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Eltringham Colliery
Account of Strata sunk and bored through at Eltringham Colliery, 1884 and 1885
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1884
Approximate surface level 100 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. |
| Towneley Seam outcrops about level of pit |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
| Soil |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
| Loamy clay |
4 |
0 |
|
5 |
0 |
| Blue clay |
4 |
10 |
|
9 |
10 |
| Stony blue clay |
13 |
0 |
|
22 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
10 |
4 |
|
33 |
2 |
| White post, with metal partings |
6 |
6 |
|
39 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
4 |
|
40 |
0 |
| COAL - Supposed Tilley Seam |
2 |
1 |
|
42 |
1 |
| Seggar-clay |
4 |
9 |
|
46 |
10 |
| White post girdle |
0 |
8 |
|
47 |
6 |
| Grey post |
0 |
9 |
|
48 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
11 |
|
49 |
2 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
0 |
|
50 |
2 |
| White and grey post |
11 |
8 |
|
61 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
6 |
|
62 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
62 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
8 |
|
64 |
4 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
3 |
3 |
|
67 |
7 |
| COAL, splint |
0 |
6 |
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| COAL, good |
2 |
9 |
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| Seggar-clay, with ironstone balls |
4 |
6 |
|
72 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
16 |
1 |
|
88 |
2 |
| White post girdle |
0 |
4 |
|
88 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
16 |
1 |
|
104 |
7 |
| White post girdle |
0 |
4 |
|
104 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
8 |
|
106 |
7 |
| Grey post |
0 |
4 |
|
106 |
11 |
| Greg metal |
1 |
4 |
|
108 |
3 |
| White post |
6 |
10 |
|
115 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
0 |
|
116 |
1 |
| Black metal |
0 |
2 |
|
116 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
0 |
|
118 |
3 |
| COAL - Six-Quarter Seam |
4 |
0 |
|
122 |
3 |
| COAL, good |
3 |
5 |
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| COAL, splint |
0 |
2 |
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| COAL, good |
0 |
5 |
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| Seggar-clay |
2 |
11 |
|
125 |
2 |
| Splint |
0 |
10 |
|
126 |
0 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
0 |
|
127 |
0 |
| Grey metal, with ironstone girdles |
8 |
11 |
|
135 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
0 |
|
137 |
11 |
| Seggar-clay |
0 |
9 |
|
138 |
8 |
| COAL - Yard Seam |
2 |
5 |
|
141 |
1 |
| COAL |
1 |
10 |
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| Metal band |
0 |
2 |
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| COAL, with water |
0 |
5 |
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| Seggar-clay |
2 |
9 |
|
143 |
10 |
| Hard post girdle |
1 |
0 |
|
144 |
10 |
| Grey post |
4 |
3 |
|
149 |
1 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
7 |
0 |
|
156 |
1 |
| Dark grey metal |
12 |
7 |
|
168 |
8 |
| COAL, with water |
1 |
0 |
|
169 |
8 |
| Seggar-clay, with ironstone balls |
6 |
3 |
|
175 |
11 |
| Strong grey metal |
3 |
7 |
|
179 |
6 |
| Grey post |
3 |
2 |
|
182 |
8 |
| Hard white post |
6 |
1 |
|
188 |
9 |
| Grey post |
3 |
2 |
|
191 |
11 |
| Dark grey metal |
3 |
11 |
|
195 |
10 |
| Ironstone girdle |
0 |
9 |
|
196 |
7 |
| COAL - Brockwell Seam |
2 |
6 |
|
199 |
1 |
| COAL |
2 |
0 |
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| COAL, splint |
0 |
6 |
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| Seggar-clay |
2 |
9 |
|
201 |
10 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
8 |
4 |
|
210 |
2 |
| Black metal |
0 |
2 |
|
210 |
4 |
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
|
211 |
10 |
| Strong grey post |
5 |
3 |
|
217 |
1 |
| Dark grey metal |
4 |
1 |
|
221 |
2 |
| Light grey metal, with post girdles |
6 |
9 |
|
227 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
228 |
5 |
| Seggar-clay |
5 |
0 |
|
233 |
5 |
| Bark grey metal |
10 |
2 |
|
243 |
7 |
| COAL |
1 |
3 |
|
244 |
10 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
6 |
|
246 |
4 |
| White and grey post |
25 |
0 |
|
271 |
4 |
| Dark grey shale |
8 |
0 |
|
279 |
4 |
| Black shale |
2 |
1 |
|
281 |
5 |
| COAL, cannel |
1 |
6 |
|
282 |
11 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
8 |
|
284 |
7 |
| Bored further :— |
0 |
0 |
|
284 |
7 |
| White and grey post, with water |
6 |
0 |
|
290 |
7 |
| Hard white post, with water |
18 |
5 |
|
309 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
309 |
8 |
| Soft grey metal |
1 |
7 |
|
311 |
3 |
| Hard white post, with metal and water |
16 |
7 |
|
327 |
10 |
| Hard white post, with whin balls |
16 |
0 |
|
343 |
10 |
| Hard white post, with a 6 inches gullet at top and water |
6 |
1 |
|
349 |
11 |
| Soft grey metal, with whin girdles |
10 |
9 |
|
360 |
8 |
| COAL, soft |
0 |
4 |
|
361 |
0 |
| Black stone |
0 |
3 |
|
361 |
3 |
| Light grey metal |
2 |
7 |
|
363 |
10 |
| Hard white post, with water, into |
2 |
4 |
|
366 |
2 |
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Source: An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910
 original entry for sinking/boring number 2679 in "An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910"
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