Farnacres Colliery

Wheels Pit

Account of Strata sunk through in the Wheels Pit, Farnacres Colliery. Sunk to the Hutton Seam 1840, and commenced from there April 4th, 1842

Shaft Details

Sunk: 1840

Approximate surface level 30 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)

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Geology encountered	Thickness		Depth
	ft.	in.	ft.	in.
Freestone	57	0	57	0
Blue plate	37	0	94	0
Sand or freestone	10	0	104	0
Black plate	57	0	161	0
Limestone (Little Limestone)	17	0	178	0
Girdle, mixed with dark blue plate	17	0	195	0
COAL	5	6	200	6

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 0852 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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