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New Brancepeth Colliery
Sinking and Boring of Sleetburn or New Brancepeth Colliery, near to Ushaw College
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1865, Closed: 17 Jul 1953
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
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ft. |
in. |
| Soil |
2 |
6 |
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2 |
6 |
| Gravel and sand |
29 |
0 |
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31 |
6 |
| Strong blue clay |
44 |
0 |
|
75 |
6 |
| Grey post |
16 |
0 |
|
91 |
6 |
| Strong white post |
12 |
4 |
|
103 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
104 |
2 |
| Seggar clay |
3 |
6 |
|
107 |
8 |
| Grey shale, with strong post girdles |
8 |
2 |
|
115 |
10 |
| Blue shale, with ironstone bands |
19 |
0 |
|
134 |
10 |
| Blue shale |
11 |
0 |
|
145 |
10 |
| Seggar clay |
2 |
0 |
|
147 |
10 |
| Strong white post, with water |
21 |
4 |
|
169 |
2 |
| Strong grey post, with water |
15 |
0 |
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184 |
2 |
| Strong grey post, with water |
9 |
3 |
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193 |
5 |
| Grey shale, with dark post girdles |
7 |
5 |
|
200 |
10 |
| Black stone |
0 |
3 |
|
201 |
1 |
| COAL |
2 |
2 |
|
203 |
3 |
| COAL |
1 |
9 |
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| COAL, full of thin stone bands |
0 |
5 |
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| Seggar clay |
0 |
9 |
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204 |
0 |
| Grey shale |
1 |
11 |
|
205 |
11 |
| Blue shale, with post girdles |
6 |
8 |
|
212 |
7 |
| COAL and black stone |
0 |
2 |
|
212 |
9 |
| Grey shale |
2 |
6 |
|
215 |
3 |
| Brown whin, with white spar |
1 |
0 |
|
216 |
3 |
| Strong shale, with brown whin |
7 |
4 |
|
223 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
224 |
1 |
| Seggar clay |
3 |
0 |
|
227 |
1 |
| Grey shale, with white post girdles |
9 |
0 |
|
236 |
1 |
| Blue shale post |
2 |
6 |
|
238 |
7 |
| COAL, with thin stone bands |
2 |
0 |
|
240 |
7 |
| Seggar clay |
1 |
8 |
|
242 |
3 |
| Strong grey post, with ironstone balls |
10 |
11 |
|
253 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
253 |
5 |
| Dark shale |
10 |
8 |
|
264 |
1 |
| Grey post |
3 |
8 |
|
267 |
9 |
| Strong shale |
3 |
3 |
|
271 |
0 |
| Grey shale, with white whin |
3 |
3 |
|
274 |
3 |
| Blue shale |
2 |
0 |
|
276 |
3 |
| Grey shale |
2 |
11 |
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279 |
2 |
| COAL - Top Busty Seam |
1 |
10 |
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281 |
0 |
| Seggar clay |
1 |
10 |
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282 |
10 |
| White post |
16 |
8 |
|
299 |
6 |
| COAL - Bottom Busty Seam |
3 |
1 |
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302 |
7 |
| Bored below the Busty Seam to the Brockwell |
102 |
0 |
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404 |
7 |
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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 0161 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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