Lodgesike (Lead Ore)
Account of Strata sunk through in the Coldberry and Lodgesyke Lead-mines, Lower Teesdale
Shaft Details
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Plate |
16 |
0 |
|
16 |
0 |
| Hazle |
8 |
0 |
|
24 |
0 |
| Plate |
45 |
0 |
|
69 |
0 |
| Low Slate Sill (a) |
52 |
0 |
|
121 |
0 |
| Plate and grey beds |
12 |
0 |
|
133 |
0 |
| Top Fiddler Sill (b) |
9 |
0 |
|
142 |
0 |
| Plate |
24 |
0 |
|
166 |
0 |
| Low Fiddler Sill |
5 |
0 |
|
171 |
0 |
| Plate |
43 |
0 |
|
214 |
0 |
| Ironstone |
16 |
0 |
|
230 |
0 |
| COAL, till bed and plate |
3 |
0 |
|
233 |
0 |
| Fire-stone (c) |
68 |
6 |
|
301 |
6 |
| Plate |
36 |
0 |
|
337 |
6 |
| Little Limestone |
5 |
0 |
|
342 |
6 |
| White sill |
8 |
0 |
|
350 |
6 |
| High Coal Sill |
38 |
0 |
|
388 |
6 |
| Plate |
8 |
0 |
|
396 |
6 |
| Low Coal Sill (d) |
15 |
0 |
|
411 |
6 |
| Plate |
3 |
0 |
|
414 |
6 |
| Great or Twelve Fathoms Limestone (e) |
60 |
0 |
|
474 |
6 |
| Tuft (f) |
12 |
0 |
|
486 |
6 |
| Plate |
15 |
0 |
|
501 |
6 |
| Quarry Hazle |
3 |
6 |
|
505 |
0 |
| Plate |
48 |
0 |
|
553 |
0 |
| Four Fathoms Limestone |
24 |
0 |
|
577 |
0 |
| (a) Random of Lodgesyke High Level. |
0 |
0 |
|
577 |
0 |
| (b) Random of Top or Slate Sill Level. |
0 |
0 |
|
577 |
0 |
| (c) Random of Lodgesyke Low Level. |
0 |
0 |
|
577 |
0 |
| (d) Random of Richardston Level and Crushing Mill. |
0 |
0 |
|
577 |
0 |
| (e) Random of North Level and of Hudeshope Head Low Level. |
0 |
0 |
|
577 |
0 |
| (f) Random of Low Level. |
0 |
0 |
|
577 |
0 |
| Notes: The strata at Coldberry mine dip to the West. |
0 |
0 |
|
577 |
0 |
| The strata at Lodgesyke mine, on the East side of Hudeshope Valley, correspond with the strata at Coldberry mine, on the West side of the Valley. |
0 |
0 |
|
577 |
0 |
|
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 2848 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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