Hepscott Colliery
Isabella Pit
Account of Strata sunk and bored through in the Isabella Pit, Hepscott Colliery
Shaft Details
Approximate surface level 160 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Sinking :— |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
| Clay |
72 |
0 |
|
72 |
0 |
| Post |
42 |
0 |
|
114 |
0 |
| COAL |
2 |
3 |
|
116 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
39 |
0 |
|
155 |
3 |
| COAL - Hepscott Seam |
2 |
4 |
|
157 |
7 |
| Bored further :— |
0 |
0 |
|
157 |
7 |
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
0 |
|
159 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
11 |
|
163 |
6 |
| Hard grey post |
2 |
5 |
|
165 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
3 |
|
167 |
2 |
| Blue metal, with coal pipes |
0 |
5 |
|
167 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
168 |
2 |
| Dark blue metal |
9 |
4 |
|
177 |
6 |
| Dark blue metal, with iron balls |
0 |
6 |
|
178 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
1 |
|
182 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
|
182 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
9 |
5 |
|
191 |
7 |
| Blue metal, with post panels |
1 |
8 |
|
193 |
3 |
| COAL |
1 |
5 |
|
194 |
8 |
| Seggar-clay |
0 |
5 |
|
195 |
1 |
| Strong blue metal, with post panels |
2 |
0 |
|
197 |
1 |
| Grey post, with blue panels |
1 |
7 |
|
198 |
8 |
| Dark sandy post |
0 |
11 |
|
199 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
7 |
|
200 |
2 |
| Dark sandy post |
2 |
0 |
|
202 |
2 |
| Dark blue metal, mixed with iron |
0 |
6 |
|
202 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
0 |
|
204 |
8 |
| Blue metal, with coal pipes |
0 |
4 |
|
205 |
0 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
8 |
|
206 |
8 |
| Grey and blue post |
13 |
0 |
|
219 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
2 |
|
220 |
10 |
| Grey post and blue metal |
2 |
11 |
|
223 |
9 |
| Grey and white post |
16 |
3 |
|
240 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
10 |
|
241 |
10 |
| COAL |
3 |
5 |
|
245 |
3 |
| COAL |
2 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay |
0 |
9 |
|
246 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
0 |
|
247 |
0 |
| Grey post and blue metal |
6 |
0 |
|
253 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
7 |
|
254 |
7 |
| Sand |
0 |
3 |
|
254 |
10 |
| Iron balls |
0 |
10 |
|
255 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
10 |
|
258 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
|
258 |
7 |
| Dark ramble, with coal pipes |
2 |
2 |
|
260 |
9 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
8 |
|
262 |
5 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
4 |
|
262 |
9 |
| COAL |
1 |
4 |
|
264 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Blue metal |
0 |
10 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Blue metal |
0 |
7 |
|
264 |
8 |
| Grey post |
1 |
1 |
|
265 |
9 |
| Blue metal, with post panels |
2 |
2 |
|
267 |
11 |
| Grey post and blue metal |
11 |
9 |
|
279 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
1 |
|
283 |
9 |
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
|
285 |
3 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
1 |
|
286 |
4 |
| Sandy post |
0 |
10 |
|
287 |
2 |
| Whin |
0 |
6 |
|
287 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
5 |
|
289 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
|
289 |
2 |
| Dark seggar-clay, with coal pipes |
1 |
10 |
|
291 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
6 |
|
291 |
6 |
| Dark seggar-clay |
3 |
6 |
|
295 |
0 |
| Hard grey and white post |
3 |
5 |
|
298 |
5 |
| Whin |
2 |
5 |
|
300 |
10 |
| Grey post |
5 |
3 |
|
306 |
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 2767 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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