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Penshaw Colliery
New D Pit
Account of Strata sunk through in the New D Pit, Penshaw Colliery. 1831-32
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1831-2
Approximate surface level 210 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Outset |
15 |
0 |
|
15 |
0 |
| Sandy yellow clay |
10 |
0 |
|
25 |
0 |
| Sandy yellow clay, with marl and water |
23 |
0 |
|
48 |
0 |
| Freestone rubble, with marl and water |
2 |
0 |
|
50 |
0 |
| Blue stone |
18 |
0 |
|
68 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
68 |
9 |
| Thill |
2 |
0 |
|
70 |
9 |
| Blue stone |
7 |
9 |
|
78 |
6 |
| White stone |
4 |
11 |
|
83 |
5 |
| Blue stone |
0 |
9 |
|
84 |
2 |
| White post girdles |
0 |
4 |
|
84 |
7 |
| Blue stone |
1 |
7 |
|
86 |
2 |
| White post girdles |
1 |
1 |
|
87 |
3 |
| Blue stone |
2 |
6 |
|
89 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
90 |
4 |
| Thill |
1 |
6 |
|
91 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
92 |
3 |
| Thill |
3 |
2 |
|
95 |
5 |
| Freestone |
19 |
8 |
|
115 |
2 |
| Blue stone |
2 |
1 |
|
117 |
3 |
| COAL |
1 |
1 |
|
118 |
4 |
| Thill |
3 |
7 |
|
122 |
0 |
| Blue stone |
1 |
1 |
|
123 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
123 |
7 |
| Blue stone |
0 |
6 |
|
124 |
1 |
| Freestone |
5 |
11 |
|
130 |
0 |
| Blue stone |
13 |
1 |
|
143 |
1 |
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
|
144 |
7 |
| COAL |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
| Splint |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Thill |
2 |
11 |
|
147 |
6 |
| Blue stone |
15 |
10 |
|
163 |
4 |
| Strong post (walled to surface) |
7 |
11 |
|
171 |
3 |
| Blue stone |
11 |
8 |
|
182 |
11 |
| COAL |
2 |
7 |
|
185 |
6 |
| Thill |
1 |
7 |
|
187 |
2 |
| Blue stone |
6 |
9 |
|
193 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
194 |
5 |
| Thill |
1 |
2 |
|
195 |
7 |
| Blue stone |
4 |
5 |
|
200 |
0 |
| Post |
3 |
0 |
|
203 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
4 |
|
209 |
4 |
| Blue stone |
0 |
7 |
|
210 |
0 |
| Blue stone |
27 |
3 |
|
237 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
238 |
0 |
| Thill |
2 |
2 |
|
240 |
2 |
| Blue stone post |
1 |
7 |
|
241 |
9 |
| Post stone |
5 |
2 |
|
246 |
11 |
| White post, mixed with whin |
0 |
8 |
|
247 |
7 |
| Blue stone |
0 |
6 |
|
248 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
248 |
5 |
| Thill |
4 |
0 |
|
252 |
6 |
| Blue stone |
7 |
6 |
|
260 |
0 |
| Post and whin at the top, with water and foulness |
7 |
6 |
|
267 |
6 |
| Blue stone |
1 |
0 |
|
268 |
6 |
| White post |
4 |
4 |
|
272 |
10 |
| Black stone |
11 |
6 |
|
284 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
284 |
11 |
| Thill |
4 |
4 |
|
289 |
3 |
| Grey metal (walled from here) |
4 |
4 |
|
293 |
7 |
| Post, with girdles and foulness |
53 |
0 |
|
346 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
8 |
9 |
|
355 |
4 |
| Soft blue stone |
2 |
2 |
|
357 |
6 |
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
|
359 |
0 |
| Band, with coal pipes |
1 |
6 |
|
360 |
6 |
| Thill |
3 |
5 |
|
363 |
11 |
| Soft blue stone |
8 |
0 |
|
371 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
11 |
2 |
|
383 |
1 |
| Blue stone, with iron girdles |
4 |
2 |
|
387 |
3 |
| COAL, with a band 12 ins, from bottom |
2 |
9 |
|
390 |
0 |
| Thill |
2 |
4 |
|
392 |
4 |
| Hard grey metal |
14 |
8 |
|
407 |
0 |
| White post, with black scares |
12 |
6 |
|
419 |
6 |
| Blue stone |
1 |
6 |
|
421 |
0 |
| Band stone |
1 |
0 |
|
422 |
0 |
| COAL |
1 |
9 |
|
423 |
9 |
| Thill |
1 |
6 |
|
425 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
4 |
|
427 |
7 |
| Blue stone |
4 |
3 |
|
431 |
10 |
| COAL - Three-Quarter Seam |
1 |
8 |
|
433 |
6 |
| Black band stone |
1 |
6 |
|
435 |
0 |
| Thill |
2 |
0 |
|
437 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
28 |
6 |
|
465 |
6 |
| Grey metal, with whin |
2 |
10 |
|
468 |
4 |
| Blue stone |
6 |
5 |
|
474 |
9 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
4 |
0 |
|
478 |
9 |
| Thill |
2 |
10 |
|
481 |
7 |
| Blue stone |
3 |
10 |
|
485 |
5 |
| Black stone |
1 |
6 |
|
486 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
8 |
6 |
|
495 |
5 |
| Whin girdle (wedging crib laid here) |
3 |
8 |
|
499 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
15 |
0 |
|
514 |
1 |
| Whin girdles |
3 |
6 |
|
517 |
7 |
| Blue stone |
8 |
4 |
|
525 |
11 |
| White post |
1 |
8 |
|
527 |
7 |
| Blue stone |
12 |
0 |
|
539 |
7 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
6 |
0 |
|
545 |
7 |
| Thill |
4 |
6 |
|
550 |
1 |
| Blue stone |
7 |
6 |
|
557 |
7 |
| Post girdles |
0 |
6 |
|
558 |
1 |
| Post, with partings |
10 |
0 |
|
568 |
1 |
| Black stone |
7 |
0 |
|
575 |
1 |
| Blue stone |
6 |
0 |
|
581 |
1 |
| Black stone |
12 |
0 |
|
593 |
1 |
| White post |
7 |
2 |
|
600 |
3 |
| Blue stone |
2 |
0 |
|
602 |
3 |
| COAL - Maudlin Seam |
4 |
8 |
|
606 |
11 |
| Thill |
0 |
9 |
|
607 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
608 |
4 |
| Thill |
3 |
0 |
|
611 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
0 |
|
615 |
4 |
| Blue stone |
15 |
10 |
|
631 |
2 |
| COAL, with foulness |
2 |
0 |
|
633 |
2 |
| Thill |
2 |
0 |
|
635 |
2 |
| Blue stone |
4 |
6 |
|
639 |
8 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
640 |
8 |
| Hard grey metal thill |
6 |
0 |
|
646 |
8 |
| Blue stone |
2 |
8 |
|
649 |
4 |
| COAL |
2 |
4 |
|
651 |
8 |
| Thill |
2 |
0 |
|
653 |
8 |
| Blue stone |
10 |
0 |
|
663 |
8 |
| COAL |
2 |
0 |
|
665 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
8 |
|
670 |
4 |
| Post |
5 |
6 |
|
675 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
8 |
|
678 |
6 |
| Blue stone |
9 |
4 |
|
687 |
10 |
| COAL |
2 |
6 |
|
690 |
4 |
| Thill |
1 |
8 |
|
692 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
8 |
2 |
|
700 |
2 |
| Blue metal stone |
0 |
8 |
|
700 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
701 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
7 |
10 |
|
709 |
5 |
| Blue stone |
14 |
9 |
|
724 |
2 |
| Post, with blue stone |
8 |
0 |
|
732 |
2 |
| Black stone |
6 |
0 |
|
738 |
2 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
3 |
8 |
|
741 |
10 |
| Sunk through in a Staple, 40 yards South of Shaft:— |
0 |
0 |
|
741 |
10 |
| Thill |
1 |
6 |
|
743 |
4 |
| COAL, bottom |
0 |
10 |
|
744 |
2 |
| Thill |
4 |
8 |
|
748 |
10 |
| White post and blue metal |
48 |
0 |
|
796 |
10 |
| Blue stone |
5 |
0 |
|
801 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
802 |
8 |
| Thill |
2 |
8 |
|
805 |
4 |
| White post |
13 |
6 |
|
818 |
10 |
| Blue stone |
1 |
0 |
|
819 |
10 |
| Bored from Staple bottom, June 28th, 1824:— |
0 |
0 |
|
819 |
10 |
| Grey post, with whin |
13 |
0 |
|
832 |
10 |
| Grey metal, with iron girdles |
29 |
0 |
|
861 |
10 |
| Strong white post |
11 |
0 |
|
872 |
10 |
| Grey metal, with hard girdles |
7 |
10 |
|
880 |
8 |
| COAL |
1 |
1 |
|
881 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Grey metal |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Grey metal stone, with iron girdles |
16 |
1 |
|
897 |
10 |
| COAL, with sulphur |
1 |
8 |
|
899 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
0 |
|
901 |
6 |
| Blue grey metal stone, with hard girdles |
23 |
4 |
|
924 |
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 1529 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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