Gordon House Colliery
Mostyn Pit
Account of Strata sunk through in the Mostyn Pit, Gordon House New Winning
Shaft Details
Closed: 17 Feb 1962
Approximate surface level 620 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Soil |
1 |
6 |
|
1 |
6 |
| Clay |
31 |
0 |
|
32 |
6 |
| Blue shale |
2 |
0 |
|
34 |
6 |
| Grey shale |
4 |
0 |
|
38 |
6 |
| COAL |
6 |
6 |
|
45 |
0 |
| Seggar-clay |
4 |
6 |
|
49 |
6 |
| Grey shale |
10 |
6 |
|
60 |
0 |
| Blue shale |
6 |
2 |
|
66 |
2 |
| Black band |
0 |
6 |
|
66 |
8 |
| Seggar-clay |
3 |
0 |
|
69 |
8 |
| COAL |
6 |
5 |
|
76 |
1 |
| COAL |
1 |
10 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
3 |
10 |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
0 |
|
77 |
1 |
| Bastard seggar-clay |
5 |
9 |
|
82 |
10 |
| Post |
3 |
6 |
|
86 |
4 |
| Grey post |
3 |
11 |
|
90 |
3 |
| White post |
92 |
4 |
|
182 |
7 |
| Grey post |
3 |
0 |
|
185 |
7 |
| Grey shale |
5 |
0 |
|
190 |
7 |
| White post |
21 |
9 |
|
212 |
4 |
| COAL |
5 |
2 |
|
217 |
6 |
| COAL |
1 |
5 |
|
|
|
| COAL, splint |
0 |
9 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
2 |
9 |
|
|
|
| Strong post |
2 |
10 |
|
220 |
4 |
| Blue shale |
36 |
8 |
|
257 |
0 |
| COAL |
3 |
0 |
|
260 |
0 |
| Bastard seggar-clay |
2 |
9 |
|
262 |
9 |
| Grey post |
6 |
6 |
|
269 |
3 |
| White post, with whin girdles |
12 |
4 |
|
281 |
7 |
| Black band |
5 |
0 |
|
286 |
7 |
| Bastard seggar-clay |
1 |
9 |
|
288 |
4 |
| Grey post |
5 |
0 |
|
293 |
4 |
| Blue shale |
28 |
11 |
|
322 |
3 |
| Hard grey post |
10 |
0 |
|
332 |
3 |
| Grey shale |
7 |
8 |
|
339 |
11 |
| Grey post |
4 |
0 |
|
343 |
11 |
| Grey shale |
15 |
0 |
|
358 |
11 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
4 |
1 |
|
363 |
0 |
| Seggar-clay |
4 |
9 |
|
367 |
9 |
| Grey shale |
4 |
2 |
|
371 |
11 |
| Hard white post, with black partings |
22 |
10 |
|
394 |
9 |
| Grey shale |
1 |
9 |
|
396 |
6 |
| COAL |
4 |
3 |
|
400 |
9 |
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Band |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
8 |
|
402 |
5 |
| White post |
4 |
5 |
|
406 |
10 |
| Very dark post |
2 |
0 |
|
408 |
10 |
| Blue shale |
4 |
3 |
|
413 |
1 |
| Grey shale |
3 |
0 |
|
416 |
1 |
| White post |
2 |
6 |
|
418 |
7 |
| Grey shale |
2 |
8 |
|
421 |
3 |
| White post |
4 |
9 |
|
426 |
0 |
| Grey shale |
36 |
0 |
|
462 |
0 |
| Black stone |
2 |
3 |
|
464 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
464 |
11 |
| Seggar-clay |
3 |
2 |
|
468 |
1 |
| White post |
7 |
6 |
|
475 |
7 |
| Hard grey shale |
21 |
8 |
|
497 |
3 |
| Dark grey post |
1 |
6 |
|
498 |
9 |
| Grey shale |
7 |
6 |
|
506 |
3 |
| Hard white post |
2 |
0 |
|
508 |
3 |
| Blue shale |
3 |
6 |
|
511 |
9 |
| Black stone |
1 |
6 |
|
513 |
3 |
| COAL - Harvey Seam |
7 |
8 |
|
520 |
11 |
| COAL |
5 |
10 |
|
|
|
| Grey shale |
1 |
6 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay |
5 |
0 |
|
525 |
11 |
| Grey shale, with post girdles, into |
6 |
0 |
|
531 |
11 |
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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 2725 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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