Heddon Colliery
Margaret Pit
Account of Strata sunk through in the Margaret Pit, Heddon Colliery
Shaft Details
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
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ft. |
in. |
| Outset |
3 |
0 |
|
3 |
0 |
| Soil |
1 |
4 |
|
4 |
4 |
| Gravel |
1 |
2 |
|
5 |
6 |
| Sand |
0 |
11 |
|
6 |
5 |
| Soft post |
12 |
0 |
|
18 |
5 |
| Grit |
0 |
4 |
|
18 |
9 |
| COAL - Engine Seam |
5 |
8 |
|
24 |
5 |
| COAL |
3 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Clay |
2 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Blue metal |
11 |
5 |
|
35 |
10 |
| Strong light metal |
1 |
0 |
|
36 |
10 |
| Dark metal |
4 |
1 |
|
40 |
11 |
| COAL - Tilly Seam |
3 |
11 |
|
44 |
10 |
| COAL |
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
| Clay |
4 |
3 |
|
|
|
| White post, with partings |
25 |
3 |
|
70 |
1 |
| COAL - Hodge Seam |
6 |
4 |
|
76 |
5 |
| COAL |
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
| Clay, with iron balls |
4 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Blue metal |
1 |
0 |
|
77 |
5 |
| White post |
0 |
6 |
|
77 |
11 |
| Dark metal, with post girdles |
6 |
5 |
|
84 |
4 |
| Dark metal |
0 |
6 |
|
84 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
4 |
|
91 |
2 |
| Post, with partings |
7 |
7 |
|
98 |
9 |
| Post, with whin |
7 |
5 |
|
106 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
0 |
|
110 |
2 |
| COAL - Three-Quarter Seam |
5 |
4 |
|
115 |
6 |
| COAL |
2 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Clay band |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
| COAL band |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Clay |
1 |
6 |
|
|
|
| White post |
5 |
0 |
|
120 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
8 |
0 |
|
128 |
6 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
5 |
1 |
|
133 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Clay |
0 |
5 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
2 |
10 |
|
|
|
| Splint |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Clay |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Clay, with iron balls |
2 |
3 |
|
135 |
10 |
| White post |
5 |
0 |
|
140 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
5 |
|
141 |
3 |
| White post |
3 |
0 |
|
144 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
9 |
|
145 |
0 |
| White post |
1 |
0 |
|
146 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
9 |
|
146 |
9 |
| White post |
9 |
9 |
|
156 |
6 |
| Grey and white post |
3 |
9 |
|
160 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
6 |
0 |
|
166 |
3 |
| White post |
2 |
6 |
|
168 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
6 |
|
171 |
3 |
| COAL - Black Seam |
5 |
7 |
|
176 |
10 |
| COAL |
1 |
9 |
|
|
|
| Clay |
0 |
11 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
|
|
| Clay |
2 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Clay, with iron balls |
2 |
6 |
|
179 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
6 |
|
182 |
10 |
| White post |
4 |
6 |
|
187 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
9 |
|
191 |
1 |
| COAL - Clay Seam |
1 |
7 |
|
192 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| Clay |
1 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Grey post |
10 |
6 |
|
203 |
2 |
| Leafy post |
47 |
0 |
|
250 |
2 |
| Post, with blue metal |
5 |
3 |
|
255 |
5 |
| COAL - Brockwell Seam |
4 |
7 |
|
260 |
0 |
| Ramble |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
2 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Splint |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Clay |
1 |
5 |
|
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| Into hard white post |
0 |
0 |
|
260 |
0 |
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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 1116 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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