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Lanehead Quarry
Section and Names of the Posts of the Great Limestone at Lane Head Quarry, Stanhopeburn
Shaft Details
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
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ft. |
in. |
| Top or stud post |
1 |
4 |
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1 |
4 |
| Black bed, bituminous shale |
0 |
5 |
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1 |
9 |
| Thick crotley post |
1 |
0 |
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2 |
9 |
| Black bed, bituminous shale |
1 |
0 |
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3 |
9 |
| Bad breaking post |
3 |
5 |
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7 |
2 |
| Four black and grey beds, bituminous shale |
2 |
9 |
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9 |
11 |
| Hard post |
2 |
4 |
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12 |
3 |
| Black bed, bituminous shale |
2 |
6 |
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14 |
9 |
| Coarse post |
2 |
6 |
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17 |
3 |
| Black bed, bituminous shale |
1 |
2 |
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18 |
5 |
| Half-yard post |
1 |
6 |
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19 |
11 |
| Thin crotley post |
0 |
6 |
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20 |
5 |
| Three thin posts, 11 in., 10 in., and 9 in. |
2 |
6 |
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22 |
11 |
| Black bed |
0 |
4 |
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23 |
3 |
| Three thin posts |
1 |
6 |
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24 |
9 |
| Coarse post |
1 |
6 |
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26 |
3 |
| Toby Gills post |
2 |
6 |
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28 |
9 |
| Five thin posts, 6 in., 12 in., 15 in., 16 in., and 17 in. |
5 |
6 |
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34 |
3 |
| Bad lifting post |
6 |
0 |
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40 |
3 |
| Thin post |
0 |
6 |
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40 |
9 |
| Shining Elcy |
3 |
0 |
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43 |
9 |
| Cockle shell post |
1 |
2 |
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44 |
11 |
| Two thin posts, 10 in. and 13 in. |
1 |
11 |
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46 |
10 |
| Blackbed post |
2 |
5 |
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49 |
3 |
| Four thin posts, 10in., 10 in.. 11 in., and 16 in. |
3 |
11 |
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53 |
2 |
| Dun Kit post |
3 |
7 |
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56 |
9 |
| Dun Kits bastard post |
3 |
0 |
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59 |
9 |
| Three thin posts, 12 in., 15 in. and 13 in. |
3 |
4 |
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63 |
1 |
| Dun Jin, with a thin post in the middle |
4 |
6 |
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67 |
7 |
| Stiff Dick post, with one bed |
4 |
8 |
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72 |
3 |
| Whaley post, with two beds |
4 |
9 |
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77 |
0 |
| Yard post |
2 |
11 |
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79 |
11 |
| Jack or Newcastle post |
1 |
10 |
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81 |
9 |
| Bottom post |
1 |
8 |
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83 |
5 |
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Source: An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume S-T, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1894
 original entry for sinking/boring number 1853 in "An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume S-T, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1894"
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