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Houghton Colliery
Account of Strata sunk through in the Houghton Pit, belonging to the Right Honourable the Earl of Durham. Begun April 29th, 1823; finished April, 1827
Shaft Details
Sunk: 29 Apr 1823, Closed: 26 Sep 1981
Approximate surface level 220 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Black soil |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
| Peat |
3 |
0 |
|
4 |
0 |
| Sand, with water |
14 |
0 |
|
18 |
0 |
| Blue seggar clay |
4 |
0 |
|
22 |
0 |
| Grey seggar clay |
3 |
6 |
|
25 |
6 |
| Brown post, with water |
2 |
2 |
|
27 |
8 |
| Grey scamy post |
3 |
8 |
|
31 |
4 |
| Brown post |
13 |
2 |
|
44 |
6 |
| Blue metal, with water |
3 |
6 |
|
48 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
48 |
9 |
| Thilly blue metal |
10 |
7 |
|
59 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
59 |
8 |
| Blue metal, mixed with tumblers |
14 |
4 |
|
74 |
0 |
| Blue coloured post |
11 |
0 |
|
85 |
0 |
| COAL |
2 |
0 |
|
87 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
|
|
| Brown metal |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
|
|
| Thilly grey metal |
7 |
6 |
|
94 |
6 |
| Blue metal, mixed with whin layers |
30 |
6 |
|
125 |
0 |
| Black metal |
6 |
6 |
|
131 |
6 |
| COAL, with water |
0 |
2 |
|
131 |
8 |
| Thilly grey metal |
1 |
8 |
|
133 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
133 |
10 |
| Thilly grey metal |
2 |
0 |
|
135 |
10 |
| Grey post, mixed with whin |
5 |
0 |
|
140 |
10 |
| Blue metal and water |
3 |
4 |
|
144 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
144 |
6 |
| Thilly grey metal, with water |
11 |
2 |
|
155 |
8 |
| Broken post, with very open gullets, mixed with whin and grey post with water |
13 |
3 |
|
168 |
11 |
| Blue stone |
1 |
0 |
|
169 |
11 |
| COAL |
1 |
1 |
|
171 |
0 |
| COAL, splinty |
0 |
7 |
|
|
|
| Brown metal |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Thill |
2 |
11 |
|
173 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
8 |
|
177 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
7 |
|
179 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
179 |
9 |
| Thill |
5 |
0 |
|
184 |
9 |
| Grey metal, mixed with whin layers |
16 |
7 |
|
201 |
4 |
| White post, with open gullets and water |
4 |
0 |
|
205 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
6 |
|
205 |
10 |
| White post, with open gullets and water |
14 |
2 |
|
220 |
0 |
| White post, with open gullets and water |
16 |
2 |
|
236 |
2 |
| Black cashy partings (bears the principal part of the water, as little comes out below here) |
0 |
6 |
|
236 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
1 |
|
237 |
9 |
| White post |
1 |
4 |
|
239 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
13 |
5 |
|
252 |
6 |
| COAL |
2 |
5 |
|
254 |
11 |
| Thill |
2 |
8 |
|
257 |
7 |
| Thilly grey metal |
9 |
7 |
|
267 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
18 |
9 |
|
285 |
11 |
| Grey metal and girdles |
4 |
0 |
|
289 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
10 |
9 |
|
300 |
8 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
301 |
8 |
| Thill |
0 |
11 |
|
302 |
7 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles and water |
7 |
11 |
|
310 |
6 |
| Black cashy parting |
0 |
9 |
|
311 |
3 |
| Grey post, mixed with grey metal |
3 |
5 |
|
314 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
315 |
5 |
| Thill |
0 |
5 |
|
315 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
0 |
|
317 |
10 |
| White post, with open gullets and water |
10 |
6 |
|
328 |
4 |
| Blue metal, with ironstone girdles |
11 |
6 |
|
339 |
10 |
| Thill |
3 |
8 |
|
343 |
6 |
| Thilly grey metal |
2 |
6 |
|
346 |
0 |
| Grey post girdles |
0 |
8 |
|
346 |
8 |
| Dark blue stone |
3 |
2 |
|
349 |
10 |
| Grey post girdle |
0 |
8 |
|
350 |
6 |
| Grey metal, mixed with post girdles |
14 |
0 |
|
364 |
6 |
| COAL |
1 |
1 |
|
365 |
7 |
| Grey metal, with whin layers |
16 |
0 |
|
381 |
7 |
| Blue metal, mixed with coal |
1 |
6 |
|
383 |
1 |
| Grey post, mixed with whin layers |
9 |
9 |
|
392 |
10 |
| White post, mixed with whin |
14 |
6 |
|
407 |
4 |
| Strong grey metal |
21 |
0 |
|
428 |
4 |
| Blue metal, mixed with ironstone girdles |
10 |
2 |
|
438 |
6 |
| COAL - Three-Quarter Seam |
1 |
11 |
|
440 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Brown metal |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Brown metal |
0 |
1 |
|
440 |
6 |
| Stone, mixed with coal |
3 |
5 |
|
443 |
11 |
| COAL, coarse |
3 |
3 |
|
447 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
3 |
|
453 |
5 |
| Thill |
4 |
6 |
|
457 |
11 |
| COAL |
2 |
0 |
|
459 |
11 |
| Thill |
3 |
0 |
|
462 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
10 |
2 |
|
473 |
1 |
| Strong grey metal, inclining to post |
17 |
7 |
|
490 |
8 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
3 |
4 |
|
494 |
0 |
| Thill |
6 |
0 |
|
500 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
24 |
9 |
|
524 |
9 |
| Post girdles |
2 |
8 |
|
527 |
5 |
| Gray metal |
10 |
3 |
|
537 |
8 |
| Post girdle |
1 |
2 |
|
538 |
10 |
| Blue stone, with ironstone girdles |
31 |
2 |
|
570 |
0 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
6 |
3 |
|
576 |
3 |
| Band |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL, rather coarse |
0 |
10 |
|
|
|
| COAL, good |
1 |
6 |
|
|
|
| COAL, good kirving |
1 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL, good, top of grounds |
1 |
8 |
|
|
|
| COAL, coarse, bottom of grounds |
0 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Thill |
2 |
6 |
|
578 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
10 |
|
583 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
4 |
|
584 |
11 |
| Strong grey metal |
20 |
2 |
|
605 |
1 |
| Strong white post |
11 |
5 |
|
616 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
5 |
|
617 |
11 |
| Post |
7 |
5 |
|
625 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
10 |
|
629 |
2 |
| COAL - Maudlin Seam |
5 |
1 |
|
634 |
3 |
| COAL, coarse |
0 |
10 |
|
|
|
| COAL, good |
2 |
8 |
|
|
|
| COAL, splint |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Thill |
2 |
9 |
|
637 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
20 |
0 |
|
657 |
0 |
| Scamy post |
41 |
9 |
|
698 |
9 |
| Blue coloured post |
0 |
4 |
|
699 |
1 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
4 |
8 |
|
703 |
9 |
| COAL |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL, splint |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
|
|
| Stone |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
2 |
7 |
|
|
|
| Thill |
1 |
1 |
|
704 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
10 |
6 |
|
715 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
17 |
3 |
|
732 |
7 |
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
|
734 |
1 |
| Thill |
2 |
0 |
|
736 |
1 |
| Post girdle |
2 |
0 |
|
738 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
7 |
|
738 |
8 |
| COAL |
1 |
9 |
|
740 |
5 |
| Thill |
2 |
3 |
|
742 |
8 |
| Strong grey metal |
18 |
4 |
|
761 |
0 |
| Blue metal, mixed with ironstone girdles |
13 |
4 |
|
774 |
4 |
| Post girdles |
0 |
5 |
|
774 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
5 |
3 |
|
780 |
0 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
4 |
5 |
|
784 |
5 |
| Thill |
1 |
6 |
|
785 |
11 |
| COAL, bottom |
1 |
8 |
|
787 |
7 |
| Thill |
6 |
0 |
|
793 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
7 |
0 |
|
800 |
7 |
| Post girdle |
2 |
0 |
|
802 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
10 |
|
804 |
5 |
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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 1191 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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