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Handen Hold Colliery
Six Feet Staple
An Account of Strata sunk in the Six-Feet Staple, Handen Hold. 1857
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1857, Closed: 01 Mar 1968
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
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ft. |
in. |
| Rubbish |
7 |
0 |
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7 |
0 |
| Sand and gravel |
8 |
0 |
|
15 |
0 |
| Strong blue clay |
10 |
6 |
|
25 |
6 |
| Soft grey metal |
9 |
6 |
|
35 |
0 |
| Grey freestone |
9 |
6 |
|
44 |
6 |
| Soft blue metal |
0 |
6 |
|
45 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
45 |
8 |
| Seggar clay |
2 |
6 |
|
48 |
2 |
| Blue metal, with ironstone balls |
8 |
0 |
|
56 |
2 |
| Black stone, mixed with coal |
0 |
10 |
|
57 |
0 |
| Dark seggar clay |
3 |
4 |
|
60 |
4 |
| Black stone |
1 |
4 |
|
61 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
5 |
0 |
|
66 |
8 |
| Strong grey post, with blue metal mixed |
38 |
9 |
|
105 |
5 |
| Black stone |
3 |
6 |
|
108 |
11 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
6 |
6 |
|
115 |
5 |
| COAL, good |
3 |
6 |
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| Splint |
3 |
0 |
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| Seggar clay |
0 |
10 |
|
116 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
2 |
|
120 |
5 |
| Strong grey post |
10 |
6 |
|
130 |
11 |
| Blue stone, mixed with ironstone girdles |
19 |
0 |
|
149 |
11 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
5 |
1 |
|
155 |
0 |
| Seggar clay |
2 |
0 |
|
157 |
0 |
| Grey post |
0 |
10 |
|
157 |
10 |
| White post |
1 |
5 |
|
159 |
3 |
| Dark grey post |
3 |
7 |
|
162 |
10 |
| White post |
7 |
4 |
|
170 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
8 |
6 |
|
178 |
8 |
| Black stone, with ironstone girdles |
8 |
0 |
|
186 |
8 |
| Blue metal, with ironstone girdles |
9 |
3 |
|
195 |
11 |
| COAL, black slaty |
0 |
10 |
|
196 |
9 |
| Seggar clay |
1 |
5 |
|
198 |
2 |
| Grey post |
4 |
1 |
|
202 |
3 |
| White post |
19 |
0 |
|
221 |
3 |
| Grey metal, mixed with post |
22 |
11 |
|
244 |
2 |
| Grey post girdle |
2 |
6 |
|
246 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
8 |
|
249 |
4 |
| Grey post |
7 |
5 |
|
256 |
9 |
| Grey metal, mixed with post |
7 |
0 |
|
263 |
9 |
| White post |
1 |
9 |
|
265 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
6 |
|
270 |
0 |
| White post |
1 |
6 |
|
271 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
0 |
|
272 |
6 |
| White post |
0 |
7 |
|
273 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
9 |
|
274 |
10 |
| White post, with metal partings |
6 |
8 |
|
281 |
6 |
| White post |
12 |
0 |
|
293 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
5 |
|
293 |
11 |
| White post |
0 |
7 |
|
294 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
0 |
|
295 |
6 |
| White post |
1 |
9 |
|
297 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
5 |
|
297 |
8 |
| COAL - Maudlin Seam |
2 |
9 |
|
300 |
5 |
| COAL, good |
0 |
11 |
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| COAL, bandy |
0 |
9 |
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| COAL, good |
1 |
1 |
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| Thill stone |
1 |
8 |
|
302 |
1 |
| Post |
1 |
6 |
|
303 |
7 |
| White girdle |
1 |
6 |
|
305 |
1 |
| Blue stone |
2 |
4 |
|
307 |
5 |
| Whin |
0 |
8 |
|
308 |
1 |
| Blue stone |
8 |
1 |
|
316 |
2 |
| White post |
0 |
6 |
|
316 |
8 |
| Blue stone |
2 |
7 |
|
319 |
3 |
| White post |
1 |
8 |
|
320 |
11 |
| Blue stone |
0 |
6 |
|
321 |
5 |
| Whin |
1 |
2 |
|
322 |
7 |
| Blue stone, with post girdles |
6 |
2 |
|
328 |
9 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
6 |
1 |
|
334 |
10 |
| COAL, good |
3 |
10 |
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| Slaty band |
0 |
3 |
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| COAL, coarse |
0 |
6 |
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| COAL, bandy |
1 |
6 |
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Source: An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume U-Z, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1897
 original entry for sinking/boring number 2191 in "An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume U-Z, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1897"
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