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Geology encountered   Thickness   Depth   ft. in.   ft. in. Outset soil and clay    6  0     6  0 Brown post    21  0     27  0 Rotten stone    1  9½     28  9½ Brown post    3  1½     31  11 Blue stone, with post girdles    4  10½     36  9½ Blue stone    30  0     66  9½ Brown post    20  1½     86  11 Blue stone    57  0½     143  11½ Limestone    14  10     158  9½ Grey beds    1  2     159  11½ Scamy white post    20  0½     180  0 Scamy white post    38  2     218  2 COAL    3  10     222  0

Source: An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume F-K, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1885

  original entry for sinking/boring number 2718 in "An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume F-K, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1885"

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