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North Banks / Marley Hill Colliery
Gin Pit
Account of the Boring from the Main Coal Seam, in the Marley Hill Gin Pit, by George Rawling. 1802
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1802, Closed: 1815
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
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ft. |
in. |
| Boxed in the thill |
3 |
6 |
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3 |
6 |
| Blue grey metal, with girdles |
10 |
0 |
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13 |
6 |
| Strong white post |
53 |
0 |
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66 |
6 |
| COAL, foul near the bottom |
1 |
5 |
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67 |
11 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
36 |
0 |
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103 |
11 |
| Black metal |
0 |
4 |
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104 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
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104 |
9 |
| Grey metal girdles |
23 |
0 |
|
127 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
5 |
0 |
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132 |
9 |
| Black metal |
0 |
6 |
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133 |
3 |
| COAL, strong |
2 |
0 |
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135 |
3 |
| Grey metal, with girdles |
30 |
0 |
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165 |
3 |
| Strong white post |
6 |
0 |
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171 |
3 |
| Grey metal, with girdles |
9 |
0 |
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180 |
3 |
| Grey post, with whin girdles |
10 |
0 |
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190 |
3 |
| Grey metal girdles |
4 |
0 |
|
194 |
3 |
| Black metal |
0 |
4 |
|
194 |
7 |
| COAL |
3 |
4 |
|
197 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
11 |
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| Grey metal |
0 |
3 |
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| COAL, mixed with slate |
0 |
4 |
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| COAL |
1 |
3 |
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| Black metal, mixed with coal |
0 |
3 |
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| COAL |
0 |
4 |
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| Grey metal |
1 |
2 |
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199 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
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199 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
7 |
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201 |
2 |
| COAL, foul |
0 |
6 |
|
201 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
6 |
0 |
|
207 |
8 |
| Strong white post |
2 |
0 |
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209 |
8 |
| Grey metal, with girdles |
6 |
0 |
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215 |
8 |
| Black stone |
1 |
0 |
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216 |
8 |
| COAL - Busty Bank Seam |
4 |
6 |
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221 |
2 |
| COAL |
2 |
5 |
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| Grey metal |
0 |
2 |
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| COAL |
1 |
11 |
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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 1330 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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