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Murton Colliery [NBL]
Engine Pit
Sinking from the Thill of the High Main Coal in the E Pit, Murton Colliery. 1807
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1807
Approximate surface level 240 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. |
| Depth to High Main |
132 |
5 |
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132 |
5 |
| COAL, foul or bottom |
2 |
0 |
|
134 |
5 |
| Grey blue metal stone |
16 |
5 |
|
150 |
10 |
| Grey metal stone, with girdles and water |
8 |
5 |
|
159 |
3 |
| Strong white post, mixed with whin |
34 |
5 |
|
193 |
8 |
| Blue stone |
2 |
4 |
|
196 |
0 |
| COAL, foul, with brass at the top |
2 |
6 |
|
198 |
6 |
| Softish blue grey stone |
6 |
7 |
|
205 |
1 |
| Strong blue grey stone, with girdles |
20 |
6 |
|
225 |
7 |
| COAL, foul |
1 |
0 |
|
226 |
7 |
| Strong blue grey stone |
3 |
8 |
|
230 |
3 |
| Grey post, with water |
3 |
4 |
|
233 |
7 |
| Grey metal girdle |
0 |
8 |
|
234 |
3 |
| Grey post, with a little water |
2 |
8 |
|
236 |
11 |
| Blue stone |
3 |
1 |
|
240 |
0 |
| Blue stone |
2 |
2 |
|
242 |
2 |
| Strong white post, with whin and much water |
7 |
4 |
|
249 |
6 |
| Blue stone |
3 |
4 |
|
252 |
10 |
| Ironstone girdles |
0 |
4 |
|
253 |
2 |
| Grey metal stone |
6 |
7 |
|
259 |
9 |
| Grey post |
6 |
10 |
|
266 |
7 |
| Blue stone |
11 |
1 |
|
277 |
8 |
| Ironstone |
0 |
3 |
|
277 |
11 |
| Blue stone, with girdles |
2 |
6 |
|
280 |
5 |
| Ironstone |
0 |
2 |
|
280 |
7 |
| Blue stone |
4 |
7 |
|
285 |
2 |
| COAL, foul |
2 |
4 |
|
287 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
4 |
|
291 |
10 |
| Ironstone |
0 |
3 |
|
292 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
0 |
|
293 |
1 |
| Strong post girdles |
1 |
4 |
|
294 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
8 |
0 |
|
302 |
5 |
| Ironstone |
0 |
3 |
|
302 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
4 |
|
304 |
0 |
| COAL - Yard Seam |
3 |
4 |
|
307 |
4 |
| White thill |
2 |
0 |
|
309 |
4 |
| Grey post |
5 |
0 |
|
314 |
4 |
| Whin |
0 |
6 |
|
314 |
10 |
| Soft blue stone |
4 |
8 |
|
319 |
6 |
| White post |
1 |
6 |
|
321 |
0 |
| Soft blue stone |
2 |
0 |
|
323 |
0 |
| Whin |
0 |
4 |
|
323 |
4 |
| Grey post |
10 |
0 |
|
333 |
4 |
| Grey metal, mixed with whin and ironstone girdles |
13 |
0 |
|
346 |
4 |
| Blue metal stone |
12 |
8 |
|
359 |
0 |
| COAL |
4 |
4 |
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363 |
4 |
| COAL |
2 |
4 |
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| COAL, slaty |
0 |
3 |
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| COAL, good |
1 |
9 |
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| Bored further in Engine Pit:— |
0 |
0 |
|
363 |
4 |
| Sundry strata |
78 |
9 |
|
442 |
1 |
| COAL |
6 |
3 |
|
448 |
4 |
| COAL, foul, splinty |
1 |
3 |
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| COAL, pretty good |
1 |
4 |
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| Grey metal |
0 |
10 |
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| COAL, splinty |
1 |
0 |
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| Black stone, mixed with coal |
1 |
0 |
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| COAL, foul |
0 |
10 |
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| In grey metal |
1 |
0 |
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449 |
4 |
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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 1395 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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