Rainton Colliery
Hunters House Pit
Section of Strata sunk through at Hunter House Pit, Rainton Colliery. September 15th, 1817
Shaft Details
Sunk: 15 Sep 1817
Approximate surface level 200 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Walling |
26 |
4 |
|
26 |
4 |
| Grey metal stone |
25 |
9 |
|
52 |
1 |
| Tubbing, with post stone behind |
30 |
5 |
|
82 |
6 |
| Grey metal stone |
5 |
11 |
|
88 |
5 |
| Grey metal stone, timbered, 9 ft. of this mixed with coal |
13 |
2 |
|
101 |
7 |
| Walling, with blue stone behind |
69 |
4 |
|
170 |
11 |
| Blue metal stone |
6 |
7 |
|
177 |
6 |
| Tubbing |
7 |
3 |
|
184 |
9 |
| Post |
5 |
3 |
|
190 |
0 |
| Tubbing |
8 |
7 |
|
198 |
7 |
| Strong post to top of Five-Quarter Seam |
1 |
5 |
|
200 |
0 |
| Strong post to top of Five-Quarter Seam |
2 |
7 |
|
202 |
7 |
| Bottom of Five-Quarter Seam |
4 |
0 |
|
206 |
7 |
| COAL, and a water ring |
4 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Strong grey metal post |
42 |
10 |
|
249 |
5 |
| Walling to top of Main Coal ingate on south side of brattice |
7 |
3 |
|
256 |
8 |
| To bottom of Main Coal ingate on south side of brattice |
4 |
7 |
|
261 |
3 |
| To bottom of wall and opposite ingate |
6 |
7 |
|
267 |
10 |
| Grey metal stone, bottom of pit brattice |
19 |
2 |
|
287 |
0 |
| Top of wall |
28 |
5 |
|
315 |
5 |
| Wall |
5 |
11 |
|
321 |
4 |
| Grey metal stone and 2 feet whin |
11 |
10 |
|
333 |
2 |
| Wall |
4 |
0 |
|
337 |
2 |
| Post |
48 |
10 |
|
386 |
0 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam on east side, bottom of wall |
17 |
10 |
|
403 |
10 |
| Top of Hutton Seam ingate |
11 |
10 |
|
415 |
8 |
| Walled on one side and blue stone on the other to top of Hutton Seam |
1 |
4 |
|
417 |
0 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
4 |
0 |
|
421 |
0 |
| Sump:— |
0 |
0 |
|
421 |
0 |
| Bottom of ingate |
1 |
4 |
|
422 |
4 |
| Walling to bottom of sump |
26 |
5 |
|
448 |
9 |
|
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 1584 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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