Pontop Colliery
Creswell Pit
Account of Strata sunk through in the Creswell Pit, Pontop Colliery, Lanchester Common Royalty
Shaft Details
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
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ft. |
in. |
| Clay and gravel |
29 |
2 |
|
29 |
2 |
| Freestone post |
22 |
6 |
|
51 |
8 |
| COAL - Shield Row Seam |
5 |
5 |
|
57 |
1 |
| COAL, top |
3 |
2 |
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| Band |
0 |
5 |
|
|
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| COAL |
0 |
3½ |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
2½ |
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|
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| COAL |
1 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay |
3 |
8 |
|
60 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
18 |
0 |
|
78 |
9 |
| White post |
8 |
6 |
|
87 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
7 |
5 |
|
94 |
8 |
| White post |
7 |
6 |
|
102 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
20 |
9 |
|
122 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
18 |
4 |
|
141 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
6 |
9 |
|
148 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
12 |
0 |
|
160 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
13 |
3 |
|
173 |
3 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter seam |
5 |
7 |
|
178 |
10 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
0 |
|
179 |
10 |
| COAL - Brass Thill Seam |
5 |
6 |
|
185 |
4 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
8 |
|
187 |
0 |
| White post |
7 |
6 |
|
194 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
28 |
6 |
|
223 |
0 |
| Grey post |
7 |
6 |
|
230 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
7 |
6 |
|
238 |
0 |
| Iron girdle |
0 |
6 |
|
238 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
10 |
0 |
|
248 |
6 |
| White and grey post, with blue metal at bottom |
96 |
6 |
|
345 |
0 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
8 |
7 |
|
353 |
7 |
| COAL |
2 |
10½ |
|
|
|
| Band |
1 |
3 |
|
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| Jet |
0 |
2 |
|
|
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| Stone |
0 |
0¾ |
|
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| COAL |
1 |
6½ |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
2 |
7 |
|
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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 2911 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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