Gosforth Colliery

Brandling Pit

Account of Strata sunk through in the Brandling Pit, South Gosforth

Shaft Details

Approximate surface level 170 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)

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Geology encountered	Thickness		Depth
	ft.	in.	ft.	in.
Clay and gravel	10	0	10	0
Brown post	23	0	33	0
COAL - Seventy Fathoms Coal	3	0	36	0
Thill	4	0	40	0
Grey metal stone	16	0	56	0
Post	8	0	64	0
Grey metal	2	6	66	6
COAL	0	6	67	0
Post	21	0	88	0
Broken post	6	6	94	6
Post	8	0	102	6
Grey metal	16	6	119	0
Post	9	0	128	0
Grey metal	8	3	136	3
Black stone	3	0	139	3
COAL	0	9	140	0
Post	43	0	183	0
COAL - Main Coal Seam	6	8	189	8

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 2727 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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