Ravensworth Betty Colliery
Account of Strata sunk through in the Betty Pit, Team Colliery
Shaft Details
Approximate surface level 284 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Depth from surface |
74 |
6 |
|
74 |
6 |
| COAL - High Main Seam |
5 |
6 |
|
80 |
0 |
| COAL |
2 |
6 |
|
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| Band |
0 |
11 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
| Strata |
40 |
0 |
|
120 |
0 |
| COAL - Metal Coal Seam |
2 |
0 |
|
122 |
0 |
| Strata |
34 |
3 |
|
156 |
3 |
| COAL - Stone Coal Seam |
1 |
9 |
|
158 |
0 |
| Strata |
75 |
0 |
|
233 |
0 |
| COAL - Yard Coal Seam |
6 |
0 |
|
239 |
0 |
| COAL |
2 |
0½ |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
2½ |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
4½ |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
2 |
3½ |
|
|
|
| Strata |
76 |
9 |
|
315 |
9 |
| COAL - Bensham Seam |
6 |
3 |
|
322 |
0 |
| COAL |
2 |
8½ |
|
|
|
| Band |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
4½ |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Strata |
50 |
3 |
|
372 |
3 |
| COAL - Five and Six-Quarter Seams |
8 |
8 |
|
381 |
0 |
| COAL: Upper Top |
2 |
9½ |
|
|
|
| Cannel |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
2½ |
|
|
|
| COAL: Low Top |
1 |
4½ |
|
|
|
| COAL: Five-Quarter |
3 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Strata |
44 |
5 |
|
425 |
5 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
4 |
7 |
|
430 |
0 |
| COAL, good |
3 |
9 |
|
|
|
| COAL, coarse |
0 |
10 |
|
|
|
| Sump |
2 |
0 |
|
432 |
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 3002 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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