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Iveston Colliery
Sunnyside Pumping Engine Shaft
Strata sunk through at Sunnyside Pumping Engine Shaft, Iveston Colliery. 1866
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1866, Closed: 1892
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Soil |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
| Clay |
22 |
4 |
|
23 |
4 |
| Gravel and sand |
5 |
4 |
|
28 |
8 |
| Shelly post, with metal partings |
32 |
0 |
|
60 |
8 |
| Dark metal, with iron bands |
15 |
0 |
|
75 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
76 |
3 |
| Thill stone |
1 |
10 |
|
78 |
1 |
| White post, with water |
5 |
8 |
|
83 |
9 |
| Light grey metal |
1 |
10 |
|
85 |
7 |
| Dark grey metal, with iron bands |
3 |
10 |
|
89 |
5 |
| COAL, bad |
1 |
5 |
|
90 |
10 |
| Thill stone |
2 |
7 |
|
93 |
5 |
| Strong grey post, with water |
3 |
8 |
|
97 |
1 |
| Grey metal stone |
2 |
11 |
|
100 |
0 |
| Dark metal, with iron bands |
3 |
2 |
|
103 |
2 |
| COAL - No. 1 (or Towneley) Seam |
2 |
2 |
|
105 |
4 |
| Brassy thill |
0 |
4 |
|
105 |
8 |
| Strong grey metal stone |
3 |
0 |
|
108 |
8 |
| Dark metal |
1 |
5 |
|
110 |
1 |
| Post and whin |
1 |
11 |
|
112 |
0 |
| Light metal |
5 |
8 |
|
117 |
8 |
| Dark metal |
0 |
7 |
|
118 |
3 |
| COAL - Hodge Seam |
0 |
4 |
|
118 |
7 |
| Thill stone |
11 |
0 |
|
129 |
7 |
| Black stone |
0 |
6 |
|
130 |
1 |
| Thill stone |
4 |
2 |
|
134 |
3 |
| Post, with whin and water |
2 |
10 |
|
137 |
1 |
| COAL - Tilly Seam |
3 |
2 |
|
140 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
11 |
|
|
|
| Seggar band |
1 |
8 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
|
|
| Thill stone |
3 |
4 |
|
143 |
7 |
| Black stone |
0 |
11 |
|
144 |
6 |
| Thill stone |
2 |
8 |
|
147 |
2 |
| Post, with whin and water |
13 |
0 |
|
160 |
2 |
| COAL - Hand Coal Seam |
1 |
2 |
|
161 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Seggar, good light colour, with no iron balls |
2 |
6 |
|
163 |
10 |
| Dark grey metal |
6 |
0 |
|
169 |
10 |
| Light metal |
18 |
0 |
|
187 |
10 |
| Post girdle |
2 |
0 |
|
189 |
10 |
| COAL - Busty Bank Seam |
13 |
4 |
|
203 |
2 |
| COAL, top |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
| Seggar, good, with no iron balls |
3 |
0 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Dark metal, with post girdles |
6 |
7 |
|
|
|
| COAL, bottom |
2 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Black stone |
0 |
8 |
|
203 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
204 |
1 |
| Black stone |
0 |
9 |
|
204 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
205 |
0 |
| Black stone (bottom of West Drift) |
0 |
8 |
|
205 |
8 |
| Light seggar |
2 |
6 |
|
208 |
2 |
| Light grey metal |
6 |
7 |
|
214 |
9 |
| Post |
4 |
0 |
|
218 |
9 |
| Post, with metal partings |
12 |
0 |
|
230 |
9 |
| Metal, with post girdles |
5 |
10 |
|
236 |
7 |
| Post, with water |
7 |
2 |
|
243 |
9 |
| Strong brown post |
5 |
5 |
|
249 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
3 |
|
252 |
5 |
| Strong post, with water |
6 |
10 |
|
259 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
1 |
|
260 |
4 |
| COAL - Three-Quarter Seam |
1 |
2 |
|
261 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
2½ |
|
|
|
| Black stone, mixed with coal |
0 |
11½ |
|
|
|
| Dark grey metal |
5 |
8 |
|
267 |
2 |
| Whin, with water |
3 |
2 |
|
270 |
4 |
| Dark metal |
14 |
0 |
|
284 |
4 |
| Whin girdle |
0 |
6 |
|
284 |
10 |
| Metal |
0 |
8 |
|
285 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
285 |
11 |
| Dark metal |
3 |
0 |
|
288 |
11 |
| Brown post, with partings |
4 |
3 |
|
293 |
2 |
| Dark metal, with ironstone |
5 |
6 |
|
298 |
8 |
| Whin girdle |
0 |
7 |
|
299 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
0 |
|
302 |
3 |
| Post, with metal partings |
3 |
4 |
|
305 |
7 |
| Sand and water |
0 |
5 |
|
306 |
0 |
| COAL - Brockwell Seam |
1 |
1 |
|
307 |
1 |
| Thill stone |
0 |
4 |
|
307 |
5 |
| Post |
1 |
8 |
|
309 |
1 |
| Dark metal, with ironstone |
2 |
0 |
|
311 |
1 |
| Post, with metal partings |
3 |
0 |
|
314 |
1 |
| Dark metal, with iron balls |
4 |
7 |
|
318 |
8 |
| Post, with metal partings |
6 |
10 |
|
325 |
6 |
| Strong post |
5 |
0 |
|
330 |
6 |
| Metal |
2 |
0 |
|
332 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
332 |
10 |
| Black stone |
0 |
5 |
|
333 |
3 |
| Dark metal |
2 |
4 |
|
335 |
7 |
| Sandy post |
2 |
10 |
|
338 |
5 |
| Dark metal |
7 |
0 |
|
345 |
5 |
| Black stone |
1 |
4 |
|
346 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
3 |
|
351 |
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 1206 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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