Forestburn Colliery

Foxton Hill Pit

Account of the Strata at Foxton Hill Pit, Forest Burn Colliery, Parish of Rothbury

Shaft Details

Approximate surface level 465 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)

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Geology encountered	Thickness		Depth
	ft.	in.	ft.	in.
Clay	6	0	6	0
Freestone	84	0	90	0
Metal	24	0	114	0
Limestone (Eight-Yd. Stone)	24	0	138	0
Metal	1	0	139	0
COAL	0	8	139	8
Metal	1	0	140	8
Freestone	84	0	224	8
Metal, with balls of ironstone (Brinkburn Ironstone Shale)	36	0	260	8
Limestone (Six-Yard Stone)	18	0	278	8
Metal	1	0	279	8
COAL	0	6	280	2
Seggar clay	9	0	289	2
Limestone	3	0	292	2
Seggar clay	9	0	301	2
Impure limestone ("red stone")	3	0	304	2
Metal	15	0	319	2
COAL - Shilbottle Seam	2	6	321	8
Freestone	7	0	328	8
Metal, with beds of ironstone	12	0	340	8

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 0924 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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