Etherley Colliery
Rush Pit
Account of Strata sunk through at the Rush Pit, Old Etherley Colliery. 1869
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1869
Approximate surface level 495 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Soil |
2 |
0 |
|
2 |
0 |
| Mild laminated post |
6 |
0 |
|
8 |
0 |
| Mild grey metal |
12 |
2 |
|
20 |
2 |
| Grey beds |
16 |
0 |
|
36 |
2 |
| Dun post |
2 |
6 |
|
38 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
3 |
|
42 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
43 |
3 |
| Black stone |
1 |
3 |
|
44 |
6 |
| Mild post |
3 |
0 |
|
47 |
6 |
| Strong post |
2 |
0 |
|
49 |
6 |
| Grey beds |
3 |
0 |
|
52 |
6 |
| Black metal |
1 |
6 |
|
54 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
54 |
5 |
| Seggar |
1 |
6 |
|
55 |
11 |
| Black stone |
1 |
9 |
|
57 |
8 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
12 |
0 |
|
69 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
0 |
|
71 |
8 |
| Black stone |
1 |
3 |
|
72 |
11 |
| Seggar |
1 |
6 |
|
74 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
75 |
0 |
| Grey beds, with post |
9 |
0 |
|
84 |
0 |
| Soft blue metal |
2 |
0 |
|
86 |
0 |
| Coarse black stone |
1 |
3 |
|
87 |
3 |
| Blue metal, with ironstone nodules |
9 |
0 |
|
96 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
12 |
0 |
|
108 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
0 |
|
111 |
3 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
3 |
2 |
|
114 |
5 |
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Stone band |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| Coarse splint |
1 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Dark seggar |
0 |
8 |
|
115 |
1 |
| COAL, coarse, or splint |
0 |
2 |
|
115 |
3 |
| Strong thill |
6 |
3 |
|
121 |
6 |
| Silicated sandstone |
1 |
8 |
|
123 |
2 |
| Strong metal, with iron nodules |
10 |
6 |
|
133 |
8 |
| Blue stone |
3 |
0 |
|
136 |
8 |
| Black stone |
0 |
6 |
|
137 |
2 |
| Soft blue metal |
0 |
3 |
|
137 |
5 |
| Strong ironstone band |
0 |
3 |
|
137 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
0 |
|
140 |
8 |
| White post and water |
6 |
0 |
|
146 |
8 |
| Black stone band |
0 |
2 |
|
146 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
147 |
0 |
| Dark soft thill |
2 |
3 |
|
149 |
3 |
| Strong thill |
9 |
0 |
|
158 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
0 |
|
162 |
3 |
| Black stone |
1 |
2 |
|
163 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
163 |
9 |
| Strong coarse thill |
3 |
6 |
|
167 |
3 |
| White post and partings |
6 |
0 |
|
173 |
3 |
| Strong grey beds |
6 |
6 |
|
179 |
9 |
| Laminated post |
9 |
0 |
|
188 |
9 |
| Grey beds |
6 |
6 |
|
195 |
3 |
| Post |
6 |
6 |
|
201 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
6 |
|
204 |
3 |
| Grey metal, with girdles |
3 |
6 |
|
207 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
0 |
|
209 |
9 |
| Black stone |
1 |
6 |
|
211 |
3 |
| Strong band |
0 |
6 |
|
211 |
9 |
| White post |
2 |
4 |
|
214 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
0 |
|
216 |
1 |
| Post |
4 |
0 |
|
220 |
1 |
| Dun whin |
4 |
0 |
|
224 |
1 |
| Dark blue metal |
10 |
6 |
|
234 |
7 |
| Black metal |
16 |
0 |
|
250 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
250 |
11 |
| Strong seggar |
1 |
0 |
|
251 |
11 |
| Strong thill |
5 |
0 |
|
256 |
11 |
| Dark metal |
0 |
6 |
|
257 |
5 |
| Coarse strong dun post |
8 |
0 |
|
265 |
5 |
| Strong silicated post, with water |
12 |
0 |
|
277 |
5 |
| Black metal and post girdles |
5 |
0 |
|
282 |
5 |
| Coarse seggar |
4 |
0 |
|
286 |
5 |
| Black band |
0 |
2 |
|
286 |
7 |
| COAL - Harvey Seam |
4 |
10 |
|
291 |
5 |
| * COAL |
3 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Seggar |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
| COAL, coarse |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| * We cannot say much for the coal; a trouble runs through the shaft. Mr. Lishman, the Viewer of the Colliery, says the seams at the pit (the measures generally) are lying at an angle of 12 inches to the yard, rising south. |
0 |
0 |
|
291 |
5 |
|
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 0829 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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