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Murton Colliery

East Pit

Account of Strata sunk through in the East Pit, Murton Colliery. Commenced sinking February 19th, 1838

Shaft Details

Sunk: 19 Feb 1838

Approximate surface level 356 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)

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Geology encountered   Thickness   Depth
  ft. in.   ft. in.
Soil    1  0     1  0
Gravel and sand, mixed with clay and water    13  0     14  0
Strong stony brown clay    22  9     36  9
Marl    29  3     66  0
Craggy limestone    8  0     74  0
Marl    54  6     128  6
Limestone, mixed with marl    9  0     137  6
Marl    34  0     171  6
Soft marly limestone    48  0     219  6
Strong brown limestone    12  0     231  6
Soft marly limestone    98  0     329  6
Brown limestone    79  0     408  6
Marly limestone    22  6     431  0
Blue limestone    0  6     431  6
White limestone    12  0     443  6
Blue metal    2  6     446  0
Sand    34  6     480  6
Blue metal    2  0     482  6
Soft red metal, with whin balls    3  6     486  0
Soft red metal, with whin balls    14  6     500  6
Grey metal    61  4     561  10
COAL    1  1     562  11
Thill    3  0     565  11
Grey metal and post girdles    8  1     574  0
COAL    0  10     574  10
Red thill    9  10     584  8
Freestone post, wet    28  9     613  5
Red thill    7  0     620  5
Grey metal    25  10     646  3
Post, with partings    8  0     654  3
Post, mixed with grey metal    50  0     704  3
Jointy white post, mixed with coal    15  9     720  0
Soft blue metal    19  10     739  10
COAL    0  10     740  8
Grey metal    24  3     764  11
Strong post    17  6     782  5
Blue metal    1  3     783  8
COAL    3  1     786  9
Dark thill    2  6     789  3
White post, wet    43  3     832  6
COAL    2  0     834  6
White thill    1  8     836  2
Dark post, with grey metal partings    6  8     842  10
Black stone    1  0     843  10
Dark post, with grey metal partings    4  9     848  7
COAL    1  0     849  7
Black stone    1  0     850  7
White post, mixed with whin    38  0     888  7
COAL    0  8     889  3
Thill    1  0     890  3
Grey metal    20  2     910  5
Post    6  8     917  1
COAL    0  3     917  4
Dark flaggy post    13  0     930  4
Black stone, with ironstone girdles    19  0     949  4
COAL    0  7     949  11
Thill    3  0     952  11
Jointy grey metal, with post girdles    86  10     1039  9
COAL - Five-Quarter Seam (got April 9th, 1843)    4  7     1044  4
Soft dark thill    2  0     1046  4
Grey metal    5  0     1051  4
Thill    2  0     1053  4
Grey metal and post girdles    18  0     1071  4
COAL    0  9     1072  1
Grey metal and ironstone girdles    17  0     1089  1
Post girdles    6  5     1095  6
COAL    1  0     1096  6
Thill    3  6     1100  0
Grey metal    11  0     1111  0
Black stone, mixed with coal    3  0     1114  0
Thill    1  10     1115  10
COAL, coarse    0  6     1116  4
Thill    3  0     1119  4
Grey metal and ironstone girdles    21  0     1140  4
Dark post, with metal partings    30  0     1170  4
Grey metal and ironstone girdles    17  6     1187  10
Grey metal and post girdles    5  0     1192  10
COAL - Main Coal Seam    6  2     1199  0
Thill    1  8     1200  8
Dark post    4  10     1205  6
Black stone    1  2     1206  8
Grey metal    4  6     1211  2
Strong post    7  0     1218  2
Blue stone    4  8     1222  10
Black stone    0  3     1223  1
COAL    0  7     1223  8
Thill    3  0     1226  8
Grey metal and ironstone girdles    22  0     1248  8
COAL    1  1     1249  9
Dark thill    2  0     1251  9
Grey metal, with ironstone girdles    6  4     1258  1
COAL    0  2     1258  3
Dark thill    4  0     1262  3
Grey metal, with ironstone    12  6     1274  9
Grey metal and post girdles    21  0     1295  9
White post, with metal partings    10  0     1305  9
Strong white post, with leader of trouble rising 8 feet East side of shaft    30  9     1336  6
COAL - Low Main Seam    4  8     1341  2
Dark swad    0  10     1342  0
Black stone    0  11     1342  11
Dark grey metal, with post girdles    9  6     1352  5
White post, with partings    21  8     1374  1
Black stone    13  0     1387  1
COAL    1  8     1388  9
Black stone    6  0     1394  9
COAL    0  6     1395  3
Black stone    10  4     1405  7
COAL    0  10     1406  5
Grey metal    3  0     1409  5
Strong post, mixed with whin    12  0     1421  5
Grey post, mixed with post girdles    9  0     1430  5
Black stone    0  7     1431  0
COAL - Hutton Seam    7  0     1438  0
    COAL, good    5  0       
    Soft band    1  0       
    COAL, bottom    1  0       

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 1390 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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