1 |
0 |
|
159 |
7 |
| Grey post girdles |
3 |
0 |
|
162 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
5 |
|
165 |
0 |
| Strong white post girdles |
2 |
0 |
|
167 |
0 |
| Grey post girdles |
2 |
0 |
|
169 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
0 |
|
172 |
0 |
| Whin girdle |
0 |
5 |
|
172 |
5 |
| Grey and blue metal |
1 |
7 |
|
174 |
0 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter seam |
3 |
0 |
|
177 |
0 |
| COAL |
1 |
8 |
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| Band |
0 |
1½ |
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| COAL |
0 |
9 |
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| Band |
0 |
0½ |
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| COAL |
0 |
5 |
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| Thill |
2 |
0 |
|
179 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
0 |
|
182 |
0 |
| Grey post girdles |
1 |
0 |
|
183 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
9 |
|
184 |
9 |
| Whin girdle |
0 |
10 |
|
185 |
7 |
| Grey metal, with catheads |
26 |
6 |
|
212 |
1 |
| Black stone |
3 |
5 |
|
215 |
6 |
| Grey metal girdle |
0 |
5 |
|
215 |
11 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
3 |
7 |
|
219 |
6 |
| COAL, foul |
1 |
1 |
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| Black stone |
0 |
9 |
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| Grey stone |
0 |
9 |
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| COAL |
0 |
1 |
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| Grey stone |
0 |
9 |
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| COAL |
0 |
2 |
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| Thill and grey metal |
11 |
8 |
|
231 |
2 |
| Post girdle |
2 |
4 |
|
233 |
6 |
| Grey metal parting |
0 |
2 |
|
233 |
8 |
| Strong white post |
8 |
0 |
|
241 |
8 |
| Parting |
0 |
1 |
|
241 |
9 |
| Post girdle |
0 |
9 |
|
242 |
6 |
| Parting |
0 |
1 |
|
242 |
7 |
| Post girdle |
1 |
4 |
|
243 |
11 |
| Brass parting |
0 |
0 |
|
244 |
0 |
| Strong white post |
5 |
2 |
|
249 |
2 |
| Black stone, with coal |
0 |
6 |
|
249 |
8 |
| Grey metal, whin, and post girdles |
5 |
3 |
|
254 |
11 |
| Post girdle |
0 |
8 |
|
255 |
7 |
| Grey metal, whin, and post girdles |
3 |
3 |
|
258 |
10 |
| Strong post girdle |
0 |
7 |
|
259 |
5 |
| Strong grey metal |
1 |
3 |
|
260 |
8 |
| Whin girdle |
0 |
5 |
|
261 |
1 |
| Grey metal, with catheads |
3 |
5 |
|
264 |
6 |
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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 0787 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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