Kepier Colliery
Strata sunk through at Kepier Colliery, near Durham
Shaft Details
Approximate surface level 293 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
 
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Outset |
6 |
0 |
|
6 |
0 |
| Clay |
6 |
0 |
|
12 |
0 |
| Sand |
12 |
0 |
|
24 |
0 |
| Clay |
77 |
0 |
|
101 |
0 |
| Sandstone |
80 |
0 |
|
181 |
0 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
3 |
0 |
|
184 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
24 |
0 |
|
208 |
0 |
| COAL - Brass Thill Seam |
1 |
2 |
|
209 |
2 |
| Blue metal, in which are two small seams of coal, each 4 in. |
35 |
0 |
|
244 |
2 |
| Whin stone |
3 |
0 |
|
247 |
2 |
| Black stone |
10 |
6 |
|
257 |
8 |
| Post girdles |
1 |
6 |
|
259 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
10 |
|
260 |
0 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
3 |
11 |
|
263 |
11 |
| Bored in 1818:— |
0 |
0 |
|
263 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
13 |
0 |
|
276 |
11 |
| Post girdle |
1 |
0 |
|
277 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
4 |
|
279 |
3 |
| White post |
12 |
0 |
|
291 |
3 |
| Blue metal and coal |
1 |
9 |
|
293 |
0 |
| Blue metal and coal |
2 |
3 |
|
295 |
3 |
| Post |
3 |
0 |
|
298 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
18 |
0 |
|
316 |
3 |
| Post |
6 |
9 |
|
323 |
0 |
| COAL, left off in (being stopped by water issuing out the whole size of the hole, and flying 2 feet above the top of the hole; a plug was put in and a prop set upon it to keep it down) |
0 |
3 |
|
323 |
3 |
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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 1224 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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