Oakenshaw Colliery
Section of Strata sunk through at Oakenshaw Colliery, near Brancepeth, Durham, by Messrs. Straker and Love, about 1855
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1855
Approximate surface level 620 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Outset |
50 |
3 |
|
50 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
8 |
0 |
|
58 |
3 |
| Black stone |
13 |
1 |
|
71 |
4 |
| COAL |
2 |
4 |
|
73 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
3 |
|
75 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
76 |
7 |
| Seggar |
2 |
0 |
|
78 |
7 |
| Post |
5 |
8 |
|
84 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
0 |
|
86 |
3 |
| Post |
3 |
8 |
|
89 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
7 |
|
90 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
90 |
9 |
| Seggar |
1 |
0 |
|
91 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
10 |
0 |
|
101 |
9 |
| Post |
3 |
0 |
|
104 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
6 |
|
106 |
3 |
| Post |
2 |
0 |
|
108 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
36 |
0 |
|
144 |
3 |
| Post |
11 |
0 |
|
155 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
30 |
0 |
|
185 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
185 |
10 |
| Seggar |
1 |
2 |
|
187 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
5 |
0 |
|
192 |
0 |
| Post |
9 |
0 |
|
201 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
5 |
2 |
|
206 |
2 |
| COAL |
2 |
0 |
|
208 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
0 |
|
209 |
2 |
| Post |
7 |
0 |
|
216 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
10 |
6 |
|
226 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
227 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
5 |
0 |
|
232 |
5 |
| Post |
3 |
0 |
|
235 |
5 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
0 |
|
238 |
5 |
| Post |
0 |
6 |
|
238 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
6 |
|
239 |
5 |
| Post |
0 |
6 |
|
239 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
5 |
8 |
|
245 |
7 |
| COAL |
3 |
1 |
|
248 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Coarse seggar |
1 |
0 |
|
249 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
0 |
|
252 |
8 |
| Post |
1 |
0 |
|
253 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
8 |
|
254 |
4 |
| Post |
6 |
8 |
|
261 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
8 |
0 |
|
269 |
0 |
| Post |
14 |
6 |
|
283 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
0 |
|
285 |
6 |
| COAL |
1 |
7 |
|
287 |
1 |
| Seggar |
2 |
0 |
|
289 |
1 |
| POST |
6 |
0 |
|
295 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
6 |
4 |
|
301 |
5 |
| Splint |
0 |
2 |
|
301 |
7 |
| COAL |
2 |
0 |
|
303 |
7 |
| Post |
48 |
0 |
|
351 |
7 |
| Whim |
6 |
0 |
|
357 |
7 |
| Post |
4 |
0 |
|
361 |
7 |
| Blue stone |
21 |
8 |
|
383 |
3 |
| COAL |
3 |
2 |
|
386 |
5 |
| COAL |
1 |
9 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
9 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Seggar |
3 |
0 |
|
389 |
5 |
| Post |
4 |
0 |
|
393 |
5 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
7 |
|
397 |
0 |
| Black stone |
2 |
10 |
|
399 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
5 |
0 |
|
404 |
10 |
| Post |
1 |
6 |
|
406 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
5 |
10 |
|
412 |
2 |
| Post |
0 |
8 |
|
412 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
6 |
|
414 |
4 |
| COAL |
3 |
0 |
|
417 |
4 |
| Section of strata beneath the coal, as near as can be got, taken from a drift in a rise trouble North of 25 feet:— |
0 |
0 |
|
417 |
4 |
| Thill |
3 |
3 |
|
420 |
7 |
| Mixture of seggar and post stone |
2 |
9 |
|
423 |
4 |
| Band of ironstone |
0 |
2 |
|
423 |
6 |
| Blue metal and seggar, mixed with catheads |
3 |
0 |
|
426 |
6 |
| Brown post |
2 |
0 |
|
428 |
6 |
| Black stone |
1 |
8 |
|
430 |
2 |
| Post |
1 |
8 |
|
431 |
10 |
| Leafy Post |
2 |
6 |
|
434 |
4 |
| Post, mixed with thin metal girdles |
2 |
6 |
|
436 |
10 |
| Whin |
3 |
0 |
|
439 |
10 |
| Post (thickness unproved) |
0 |
0 |
|
439 |
10 |
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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 1485 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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