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Geology encountered   Thickness   Depth   ft. in.   ft. in. Walling    12  0     12  0 White freestone    14  0     26  0 Grey beds    4  0     30  0 Black plate    9  0     39  0 Coom of light blue plate    9  0     48  0 Black plate    4  0     52  0 COAL    2  0     54  0 Plate, with balls of ironstone    16  6     70  6 COAL - Seven-Quarter Seam    4  6     75  0      0  0     75  0 Note: This pit was worked out and the pumps drawn on December 13th, 1856    0  0     75  0

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 2898 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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