Heaton Colliery
E Pit
Account of Boring in the E Pit, Heaton. January, 1801
Shaft Details
Sunk: Jan 1801
Approximate surface level 209 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Sunk to the scaffold |
143 |
0 |
|
143 |
0 |
| Boxes |
66 |
0 |
|
209 |
0 |
| Boxes |
22 |
6 |
|
231 |
6 |
| Strong white post, with hard girdles and water |
50 |
9 |
|
282 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
3 |
|
282 |
6 |
| Black metal, mixed with coal, and coal |
1 |
6 |
|
284 |
0 |
| Grey metal stone |
13 |
0 |
|
297 |
0 |
| Grey and white scamy post |
14 |
9 |
|
311 |
9 |
| Grey metal stone, with hard girdles |
11 |
0 |
|
322 |
9 |
| Black grey metal, with hard lumps |
2 |
9 |
|
325 |
6 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
326 |
6 |
| Soft black metal |
0 |
9 |
|
327 |
3 |
| Dark grey metal |
4 |
6 |
|
331 |
9 |
| Grey metal stone |
1 |
6 |
|
333 |
3 |
| Whitish grey post, with water |
9 |
0 |
|
342 |
3 |
| Whin, mixed with white post |
6 |
0 |
|
348 |
3 |
| Whin |
2 |
6 |
|
350 |
9 |
| Strong grey metal stone |
15 |
0 |
|
365 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
6 |
|
367 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
367 |
9 |
| Grey metal stone |
6 |
6 |
|
374 |
3 |
| Whin mixture, with water |
2 |
0 |
|
376 |
3 |
| Black slaty metal stone and black grey metal |
19 |
0 |
|
395 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
396 |
1 |
| Grey post |
2 |
0 |
|
398 |
1 |
| Strong white post, with a mixture of whin in several places and whin girdles |
50 |
0 |
|
448 |
1 |
| White post, with strong girdles |
4 |
6 |
|
452 |
7 |
| Grey scaling post |
10 |
1 |
|
462 |
8 |
| COAL (into) supposed to be High Main Seam |
6 |
0 |
|
468 |
8 |
|
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 1092 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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