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Medomsley Colliery
Isabella Pit
Account of Strata sunk through in the Isabella Pit, Medomsley Colliery, 1898
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1898, Closed: 06 Oct 1972
Approximate surface level 862 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Soil |
0 |
8 |
|
0 |
8 |
| Stiff blue clay, with boulders |
6 |
7 |
|
7 |
3 |
| Mild blue clay, with ironstone balls |
4 |
8 |
|
11 |
11 |
| Blue clay, with post girdles |
15 |
8 |
|
27 |
7 |
| Grey post |
6 |
0 |
|
33 |
7 |
| Blue metal, with post girdles |
7 |
8 |
|
41 |
3 |
| Whin |
1 |
2 |
|
42 |
5 |
| White post |
5 |
2 |
|
47 |
7 |
| Mild grey post |
2 |
10 |
|
50 |
5 |
| Very hard grey post |
3 |
7 |
|
54 |
0 |
| Blue metal, with post girdles |
2 |
7 |
|
56 |
7 |
| Hutton Seam Goaf: Fallen strata owing to crushed pillars underlying - Thickness of seam, as nearly as could be measured, 7 feet 11 inches |
14 |
0 |
|
70 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
6 |
|
75 |
1 |
| Grey post |
2 |
4 |
|
77 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
8 |
|
80 |
1 |
| Little Coal Seam Goaf: Fallen strata to thill of seam - Thickness of seam, as nearly as could be measured, about 2 feet |
9 |
0 |
|
89 |
1 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
7 |
0 |
|
96 |
1 |
| Grey post, with metal partings |
5 |
4 |
|
101 |
5 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
4 |
0 |
|
105 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
34 |
8 |
|
140 |
1 |
| Strong grey metal |
33 |
6 |
|
173 |
7 |
| Grey post |
4 |
0 |
|
177 |
7 |
| Black metal stone |
0 |
7 |
|
178 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
178 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
10 |
|
179 |
2 |
| Grey post |
9 |
6 |
|
188 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
189 |
3 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
24 |
6 |
|
213 |
9 |
| Grey post |
10 |
0 |
|
223 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
12 |
0 |
|
235 |
9 |
| Grey post |
8 |
0 |
|
243 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
244 |
1 |
| Grey post |
7 |
5 |
|
251 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
9 |
0 |
|
260 |
6 |
| Mild blue metal, with ironstone girdles |
16 |
7 |
|
277 |
1 |
| COAL - Towneley Seam |
2 |
3 |
|
279 |
4 |
| COAL, splint |
0 |
4½ |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay band |
0 |
0¼ |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
10¼ |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay |
4 |
6 |
|
283 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
12 |
8 |
|
296 |
6 |
| COAL - Hodge Seam |
0 |
8 |
|
297 |
2 |
| Seggar-clay |
3 |
1 |
|
300 |
3 |
| Grey post |
7 |
5 |
|
307 |
8 |
| COAL - Tilley Seam |
1 |
10 |
|
309 |
6 |
| Seggar-clay |
3 |
6 |
|
313 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
5 |
6 |
|
318 |
6 |
| Strong grey metal |
2 |
0 |
|
320 |
6 |
| COAL - Hand Coal Seam |
0 |
3 |
|
320 |
9 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
10 |
|
322 |
7 |
| Very strong white post |
12 |
7 |
|
335 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
8 |
9 |
|
343 |
11 |
| Ironstone girdle |
1 |
0 |
|
344 |
11 |
| Black metal |
4 |
2 |
|
349 |
1 |
| COAL - Busty Bank Seam |
7 |
6 |
|
356 |
7 |
| COAL |
3 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Band |
1 |
4 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
3 |
2 |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay |
3 |
4 |
|
359 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
10 |
9 |
|
370 |
8 |
| Hard white post |
1 |
6 |
|
372 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
6 |
|
378 |
8 |
| White post |
2 |
0 |
|
380 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
0 |
|
386 |
8 |
| White post |
9 |
6 |
|
396 |
2 |
| Black metal stone |
0 |
9 |
|
396 |
11 |
| White post, with metal partings |
2 |
6 |
|
399 |
5 |
| COAL - Three-Quarter or Pasture Drift Seam |
3 |
6 |
|
402 |
11 |
| COAL |
2 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Stone band, with coal pipes |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| Stone band |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay |
3 |
0 |
|
405 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
406 |
1 |
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
4 |
|
408 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
3 |
|
412 |
8 |
| White post |
0 |
10 |
|
413 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
413 |
10 |
| Seggar-clay |
3 |
10 |
|
417 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
7 |
|
420 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
6 |
|
422 |
9 |
| White post |
0 |
6 |
|
423 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
2 |
|
425 |
5 |
| White post |
0 |
3 |
|
425 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
6 |
|
426 |
2 |
| White post |
24 |
0 |
|
450 |
2 |
| Whin |
1 |
6 |
|
451 |
8 |
| White post |
2 |
6 |
|
454 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
10 |
|
455 |
0 |
| COAL - Brockwell Seam |
5 |
0 |
|
460 |
0 |
| COAL |
2 |
7 |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay band |
1 |
6 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
11 |
|
|
|
| Hard white post |
16 |
11 |
|
476 |
11 |
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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 2839 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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