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Kenton Colliery
Frances Pit
Bored at Kenton, from the Thill of the Five-Quarter or Newbiggin Stone Coal Seam, in the Frances Pit Shaft, North of the Dyke
Shaft Details
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
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ft. |
in. |
| Sunk to the seam |
196 |
0 |
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196 |
0 |
| Box and thill |
4 |
0 |
|
200 |
0 |
| Strong white post |
10 |
0 |
|
210 |
0 |
| Strong grey metal stone |
4 |
0 |
|
214 |
0 |
| Strong white post |
2 |
0 |
|
216 |
0 |
| Grey metal stone |
15 |
0 |
|
231 |
0 |
| COAL, with water |
0 |
6 |
|
231 |
6 |
| Grey stone, with post girdles |
19 |
6 |
|
251 |
0 |
| Whin mixture |
1 |
3 |
|
252 |
3 |
| Grey post |
6 |
0 |
|
258 |
3 |
| Grey metal stone |
5 |
10 |
|
264 |
1 |
| COAL |
1 |
4 |
|
265 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
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|
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| Grey metal |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Grey metal stone |
6 |
0 |
|
271 |
5 |
| Strong white post |
6 |
4 |
|
277 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
278 |
5 |
| Grey metal stone, with black scames |
17 |
0 |
|
295 |
5 |
| Strong white post |
9 |
0 |
|
304 |
5 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
305 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
0 |
|
306 |
5 |
| Grey post |
1 |
6 |
|
307 |
11 |
| Strong white post |
6 |
0 |
|
313 |
11 |
| Dark grey metal |
1 |
11 |
|
315 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
316 |
2 |
| Grey metal stone |
16 |
4 |
|
332 |
6 |
| COAL, foul |
0 |
4 |
|
332 |
10 |
| Grey metal stone |
1 |
3 |
|
334 |
1 |
| Black slaty metal, scared with coal |
1 |
0 |
|
335 |
1 |
| Strong grey metal stone |
32 |
11 |
|
368 |
0 |
| Strong white post, with partings and a mixture of whin in several places |
75 |
0 |
|
443 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
0 |
|
445 |
0 |
| Grey metal stone, with girdles |
12 |
0 |
|
457 |
0 |
| Strong white post, with whin girdles, scamy partings, and water |
31 |
7 |
|
488 |
7 |
| COAL - Benwell Main Seam |
3 |
8 |
|
492 |
3 |
| COAL |
2 |
5 |
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| Black slaty metal, mixed with coal |
0 |
3 |
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| COAL, foul slaty |
1 |
0 |
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| Grey metal |
9 |
0 |
|
501 |
3 |
| Strong white post |
30 |
9 |
|
532 |
0 |
| Black grey stone |
12 |
0 |
|
544 |
0 |
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
|
545 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
|
|
| Blue grey metal |
0 |
5 |
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|
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| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
|
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| Blue grey metal |
3 |
6 |
|
549 |
0 |
| Strong white post |
4 |
7 |
|
553 |
7 |
| Grey metal stone, with girdles |
4 |
8 |
|
558 |
3 |
| Strong white post |
1 |
3 |
|
559 |
6 |
| Grey metal stone, with girdles |
21 |
0 |
|
580 |
6 |
| Grey metal, with scares of coal |
2 |
0 |
|
582 |
6 |
| Grey metal stone |
9 |
6 |
|
592 |
0 |
| Grey metal, with a mixture of coal at bottom |
1 |
6 |
|
593 |
6 |
| Grey metal stone |
2 |
2 |
|
595 |
8 |
| COAL, with water |
0 |
10 |
|
596 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
6 |
|
597 |
0 |
| White post |
1 |
6 |
|
598 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
6 |
|
601 |
0 |
| Whin |
0 |
4 |
|
601 |
4 |
| Strong white post, with metal partings |
3 |
0 |
|
604 |
4 |
| Whin |
1 |
0 |
|
605 |
4 |
| Strong white post |
2 |
0 |
|
607 |
4 |
| Grey metal stone, with hard girdles or lumps and a soft parting with water |
9 |
6 |
|
616 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
617 |
6 |
| Grey metal stone |
0 |
4 |
|
617 |
10 |
| Strong grey and white post |
1 |
6 |
|
619 |
4 |
| Grey metal stone, with hard girdles |
5 |
6 |
|
624 |
10 |
| Strong white post |
5 |
0 |
|
629 |
10 |
| Whin |
4 |
2 |
|
634 |
0 |
| Strong white post, mixed with whin |
8 |
6 |
|
642 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
0 |
|
645 |
6 |
| Mixture of whin girdles or lumps |
0 |
4 |
|
645 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
10 |
|
646 |
8 |
| COAL - Beaumont Seam |
3 |
10 |
|
650 |
6 |
| Grey and blue scamy metal stone |
1 |
6 |
|
652 |
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 1220 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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