Risemoor Colliery
West Pit
Bored at Risemoor at the West Sinking Pit. 1745
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1745
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Sunk to the scaffold |
28 |
8 |
|
28 |
8 |
| Box |
18 |
0 |
|
46 |
8 |
| Grey and white post, with brown and red scamy parting |
21 |
0 |
|
67 |
8 |
| Blue and black metal, with catheads |
20 |
4 |
|
88 |
0 |
| COAL |
8 |
1 |
|
96 |
1 |
| COAL |
5 |
1 |
|
|
|
| Grey metal, scared with coal |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
2 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Grey metal |
0 |
8 |
|
96 |
9 |
| COAL, brassy foul |
1 |
8 |
|
98 |
5 |
| Blue metal, with catheads |
6 |
0 |
|
104 |
5 |
| Grey post |
3 |
0 |
|
107 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
0 |
|
113 |
5 |
| White post |
11 |
0 |
|
124 |
5 |
| COAL |
1 |
2 |
|
125 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
0 |
|
126 |
7 |
| Grey post, with water |
13 |
0 |
|
139 |
7 |
| Black and grey metal, with catheads |
13 |
0 |
|
152 |
7 |
| White post |
11 |
0 |
|
163 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
0 |
|
166 |
7 |
| Black metal, mixed with coal |
0 |
6 |
|
167 |
1 |
| Blue metal, with post girdles |
21 |
0 |
|
188 |
1 |
| Black metal, with post girdles |
8 |
0 |
|
196 |
1 |
| Whin girdles |
3 |
0 |
|
199 |
1 |
| Black and white scamy whin girdles |
10 |
6 |
|
209 |
7 |
| Open whin and set away the water |
3 |
0 |
|
212 |
7 |
| Whin and whin girdles, with small white scamy partings |
17 |
6 |
|
230 |
1 |
|
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 1602 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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