Pegswood Colliery
Section of the Strata passed through in sinking Pegswood Pit, now at work near the N.E. Railway at Pegswood Bridge
Shaft Details
Closed: 1969
Approximate surface level 190 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
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ft. |
in. |
| Soil |
1 |
6 |
|
1 |
6 |
| Clay |
5 |
6 |
|
7 |
0 |
| Freestone |
51 |
9 |
|
58 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
8 |
|
59 |
5 |
| COAL |
2 |
4 |
|
61 |
9 |
| Thill |
3 |
0 |
|
64 |
9 |
| Grey and blue metal mixed |
7 |
0 |
|
71 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
9 |
9 |
|
81 |
6 |
| COAL, top portion 5/4 Seam |
2 |
7 |
|
84 |
1 |
| Thill |
2 |
0 |
|
86 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
12 |
0 |
|
98 |
1 |
| White post |
5 |
10 |
|
103 |
11 |
| Dun post |
3 |
9 |
|
107 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
11 |
|
109 |
7 |
| COAL, bottom portion 5/4 Seam |
1 |
2 |
|
110 |
9 |
| Thill and post |
7 |
10 |
|
118 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
8 |
6 |
|
127 |
1 |
| Whin |
0 |
4 |
|
127 |
5 |
| Grey post |
3 |
9 |
|
131 |
2 |
| Dun or grey metal |
2 |
1 |
|
133 |
3 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
10 |
5 |
|
143 |
8 |
| COAL, shaly |
0 |
7 |
|
|
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| Fire clay |
0 |
9 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
3 |
1 |
|
|
|
| Fire clay |
1 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Grey metal |
3 |
11 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
|
|
| Thill |
1 |
0 |
|
144 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
14 |
0 |
|
158 |
8 |
| Grey post |
2 |
0 |
|
160 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
0 |
|
164 |
8 |
| Strong white post |
25 |
4 |
|
190 |
0 |
| Strong white post |
9 |
8 |
|
199 |
8 |
| COAL |
1 |
2 |
|
200 |
10 |
| Thill |
1 |
4 |
|
202 |
2 |
| Black metal, with ironstone girdles |
7 |
4 |
|
209 |
6 |
| Blue and grey metals |
3 |
8 |
|
213 |
2 |
| Black metal, with mussel beds |
3 |
0 |
|
216 |
2 |
| Soft blue metal |
1 |
0 |
|
217 |
2 |
| Strong blue metal |
1 |
6 |
|
218 |
8 |
| COAL - Plessy Seam |
2 |
10 |
|
221 |
6 |
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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 1512 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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