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Newbottle Colliery
Success Pit
Account of Strata sunk through at the Success Pit, Newbottle Colliery, from thill of Three-Quarter Coal
Shaft Details
Closed: 1956
Approximate surface level 200 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. |
| From soil to Three-Quarter Coal |
200 |
0 |
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200 |
0 |
| From soil to Three-Quarter Coal |
88 |
0 |
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288 |
0 |
| From Three-Quarter to Five-Quarter Coal |
84 |
0 |
|
372 |
0 |
| Blue stone, mixed with whin girdles |
17 |
0 |
|
389 |
0 |
| White post girdle |
1 |
0 |
|
390 |
0 |
| Blue stone |
12 |
0 |
|
402 |
0 |
| White post girdle |
2 |
0 |
|
404 |
0 |
| Blue stone, mixed with whin girdles |
31 |
0 |
|
435 |
0 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
6 |
0 |
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441 |
0 |
| Blue stone |
4 |
0 |
|
445 |
0 |
| White post |
19 |
6 |
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464 |
6 |
| Blue stone, with whin girdles |
41 |
10 |
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506 |
4 |
| White post |
1 |
6 |
|
507 |
10 |
| Blue stone |
3 |
6 |
|
511 |
4 |
| COAl - Maudlin Seam |
5 |
2 |
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516 |
6 |
| COAL, coarse |
0 |
4 |
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516 |
6 |
| COAL, good |
2 |
10 |
|
516 |
6 |
| Splint |
0 |
3 |
|
516 |
6 |
| COAL, good |
1 |
9 |
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516 |
6 |
| Blue stone |
34 |
0 |
|
550 |
6 |
| COAL |
1 |
10 |
|
552 |
4 |
| Blue stone |
10 |
0 |
|
562 |
4 |
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
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563 |
10 |
| Blue stone |
8 |
6 |
|
572 |
4 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
2 |
9 |
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575 |
1 |
| Blue stone, mixed with post girdles |
7 |
4 |
|
582 |
5 |
| Whin, mixed with white post |
1 |
7 |
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584 |
0 |
| Blue stone, mixed with whin girdles |
19 |
0 |
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603 |
0 |
| COAL - Brass Thill Seam |
5 |
7 |
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608 |
7 |
| COAL, good |
1 |
0 |
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608 |
7 |
| COAL, coarse |
0 |
4 |
|
608 |
7 |
| COAL, good |
1 |
9 |
|
608 |
7 |
| COAL, coarse |
1 |
0 |
|
608 |
7 |
| COAL, good |
1 |
6 |
|
608 |
7 |
| Blue stone, mixed with whin girdles |
31 |
0 |
|
639 |
7 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
4 |
0 |
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643 |
7 |
| COAL, splint |
0 |
1 |
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643 |
7 |
| COAL |
3 |
11 |
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643 |
7 |
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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 1424 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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