Fawdon Colliery
Engine Pit
An Account of Strata sunk through in Fawdon Engine Pit, March 9th, 1810
Shaft Details
Sunk: 09 Mar 1810
Approximate surface level 30 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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fathoms, feet & inches, or metres
 
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Outset |
6 |
6 |
|
6 |
6 |
| Soft blue clay |
8 |
0 |
|
14 |
6 |
| Sand and gravel, with water |
1 |
0 |
|
15 |
6 |
| Strong stony clay |
35 |
6 |
|
51 |
0 |
| COAL |
1 |
3 |
|
52 |
3 |
| Soft blue thill |
6 |
0 |
|
58 |
3 |
| Bue stone |
10 |
10 |
|
69 |
1 |
| COAL, splint, with water |
0 |
9 |
|
69 |
10 |
| Soft blue thill |
3 |
6 |
|
73 |
4 |
| White post, with water |
14 |
0 |
|
87 |
4 |
| Black stone |
6 |
6 |
|
93 |
10 |
| COAL |
1 |
11 |
|
95 |
9 |
| Grey metal stone |
6 |
2 |
|
101 |
11 |
| Grey post, with water |
3 |
11 |
|
105 |
10 |
| Blue stone |
10 |
6 |
|
116 |
4 |
| Black stone |
1 |
9 |
|
118 |
1 |
| Grey metal stone |
7 |
0 |
|
125 |
1 |
| White post, with water |
4 |
0 |
|
129 |
1 |
| Blue stone |
31 |
9 |
|
160 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
|
160 |
11 |
| Grey post, with open gullets and water |
16 |
0 |
|
176 |
11 |
| White post, very close |
10 |
0 |
|
186 |
11 |
| Black stone |
3 |
0 |
|
189 |
11 |
| COAL and stone |
1 |
0 |
|
190 |
11 |
| White post, with cashy partings |
9 |
3 |
|
200 |
2 |
| White post |
4 |
5 |
|
204 |
7 |
| Black stone |
3 |
5 |
|
208 |
0 |
| Black stone |
17 |
7 |
|
225 |
7 |
| COAL |
1 |
3 |
|
226 |
10 |
| Post - Main Post |
52 |
6 |
|
279 |
4 |
| COAL |
4 |
6 |
|
283 |
10 |
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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 0856 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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