Hazlerigg Colliery
Pumping Shaft
Account of Strata sunk and bored through in the Pumping Shaft at Hazlerigg Colliery
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1892, Closed: Apr 1964
Approximate surface level 250 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 |
| Brown clay |
3 |
3 |
|
4 |
0 |
| Strong boulder-clay |
14 |
0 |
|
18 |
0 |
| Sand |
0 |
3 |
|
18 |
3 |
| Strong boulder-clay |
17 |
9 |
|
36 |
0 |
| Brown freestone, with 800 gallons of water per hour |
25 |
2 |
|
61 |
2 |
| White post |
4 |
0 |
|
65 |
2 |
| Soft metal |
0 |
10 |
|
66 |
0 |
| COAL |
2 |
6 |
|
68 |
6 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
4 |
|
70 |
10 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
25 |
6 |
|
96 |
4 |
| Black stone |
1 |
3 |
|
97 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
97 |
11 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
3 |
|
99 |
2 |
| Strong white post, with whin and 1,000 gallons of water per hour at bottom |
8 |
8 |
|
107 |
10 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
4 |
6 |
|
112 |
4 |
| Black stone |
0 |
1 |
|
112 |
5 |
| Seggar-clay |
3 |
6 |
|
115 |
11 |
| Grey metal, with post |
9 |
5 |
|
125 |
4 |
| White post |
20 |
5 |
|
145 |
9 |
| Soft metal, with 1,400 gallons of water per hour |
0 |
2 |
|
145 |
11 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
146 |
11 |
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
11 |
|
149 |
10 |
| Strong white post |
4 |
1 |
|
153 |
11 |
| Grey post |
23 |
0 |
|
176 |
11 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
15 |
2 |
|
192 |
1 |
| Black stone |
6 |
0 |
|
198 |
1 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
199 |
1 |
| Seggar-clay |
3 |
6 |
|
202 |
7 |
| Grey post |
3 |
3 |
|
205 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
6 |
|
209 |
4 |
| Post, with whin |
4 |
0 |
|
213 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
11 |
0 |
|
224 |
4 |
| Black stone |
5 |
8 |
|
230 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
230 |
8 |
| Black stone |
0 |
4 |
|
231 |
0 |
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
2 |
|
233 |
2 |
| Grey metal, with girdles |
8 |
3 |
|
241 |
5 |
| White post |
15 |
5 |
|
256 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
10 |
|
261 |
8 |
| COAL |
2 |
10 |
|
264 |
6 |
| COAL |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay |
0 |
8 |
|
|
|
| COAL and splint |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
| Bored further :— |
0 |
0 |
|
264 |
6 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
4 |
|
265 |
10 |
| Post |
0 |
5 |
|
266 |
3 |
| COAL |
1 |
8 |
|
267 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
8 |
|
272 |
7 |
| Grey metal and post |
4 |
0 |
|
276 |
7 |
| Grey and blue metal |
13 |
6 |
|
290 |
1 |
| Dark blue metal |
2 |
9 |
|
292 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
6 |
|
296 |
4 |
| Grey metal and seggar-clay |
8 |
0 |
|
304 |
4 |
| Dark blue metal |
2 |
2 |
|
306 |
6 |
| COAL - Plessey Seam |
1 |
5 |
|
307 |
11 |
| Seggar-clay and blue metal |
2 |
0 |
|
309 |
11 |
| Soft dark blue metal |
0 |
10 |
|
310 |
9 |
| COAL, soft |
0 |
8 |
|
311 |
5 |
| Blue metal, with coal pipes |
0 |
8 |
|
312 |
1 |
| Seggar-clay and blue metal |
5 |
6 |
|
317 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
6 |
|
324 |
1 |
| Grey metal and seggar-clay |
3 |
6 |
|
327 |
7 |
| Blue metal, with balls |
1 |
0 |
|
328 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
328 |
9 |
| Grey metal and seggar-clay |
1 |
0 |
|
329 |
9 |
| Grey metal and post |
6 |
0 |
|
335 |
9 |
| Grey and blue metal |
5 |
0 |
|
340 |
9 |
| Hard grey metal |
0 |
5 |
|
341 |
2 |
| Dark blue metal |
0 |
10 |
|
342 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
342 |
8 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
9 |
|
344 |
5 |
| Grey metal and post |
5 |
6 |
|
349 |
11 |
| Hard post |
27 |
2 |
|
377 |
1 |
| Soft seggar-clay |
1 |
6 |
|
378 |
7 |
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
0 |
|
380 |
7 |
| Hard grey metal |
2 |
4 |
|
382 |
11 |
| Grey and blue metal |
6 |
4 |
|
389 |
3 |
| Grey metal and post |
3 |
9 |
|
393 |
0 |
| Hard grey metal |
1 |
6 |
|
394 |
6 |
| Soft seggar-clay |
2 |
3 |
|
396 |
9 |
| Grey metal and post |
4 |
6 |
|
401 |
3 |
| Hard grey metal |
1 |
6 |
|
402 |
9 |
| Hard post |
16 |
2 |
|
418 |
11 |
| Dark blue metal |
0 |
1 |
|
419 |
0 |
| Hard post |
24 |
1 |
|
443 |
1 |
| Dark blue metal |
0 |
1 |
|
443 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
443 |
6 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
4 |
|
444 |
10 |
| Hard post |
2 |
0 |
|
446 |
10 |
| Post and grey metal |
1 |
6 |
|
448 |
4 |
| Seggar-clay and blue metal |
6 |
0 |
|
454 |
4 |
| Dark blue metal |
1 |
3 |
|
455 |
7 |
| COAL - Beaumont Seam |
3 |
1 |
|
458 |
8 |
| Seggar-clay |
0 |
4 |
|
459 |
0 |
| Seggar-clay and grey metal |
2 |
0 |
|
461 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
461 |
10 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
4 |
|
463 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
6 |
|
465 |
8 |
| Hard post |
0 |
4 |
|
466 |
0 |
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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 2752 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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