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Kepier Grange Colliery
Account of Strata sunk and bored through in the Kepier Grange Pit, near Durham, 1844 and 1862
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1842, Closed: Oct 1924
Approximate surface level 250 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
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ft. |
in. |
| Sinking :— |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
| Soil |
0 |
10 |
|
0 |
10 |
| Brown sandy clay |
6 |
0 |
|
6 |
10 |
| Freestone |
18 |
0 |
|
24 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
0 |
|
26 |
10 |
| Black metal |
0 |
3 |
|
27 |
1 |
| Dark grey metal |
15 |
0 |
|
42 |
1 |
| Strong grey metal |
11 |
0 |
|
53 |
1 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
9 |
0 |
|
62 |
1 |
| Post |
7 |
0 |
|
69 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
3 |
|
70 |
4 |
| Brown freestone |
61 |
8 |
|
132 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
7 |
0 |
|
139 |
0 |
| Grey post |
24 |
0 |
|
163 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
0 |
|
169 |
0 |
| Black metal |
0 |
9 |
|
169 |
9 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
3 |
3 |
|
173 |
0 |
| Soft grey metal |
0 |
6 |
|
173 |
6 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
3 |
7 |
|
177 |
1 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles and water |
8 |
0 |
|
185 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
18 |
7 |
|
203 |
8 |
| COAL |
1 |
4 |
|
205 |
0 |
| Black metal |
0 |
3 |
|
205 |
3 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
7 |
2 |
|
212 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
213 |
3 |
| Dark grey metal |
2 |
2 |
|
215 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
216 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
16 |
4 |
|
232 |
5 |
| Post |
4 |
3 |
|
236 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
18 |
1 |
|
254 |
9 |
| Hutton Seam |
5 |
3 |
|
260 |
0 |
| COAL |
4 |
0 |
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| COAL, bottom |
1 |
3 |
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| Bored further, at a point about 76 yards North, and 57½ yards West, from the Shaft:— |
0 |
0 |
|
260 |
0 |
| Pipe from bottom of Hutton Seam |
6 |
0 |
|
266 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
33 |
11 |
|
299 |
11 |
| White post |
2 |
0 |
|
301 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
0 |
|
305 |
11 |
| White post, with water |
13 |
0 |
|
318 |
11 |
| Grey post |
8 |
0 |
|
326 |
11 |
| White post |
8 |
6 |
|
335 |
5 |
| Grey post |
13 |
6 |
|
348 |
11 |
| Dark metal |
0 |
6 |
|
349 |
5 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
9 |
0 |
|
358 |
5 |
| Black metal |
1 |
9 |
|
360 |
2 |
| White post |
11 |
4 |
|
371 |
6 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
17 |
10 |
|
389 |
4 |
| Black metal |
0 |
8 |
|
390 |
0 |
| COAL - Supposed Harvey Seam |
1 |
8 |
|
391 |
8 |
| Soft metal |
0 |
3 |
|
391 |
11 |
| Metal stone, with post girdles |
67 |
0 |
|
458 |
11 |
| Strong grey and white post |
16 |
6 |
|
475 |
5 |
| Strong grey metal stone, inclining to post |
14 |
6 |
|
489 |
11 |
| White post |
23 |
1 |
|
513 |
0 |
| COAL |
1 |
10 |
|
514 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
9 |
0 |
|
523 |
10 |
| Post |
12 |
8 |
|
536 |
6 |
| COAL |
1 |
7 |
|
538 |
1 |
| Dark metal |
1 |
5 |
|
539 |
6 |
| Post |
43 |
6 |
|
583 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
16 |
0 |
|
599 |
0 |
| COAL |
1 |
2 |
|
600 |
2 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
34 |
6 |
|
634 |
8 |
| COAL |
3 |
1 |
|
637 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
0 |
|
639 |
9 |
| White post |
5 |
6 |
|
645 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
645 |
9 |
| Grey post, with metal partings, into |
19 |
6 |
|
665 |
3 |
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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 2805 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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