Littletown Colliery
Lord Lambton Pit
Strata sunk through in the Lord Lambton and Lady Alice Pits, Littletown Colliery. 1831
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1831
Approximate surface level 370 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. |
| Outset |
15 |
0 |
|
15 |
0 |
| Soil |
1 |
0 |
|
16 |
0 |
| Yellow clay |
1 |
0 |
|
17 |
0 |
| Blue clay |
13 |
0 |
|
30 |
0 |
| Blue clay, mixed with stones |
56 |
8 |
|
86 |
8 |
| Gravel |
6 |
0 |
|
92 |
8 |
| Fine blue clay |
12 |
0 |
|
104 |
8 |
| Freestone, with water |
54 |
7 |
|
159 |
3 |
| Blue stone |
10 |
6 |
|
169 |
9 |
| White post, with water |
18 |
7 |
|
188 |
4 |
| Blue stone |
50 |
4 |
|
238 |
8 |
| COAL - Three-Quarter Seam |
2 |
0 |
|
240 |
8 |
| Black stone |
18 |
4 |
|
259 |
0 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
3 |
4 |
|
262 |
4 |
| Thill stone |
2 |
6 |
|
264 |
10 |
| Grey metal stone, with water |
64 |
8 |
|
329 |
6 |
| White post, with water |
3 |
0 |
|
332 |
6 |
| Grey metal stone |
6 |
0 |
|
338 |
6 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
4 |
4 |
|
342 |
10 |
| Thill stone |
1 |
6 |
|
344 |
4 |
| Blue stone |
8 |
0 |
|
352 |
4 |
| White post |
2 |
0 |
|
354 |
4 |
| Blue stone |
15 |
8 |
|
370 |
0 |
| Blue stone |
22 |
4 |
|
392 |
4 |
| COAL - Maudlin Seam |
3 |
6 |
|
395 |
10 |
| COAL or black stone |
3 |
6 |
|
|
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| Grey stone |
13 |
6 |
|
409 |
4 |
| White post, with water |
87 |
0 |
|
496 |
4 |
| Grey metal stone, with post girdles |
8 |
6 |
|
504 |
10 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
1 |
4 |
|
506 |
2 |
| White post |
12 |
0 |
|
518 |
2 |
| Grey metal stone, with post girdles |
19 |
6 |
|
537 |
8 |
| COAL - Brass Thill Seam |
1 |
5 |
|
539 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
|
|
| COAL, splint |
0 |
7 |
|
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| Grey metal stone |
6 |
0 |
|
545 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
545 |
9 |
| Post, with girdles of blue stone |
36 |
0 |
|
581 |
9 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
5 |
8 |
|
587 |
5 |
| COAL, good |
4 |
6 |
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| COAL, bottom |
1 |
2 |
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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 1298 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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