Garesfield Colliery
First Pit
Account of Boring in the First Pit, Garesfield Colliery. 1801
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1801
Approximate surface level 400 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
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ft. |
in. |
| Soil and clay |
6 |
0 |
|
6 |
0 |
| Soil and clay |
3 |
0 |
|
9 |
0 |
| Blue clay, with whin tumbler |
21 |
0 |
|
30 |
0 |
| Sand, with a small feeder |
2 |
0 |
|
32 |
0 |
| Blue clay, with small tumblers |
6 |
0 |
|
38 |
0 |
| Blue ramble, with water |
14 |
0 |
|
52 |
0 |
| Yellow post, with partings |
8 |
0 |
|
60 |
0 |
| Blue stone |
4 |
5 |
|
64 |
5 |
| Grey post |
4 |
6 |
|
68 |
11 |
| Blue stone, with post girdles |
4 |
7 |
|
73 |
6 |
| COAL - Barlow Fell Coal Seam |
3 |
6 |
|
77 |
0 |
| COAL and black slate |
3 |
6 |
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| Clay stone |
2 |
0 |
|
79 |
0 |
| Blue stone |
6 |
0 |
|
85 |
0 |
| Black stone, with girdles |
3 |
0 |
|
88 |
0 |
| Brown post |
11 |
3 |
|
99 |
3 |
| White post, with large gullets |
16 |
3 |
|
115 |
6 |
| Grey platy post |
6 |
6 |
|
122 |
0 |
| Whin girdle |
1 |
4 |
|
123 |
4 |
| Platy post |
2 |
2 |
|
125 |
6 |
| Whin girdle |
1 |
2 |
|
126 |
8 |
| Post girdle |
0 |
10 |
|
127 |
6 |
| Blue stone |
20 |
7 |
|
148 |
1 |
| White post |
19 |
3 |
|
167 |
4 |
| COAL - Tilley Seam |
0 |
6 |
|
167 |
10 |
| Thill and blue stone |
5 |
8 |
|
173 |
6 |
| COAL - Stone Coal Seam |
3 |
6 |
|
177 |
0 |
| Clay stone |
1 |
0 |
|
178 |
0 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
3 |
10 |
|
181 |
10 |
| Clay stone |
0 |
6 |
|
182 |
4 |
| Black stone |
5 |
10 |
|
188 |
2 |
| COAL - Three-Quarter Seam |
2 |
4 |
|
190 |
6 |
| Clay stone |
2 |
2 |
|
192 |
8 |
| Whin girdle |
0 |
6 |
|
193 |
2 |
| Blue stone, with girdles |
7 |
6 |
|
200 |
8 |
| Platy post girdle |
1 |
7 |
|
202 |
3 |
| Whin girdle |
1 |
6 |
|
203 |
9 |
| Grey metal stone |
16 |
10 |
|
220 |
7 |
| Blue stone |
5 |
10 |
|
226 |
5 |
| Black jet |
0 |
4 |
|
226 |
9 |
| Blue stone and grey girdles |
4 |
0 |
|
230 |
9 |
| COAL - Brockwell Seam |
3 |
6 |
|
234 |
3 |
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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 0946 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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