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Rodridge Colliery
Account of Strata sunk and bored through at Rodridge or South Wingate Colliery, near Castle Eden, Durham, in 1841, and subsequently
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1841
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Soil |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
| Clay |
30 |
0 |
|
31 |
0 |
| Dry sand |
33 |
0 |
|
64 |
0 |
| Wet sand |
36 |
0 |
|
100 |
0 |
| Clay |
12 |
0 |
|
112 |
0 |
| Clay and gravel |
18 |
0 |
|
130 |
0 |
| Clay |
15 |
0 |
|
145 |
0 |
| Red clay |
6 |
0 |
|
151 |
0 |
| Marl |
9 |
0 |
|
160 |
0 |
| Strong limestone, with marly partings |
6 |
0 |
|
166 |
0 |
| Soft limestone, with stone girdles |
148 |
0 |
|
314 |
0 |
| Strong limestone, with water |
136 |
0 |
|
450 |
0 |
| Strong limestone, with water |
106 |
0 |
|
556 |
0 |
| Irregular blue limestone |
4 |
0 |
|
560 |
0 |
| Limestone |
12 |
0 |
|
572 |
0 |
| Blue limestone |
5 |
0 |
|
577 |
0 |
| Limestone |
9 |
0 |
|
586 |
0 |
| Blue limestone |
3 |
0 |
|
589 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
11 |
|
592 |
11 |
| Sand |
31 |
0 |
|
623 |
11 |
| White post |
4 |
6 |
|
628 |
5 |
| Dark blue metal |
2 |
2 |
|
630 |
7 |
| White post |
2 |
10 |
|
633 |
5 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
5 |
|
633 |
10 |
| Blue metal, scared with red |
12 |
0 |
|
645 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
0 |
|
651 |
10 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
0 |
3 |
|
652 |
1 |
| COAL, coarse splinty |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Grey metal |
8 |
6 |
|
660 |
7 |
| White post, with black partings |
14 |
10 |
|
675 |
5 |
| Dark blue metal |
1 |
8 |
|
677 |
1 |
| Dark blue metal |
0 |
7 |
|
677 |
8 |
| White post |
0 |
3 |
|
677 |
11 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
1 |
11 |
|
679 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
2¾ |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Grey metal |
5 |
0 |
|
684 |
10 |
| Dark post |
0 |
8 |
|
685 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
5 |
|
686 |
11 |
| COAL, bottom |
2 |
10 |
|
689 |
9 |
| Grey metal stone |
6 |
4 |
|
696 |
1 |
| White post |
3 |
0 |
|
699 |
1 |
| Brown post, very irregular |
2 |
6 |
|
701 |
7 |
| White post, with grey metal partings |
17 |
10 |
|
719 |
5 |
| Black grey metal, scared with coal |
1 |
4 |
|
720 |
9 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
4 |
9 |
|
725 |
7 |
| COAL, top |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Grey metal band |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
8¾ |
|
|
|
| Scares |
0 |
0¼ |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
2½ |
|
|
|
| Hard stone band |
0 |
1½ |
|
|
|
| Dark grey metal |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
10½ |
|
|
|
| Hard stone band |
0 |
1¾ |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
11¼ |
|
|
|
| Grey metal |
10 |
3 |
|
735 |
10 |
| White post metal |
10 |
3 |
|
746 |
1 |
| Strong grey post |
17 |
0 |
|
763 |
1 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
6 |
11 |
|
770 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
9 |
|
770 |
9 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
1 |
1 |
|
771 |
10 |
| Grey post |
5 |
4 |
|
777 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
5 |
4 |
|
782 |
6 |
| COAL - Harvey Seam |
1 |
9 |
|
784 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
12 |
4 |
|
796 |
7 |
| COAL, foul |
0 |
6 |
|
797 |
1 |
| Thill stone |
2 |
0 |
|
799 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
2 |
|
801 |
3 |
| Black metal |
12 |
6 |
|
813 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
10 |
3 |
|
824 |
0 |
| White post girdles |
0 |
9 |
|
824 |
9 |
| Blue metal, with ironstone girdles |
6 |
4 |
|
831 |
1 |
| COAL, foul |
0 |
3 |
|
831 |
4 |
| Dark grey metal, with post girdles |
15 |
6 |
|
846 |
10 |
| COAL, foul |
0 |
4 |
|
847 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
3 |
|
853 |
5 |
| White post girdles |
1 |
3 |
|
854 |
8 |
| Grey metal stone, with post girdles |
19 |
0 |
|
873 |
8 |
| White grey post, with balls of brown whin and thin metal partings |
21 |
0 |
|
894 |
8 |
| Blue stone |
0 |
3 |
|
894 |
11 |
| COAL, foul |
0 |
5 |
|
895 |
4 |
| Thill stone |
1 |
0 |
|
896 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
12 |
0 |
|
908 |
4 |
| Strong white post, with dark shiny partings |
32 |
3 |
|
940 |
7 |
| Dark blue metal stone, with ironstone balls |
9 |
3 |
|
949 |
10 |
| White post, with black metal partings |
4 |
9 |
|
954 |
7 |
| Strong white post |
14 |
0 |
|
968 |
7 |
| Strong grey metal stone |
1 |
0 |
|
969 |
7 |
| Dark blue metal |
7 |
0 |
|
976 |
7 |
| Black stone |
1 |
0 |
|
977 |
7 |
| COAL, foul |
0 |
7 |
|
978 |
2 |
| Grey metal, scared with coal |
2 |
0 |
|
980 |
2 |
| Grey metal stone, with post girdles |
5 |
9 |
|
985 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
986 |
2 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
3 |
8 |
|
989 |
10 |
| Strong white post |
7 |
8 |
|
997 |
6 |
| Grey metal stone, with post girdle |
11 |
9 |
|
1009 |
3 |
| Black metal |
1 |
6 |
|
1010 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
1011 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
8 |
|
1012 |
3 |
| White post, scared with red near bottom |
61 |
4 |
|
1073 |
7 |
| Grey metal stone, with girdles |
16 |
10 |
|
1090 |
5 |
| Grey metal, scared with girdles |
0 |
10 |
|
1091 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
1091 |
10 |
| White post, with metal partings |
10 |
6 |
|
1102 |
4 |
| Darkish grey metal, with post girdles |
30 |
11 |
|
1133 |
3 |
| Black metal |
1 |
0 |
|
1134 |
3 |
| Dark metal, mixed with coal |
0 |
9 |
|
1135 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
2 |
|
1136 |
2 |
| Whin |
2 |
4 |
|
1138 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
6 |
|
1140 |
0 |
| White post, mixed with whin |
2 |
10 |
|
1142 |
10 |
| Grey metal stone, with post girdles |
6 |
5 |
|
1149 |
3 |
| Grey post |
11 |
10 |
|
1161 |
1 |
| Grey metal stone |
6 |
4 |
|
1167 |
5 |
| Strong grey post |
1 |
6 |
|
1168 |
11 |
| White grey stone |
12 |
0 |
|
1180 |
11 |
| Strong grey post, with metal partings |
7 |
1 |
|
1188 |
0 |
| Grey metal, with girdles |
4 |
10 |
|
1192 |
10 |
| COAL, slaty |
1 |
3 |
|
1194 |
1 |
| Grey metal, scared with coal |
0 |
5 |
|
1194 |
6 |
| Into white post |
28 |
8 |
|
1223 |
2 |
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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 1609 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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