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Lumley Colliery
Second Pit
Account of Strata passed through in a Bore-hole in the Second Sinking Pit, Lumley Colliery, 1776
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1776, Closed: 22 Jan 1966
Approximate surface level 130 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. |
| Sunk from surface |
73 |
0 |
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73 |
0 |
| Blue and grey metal, with girdles |
27 |
0 |
|
100 |
0 |
| Strong white post |
2 |
6 |
|
102 |
6 |
| Soft blue grey metal |
8 |
0 |
|
110 |
6 |
| COAL - Top Main Seam |
5 |
10 |
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116 |
4 |
| COAL |
5 |
3 |
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| COAL, coarse |
0 |
7 |
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| Grey metal |
1 |
6 |
|
117 |
10 |
| Grey post: set away the water |
1 |
6 |
|
119 |
4 |
| Grey metal stone, with girdles |
10 |
6 |
|
129 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
130 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
6 |
|
134 |
8 |
| Black stone |
1 |
6 |
|
136 |
2 |
| Grey metal stone, with girdles |
52 |
7 |
|
188 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
3 |
|
189 |
0 |
| COAL - Maudlin Seam |
4 |
0 |
|
193 |
0 |
| COAL, with a brass lump in the middle |
0 |
10 |
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| Blue metal, scared with coal |
0 |
2 |
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| COAL, with danty scares near the top |
3 |
0 |
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| Black grey metal |
0 |
9 |
|
193 |
9 |
| Blue grey metal stone |
9 |
0 |
|
202 |
9 |
| Grey metal stone, with post girdles and water |
32 |
9 |
|
235 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
6 |
|
236 |
0 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
3 |
9 |
|
239 |
9 |
| COAL |
3 |
0 |
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| Dun metal |
0 |
2 |
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| COAL |
0 |
7 |
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| Grey metal |
1 |
6 |
|
241 |
3 |
| Grey metal stone |
3 |
0 |
|
244 |
3 |
| Strong white post, mixed with whin |
0 |
6 |
|
244 |
9 |
| Strong grey metal stone, with strong girdles |
7 |
6 |
|
252 |
3 |
| Mixture whin |
0 |
6 |
|
252 |
9 |
| Grey metal stone, with much water |
4 |
0 |
|
256 |
9 |
| Mixture whin |
0 |
10 |
|
257 |
7 |
| Blue grey metal stone, with water |
4 |
10 |
|
262 |
5 |
| Black metal |
0 |
3 |
|
262 |
8 |
| COAL - Brass Thill Seam |
3 |
1 |
|
265 |
9 |
| Grey scamy stone |
1 |
0 |
|
266 |
9 |
| Grey metal stone, with water |
1 |
0 |
|
267 |
9 |
| Grey post |
1 |
0 |
|
268 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
0 |
|
269 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
270 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
0 |
|
273 |
4 |
| White post, with water |
8 |
0 |
|
281 |
4 |
| Grey metal stone |
2 |
6 |
|
283 |
10 |
| White post |
1 |
0 |
|
284 |
10 |
| Mixture whin |
0 |
8 |
|
285 |
6 |
| Grey metal stone |
1 |
6 |
|
287 |
0 |
| Strong white post, with metal partings |
21 |
0 |
|
308 |
0 |
| Grey metal stone |
3 |
0 |
|
311 |
0 |
| White post |
2 |
6 |
|
313 |
6 |
| Grey metal, with girdles or lumps |
5 |
0 |
|
318 |
6 |
| COAL |
4 |
9 |
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323 |
3 |
| COAL |
3 |
9 |
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| COAL, coarse |
1 |
0 |
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| Grey metal, into |
1 |
0 |
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324 |
3 |
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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 2831 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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