New Copley Colliery
Account of a Section of Strata at New Copley Colliery
Shaft Details
Approximate surface level 735 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. |
| Outset |
4 |
0 |
|
4 |
0 |
| Clay |
13 |
0 |
|
17 |
0 |
| Post |
2 |
0 |
|
19 |
0 |
| Blue Metal |
13 |
0 |
|
32 |
0 |
| COAL - Butterknowle 4-foot, or Hutton Seam |
4 |
0 |
|
36 |
0 |
| Fire clay |
1 |
0 |
|
37 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
11 |
0 |
|
48 |
0 |
| Post |
11 |
6 |
|
59 |
6 |
| Metal |
4 |
2 |
|
63 |
8 |
| COAL - with one inch of clay band |
2 |
4 |
|
66 |
0 |
| Fire clay |
1 |
0 |
|
67 |
0 |
| White post |
1 |
0 |
|
68 |
0 |
| Grey post |
0 |
6 |
|
68 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
4 |
|
69 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
70 |
2 |
| Strong fire clay |
1 |
0 |
|
71 |
2 |
| White post |
5 |
3 |
|
76 |
5 |
| Grey post |
0 |
10 |
|
77 |
3 |
| Light blue whin |
0 |
6 |
|
77 |
9 |
| Grey post, with water |
1 |
7 |
|
79 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
0 |
|
80 |
4 |
| White post, with water |
1 |
6 |
|
81 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
6 |
5 |
|
88 |
3 |
| Ironstone girdle |
0 |
6 |
|
88 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
6 |
|
90 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
90 |
7 |
| Post girdle |
0 |
9 |
|
91 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
6 |
|
94 |
10 |
| Blue metal, ironstone girdles |
49 |
6 |
|
144 |
4 |
| Black metal |
4 |
0 |
|
148 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
149 |
0 |
| Fire clay |
1 |
8 |
|
150 |
8 |
| Brown post |
2 |
6 |
|
153 |
2 |
| Grey metal, post girdles |
24 |
6 |
|
177 |
8 |
| COAL - St. Helen's or Harvey |
2 |
3 |
|
179 |
11 |
| Band |
0 |
3 |
|
180 |
2 |
| Seggar |
5 |
6 |
|
185 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
186 |
5 |
| Seggar |
7 |
3 |
|
193 |
8 |
| Band |
0 |
4 |
|
194 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
23 |
0 |
|
217 |
0 |
| Broken post |
36 |
5 |
|
253 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
0 |
|
259 |
5 |
| Post |
2 |
0 |
|
261 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
262 |
3 |
| Seggar |
2 |
0 |
|
264 |
3 |
| Post girdles |
2 |
6 |
|
266 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
267 |
2 |
| Seggar |
5 |
0 |
|
272 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
28 |
6 |
|
300 |
8 |
| Post |
4 |
0 |
|
304 |
8 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
305 |
8 |
| Grey post, with blue metal partings |
2 |
6 |
|
308 |
2 |
| Strong white post |
30 |
6 |
|
338 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
2 |
|
339 |
10 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
6 |
4 |
|
346 |
2 |
| COAL |
3 |
6 |
|
|
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| Band |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Blue metal |
1 |
0 |
|
347 |
2 |
| White post |
60 |
0 |
|
407 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
5 |
0 |
|
412 |
2 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
6 |
6 |
|
418 |
8 |
| COAL |
4 |
0 |
|
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| Band |
0 |
6 |
|
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| COAL |
2 |
0 |
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Source: An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume C-E, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1881
original entry for sinking/boring number 0537 in "An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume C-E, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1881"
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