Hedley Hill Colliery
Account of Strata sunk through to the Main Coal Seam at Hedley Hill Colliery
Shaft Details
Closed: Nov 1929
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Soil |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
| Post |
5 |
6 |
|
6 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
6 |
|
8 |
0 |
| Post |
11 |
0 |
|
19 |
0 |
| Fine soft blue metal |
11 |
9 |
|
30 |
9 |
| Post |
2 |
4 |
|
33 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
7 |
|
33 |
8 |
| Post |
0 |
8 |
|
34 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
2 |
|
36 |
6 |
| Post |
0 |
6 |
|
37 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
11 |
|
37 |
11 |
| Post |
0 |
7 |
|
38 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
8 |
11 |
|
47 |
5 |
| Post |
5 |
11 |
|
53 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
53 |
6 |
| Fire-clay |
0 |
9 |
|
54 |
3 |
| Post |
1 |
1 |
|
55 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
5 |
11 |
|
61 |
3 |
| Post |
0 |
9 |
|
62 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
3 |
|
62 |
3 |
| Post |
1 |
0 |
|
63 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
5 |
5 |
|
68 |
8 |
| Post |
0 |
6 |
|
69 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
4 |
|
72 |
6 |
| Post |
0 |
8 |
|
73 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
2 |
|
73 |
4 |
| Mixed post |
4 |
4 |
|
77 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
8 |
|
78 |
4 |
| Post |
1 |
2 |
|
79 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
1 |
|
79 |
8 |
| Post |
5 |
10 |
|
85 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
85 |
9 |
| Fire-clay |
2 |
11 |
|
88 |
8 |
| Post |
0 |
3 |
|
88 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
12 |
0 |
|
100 |
11 |
| COAL - Three-Quarter Seam |
2 |
0 |
|
102 |
11 |
| Fire-clay |
1 |
10 |
|
104 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
105 |
5 |
| Fire-clay |
5 |
5 |
|
110 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
0 |
|
113 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
6 |
|
117 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
11 |
|
122 |
3 |
| Post |
0 |
3 |
|
122 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
1 |
|
123 |
7 |
| Post |
0 |
2 |
|
123 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
1 |
|
125 |
10 |
| Very hard post |
0 |
3 |
|
126 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
9 |
|
127 |
10 |
| COAL - Ballarat Seam |
1 |
3 |
|
129 |
2 |
| Fire-clay |
4 |
7 |
|
133 |
9 |
| Post |
23 |
9 |
|
157 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
5 |
|
157 |
11 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
3 |
1 |
|
161 |
0 |
| COAL, good |
2 |
8 |
|
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| COAL, coarse |
0 |
5 |
|
|
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| Fire-clay |
3 |
9 |
|
164 |
9 |
| Post |
40 |
6 |
|
205 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
6 |
|
209 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
210 |
7 |
| Fire-clay |
4 |
6 |
|
215 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
31 |
6 |
|
246 |
7 |
| Post |
1 |
6 |
|
248 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
3 |
|
250 |
4 |
| Post |
1 |
0 |
|
251 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
3 |
|
254 |
7 |
| COAL - Main Coal or Brockwell Seam |
3 |
0 |
|
257 |
7 |
| Fire-clay, good |
2 |
6 |
|
260 |
1 |
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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 2759 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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