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Lumley Colliery
3rd Pit
Account of the Boring in the 3rd Pit at Lumley Colliery, from the Hutton Seam, in 1819. Pit sank to thill of Hutton Seam, 53 fathoms
Shaft Details
Shaft diameter: 14' 0", Closed: 19 Sep 1924
Approximate surface level 165 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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fathoms, feet & inches, or metres
 
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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 Hutton Seam |
318 |
0 |
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318 |
0 |
| Box |
8 |
6 |
|
326 |
6 |
| Strong white post |
8 |
0 |
|
334 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
7 |
|
335 |
1 |
| Metal, mixed with coal |
0 |
7 |
|
335 |
8 |
| Grey metal stone, with hard girdles |
31 |
3 |
|
366 |
11 |
| White post |
2 |
4 |
|
369 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
0 |
|
370 |
3 |
| Dark metal |
1 |
6 |
|
371 |
9 |
| Grey metal and girdles |
7 |
7 |
|
379 |
4 |
| Hard girdles |
0 |
8 |
|
380 |
0 |
| Soft grey metal |
5 |
5 |
|
385 |
5 |
| COAL |
1 |
4 |
|
386 |
9 |
| COAL, with sulphur |
0 |
9 |
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| A hard band or brass lump |
0 |
2 |
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| COAL, foul |
0 |
5 |
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| Soft grey metal and metal stone, with girdles |
30 |
3 |
|
417 |
0 |
| Blue metal, with sulphur |
5 |
0 |
|
422 |
0 |
| COAL, foul |
0 |
6 |
|
422 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
2 |
|
422 |
8 |
| Grey metal stone, with post girdles |
21 |
4 |
|
444 |
0 |
| COAL, with sulphur |
1 |
8 |
|
445 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
9 |
|
446 |
5 |
| Grey post, inclining to metal stone, with water |
6 |
7 |
|
453 |
0 |
| Strong white post,with water |
21 |
0 |
|
474 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
474 |
6 |
| Grey metal, scared with coal |
0 |
9 |
|
475 |
3 |
| Grey metal stone, with whin girdles |
9 |
3 |
|
484 |
6 |
| COAL, with a little water |
1 |
1 |
|
485 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
2 |
|
486 |
9 |
| Grey metal stone |
1 |
3 |
|
488 |
0 |
| Strong post and whin girdles, with beds of metal stone and a sulphurous blower |
17 |
0 |
|
505 |
0 |
| Strong white post, mixed with whin and whin girdles |
18 |
0 |
|
523 |
0 |
| Strong white post |
21 |
6 |
|
544 |
6 |
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
|
546 |
0 |
| COAL, rather coarse near the top |
0 |
9 |
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| A mixture of white post and grey metal |
0 |
3 |
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| COAL, with sulphur and water |
0 |
6 |
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| Grey metal stone |
2 |
0 |
|
548 |
0 |
| Strong white post |
4 |
0 |
|
552 |
0 |
| Blue and grey metal stone, rather dark near the bottom |
4 |
9 |
|
556 |
9 |
| Darkish blue metal stone |
5 |
4 |
|
562 |
1 |
| COAL, with sulphur near the bottom |
1 |
5 |
|
563 |
6 |
| Whitish grey metal |
0 |
6 |
|
564 |
0 |
| White post |
8 |
0 |
|
572 |
0 |
| Strong white post, mixed with whin |
5 |
0 |
|
577 |
0 |
| Soft sandy white post, with a strong sulphurous blower, which threw the water up occasionally several fathoms |
2 |
5 |
|
579 |
5 |
| Strong white post, mixed with whin |
12 |
6 |
|
591 |
11 |
| Whin |
5 |
0 |
|
596 |
11 |
| Strong white post |
11 |
7 |
|
608 |
6 |
| Grey metal stone, with hard girdles |
16 |
6 |
|
625 |
0 |
| COAL |
2 |
7 |
|
627 |
7 |
| COAL, with sulphur |
0 |
10 |
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| Hard metal stone |
0 |
7 |
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| COAL, with sulphur |
1 |
2 |
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| Slaty metal stone, with post girdles |
10 |
8 |
|
638 |
3 |
| Grey post |
6 |
2 |
|
644 |
5 |
| Whin |
0 |
1 |
|
644 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
9 |
|
647 |
3 |
| COAL |
3 |
0 |
|
650 |
3 |
| COAL, with sulphur |
0 |
3 |
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| Grey metal |
0 |
8 |
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| COAL, with sulphur |
1 |
1 |
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| Slaty band, with sulphur |
0 |
4 |
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| COAL, with sulphur |
0 |
8 |
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| Strong dunnish grey metal stone |
1 |
6 |
|
651 |
9 |
| Strong white post |
5 |
0 |
|
656 |
9 |
| Grey metal and metal stone, with hard girdles |
4 |
1 |
|
660 |
10 |
| Strong white post of a close texture |
24 |
2 |
|
685 |
0 |
| Whin |
0 |
10 |
|
685 |
10 |
| Strong white post |
14 |
5 |
|
700 |
3 |
| Darkish metal stone |
1 |
3 |
|
701 |
6 |
| Strong white post,with a black parting at 9 feet from the top |
29 |
10 |
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731 |
4 |
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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 1309 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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