Leasingthorne Colliery
10 feet Pit
Account of Strata sunk through at Leasingthorne Colliery, 10 feet Pit. 1842.
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1842, Closed: Oct 1967
Approximate surface level 510 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Outset |
6 |
0 |
|
6 |
0 |
| Soil and clay |
57 |
0 |
|
63 |
0 |
| Freestone, with metal partings |
58 |
11 |
|
121 |
11 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
18 |
0 |
|
139 |
11 |
| Post |
4 |
0 |
|
143 |
11 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
39 |
6 |
|
183 |
5 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
3 |
|
185 |
8 |
| Black metal |
1 |
3 |
|
186 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
187 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
8 |
0 |
|
195 |
3 |
| White post |
12 |
0 |
|
207 |
3 |
| Whin |
4 |
6 |
|
211 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
8 |
0 |
|
219 |
9 |
| Post girdles |
2 |
0 |
|
221 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
12 |
11 |
|
234 |
8 |
| Black metal |
1 |
0 |
|
235 |
8 |
| COAL - Willie Winter Seam |
1 |
8 |
|
237 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
|
|
| Grey metal |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
|
|
| Grey metal |
20 |
0 |
|
257 |
4 |
| Black metal |
3 |
9 |
|
261 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
12 |
0 |
|
273 |
1 |
| COAL - Dicky Dant or 3/4 Seam |
2 |
9 |
|
275 |
10 |
| Black metal, or danty coal |
1 |
7 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
| Grey metal |
18 |
0 |
|
293 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
8 |
10 |
|
302 |
8 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
4 |
10 |
|
307 |
6 |
| COAL |
3 |
7 |
|
|
|
| Splint |
1 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Soft thill |
3 |
0 |
|
310 |
6 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
21 |
0 |
|
331 |
6 |
| Black metal (jet) |
30 |
0 |
|
361 |
6 |
| Grey post |
2 |
2 |
|
363 |
8 |
| Grey whin, with 2 in. of coal |
1 |
4 |
|
365 |
0 |
| Blue metal, with girdles |
26 |
8 |
|
391 |
8 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
4 |
4 |
|
396 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
3 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Thill |
3 |
0 |
|
399 |
0 |
| Post |
1 |
0 |
|
400 |
0 |
| Bored further |
0 |
0 |
|
400 |
0 |
| Thill |
3 |
6 |
|
403 |
6 |
| Grey post and metal partings |
18 |
0 |
|
421 |
6 |
| Grey metal and coal pipes |
7 |
3 |
|
428 |
9 |
| Grey post |
5 |
0 |
|
433 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
5 |
7 |
|
439 |
4 |
| Grey post |
6 |
2 |
|
445 |
6 |
| Blue metal and girdles |
13 |
6 |
|
459 |
0 |
|
Source: An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume L-R, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1887
original entry for sinking/boring number 1277 in "An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume L-R, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1887"
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