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Kepier Colliery

Florence Pit

Strata sunk through in No. 2 Shaft, Florence Pit, Kepier Colliery. 1874

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Geology encountered   Thickness   Depth
  ft. in.   ft. in.
Soil    2  0     2  0
Gravel    1  3     3  3
Sand    0  5     3  8
Clay    60  0     63  8
Post    12  4     76  0
Blue metal    4  0     80  0
COAL - Hutton Seam    5  6     85  6
    COAL    4  0     85  6
    Seggar    0  6     85  6
    COAL, bottom    1  0     85  6
Grey metal    5  0     90  6
Post girdle    1  0     91  6
Grey metal    5  0     96  6
Mild post, with metal partings    12  1     108  7
White post    2  5     111  0
Dark leafy post    3  2     114  2
Soft grey metal    12  4     126  6
Post, with metal partings    4  0     130  6
Soft blue metal    4  7     135  1
Black stone    1  4     136  5
Strong white post, with water    9  5     145  10
Light grey metal    1  11     147  9
COAL    0  9     148  6
Seggar    0  11     149  5
Mild grey post, with metal partings    13  6     162  11
Strong white post    4  7     167  6
Strong grey metal, with post girdles    3  7     171  1
Light grey metal    5  6     176  7
Black stone    1  5     178  1
Light grey metal    5  0     183  1
Black stone    9  0     192  1
COAL    0  10     192  11
Seggar    4  0     196  11
Light grey metal    1  3     198  2
COAL    0  4     198  7
Black meta    0  7     199  2
Strong grey post    2  5     201  7
Strong grey metal    7  2     208  9
Black shale    0  4     209  1
COAL - Harvey Seam    1  11     211  0
Seggar    2  11     213  11
Light grey metal    6  11     220  10
Black stone    0  7     221  5
Seggar    2  0     223  5
Strong white post, with metal partings    4  0     227  5
COAL    0  1     227  7
Mild grey post    9  9     237  4
Black stone    0  4     237  8
Strong grey metal    18  0     255  8
Soft grey metal    6  0     261  8
Post with metal partings    9  0     270  8
Very strong white post    17  0     287  8
Strong white post, mixed with whin    14  0     301  8
Strong white post    10  6     312  2
Strong white post, mixed with whin    24  6     336  8
Post, with ironstone balls    2  0     338  8
Strong white post    10  6     349  2
Grey metal    0  6     349  8
COAL - Busty Seam    3  6     353  3
    COAL    0       353  3
    Grey metal    0  10½     353  3
    Black stone, with thin pieces of coal    0       353  3
    Grey metal    0  3     353  3
    COAL    1  8     353  3
Sump    6  0     355  6
    Seggar, with ironstone balls    2  3     355  6
    Grey metal, with ironstone balls    3  9     359  3
Strong grey metal    1  9     361  0
Grey metal, with post girdles    8  9     369  9
Soft partings, with gas and water    0  3     370  0
Grey metal, with post girdles    8  11     378  11
Strong white post    19  8     398  7
Soft parting    0  3     398  10
Grey post    1  0     399  10
Strong white post    0  8     400  6
Dark grey metal    0  4     400  10
Soft grey metal    2  4     403  2
Dark grey metal    1  5     404  7
COAL    1  9     406  4
    COAL, with shale partings    0  6     406  4
    COAL, cleaner near bottom    1  3     406  4
Strong white thill    1  11     408  3
Grey metal, with post girdles    4  3     412  6
Grey post, with metal partings    2  6     415  0
White post    3  0     418  0
Grey metal, with post girdles and gas    10  5     428  5
Dark grey metal    2  6     430  11
Grey post    1  7     432  6
Dark grey metal    0  3     432  9
COAL    0  4     433  1
Black stone, with coal pipes near bottom    1  2     434  3
Dark grey metal    0  9     435  0
Black stone    0  3     435  3
COAL    0  8     435  11
Very dark metal, with coal    0  6     436  5
Dark grey metal    0  11     437  4
Strong grey metal, with post girdles    4  0     441  4
Light grey metal    5  8     447  1
Grey metal, with post girdles    4  0     451  1
Grey post, with metal partings    3  6     454  7
Strong white post    2  10     457  5
Grey metal, with post girdles    3  9     461  2
Strong white post    8  9     469  11
COAL    0  5     470  4
Grey post, with metal partings    4  0     474  4
Dark grey metal, with ironstone balls    4  0     478  4
Strong white post, with metal partings    1  7     479  11
Dark grey metal, with post girdles    11  10     491  9
Dark grey metal, with ironstone balls    4  5     496  2
Grey metal, with post girdles    1  6     497  8
Dark grey metal    6  6     504  2
Black stone    1  2     505  4
Grey metal, with post girdles    14  9     520  1
Black stone    0  2     520  3
Grey metal thill    0  7     520  10
Strong white post, with metal partings    2  6     523  4
Strong white post    9  10     533  2
Brown whin    1  0     534  2
Strong white post    6  4     540  6
Dark grey metal, with post girdles    4  2     544  8
Grey metal    2  5     547  1
Whin    0  11     548  0
Light grey metal, with post girdles, into    8  11     556  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 1229 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 2804 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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