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Langley Park Colliery

Kaysburn Pit

Account of Strata sunk through in the Kaysburn Pumping Shaft, Langley Park Colliery

Shaft Details

Closed: 31 Oct 1975

Approximate surface level 330 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)

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Geology encountered   Thickness   Depth
  ft. in.   ft. in.
Soil    1  6     1  6
Yellow clay, gravel, sand and water    9  10     11  4
Laminated blue clay    7  0     18  4
Gravel, sand and water    7  6     25  10
Strong clay    6  0     31  10
Running sand    1  3     33  1
Strong stony clay    73  4     106  5
Yellow freestone    8  0     114  5
Grey shale, with post girdles    15  0     129  5
Grey post, with soft partings and water    13  0     142  5
Hard white post    0  9     143  2
Grey shale, with post girdles    6  1     149  3
Hard white post    33  0     182  3
Black stone, mixed with coal near the bottom    1  7     183  10
Grey shale    10  0     193  10
Grey post    9  3     203  1
Dark grey shale    0  9     203  10
Grey post, with shale partings    13  4     217  2
COAL - Harvey Seam    2  0     219  3
Black stone    0  6     219  9
Seggar-clay    2  0     221  9
Grey metal    8  7     230  4
Blue metal    1  11     232  3
COAL    0  3     232  6
Grey metal    2  6     235  0
Hard white post    2  0     237  0
COAL    0  6     237  7
Black metal    0  7     238  2
Grey metal, with post girdles    6  8     244  10
COAL    1  2     246  0
Grey metal    0  9     246  9
Hard white post    11  0     257  9
Grey post    2  10     260  7
Grey metal    1  9     262  4
White post    6  3     268  7
COAL    1  1     269  8
Black stone    0  10     270  6
Light grey metal    3  11     274  5
Grey post    3  10     278  3
White post    2  10     281  1
Grey metal, with post girdles    4  0     285  1
Hard white post, with whin girdles    47  0     332  1
Grey post    6  0     338  1
COAL - Busty Seam    7  6     345  7
    COAL    1  5       
    Band    0         
    COAL    0  5       
    Band    0         
    COAL    2  8       
    Splint    0  4       
    COAL    2  4       
    Swad    0  3       
Dark grey metal    4  0     349  7
White post, with metal partings    9  0     358  7
Grey post, mixers with ironstone    1  6     360  1
COAL - Three-Quarter Seam    1  7     361  8
    COAL, cannel    0         
    COAL, coking    1  1       
Seggar-clay    4  0     365  8
Dark grey metal    7  1     372  9
White post    6  6     379  3
Dark grey metal    4  0     383  3
White post, with metal partings    3  4     386  7
Dark grey metal    5  0     391  7
COAL    0  4     391  11
Dark grey metal    8  5     400  5
White post    11  0     411  5
Whin    2  0     413  5
Supposed Brockwell Seam*    1  6     414  11
    COAL    1  6       
Seggar-clay    2  8     417  7
Dark grey metal    7  6     425  1
Hard grey post    1  0     426  1
Grey metal, with post girdles    4  2     430  3
Grey metal    1  5     431  8
White post    3  3     434  11
Blue metal    1  7     436  6
COAL    0  5     436  11
Seggar-clay    2  6     439  5
Grey metal    1  10     441  3
Grey post    0  4     441  7
Grey metal    7  7     449  3
Grey metal, with post girdles    1  2     450  5
Grey metal    1  4     451  9
White post    4  0     455  9
Grey metal    0  11     456  8
White post    3  6     460  2
Soft blue metal    2  4     462  6
White post, with metal partings    1  4     463  10
Grey post    6  2     470  0
Blue metal    2  8     472  8
Grey post    1  8     474  4
Blue metal    7  7     481  11
COAL - Victoria Seam    1  5     483  4
Seggar-clay    3  0     486  4
Blue metal    0  10     487  2
     0  0     487  2
* This seam thickens to 2 feet 7 inches 300 yards south-east from the shaft    0  0     487  2

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 2820 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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