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Hebburn Colliery

C Pit

Strata sunk through to the High Main Seam, in the C Pit, Hebburn Colliery

Shaft Details

Approximate surface level 80 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)

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Geology encountered   Thickness   Depth
  ft. in.   ft. in.
Clay    80  0     80  0
Clay    8  0     88  0
Brown metal    3  6     91  6
Brown post, with water    50  0     141  6
Blue metal, with water    56  0     197  6
Black stone    3  6     201  0
COAL    0  10     201  10
Thill    3  0     204  10
Grey metal, with post girdles    10  4     215  2
Grey post, with water    6  0     221  2
Blue stone    3  0     224  2
White post    2  0     226  2
Blue stone    0  11     227  1
Grey post, with whin    4  8     231  9
Blue stone    0  4     232  1
White post, with water    10  0     242  1
Blue stone    0  3     242  4
Grey stone, with water    5  0     247  4
Blue stone    0  2     247  6
Grey post, with water    0  6     248  0
Blue stone    0  2     248  2
Grey post, with water    10  11     259  1
Scamy post    0  7     259  8
Grey post, with water    1  0     260  8
COAL    0  3     260  11
Thill    2  0     262  11
Black stone    0  2     263  1
COAL    0  2     263  3
Thill    3  3     266  6
Blue stone, with water    11  6     278  0
Grey post, with water    6  11     284  11
Blue stone    5  0     289  11
COAL    0  4     290  3
Thill    2  2     292  5
COAL    0  7     293  0
Whin    0  10     293  10
Thill    1  4     295  2
Grey post, with water    8  6     303  8
Scamy post    2  0     305  8
Whin    1  5     307  1
White post    2  4     309  5
Grey metal, with post girdles    18  2     327  7
Blue stone, with whin girdles    6  2     333  9
Black stone    1  8     335  5
Thill    2  5     337  10
Grey post    7  10     345  8
Whin    1  6     347  2
Grey post, with fresh water    22  6     369  8
Whin    3  11     373  7
Grey post    3  6     377  1
Whin    1  2     378  3
Grey post    5  2     383  5
Blue stone    3  3     386  8
Scamy post    3  4     390  0
COAL    0  6     390  6
Black thill    1  2     391  8
Grey thill    7  2     398  10
Black band, mixed with coal    0  5     399  3
Black thill    1  7     400  10
Whin girdles    0  11     401  9
Blue stone, with whin girdles    8  8     410  5
COAL    0  4     410  9
Black thill    1  1     411  10
Scamy post    7  4     419  2
Blue stone, with whin girdles    8  7     427  9
COAL    0  8     428  5
Black thill    0  1     428  6
Grey thill    2  6     431  0
Whin    2  7     433  7
Scamy post    0  4     433  11
White post    2  6     436  5
Grey metal stone    1  0     437  5
Whin girdles    0  7     438  0
Grey metal and whin girdles    6  7     444  7
Black stone    0  3     444  10
COAL    0  8     445  6
Thill    3  0     448  6
White post, with whin    4  0     452  6
Blue stone, with whin girdles    4  7     457  1
Black stone, mixed with a little coal at bottom    2  4     459  5
Thill    2  2     461  7
Grey post    1  10     463  5
Blue stone, with whin girdles    1  2     464  7
Grey post, mixed with whin    2  0     466  7
Blue stone, with whin girdles    3  6     470  1
COAL    0  3     470  4
Strong grey thill    3  8     474  0
Grey post    1  10     475  10
Scamy post    0  7     476  5
Grey post    1  6     477  11
Blue stone, with a little coal at bottom    3  2     481  1
Grey thill, with whin    7  0     488  1
Grey metal stoue, with whin and post girdles    20  0     508  1
White post    2  0     510  1
Whin    4  0     514  1
Dry white post, with partings    45  0     559  1
COAL    0  3     559  4
Black stone    0  1     559  5
COAL    0  2     559  7
Thill    1  1     560  8
Grey metal, with post girdles    13  1     573  9
Black stone    2  4     576  1
Grey metal, with post girdles    9  3     585  4
Black stone, with whin girdles    14  0     599  4
COAL    0  3     599  7
Strong grey thill    6  5     606  0
Grey post    2  0     608  0
Post - Main Post    54  0     662  0
Blue stone    4  0     666  0
White post    2  0     668  0
Blue stone    6  0     674  0
COAL - High Main Seam    6  2     680  2
COAL, loose, small, and foul    4  6     684  8
Grey metal and metal stone, with ironstone girdles    33  10     718  6
COAL - Metal Coal Seam    2  6     721  0
    COAL and sulphur    2  6       
Grey metal    1  6     722  6
Grey and blue metal stone, with post girdles    22  4     744  10
Black metal    1  2     746  0
Blue metal    1  0     747  0
White post    1  10     748  10
Blue metal, inclining to post, with thin ironstone girdles and some beds of post    17  1     765  11
COAL - Stone Coal Seam    0  7     766  6
Blue metal stone and thin girdles    3  9     770  3
Strong white post    1  0     771  3
Blue metal stone    6  3     777  6
White post    4  6     782  0
Blue metal stone, with post girdles    30  2     812  2
COAL - Yard Seam    1  5     813  7
Black slaty metal    0  4     813  11
Blue metal    1  6     815  5
COAL, foul    1  0     816  5
Blue metal stone, with girdles    7  10     824  3
COAL    1  1     825  4
Grey and blue metal    2  1     827  5
COAL    1  3     828  8
Grey and blue metal stone    4  2     832  10
White post    0  10     833  8
Blue metal stone    5  7     839  3
White post    2  4     841  7
Blue metal stone and hard thin girdles    51  0     892  7
Softish grey metal    0  6     893  1
COAL - Bensham Seam    5  5     898  6
    COAL, coarse, with sulphur, pretty strong and burns to brownish white ash    2  8       
    COAL, foul and softish, with a mixture of black metal    0  7       
    COAL, coarse, with sulphur, not so strong as the first in this seam, but nearly of the same quality    2  2       
Dark metal    0  6     899  0
Grey metal stone, with hard girdles    8  0     907  0
COAL, foul, mixed with slaty metal    1  5     908  5
Dark slaty metal    6  0     914  5
Blue metal stone, with post girdles    5  3     919  8
Strong white post, mixed with whin    1  0     920  8
Blue metal stone, with post girdles    5  10     926  6
Strong white post    13  8     940  2
Grey metal stone, with hard girdles    3  0     943  2
COAL - Six-Quarter Seam    1  9     944  11
    COAL, coarse, with slaty scare bands    1  9       
Blue metal and metal stone, with some beds of post    20  0     964  11
Black slaty stone, mixed with foul coal and sulphur - Five-Quarter Seam    2  6     967  5
Blue metal    1  6     968  11
Blue metal stone, with thin girdles    14  6     983  5
Strong white post    25  8     1009  1
Grey metal stone    3  4     1012  5
Strong white post    2  10     1015  3
Blue metal    10  10     1026  1
COAL - Low Main Seam    5  5     1031  6
    COAL, with sulphur    2  6       
    COAL, slaty    0  3       
    COAL, coarse    0  10       
    COAL, slaty    0  8       
    COAL, coarse, with sulphur    1  2       
Black metal, with sulphur    0  11     1032  5
Grey thill    1  9     1034  2
White metal stone    2  9     1036  11
White post    1  8     1038  7
Blue metal stone    1  8     1040  3
White post    1  8     1041  11
Blue metal stone    1  0     1042  11
White post    2  2     1045  1
Blue metal stone    1  8     1046  9
White post    2  2     1048  11

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 1095 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"

  original entry for sinking/boring number 1096 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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