Greenside Colliery
A Pit
Account of Strata sunk through in the A Pit, Greenside, 1795-1796
Shaft Details
Approximate surface level 497 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Pit refuse |
1 |
6 |
|
1 |
6 |
| Clay |
6 |
0 |
|
7 |
6 |
| Gravel |
11 |
6 |
|
19 |
0 |
| Post |
2 |
2 |
|
21 |
2 |
| Hard grey post |
1 |
10 |
|
23 |
0 |
| Brown post |
19 |
6 |
|
42 |
6 |
| White post, with grey partings |
17 |
0 |
|
59 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
6 |
|
61 |
0 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
6 |
6 |
|
67 |
6 |
| Thill |
4 |
0 |
|
71 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
36 |
0 |
|
107 |
6 |
| White post |
1 |
10 |
|
109 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
0 |
|
112 |
4 |
| Brown post |
19 |
9 |
|
132 |
1 |
| COAL - Craw Coal Seam |
2 |
3 |
|
134 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
6 |
6 |
|
140 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
141 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
2 |
|
145 |
9 |
| COAL - Candle Coal Seam |
3 |
6 |
|
149 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
6 |
|
150 |
9 |
| COAL - Old Five-Quarter Seam |
3 |
8 |
|
154 |
5 |
| Thill |
1 |
8 |
|
156 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
9 |
7 |
|
165 |
8 |
| White post |
21 |
9 |
|
187 |
5 |
| COAL - Ruler Seam |
1 |
10 |
|
189 |
3 |
| Thill |
1 |
9 |
|
191 |
0 |
| Blue stone |
5 |
0 |
|
196 |
0 |
| Brown post |
1 |
4 |
|
197 |
4 |
| White post |
1 |
0 |
|
198 |
4 |
| Brown post |
30 |
0 |
|
228 |
4 |
| Black metal |
10 |
6 |
|
238 |
10 |
| Thill |
2 |
3 |
|
241 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
241 |
8 |
| Thill |
2 |
8 |
|
244 |
4 |
| Grey post |
4 |
9 |
|
249 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
11 |
|
253 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
253 |
10 |
| Thill |
1 |
4 |
|
255 |
2 |
| Grey post |
4 |
4 |
|
259 |
6 |
| Brown post and whin |
2 |
4 |
|
261 |
10 |
| Dun whin |
1 |
1 |
|
262 |
11 |
| Brown post |
1 |
0 |
|
263 |
11 |
| Brown post and whin |
0 |
8 |
|
264 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
6 |
|
266 |
1 |
| Brown post |
2 |
1 |
|
268 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
6 |
3 |
|
274 |
5 |
| COAL - Towneley Seam |
3 |
1 |
|
277 |
6 |
| Thill |
2 |
6 |
|
280 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
3 |
|
284 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
285 |
0 |
| Thill |
0 |
7 |
|
285 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
7 |
10 |
|
293 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
293 |
10 |
| Thill |
1 |
4 |
|
295 |
2 |
| Brown post |
0 |
8 |
|
295 |
10 |
| Grey post |
5 |
10 |
|
301 |
8 |
| White post, with partings |
2 |
6 |
|
304 |
2 |
| Cash partings |
0 |
2 |
|
304 |
4 |
| White post, with black stone |
19 |
5 |
|
323 |
9 |
| COAL - Tilley Seam |
2 |
2 |
|
325 |
11 |
| Thill |
2 |
10 |
|
328 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
10 |
|
330 |
7 |
| Grey post |
11 |
7 |
|
342 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
7 |
|
342 |
9 |
| Grey post |
20 |
1 |
|
362 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
2 |
|
366 |
0 |
| COAL - Stone Coal Seam |
2 |
6 |
|
368 |
6 |
| Thill |
3 |
0 |
|
371 |
6 |
| Grey post |
8 |
4 |
|
379 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
6 |
|
381 |
4 |
| Grey post |
2 |
4 |
|
383 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
1 |
|
385 |
9 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
3 |
4 |
|
389 |
1 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
9 |
|
390 |
10 |
| Grey post |
4 |
11 |
|
395 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
3 |
|
397 |
0 |
| Post |
3 |
6 |
|
400 |
6 |
| Parting |
0 |
3 |
|
400 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
401 |
0 |
| Thill |
1 |
3 |
|
402 |
3 |
| Black metal |
3 |
0 |
|
405 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
6 |
10 |
|
412 |
1 |
| COAL - Three-Quarter Seam |
2 |
6 |
|
414 |
7 |
| Thill |
2 |
4 |
|
416 |
11 |
| Brown post |
2 |
3 |
|
419 |
2 |
| Whin |
1 |
3 |
|
420 |
5 |
| Brown post |
2 |
6 |
|
422 |
11 |
| Black metal |
5 |
1 |
|
428 |
0 |
| Brown post |
3 |
2 |
|
431 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
3 |
|
434 |
5 |
| Thill and coal |
0 |
7 |
|
435 |
0 |
| White post |
28 |
3 |
|
463 |
3 |
| COAL - Brockwell Seam |
4 |
9 |
|
468 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Blue metal |
0 |
10 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
3 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
9 |
|
470 |
9 |
| Posty seggar-clay |
6 |
0 |
|
476 |
9 |
| Grey leafy post |
7 |
3 |
|
484 |
0 |
| Fine white post |
23 |
4 |
|
507 |
4 |
| Very fine black metal |
0 |
8 |
|
508 |
0 |
| Soft metal and seggar-clay |
1 |
9 |
|
509 |
9 |
| Very hard blue stone |
19 |
9 |
|
529 |
6 |
| Soft blue stone |
2 |
1 |
|
531 |
7 |
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
|
533 |
1 |
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
4 |
|
535 |
5 |
| Soft blue metal |
3 |
6 |
|
538 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
|
539 |
1 |
| Metal and seggar-clay |
1 |
11 |
|
541 |
0 |
| Blue metal stone |
1 |
1 |
|
542 |
1 |
| Coarse white post |
7 |
6 |
|
549 |
7 |
| Grey metal stone |
2 |
6 |
|
552 |
1 |
| Soft grey metal, bored into |
12 |
0 |
|
564 |
1 |
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Source: An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910
original entry for sinking/boring number 2969 in "An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910"
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