Hutton Henry Colliery
Perseverance Pit
Account of Strata sunk and bored through in the Perseverance Pit, Hutton Henry Colliery
Shaft Details
Approximate surface level 420 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Sinking:— |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
| Soil |
0 |
9 |
|
0 |
9 |
| Clay |
25 |
0 |
|
25 |
9 |
| Sand and clay |
72 |
3 |
|
98 |
0 |
| Clay |
30 |
0 |
|
128 |
0 |
| Marl and broken limestone |
10 |
0 |
|
138 |
0 |
| Brown limestone |
270 |
3 |
|
408 |
3 |
| Metal and limestone, mixed |
12 |
0 |
|
420 |
3 |
| Blue limestone |
19 |
8 |
|
439 |
11 |
| Metal |
0 |
10 |
|
440 |
9 |
| Sand |
35 |
0 |
|
475 |
9 |
| White post |
18 |
6 |
|
494 |
3 |
| Red post |
35 |
0 |
|
529 |
3 |
| Grey post |
5 |
6 |
|
534 |
9 |
| Post |
15 |
0 |
|
549 |
9 |
| Grey metal and post |
12 |
10 |
|
562 |
7 |
| Black stone |
2 |
0 |
|
564 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
5 |
0 |
|
569 |
7 |
| Black stone |
0 |
3 |
|
569 |
10 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
12 |
5 |
|
582 |
3 |
| Post |
3 |
6 |
|
585 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
6 |
|
592 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
592 |
10 |
| Grey thill |
2 |
6 |
|
595 |
4 |
| Strong post |
4 |
7 |
|
599 |
11 |
| Metal, with post girdles |
26 |
6 |
|
626 |
5 |
| Post, with metal partings |
6 |
0 |
|
632 |
5 |
| Black stone |
2 |
10 |
|
635 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
29 |
6 |
|
664 |
9 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
3 |
3 |
|
668 |
0 |
| Black stone |
1 |
3 |
|
669 |
3 |
| Seggar-clay |
4 |
6 |
|
673 |
9 |
| Metal |
9 |
0 |
|
682 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
683 |
1 |
| Black metal |
2 |
6 |
|
685 |
7 |
| Post |
6 |
8 |
|
692 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
0 |
|
695 |
3 |
| Soft grey metal |
6 |
0 |
|
701 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
702 |
0 |
| Seggar-clay |
4 |
0 |
|
706 |
0 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
21 |
0 |
|
727 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
0 |
|
730 |
0 |
| COAL, cannel |
2 |
0 |
|
732 |
0 |
| Dark grey metal, with scares of coal |
9 |
0 |
|
741 |
0 |
| Post girdles |
3 |
6 |
|
744 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
15 |
9 |
|
760 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
760 |
9 |
| Seggar-clay |
5 |
6 |
|
766 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
766 |
11 |
| Seggar-clay and post |
3 |
6 |
|
770 |
5 |
| Grey post, with metal partings |
25 |
1 |
|
795 |
6 |
| Dark shelly post |
2 |
0 |
|
797 |
6 |
| Black metal |
1 |
6 |
|
799 |
0 |
| COAL - Harvey Seam |
5 |
6¾ |
|
804 |
6¾ |
| COAL, good |
3 |
9 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
1¾ |
|
|
|
| COAL, good |
1 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Dark grey seggar-clay |
2 |
10 |
|
807 |
4¾ |
| COAL |
0 |
7½ |
|
808 |
0¼ |
| Seggar-clay |
3 |
5 |
|
811 |
5¼ |
| COAL - Busty Seam |
3 |
8½ |
|
815 |
1¾ |
| COAL |
1 |
5 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
4½ |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
11 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
2½ |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
8½ |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay |
3 |
0 |
|
818 |
1¾ |
| White post |
6 |
6 |
|
824 |
7¾ |
| Shelly post |
1 |
6 |
|
826 |
1¾ |
| Strong white post |
15 |
2 |
|
841 |
3¾ |
| Shelly post |
5 |
0 |
|
846 |
3¾ |
| Strong white post |
13 |
10 |
|
860 |
1¾ |
| COAL |
1 |
4 |
|
861 |
5¾ |
| Dark seggar-clay |
3 |
0 |
|
864 |
5¾ |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
864 |
8¾ |
| Dark cloddy metal |
3 |
0 |
|
867 |
8¾ |
| Grey metal |
3 |
0 |
|
870 |
8¾ |
| COAL |
1 |
2 |
|
871 |
10¾ |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
2 |
9 |
|
874 |
7¾ |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
874 |
9¾ |
| Seggar-clay |
3 |
6 |
|
878 |
3¾ |
| Grey metal |
2 |
6 |
|
880 |
9¾ |
| White post |
42 |
0 |
|
922 |
9¾ |
| Post, scared with metal and coal pipes |
3 |
0 |
|
925 |
9¾ |
| White post |
8 |
0 |
|
933 |
9¾ |
| Bored further :— |
0 |
0 |
|
933 |
9¾ |
| Strong white post |
1 |
10 |
|
935 |
7¾ |
| Metal and post |
1 |
0 |
|
936 |
7¾ |
| White post |
25 |
2 |
|
961 |
9¾ |
| Metal parting |
0 |
6 |
|
962 |
3¾ |
| White post |
5 |
0 |
|
967 |
3¾ |
| Grey metal |
3 |
6 |
|
970 |
9¾ |
| Black stone |
0 |
3 |
|
971 |
0¾ |
| Grey metal |
1 |
0 |
|
972 |
0¾ |
| Post |
19 |
1 |
|
991 |
1¾ |
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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 2794 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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