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Lumley Colliery
9th Pit
Strata sunk through in the Ninth Pit, Lumley Colliery. September 18th, 1841
Shaft Details
Sunk: 18 Sep 1841, Closed: 22 Jan 1966
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
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ft. |
in. |
| Outset at top of pit, with bricks |
4 |
6 |
|
4 |
6 |
| Soil |
0 |
10 |
|
5 |
4 |
| Strong brown clay |
16 |
2 |
|
21 |
6 |
| Loamy clay |
8 |
0 |
|
29 |
6 |
| Strong stony clay |
1 |
0 |
|
30 |
6 |
| Ramble freestone |
4 |
6 |
|
35 |
0 |
| Jointy freestone |
6 |
9 |
|
41 |
9 |
| Soft blue stone |
3 |
0 |
|
44 |
9 |
| Brown and white freestone foundation |
9 |
6 |
|
54 |
3 |
| Soft grey metal |
4 |
0 |
|
58 |
3 |
| Grey post and water (run off) |
3 |
2 |
|
61 |
5 |
| Jointy blue stone |
7 |
1 |
|
68 |
6 |
| COAL |
2 |
7 |
|
71 |
1 |
| Thill stone |
3 |
0 |
|
74 |
1 |
| Jointy dark grey metal |
6 |
5 |
|
80 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
|
80 |
7 |
| Thill stone |
2 |
7 |
|
83 |
2 |
| COAL |
2 |
3 |
|
85 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| Black slaty band |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
7 |
|
|
|
| Black slaty stone |
3 |
3 |
|
88 |
8 |
| Thill stone |
0 |
6 |
|
89 |
2 |
| Thilly stone, rather jointy |
3 |
3 |
|
92 |
5 |
| Jointy blue stone |
8 |
0 |
|
100 |
5 |
| COAL, splinty |
0 |
5 |
|
100 |
10 |
| Soft thill, with iron balls |
4 |
0 |
|
104 |
10 |
| Dark grey metal |
5 |
6 |
|
110 |
4 |
| Black slaty stone |
0 |
3 |
|
110 |
7 |
| Soft thill stone |
5 |
0 |
|
115 |
7 |
| Dark slaty stone |
1 |
0 |
|
116 |
7 |
| COAL, coarse |
1 |
11 |
|
118 |
6 |
| Soft thill stone |
2 |
9 |
|
121 |
3 |
| Mild grey metal |
5 |
11 |
|
127 |
2 |
| Strong grey jointy metal, with thin beds |
19 |
4 |
|
146 |
6 |
| Strong white post, with open gullets... |
11 |
9 |
|
158 |
3 |
| COAL - Five Quarter Seam |
3 |
0 |
|
161 |
3 |
| (wrought at shaft) |
3 |
0 |
|
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|
| Thill stone (the water goes away about 1 ft. 6 in. below coal) |
3 |
9 |
|
165 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
14 |
5 |
|
179 |
5 |
| Strong post, with water |
12 |
4 |
|
191 |
9 |
| Grey post stone |
13 |
3 |
|
205 |
0 |
| White post girdle |
1 |
6 |
|
206 |
6 |
| Blue stone, with iron girdles |
17 |
2 |
|
223 |
8 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
6 |
1 |
|
229 |
9 |
| COAL, very coarse |
6 |
1 |
|
|
|
| Thill stone, fire clay |
2 |
6 |
|
232 |
3 |
| Strong grey metal and post girdles |
8 |
0 |
|
240 |
3 |
| Soft black slaty stone |
0 |
11 |
|
241 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
9 |
7 |
|
250 |
9 |
| Strong white post |
4 |
0 |
|
254 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
30 |
6 |
|
285 |
3 |
| Blue stone, with iron balls |
10 |
6 |
|
295 |
9 |
| COAL - Maudlin Seam |
6 |
3 |
|
302 |
0 |
| COAL, slaty |
4 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Thill band |
1 |
7 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
|
|
| Thill stone |
1 |
1 |
|
303 |
1 |
| Grey scamy post stone |
11 |
3 |
|
314 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
24 |
3 |
|
338 |
7 |
| Blue stone |
13 |
4 |
|
351 |
11 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
4 |
9 |
|
356 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
11 |
|
|
|
| Stony band |
0 |
8 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
3 |
2 |
|
|
|
| Thill stone |
2 |
10 |
|
359 |
6 |
| Grey post girdles |
25 |
9 |
|
385 |
3 |
| Blue stone |
2 |
4 |
|
387 |
7 |
| COAL - Brass Thill Seam |
5 |
7 |
|
393 |
2 |
| COAL |
2 |
9 |
|
|
|
| Thilly band |
1 |
6 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Thill stone |
1 |
9 |
|
394 |
11 |
| Strong post stone |
30 |
3 |
|
425 |
2 |
| Blue stone |
10 |
6 |
|
435 |
8 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
5 |
5 |
|
441 |
1 |
| COAL |
4 |
2 |
|
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|
| COAL, bottom |
1 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Thill stone |
2 |
9 |
|
443 |
10 |
| Strong grey metal |
13 |
2 |
|
457 |
0 |
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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 1311 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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