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East Coanwood Colliery
Engine Pit
Account of Strata sunk through in the Engine Pit, East Coanwood Colliery, 1869, by William Fryar
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1869
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Soil |
2 |
6 |
|
2 |
6 |
| Clay, mixed with stones |
10 |
6 |
|
13 |
0 |
| Blue shale |
3 |
0 |
|
16 |
0 |
| Grey post |
1 |
6 |
|
17 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
0 |
|
21 |
6 |
| Soft post |
1 |
6 |
|
23 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
3 |
|
27 |
3 |
| Soft white post |
2 |
3 |
|
29 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
0 |
|
31 |
6 |
| Soft white post |
3 |
0 |
|
34 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
0 |
|
35 |
6 |
| Bad dark seggar-clay |
6 |
0 |
|
41 |
6 |
| White post |
3 |
6 |
|
45 |
0 |
| Soft white post, with partings |
3 |
6 |
|
48 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
0 |
|
52 |
6 |
| Black shale |
1 |
0 |
|
53 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
54 |
1 |
| Dark seggar-clay |
3 |
0 |
|
57 |
1 |
| Post band and seggar-clay |
3 |
0 |
|
60 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
5 |
5 |
|
65 |
6 |
| Grey beds |
7 |
6 |
|
73 |
0 |
| Soft sandstone |
4 |
3 |
|
77 |
3 |
| Grey post |
2 |
10 |
|
80 |
1 |
| Grey beds |
11 |
4 |
|
91 |
5 |
| Black shale |
4 |
0 |
|
95 |
5 |
| Dark coarse seggar-clay |
11 |
0 |
|
106 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
106 |
11 |
| Seggar-clay, with iron balls |
6 |
0 |
|
112 |
11 |
| Grey beds |
7 |
1 |
|
120 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
5 |
2 |
|
125 |
2 |
| COAL |
1 |
4 |
|
126 |
6 |
| Dark seggar-clay and iron balls |
0 |
8 |
|
127 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
18 |
6 |
|
145 |
8 |
| Black shale, mixed with coal |
1 |
0 |
|
146 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
146 |
11 |
| Seggar-clay |
0 |
10 |
|
147 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
5 |
2 |
|
152 |
11 |
| Strong grey post |
2 |
2 |
|
155 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
0 |
|
159 |
1 |
| COAL - Five Quarter Seam |
6 |
2 |
|
165 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL, good |
3 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay, with iron balls |
5 |
9 |
|
171 |
0 |
| COAL - Yard Seam |
2 |
7 |
|
173 |
7 |
| COAL |
2 |
7 |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay, with ironstone and splint |
1 |
1 |
|
174 |
8 |
| Grey beds |
13 |
11 |
|
188 |
7 |
| Blue metal, with ironstone bands |
9 |
10 |
|
198 |
5 |
| COAL, with 9 inches of band |
2 |
1 |
|
200 |
6 |
| Seggar-clay |
4 |
0 |
|
204 |
6 |
| Grey post |
8 |
8 |
|
213 |
2 |
| Grey and blue metal |
5 |
1 |
|
218 |
3 |
| COAL |
1 |
9 |
|
220 |
0 |
| Dark seggar-clay |
4 |
8 |
|
224 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
11 |
2 |
|
235 |
10 |
| COAL, with 3 inches of band |
1 |
9 |
|
237 |
7 |
| Dark seggar-clay |
1 |
3 |
|
238 |
10 |
| Grey beds |
4 |
2 |
|
243 |
0 |
| White post |
5 |
8 |
|
248 |
8 |
| Grey beds |
2 |
9 |
|
251 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
251 |
8 |
| Dark seggar-clay |
4 |
5 |
|
256 |
1 |
| Grey beds |
14 |
7 |
|
270 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
16 |
0 |
|
286 |
8 |
| White post |
8 |
2 |
|
294 |
10 |
| Grey beds |
5 |
2 |
|
300 |
0 |
| Coom |
13 |
0 |
|
313 |
0 |
| COAL - Coom-roof Seam |
4 |
0 |
|
317 |
0 |
| COAL |
2 |
9 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
11 |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay |
0 |
6 |
|
317 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
6 |
|
320 |
0 |
| Post |
3 |
5 |
|
323 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
7 |
|
326 |
0 |
| White post |
8 |
0 |
|
334 |
0 |
| Grey beds |
4 |
4 |
|
338 |
4 |
| Black plate |
27 |
10 |
|
366 |
2 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
367 |
2 |
| Dark coarse seggarclay |
1 |
6 |
|
368 |
8 |
| Post girdles, with metal partings or grey beds |
43 |
0 |
|
411 |
8 |
| COAL - Seven-Quarter or Slag Seam |
5 |
2 |
|
416 |
10 |
| COAL |
3 |
3¼ |
|
|
|
| Slag |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
9¾ |
|
|
|
| Dark coarse seggar-clay |
1 |
4 |
|
418 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
6 |
|
419 |
8 |
| Grey post |
2 |
0 |
|
421 |
8 |
| Grey beds |
8 |
10 |
|
430 |
6 |
| Brown post and grey beds |
16 |
4 |
|
446 |
10 |
| COAL, cannel |
1 |
4 |
|
448 |
2 |
| Dark seggar-clay |
1 |
0 |
|
449 |
2 |
| Grey post |
6 |
0 |
|
455 |
2 |
| Grey beds |
2 |
6 |
|
457 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
7 |
|
460 |
3 |
| White post |
8 |
0 |
|
468 |
3 |
| Grey beds |
4 |
4 |
|
472 |
7 |
| Black plate |
3 |
4 |
|
475 |
11 |
| Ironstone band |
0 |
3 |
|
476 |
2 |
| Black plate |
7 |
6 |
|
483 |
8 |
| Light slippery plate |
12 |
0 |
|
495 |
8 |
| Black plate |
5 |
0 |
|
500 |
8 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
501 |
8 |
| Dark coarse seggar-clay |
1 |
6 |
|
503 |
2 |
| Coarse grey post |
4 |
3 |
|
507 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
1 |
|
507 |
6 |
| Grey post |
3 |
0 |
|
510 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
1 |
|
510 |
7 |
| Grey post |
2 |
3 |
|
512 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
7 |
|
513 |
5 |
| Grey post |
1 |
0 |
|
514 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
8 |
|
518 |
1 |
| Strong brown post mixed with metal partings |
3 |
7 |
|
521 |
8 |
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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 2544 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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