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Leasingthorne Colliery
No. 1 Pit
Account of Strata sunk through in the No. 1 Pit, Leasingthorne Colliery, 1901-1903
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1901, Closed: Oct 1967
Approximate surface level 481 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. |
| Clay |
7 |
0 |
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7 |
0 |
| Sand |
4 |
0 |
|
11 |
0 |
| Clay |
6 |
0 |
|
17 |
0 |
| Soft freestone |
23 |
9 |
|
40 |
9 |
| Blue clay |
0 |
3 |
|
41 |
0 |
| Freestone |
3 |
0 |
|
44 |
0 |
| Strong freestone |
3 |
0 |
|
47 |
0 |
| Freestone, with blue partings |
3 |
6 |
|
50 |
6 |
| Freestone |
3 |
0 |
|
53 |
6 |
| Freestone, with blue partings |
12 |
0 |
|
65 |
6 |
| Mild post |
6 |
0 |
|
71 |
6 |
| Freestone |
54 |
0 |
|
125 |
6 |
| Post, with blue partings |
24 |
0 |
|
149 |
6 |
| White post |
4 |
11 |
|
154 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
154 |
8 |
| Seggar-clay |
3 |
9 |
|
158 |
5 |
| White post |
2 |
0 |
|
160 |
5 |
| Bastard whin |
1 |
0 |
|
161 |
5 |
| Leafy post |
1 |
6 |
|
162 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
6 |
|
165 |
5 |
| Blue metal |
28 |
0 |
|
193 |
5 |
| Strong post |
11 |
6 |
|
204 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
6 |
|
209 |
5 |
| Strong post |
2 |
9 |
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212 |
2 |
| Post, with blue partings |
6 |
0 |
|
218 |
2 |
| COAL |
1 |
9 |
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219 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
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| Band |
0 |
4 |
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| COAL |
0 |
7 |
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| Seggar-clay |
2 |
0 |
|
221 |
11 |
| Blue metal, with iron girdles |
14 |
6 |
|
236 |
5 |
| Black shale |
1 |
1 |
|
237 |
6 |
| COAL, cannel |
1 |
3 |
|
238 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
11 |
0 |
|
249 |
9 |
| COAL - Three-Quarter Seam |
2 |
4 |
|
252 |
1 |
| COAL |
1 |
3 |
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| Band |
0 |
3 |
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| COAL |
0 |
10 |
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| Seggar-clay |
1 |
0 |
|
253 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
29 |
0 |
|
282 |
1 |
| Grey leafy post |
16 |
0 |
|
298 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
0 |
|
302 |
1 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
5 |
3 |
|
307 |
4 |
| COAL |
4 |
1 |
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| COAL, splint |
1 |
2 |
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| Seggar-clay |
5 |
0 |
|
312 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
6 |
|
316 |
10 |
| Black stone |
2 |
2 |
|
319 |
0 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
17 |
0 |
|
336 |
0 |
| Strong white post |
9 |
0 |
|
345 |
0 |
| Blue metal, with iron girdles |
20 |
0 |
|
365 |
0 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
4 |
10 |
|
369 |
10 |
| COAL |
4 |
10 |
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| Seggar Clay |
2 |
0 |
|
371 |
10 |
| Grey metal with iron pyrites |
32 |
2 |
|
404 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
404 |
6 |
| Grey metal, with iron pyrites |
6 |
0 |
|
410 |
6 |
| Grey metal, with iron girdles |
3 |
0 |
|
413 |
6 |
| COAL and stone |
2 |
6 |
|
416 |
0 |
| Grey metal, with iron pyrites |
40 |
0 |
|
456 |
0 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
20 |
0 |
|
476 |
0 |
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
|
477 |
6 |
| Strong seggar-clay |
3 |
0 |
|
480 |
6 |
| Grey metal, with iron girdles |
25 |
6 |
|
506 |
0 |
| COAL |
1 |
3 |
|
507 |
3 |
| Seggar-clay |
5 |
0 |
|
512 |
3 |
| Grey metal, with iron girdles |
35 |
9 |
|
548 |
0 |
| Strong white post |
12 |
0 |
|
560 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
18 |
6 |
|
578 |
6 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
7 |
6 |
|
586 |
0 |
| COAL |
2 |
0 |
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| Seggar-clay |
4 |
6 |
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| COAL |
1 |
0 |
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| Grey metal, with iron girdles |
6 |
0 |
|
592 |
0 |
| Blue metal, with post panels |
21 |
0 |
|
613 |
0 |
| COAL |
1 |
4 |
|
614 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
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| Band |
0 |
3 |
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| COAL |
0 |
8 |
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| Seggar-clay |
4 |
4 |
|
618 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
619 |
4 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
0 |
|
620 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
24 |
0 |
|
644 |
4 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
2 |
9 |
|
647 |
1 |
| COAL |
2 |
0 |
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| COAL, splint |
0 |
9 |
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| Seggar-clay |
1 |
0 |
|
648 |
1 |
| Grey post |
14 |
0 |
|
662 |
1 |
| COAL, cannel |
0 |
8 |
|
662 |
9 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
3 |
|
664 |
0 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
31 |
0 |
|
695 |
0 |
| Grey and white post |
13 |
0 |
|
708 |
0 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
30 |
0 |
|
738 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
12 |
0 |
|
750 |
0 |
| Strong white post |
5 |
0 |
|
755 |
0 |
| Grey leafy post |
2 |
0 |
|
757 |
0 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
12 |
0 |
|
769 |
0 |
| Strong white post, with metal partings |
19 |
10 |
|
788 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
6 |
7 |
|
795 |
5 |
| COAL - Harvey Seam |
3 |
8 |
|
799 |
1 |
| Seggar-clay |
12 |
0 |
|
811 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
21 |
0 |
|
832 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
832 |
4 |
| Strong white post |
4 |
6 |
|
836 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
10 |
6 |
|
847 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
848 |
1 |
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
0 |
|
850 |
1 |
| Grey post |
3 |
0 |
|
853 |
1 |
| White post |
22 |
0 |
|
875 |
1 |
| COAL |
1 |
11 |
|
877 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
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| Band |
0 |
6 |
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| COAL |
1 |
0 |
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| Seggar-clay |
1 |
7 |
|
878 |
7 |
| Grey leafy post |
2 |
6 |
|
881 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
36 |
0 |
|
917 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
0 |
|
921 |
1 |
| COAL - Busty Seam |
9 |
3 |
|
930 |
4 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
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| Seggar-clay |
5 |
9 |
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| COAL |
2 |
6 |
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| Strong seggar-clay |
2 |
0 |
|
932 |
4 |
| Grey post |
3 |
0 |
|
935 |
4 |
| White post |
21 |
0 |
|
956 |
4 |
| Whin girdles |
1 |
6 |
|
957 |
10 |
| White post |
11 |
3 |
|
969 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
969 |
7 |
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
6 |
|
972 |
1 |
| White post, with metal partings |
9 |
0 |
|
981 |
1 |
| Grey metal, with iron |
6 |
0 |
|
987 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
987 |
3 |
| Fire-clay |
2 |
0 |
|
989 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
9 |
0 |
|
998 |
3 |
| COAL |
1 |
10 |
|
1000 |
1 |
| White post, with whin girdles |
37 |
0 |
|
1037 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
6 |
0 |
|
1043 |
1 |
| COAL - Brockwell Seam |
4 |
7 |
|
1047 |
8 |
| White post |
6 |
0 |
|
1053 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
6 |
6 |
|
1060 |
2 |
| Grey leafy post |
6 |
0 |
|
1066 |
2 |
| White post |
9 |
0 |
|
1075 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
6 |
|
1078 |
8 |
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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 2821 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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