Oxclose Colliery
B Pit
An Account of the Strata sunk and bored through from the Thill of Hutton Seam, in the B Pit, at Oxclose Colliery. October, 1856
Shaft Details
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| To Hutton Seam |
624 |
0 |
|
624 |
0 |
| Thill stone |
6 |
0 |
|
630 |
0 |
| Strong white post |
18 |
0 |
|
648 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
13 |
0 |
|
661 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
10 |
0 |
|
671 |
0 |
| Strong grey metal and post girdles |
7 |
4 |
|
678 |
4 |
| COAL |
1 |
5 |
|
679 |
9 |
| Black stone |
3 |
0 |
|
682 |
9 |
| Blue metal and post girdles |
19 |
0 |
|
701 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
15 |
6 |
|
717 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
717 |
11 |
| Seggar clay |
0 |
8 |
|
718 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
4 |
|
719 |
11 |
| Strong post |
14 |
8 |
|
734 |
7 |
| COAL |
1 |
4 |
|
735 |
11 |
| Seggar |
1 |
2 |
|
737 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
7 |
10 |
|
744 |
11 |
| Grey metal and post girdles |
9 |
0 |
|
753 |
11 |
| Strong brown post |
18 |
10 |
|
772 |
9 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
773 |
9 |
| Strong white post |
9 |
0 |
|
782 |
9 |
| COAL |
1 |
2 |
|
783 |
11 |
| Seggar |
0 |
10 |
|
784 |
9 |
| Grey post |
2 |
0 |
|
786 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
3 |
|
790 |
0 |
| COAL - Harvey Seam |
2 |
7 |
|
792 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
|
|
| Stone band |
0 |
5 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Seggar |
0 |
5 |
|
793 |
0 |
| Seggar, strong |
5 |
6 |
|
798 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
798 |
10 |
| Seggar |
1 |
3 |
|
800 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
11 |
3 |
|
811 |
4 |
| Whin |
1 |
8 |
|
813 |
0 |
| Metal and post girdles |
21 |
8 |
|
834 |
8 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
835 |
8 |
| Strong post |
1 |
10 |
|
837 |
6 |
| Grey metal and post girdles |
13 |
0 |
|
850 |
6 |
| Strong white post and whin |
23 |
2 |
|
873 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
874 |
6 |
| Strong white post and whin |
41 |
6 |
|
916 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
28 |
4 |
|
944 |
4 |
| COAL |
3 |
6 |
|
947 |
10 |
| COAL |
1 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Seggar band |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
|
|
| Seggar and ironstone balls |
5 |
7 |
|
953 |
5 |
| COAL |
2 |
2 |
|
955 |
7 |
| COAL |
1 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Stone band |
0 |
5 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Blue metal |
3 |
0 |
|
958 |
7 |
| Strong post girdle |
6 |
6 |
|
965 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
9 |
|
967 |
10 |
| Grey post |
9 |
6 |
|
977 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
977 |
10 |
| Boring by G. Stott— |
0 |
0 |
|
977 |
10 |
| White post |
3 |
11 |
|
981 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
26 |
3 |
|
1008 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
8 |
|
1009 |
8 |
| Strong white post |
27 |
0 |
|
1036 |
8 |
| Brown whin |
1 |
9 |
|
1038 |
5 |
| White post |
15 |
6 |
|
1053 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
6 |
|
1056 |
5 |
| Black metal |
3 |
9 |
|
1060 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
1060 |
6 |
| Post girdles |
11 |
4 |
|
1071 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
9 |
|
1076 |
7 |
| Post girdle |
1 |
10 |
|
1078 |
5 |
| Blue metal |
6 |
9 |
|
1085 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
7 |
|
1091 |
9 |
| White post |
13 |
0 |
|
1104 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
1105 |
5 |
| Seggar |
3 |
0 |
|
1108 |
5 |
| Black stone |
1 |
6 |
|
1109 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
5 |
9 |
|
1115 |
8 |
| Into white post |
12 |
0 |
|
1127 |
8 |
|
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 1503 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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