Kibblesworth Colliery
Robert Pit
Account of Strata sunk through at Robert Pit, Kibblesworth Colliery
Shaft Details
Closed: 04 Oct 1974
Approximate surface level 150 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Clay |
16 |
8 |
|
16 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
5 |
0 |
|
21 |
8 |
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
|
23 |
2 |
| Fire clay |
2 |
2 |
|
25 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
14 |
6 |
|
39 |
10 |
| Grey post |
22 |
6 |
|
62 |
4 |
| COAL - Five Quarter Seam |
3 |
1 |
|
65 |
5 |
| Grey post |
4 |
9 |
|
70 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
11 |
0 |
|
81 |
2 |
| Grey post |
4 |
0 |
|
85 |
2 |
| Grey metal, with thin post girdles |
41 |
7 |
|
126 |
9 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
4 |
10 |
|
131 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
4 |
|
133 |
11 |
| White post |
8 |
6 |
|
142 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
0 |
|
143 |
5 |
| Grey post |
6 |
7 |
|
150 |
0 |
| Grey post |
3 |
11 |
|
153 |
11 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
22 |
2 |
|
176 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
176 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
8 |
8 |
|
185 |
6 |
| White post |
7 |
6 |
|
193 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
193 |
9 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
17 |
1 |
|
210 |
10 |
| White post, with water |
22 |
6 |
|
233 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
7 |
|
233 |
11 |
| White post, with water |
32 |
4 |
|
266 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
8 |
|
266 |
11 |
| White post, with scares, grey metal, and water |
22 |
0 |
|
288 |
11 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
7 |
0 |
|
295 |
11 |
| White post |
2 |
3 |
|
298 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
7 |
0 |
|
305 |
2 |
| COAL - Maudlin Seam |
3 |
1 |
|
308 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
6 |
|
311 |
9 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
5 |
10 |
|
317 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
3 |
9 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
|
|
| Black stone |
1 |
0 |
|
318 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
3 |
|
321 |
10 |
| White post |
3 |
10 |
|
325 |
8 |
| Grey metal post, with whin girdles |
17 |
7 |
|
343 |
3 |
| White post |
1 |
8 |
|
344 |
11 |
| Grey metal, with thin post girdles |
5 |
0 |
|
349 |
11 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
4 |
11 |
|
354 |
10 |
| COAL |
4 |
3 |
|
|
|
| COAL, foul |
0 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Fire clay |
2 |
0 |
|
356 |
10 |
| Grey post |
8 |
0 |
|
364 |
10 |
| White post |
1 |
6 |
|
366 |
4 |
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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 1232 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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