Pittington Colliery
Adolphus Pit
Account of Strata bored through in the Adolphus Pit, North Pittington Colliery. April 22nd, 1826
Shaft Details
Sunk: 22 Apr 1826
Approximate surface level 325 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Sunk to top of borehole |
69 |
7 |
|
69 |
7 |
| COAL |
1 |
8 |
|
71 |
3 |
| Thill |
3 |
6 |
|
74 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
5 |
|
77 |
2 |
| Post |
1 |
3 |
|
78 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
0 |
|
80 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
81 |
4 |
| Thill |
0 |
7 |
|
81 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
8 |
0 |
|
89 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
15 |
2 |
|
105 |
1 |
| Post |
1 |
5 |
|
106 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
10 |
2 |
|
116 |
8 |
| Post |
5 |
8 |
|
122 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
3 |
|
122 |
8 |
| Freestone |
5 |
9 |
|
128 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
1 |
|
129 |
7 |
| Freestone |
29 |
11 |
|
159 |
6 |
| White post |
4 |
4 |
|
163 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
5 |
2 |
|
169 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
9 |
|
172 |
9 |
| Post |
1 |
3 |
|
174 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
1 |
|
175 |
1 |
| Post |
0 |
6 |
|
175 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
10 |
|
180 |
5 |
| Black stone |
3 |
11 |
|
184 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
9 |
|
186 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
15 |
10 |
|
201 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
22 |
4 |
|
224 |
4 |
| COAL - Three-Quarter Seam |
5 |
10 |
|
230 |
2 |
| COAL, mixed with stone |
2 |
10½ |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
4 |
|
|
|
| COAL, with stone |
1 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Thill stone |
2 |
10 |
|
233 |
0 |
| COAL, mixed with stone |
3 |
9 |
|
236 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
12 |
11 |
|
249 |
9 |
| Post |
0 |
6 |
|
250 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
6 |
|
253 |
9 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
6 |
10 |
|
260 |
7 |
| COAL, coarse |
2 |
0½ |
|
|
|
| COAL, good |
2 |
1½ |
|
|
|
| COAL, brassy |
0 |
5 |
|
|
|
| COAL, stony |
2 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Thill stone |
2 |
3 |
|
262 |
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 1538 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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