Linton Colliery
No. 1 Shaft
Account of Strata sunk through in the No. 1 Shaft, Linton Colliery. Commenced November 6th, 1894, and stopped March 10th, 1896
Shaft Details
Sunk: 06 Nov 1894, Closed: 1968
Approximate surface level 60 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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fathoms, feet & inches, or metres
 
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Clay |
22 |
6 |
|
22 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
6 |
|
25 |
0 |
| Post, with water |
5 |
6 |
|
30 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
17 |
0 |
|
47 |
6 |
| Whin girdle |
0 |
10 |
|
48 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
23 |
2 |
|
71 |
6 |
| Fire-clay |
1 |
0 |
|
72 |
6 |
| Soft blue metal |
3 |
5 |
|
75 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
76 |
1 |
| Grey post |
13 |
0 |
|
89 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
0 |
|
90 |
1 |
| Hard grey post |
2 |
8 |
|
92 |
9 |
| Grey post |
8 |
3 |
|
101 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
5 |
3 |
|
106 |
3 |
| COAL - High Main Seam |
4 |
9 |
|
111 |
0 |
| COAL |
3 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay |
4 |
2 |
|
115 |
2 |
| Light blue metal |
11 |
4 |
|
126 |
6 |
| COAL |
1 |
2 |
|
127 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
36 |
11 |
|
164 |
7 |
| Grey metal and post |
13 |
9 |
|
178 |
4 |
| COAL |
2 |
1 |
|
180 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
8 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
| Blue metal |
61 |
0 |
|
241 |
5 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
10 |
6 |
|
251 |
11 |
| White post |
3 |
8 |
|
255 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
6 |
|
258 |
1 |
| White post |
9 |
6 |
|
267 |
7 |
| Grey post |
3 |
6 |
|
271 |
1 |
| COAL |
2 |
9 |
|
273 |
10 |
| COAL |
1 |
11 |
|
|
|
| COAL and metal, mixed |
0 |
10 |
|
|
|
| Grey metal |
0 |
10 |
|
274 |
8 |
| Grey post |
8 |
11 |
|
283 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
6 |
|
290 |
1 |
| Blue metal and seggar-clay |
1 |
0 |
|
291 |
1 |
| COAL - Yard Seam |
3 |
7 |
|
294 |
8 |
| Grey post and seggar-clay |
1 |
3 |
|
295 |
11 |
| Hard grey post |
4 |
9 |
|
300 |
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 2822 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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