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Heworth Colliery
John Pit
Account of Strata sunk through at the John Pit, Heworth Colliery, near Gateshead
Shaft Details
Closed: 29 Jun 1963
Approximate surface level 383 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Outset |
12 |
0 |
|
12 |
0 |
| Soil |
1 |
0 |
|
13 |
0 |
| Strong brown clay |
11 |
0 |
|
24 |
0 |
| Brown post |
8 |
8 |
|
32 |
8 |
| Strong white flag post |
5 |
4 |
|
38 |
0 |
| Light brown freestone |
19 |
0 |
|
57 |
0 |
| White flag post |
1 |
10 |
|
58 |
10 |
| Brown post |
1 |
10 |
|
60 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
4 |
|
61 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
61 |
6 |
| Thill |
2 |
0 |
|
63 |
6 |
| Blue metal, mixed with post girdles |
9 |
0 |
|
72 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
72 |
10 |
| Thill |
4 |
0 |
|
76 |
10 |
| Grey metal and post girdles |
33 |
0 |
|
109 |
10 |
| White post, with metal partings |
26 |
0 |
|
135 |
10 |
| White post, with whin balls |
2 |
0 |
|
137 |
10 |
| White post, with partings |
5 |
0 |
|
142 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
13 |
4 |
|
156 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
156 |
4 |
| Thill |
3 |
6 |
|
159 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
30 |
9 |
|
190 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
190 |
11 |
| Thill |
2 |
2 |
|
193 |
1 |
| Scamy post and post girdles |
9 |
0 |
|
202 |
1 |
| Whin |
2 |
3 |
|
204 |
4 |
| Post, with thin partings |
3 |
4 |
|
207 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
5 |
8 |
|
213 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
213 |
8 |
| Thill |
2 |
0 |
|
215 |
8 |
| Black slate |
1 |
10 |
|
217 |
6 |
| Thill |
4 |
0 |
|
221 |
6 |
| Grey metal and post girdles |
10 |
0 |
|
231 |
6 |
| Grey post |
1 |
6 |
|
233 |
0 |
| Blue metal stone |
15 |
0 |
|
248 |
0 |
| Black stone |
4 |
10 |
|
252 |
10 |
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
|
254 |
4 |
| Thill |
2 |
0 |
|
256 |
4 |
| Black stone |
3 |
0 |
|
259 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
|
259 |
5 |
| Thill |
2 |
10 |
|
262 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
6 |
|
268 |
9 |
| Post girdles |
2 |
0 |
|
270 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
6 |
|
274 |
3 |
| Whin |
1 |
4 |
|
275 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
7 |
9 |
|
283 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
283 |
9 |
| Thill |
1 |
6 |
|
285 |
3 |
| Blue stone |
1 |
3 |
|
286 |
6 |
| Post girdles |
1 |
4 |
|
287 |
10 |
| Whin |
0 |
9 |
|
288 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
0 |
|
290 |
7 |
| Scamy post |
1 |
3 |
|
291 |
10 |
| Whin |
1 |
0 |
|
292 |
10 |
| Post |
2 |
0 |
|
294 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
5 |
0 |
|
299 |
10 |
| Ridding stone |
0 |
7 |
|
300 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
301 |
2 |
| Black metal |
2 |
9 |
|
303 |
11 |
| Thill |
1 |
8 |
|
305 |
7 |
| Scamy post |
2 |
0 |
|
307 |
7 |
| Blue stone |
0 |
9 |
|
308 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
309 |
0 |
| Black stone |
2 |
2 |
|
311 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
311 |
5 |
| Thill |
2 |
3 |
|
313 |
8 |
| Blue stone |
17 |
4 |
|
331 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
331 |
3 |
| Thill |
1 |
0 |
|
332 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
0 |
|
336 |
3 |
| Grey metal and post |
19 |
0 |
|
355 |
3 |
| Blue stone |
3 |
8 |
|
358 |
11 |
| Scamy post |
10 |
4 |
|
369 |
3 |
| Blue stone |
13 |
9 |
|
383 |
0 |
| Blue stone |
0 |
9 |
|
383 |
9 |
| Grey metal and post girdles |
23 |
10 |
|
407 |
7 |
| Post - Main Post |
42 |
6 |
|
450 |
1 |
| Soft grey metal and girdles |
5 |
6 |
|
455 |
7 |
| Grey post |
11 |
8 |
|
467 |
3 |
| White post, mixed with metal |
10 |
0 |
|
477 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
2 |
|
480 |
5 |
| Black stone |
0 |
2 |
|
480 |
7 |
| COAL - High Main Seam |
8 |
0 |
|
488 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Brown metal |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
2 |
10 |
|
|
|
| COAL, coarse |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Grey metal band |
1 |
3 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
2 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL, coarse, and slaty |
0 |
11 |
|
|
|
| Thill |
1 |
10 |
|
490 |
5 |
| Black stone |
4 |
11 |
|
495 |
4 |
| Blue stone |
4 |
6 |
|
499 |
10 |
| Black stone |
4 |
0 |
|
503 |
10 |
| Blue stone |
8 |
4 |
|
512 |
2 |
| Grey metal stone |
5 |
9 |
|
517 |
11 |
| Blue stone |
6 |
0 |
|
523 |
11 |
| COAL - Metal Coal Seam |
3 |
11 |
|
527 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Brown band |
0 |
11 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
2 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Thill |
1 |
4 |
|
529 |
2 |
| Grey metal stone |
13 |
0 |
|
542 |
2 |
| Black stone |
1 |
4 |
|
543 |
6 |
| Black stone and post girdles |
5 |
2 |
|
548 |
8 |
| Black stone |
1 |
6 |
|
550 |
2 |
| COAL - Stone Coal Seam |
1 |
1 |
|
551 |
3 |
| Thill |
2 |
11 |
|
554 |
2 |
| Grey metal and post girdles |
2 |
9 |
|
556 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
7 |
2 |
|
564 |
1 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
565 |
1 |
| Thill |
1 |
4 |
|
566 |
5 |
| Blue stone |
19 |
10 |
|
586 |
3 |
| Black stone |
1 |
0 |
|
587 |
3 |
| Splint |
0 |
8 |
|
587 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
588 |
7 |
| Grey metal, with balls of whin |
16 |
0 |
|
604 |
7 |
| Grey metal, rather hard |
2 |
11 |
|
607 |
6 |
| Scamy post, with layers of metal |
12 |
2 |
|
619 |
8 |
| Whin |
0 |
10 |
|
620 |
6 |
| Scamy post |
6 |
8 |
|
627 |
2 |
| Whin |
1 |
1 |
|
628 |
3 |
| Grey scamy post, with thin layers of metal |
7 |
3 |
|
635 |
6 |
| Whin |
1 |
0 |
|
636 |
6 |
| COAL - Yard Seam |
3 |
4 |
|
639 |
10 |
| COAL, bright, but tender |
0 |
10½ |
|
|
|
| Grey metal band |
0 |
1½ |
|
|
|
| COAL, coarse and scamy |
2 |
4¼ |
|
|
|
| Thill |
2 |
9 |
|
642 |
7 |
| Grey post |
2 |
8 |
|
645 |
3 |
| Blue stone |
13 |
4 |
|
658 |
7 |
| Black stone |
4 |
9 |
|
663 |
4 |
| Grey metal, with ironstone balls |
13 |
2 |
|
676 |
6 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
6 |
8 |
|
683 |
2 |
| Whin |
1 |
4 |
|
684 |
6 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
4 |
1 |
|
688 |
7 |
| Whin |
0 |
8 |
|
689 |
3 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
5 |
4 |
|
694 |
7 |
| White post |
1 |
8 |
|
696 |
3 |
| Grey metal, with whin girdles |
2 |
4 |
|
698 |
7 |
| Blue stone |
3 |
0 |
|
701 |
7 |
| COAL - Bensham Seam |
6 |
7 |
|
708 |
2 |
| COAL |
1 |
6½ |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
1½ |
|
|
|
| Band |
1 |
10½ |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
5 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
0¾ |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
6¼ |
|
|
|
| Thill |
2 |
5 |
|
710 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
12 |
0 |
|
722 |
7 |
| COAL |
2 |
4 |
|
724 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
11 |
|
|
|
| Thill |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Grey metal stone |
8 |
9 |
|
733 |
8 |
| Post, mixed with whin |
1 |
7 |
|
735 |
3 |
| Grey metal, with thin post girdles |
4 |
7 |
|
739 |
10 |
| White post |
5 |
6 |
|
745 |
4 |
| Black stone |
0 |
2 |
|
745 |
6 |
| COAL - Six-Quarter Seam |
3 |
9 |
|
749 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
|
|
| Brown slaty band |
0 |
10 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
3½ |
|
|
|
| Splint |
0 |
5 |
|
|
|
| Thill |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Post |
1 |
6 |
|
750 |
10 |
| Blue stone |
16 |
5 |
|
767 |
3 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
3 |
0 |
|
770 |
3 |
| COAL |
1 |
10½ |
|
|
|
| Splint |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
11 |
|
|
|
| Thill |
1 |
2 |
|
771 |
5 |
| Strong grey metal stone |
4 |
2 |
|
775 |
7 |
| Strong grey post, mixed with whin |
3 |
7 |
|
779 |
2 |
| Blue stone |
8 |
2 |
|
787 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
787 |
6 |
| Thill |
0 |
10 |
|
788 |
4 |
| Blue stone |
2 |
0 |
|
790 |
4 |
| Post girdles, mixed with water |
2 |
0 |
|
792 |
4 |
| Black stone |
0 |
7 |
|
792 |
11 |
| Thin post girdles, mixed with metal |
3 |
6 |
|
796 |
5 |
| Blue stone |
3 |
0 |
|
799 |
5 |
| Post girdles |
0 |
9 |
|
800 |
2 |
| Blue stone |
3 |
2 |
|
803 |
4 |
| Post girdles |
0 |
10 |
|
804 |
2 |
| Blue stone |
3 |
4 |
|
807 |
6 |
| Post girdles and metal partings |
3 |
2 |
|
810 |
8 |
| Grey post, mixed with whin |
5 |
0 |
|
815 |
8 |
| Blue stone |
0 |
5 |
|
816 |
1 |
| Strong white post |
4 |
0 |
|
820 |
1 |
| Blue metal stone |
4 |
5 |
|
824 |
6 |
| COAL - Low Main on Tyne, Hutton Seam on Wear (now working 1843) |
5 |
2 |
|
829 |
8 |
| COAL, coarse and splint |
0 |
3½ |
|
|
|
| COAL, fine |
4 |
1½ |
|
|
|
| COAL, bottom |
0 |
9 |
|
|
|
| Thill stone |
0 |
10 |
|
830 |
6 |
| Strong grey post |
7 |
5 |
|
837 |
11 |
| Grey metal, with thin girdles |
1 |
3 |
|
839 |
2 |
| Strong grey post |
5 |
10 |
|
845 |
0 |
| Black stone |
0 |
5 |
|
845 |
5 |
| Thill |
1 |
9 |
|
847 |
2 |
| Blue stone |
3 |
0 |
|
850 |
2 |
| Strata sunk through in deepening shaft to Beaumont Seam, 1875-76 :— |
0 |
0 |
|
850 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
8 |
0 |
|
858 |
2 |
| Grey shale post |
4 |
0 |
|
862 |
2 |
| Whin girdles |
1 |
9 |
|
863 |
11 |
| Strong white post |
8 |
9 |
|
872 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
3 |
|
873 |
11 |
| COAL |
1 |
3 |
|
875 |
2 |
| Dark grey post |
18 |
9 |
|
893 |
11 |
| White post, inclined to whin |
9 |
6 |
|
903 |
5 |
| Strong grey post |
4 |
3 |
|
907 |
8 |
| White post |
6 |
4 |
|
914 |
0 |
| Fire clay |
5 |
6 |
|
919 |
6 |
| Blue metal, with iron girdles |
8 |
0 |
|
927 |
6 |
| Strong fire clay |
3 |
0 |
|
930 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
930 |
9 |
| |
32 |
8 |
|
963 |
5 |
| Blue metal, with coal pipes |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Grey post, with whin girdles |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Strong grey post |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
| White post, inclined to whin |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Strong white post |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
| COAL - Beaumont Seam |
3 |
7 |
|
967 |
0 |
| COAL |
1 |
11 |
|
|
|
| Fire clay band |
0 |
11 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
|
|
| Fire clay |
2 |
1 |
|
969 |
1 |
| Mixed grey post |
23 |
0 |
|
992 |
1 |
| White post |
10 |
0 |
|
1002 |
1 |
| COAL, with bands |
2 |
3 |
|
1004 |
4 |
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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 1163 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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