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North Biddick Colliery

Little Pit

Strata sunk through in the Little Pit, 15 yards South-west of the Haugh Pit, North Biddick Colliery, March, 1894

Shaft Details

Sunk: Mar 1894, Closed: Mar 1935

Approximate surface level 40 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)





































































































































Geology encountered   Thickness   Depth
  ft. in.   ft. in.
Soil    1  2     1  2
Yellow clay    5  0     6  2
Blue clay    6  0     12  2
Quick sand : liquid as water    9  0     21  2
Blue clay    14  0     35  2
Brown stony clay    4  10     40  0
Broken yellow freestone    3  0     43  0
Brown and white freestone    21  0     64  0
Blue metal    2  0     66  0
Seggar clay    6  0     72  0
Black metal    4  3     76  3
COAL    0  3     76  6
Thill    2  8     79  2
Blue metal    1  0     80  2
Grey metal with post girdles    9  10     90  0
Black stone    1  8     91  8
COAL    0  4     92  0
Seggar-clay    8  0     100  0
White post, with whin balls    27  0     127  0
Grey metal, with water    9  0     136  0
Black metal    2  0     138  0
COAL    0  2     138  2
Seggar-clay    10  0     148  2
Grey metal, with post girdles    15  0     163  2
Blue metal    4  0     167  2
Blue post, with water    5  0     172  2
Blue metal    12  0     184  2
Black metal    25  9     209  11
COAL    0  2     210  1
Seggar-clay    3  10     213  11
Blue metal    3  2     217  1
COAL    0  1     217  2
Seggar    2  9     219  11
Grey metal, with water    4  6     224  5
White post    8  7     233  0
Post    2  6     235  6
Blue metal    0  1     235  7
Grey whin    4  0     239  7
Strong white post    6  0     245  7
Stong post, with partings    4  5     250  0
Strong post    30  0     280  0
Blue metal    1  2     281  2
Post girdle    0  10     282  0
Blue metal, with iron girdles    10  6     292  6
COAL    3  1     295  7
Seggar    2  0     297  7
Grey metal    32  0     329  7
Dark slaty stone    2  5     332  0
COAL, very dirty    2  8     334  8
Seggar    2  0     336  8
Strong grey metal, with iron balls    21  0     357  8
Strong white post    4  0     361  8
Grey post    8  0     369  8
Grey metal    11  0     380  8
COAL - Three-Quarter Seam    2  4     383  0
Seggar thill    1  0     384  0
Grey metal, with iron girdles    34  6     418  6
COAL - Five-Quarter Seam    3  8     422  2
Seggar thill    2  4     424  6
Grey metal    7  10     432  4
Strong grey metal, with post girdles    4  0     436  4
Dark grey metal    15  0     451  4
Blue metal, with iron girdles    19  10     471  2
Soft grey metal    14  4     485  6
COAL - Main Coal Seam    5  8     491  2
    COAL    2  1     491  2
    Stone    0  3     491  2
    COAL    3  4     491  2
Fine seggar    2  6     493  8
Strong grey metal, with post girdles    17  0     510  8
Fine blue metal with iron girdles    25  6     536  2
Very strong post, with whin    3  0     539  2
Blue metal, with post girdles    3  9     542  11
COAL - Maudlin Seam    5  8     548  7
    COAL    4  6     548  7
    Seggar    0  7     548  7
    COAL    0  7     548  7
Strong dark post    2  0     550  7
Blue metal    9  0     559  7
Grey metal, with post girdles    6  0     565  7
Blue metal, with iron bands    14  0     579  7
COAL    3  3     582  10
    COAL    0  8     582  10
    Stone    0  3     582  10
    COAL    0       582  10
    Black stone    1  7     582  10
    COAL    0  4     582  10
Strong bastard seggar    4  3     587  1
Dark blue metal    7  0     594  1
Grey metalm with post girdles    14  10     608  11
Blue metal    14  0     622  11
COAL - Low Main Seam    3  0     625  11
Grey post    5  8     631  7
Blue metal    1  6     633  1
COAL    0  4     633  5
Seggar    1  2     634  7
Grey metal    17  4     651  11
Strong post    2  0     653  11
Leafy post    9  0     662  11
Very strong whin    5  0     667  11
White post    4  8     672  7
Leafy post    3  4     675  11
Strong white post    9  0     684  11
Blue metal    6  0     690  11
COAL - Hutton Seam    5  1     696  0
    COAL    3  6     696  0
    Seggar    0  2     696  0
    COAL    1  5     696  0
Seggar    2  0     698  0
Blue metal, with iron girdles    3  6     701  6
Leafy post, with whin girdles    15  1     716  7
Blue metal, within post girdles    4  6     721  1
Strong post girdle    0  4     721  5
Strong blue metal    2  0     723  5
Dark grey post    2  1     725  6
Leafy post    2  6     728  0

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 2418 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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