Shafts	Index	Shafts

Geology encountered   Thickness   Depth   ft. in.   ft. in. Sunk to the thill of the High Main Coal    480  0     480  0          160  0            Sea Level    0  0                 320  0        Box    1  2     481  2 Black metal and foul coal    4  0     485  2 Grey metal, with girdles or catheads    15  4     500  6 Black grey metal, with girdles or catheads    4  8     505  2 COAL    0  4     505  6 Grey metal    1  8     507  2 COAL, hard, with sulphur    2  2     509  4 Grey metal stone    1  6     510  10 White post    6  0     516  10 Grey metal stone, with girdles    8  2     525  0 Black grey metal stone    7  0     532  0 Grey metal stone    14  0     546  0 Whin    0  8     546  8 Grey metal stone, with whin girdles    9  4     556  0 White post    3  0     559  0 Grey metal stone and girdly post    2  6     561  6 Strong whin mixture    3  3     564  9 Strong white post    9  3     574  0 Grey metal stone    11  6     585  6 COAL    1  4     586  10 Grey metal stone    2  0     588  10 White post and whin girdles    3  0     591  10 Grey metal stone and post girdles    17  2     609  0 Strong white post and metal partings    10  0     619  0 COAL, with sulphur    0  11     619  11 Grey metal    2  0     621  11 Grey post    6  0     627  11 Strong white post, mixed with whin    12  0     639  11 Grey metal stone, with mixture whin girdles    28  9     668  8 COAL, with sulphur    2  10     671  6 Dark grey metal    0  6     672  0 Strong white post    30  6     702  6 Whin    1  4     703  10 Strong white post, with a mixture of whin in several places    28  0     731  10 White and grey post    11  6     743  4 Grey metal    6  0     749  4 Soft grey metal, with sulphur    0  6     749  10 COAL    0  10     750  8 Grey metal, with post girdles    8  4     759  0 White post, with metal partings    10  0     769  0 Whin    0  8     769  8 White post    0  9     770  5 Whin    1  5     771  10 White post    2  6     774  4 Strong grey metal stone, with strong girdles    5  2     779  6 COAL    0  6     780  0 Soft grey metal, with scares of coal and sulphur    1  9     781  9 COAL, with sulphur    1  0     782  9 Grey metal and metal stone, with whin girdles    12  6     795  3 COAL, foul, with sulphur    0  7     795  10 Black slaty metal, with small beds of coal and sulphur    1  5     797  3 Whitish grey metal    6  0     803  3 Dark grey metal stone, with hard girdles    27  0     830  3 Whitish grey metal    19  3     849  6 Black grey metal    0  6     850  0 Grey metal stone    2  0     852  0 Grey post    1  0     853  0 Grey metal stone    3  0     856  0 Grey metal    1  8     857  8 COAL, coarse    0  4     858  0 Grey metal, with some small scares of coal    0  4     858  4 Grey metal stone    12  0     870  4 Strong grey white post    1  2     871  6 Grey metal stone    8  0     879  6 Whin    0  9     880  3 Strong grey metal stone    2  0     882  3 Whin mixture    2  0     884  3 Strong white post    4  6     888  9 Grey metal stone    2  0     890  9 Strong white post, with a mixture of whin    9  0     899  9 Grey metal    1  0     900  9 Whin mixture    4  6     905  3 In strong white post    0  11     906  2 Note. — The total expense of boring and attendance, sharping gear, value of ropes used in boring, wood, iron, and workmanship for a brake underground (in the time of boring the above) was £349 2s. 1d.    0  0     906  2

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 1093 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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