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Newbottle Colliery
Strata passed through at Newbottle New Winning. August 10th, 1774
Shaft Details
Sunk: 10 Aug 1774, Closed: 1956
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fathoms, feet & inches, or metres
 
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
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ft. |
in. |
| Sunk to scaffold |
34 |
0 |
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34 |
0 |
| Box |
31 |
6 |
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65 |
6 |
| Brown rambly stone and water |
12 |
10 |
|
78 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
12 |
0 |
|
90 |
4 |
| Black metal |
0 |
4 |
|
90 |
8 |
| COAL - Crow Coal Seam |
2 |
6 |
|
93 |
2 |
| Black grey metal |
0 |
4 |
|
93 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
11 |
6 |
|
105 |
0 |
| COAL, foul |
1 |
0 |
|
106 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
6 |
|
109 |
6 |
| Whin |
1 |
6 |
|
111 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
111 |
6 |
| Whitish metal and girdles |
27 |
0 |
|
138 |
6 |
| COAL, foul |
0 |
10 |
|
139 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
2 |
|
143 |
6 |
| Blue metal, mixed with coal |
4 |
6 |
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148 |
0 |
| Grey metal, with water |
10 |
0 |
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158 |
0 |
| Strong white post, with partings |
13 |
0 |
|
171 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
8 |
0 |
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179 |
0 |
| COAL, foul |
0 |
6 |
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179 |
6 |
| Soft grey metal |
0 |
6 |
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180 |
0 |
| Grey metal stone and post girdles |
12 |
0 |
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192 |
0 |
| Blue metal stone and post girdles |
9 |
0 |
|
201 |
0 |
| Whin mixture |
2 |
2 |
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203 |
2 |
| Blue metal and girdles |
10 |
4 |
|
213 |
6 |
| Grey and white post |
6 |
0 |
|
219 |
6 |
| Grey scared metal stone |
4 |
6 |
|
224 |
0 |
| Grey scared post and water |
3 |
0 |
|
227 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
0 |
|
229 |
0 |
| White post, with partings and water |
18 |
0 |
|
247 |
0 |
| Grey metal stone |
11 |
3 |
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258 |
3 |
| COAL - Three-Quarter Seam |
2 |
5 |
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260 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
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| Blue metal |
0 |
1 |
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| COAL |
0 |
9 |
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| Black slaty metal, mixed with coal |
1 |
1 |
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| Grey and blue metal |
4 |
0 |
|
264 |
8 |
| Grey metal stone and girdles |
3 |
7 |
|
268 |
3 |
| COAL |
3 |
9 |
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272 |
0 |
| COAL, foul |
0 |
6 |
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| Hard girdle |
0 |
2 |
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| COAL, coarse |
2 |
3 |
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| Hard girdle |
0 |
3 |
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| Black slaty metal, mixed with coal |
0 |
7 |
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| Grey metal |
2 |
0 |
|
274 |
0 |
| Blue metal stone |
23 |
6 |
|
297 |
6 |
| Cashy parting (much water) |
0 |
3 |
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297 |
9 |
| Grey metal stone, with partings and water |
6 |
6 |
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304 |
3 |
| White and grey post, with water |
18 |
6 |
|
322 |
9 |
| Black grey metal |
1 |
10 |
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324 |
7 |
| COAL - Half-Yard Coal |
2 |
1 |
|
326 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
0 |
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332 |
8 |
| Grey scamy metal stone, with post girdles and sulphur |
26 |
6 |
|
359 |
2 |
| COAL - 5/4 Seam |
3 |
6 |
|
362 |
8 |
| Grey metal and metal stone, with post girdles |
64 |
6 |
|
427 |
2 |
| Black metal |
0 |
5 |
|
427 |
7 |
| Black metal, mixed with coal |
0 |
2 |
|
427 |
9 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
6 |
0 |
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433 |
9 |
| COAL (small band at 2 ft. 2 in.) |
3 |
9 |
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| COAL, slaty |
0 |
1 |
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| COAL |
2 |
2 |
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| In grey metal |
0 |
5 |
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434 |
2 |
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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 1421 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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