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Hylton Colliery

Shaft Details

Sunk: 17 May 1897, Closed: 13 Jul 1979

Approximate surface level 75 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)

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Geology encountered   Thickness   Depth
  ft. in.   ft. in.
COAL - Five-Quarter Seam    3  6     936  0
    COAL    1  2       
    Band    0  4       
    COAL    2  0       
COAL - Main Coal Seam    3  8     1362  0
    COAL    0  6       
    Band    0  10       
    COAL    1  4       
COAL - Maudlin Seam    5  9     1434  0
    COAL    3  4       
    COAL    1  7       
    Splint    0  2       
    Band    0  1       
    COAL    0  7       
COAL - Low Main Seam    2  10     1506  0
    COAL    1  3       
    Splint    0  2       
    COAL    1  4       
COAL - Hutton Seam    4  10     1578  0
    COAL (cannel)    0  3       
    COAL    7  7       

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