Prestwick Colliery

Lizzie Ann Pit

Account of Strata sunk through in the Lizzie Ann Shaft, Prestwick Colliery

Shaft Details

Approximate surface level 220 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)

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Geology encountered	Thickness		Depth
	ft.	in.	ft.	in.
Clay	21	0	21	0
Sand and gravel	6	0	27	0
Stiff blue clay	18	0	45	0
Sandstone	6	0	51	0
Ramble	7	0	58	0
COAL	1	6	59	6
Seggar-clay	4	0	63	6
Blue metal	3	0	66	6
COAL	0	6	67	0
Clean white stone	7	0	74	0
Blue metal, mixed with white post band	16	0	90	0
Clean white stone	8	0	98	0
Red sandstone	24	0	122	0
COAL - Three-Quarter or Main Coal Seam	2	1	124	1
COAL	2	1
Seggar-clay	4	6	128	7
Post	15	0	143	7
Blue metal	12	0	155	7
COAL	1	2	156	9
Blue metal	8	0	164	9
Post	6	0	170	9
Blue metal	7	0	177	9
COAL	0	4	178	1
Post	7	0	185	1
Blue metal	6	0	191	1
Post	12	0	203	1
Blue metal	6	0	209	1
COAL - Brockwell Seam	4	9	213	10
COAL	1	0
Band	0	7
COAL	3	2

Source: An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910

original entry for sinking/boring number 2916 in "An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910"

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