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Risemoor Colliery
Lamp Pit
Account of the Borings in the Lamp Pit, at Risemoor Colliery. Nov., 9th, 1767
Shaft Details
Sunk: 09 Nov 1767
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
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ft. |
in. |
| Sunk to the scaffold |
10 |
0 |
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10 |
0 |
| Box |
44 |
6 |
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54 |
6 |
| Soft grey metal |
6 |
6 |
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61 |
0 |
| Grey metal stone, with girdles |
30 |
0 |
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91 |
0 |
| Grey post |
5 |
0 |
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96 |
0 |
| Whin |
0 |
9 |
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96 |
9 |
| Grey post, with hard lumps |
7 |
3 |
|
104 |
0 |
| Whin |
2 |
3 |
|
106 |
3 |
| White post, with partings and water |
10 |
0 |
|
116 |
3 |
| Whin |
0 |
9 |
|
117 |
0 |
| White post |
4 |
6 |
|
121 |
6 |
| Whin |
1 |
3 |
|
122 |
9 |
| White post |
4 |
4 |
|
127 |
1 |
| Whin mixture |
1 |
6 |
|
128 |
7 |
| White post |
2 |
9 |
|
131 |
4 |
| Whin |
1 |
6 |
|
132 |
10 |
| White post, with water |
0 |
6 |
|
133 |
4 |
| Whin |
1 |
8 |
|
135 |
0 |
| Whin mixture |
0 |
3 |
|
135 |
3 |
| Whin |
5 |
6 |
|
140 |
9 |
| Brown post |
1 |
6 |
|
142 |
3 |
| Strong white mixture, with some scares of post near the bottom |
20 |
9 |
|
163 |
0 |
| Strong whin mixture |
4 |
0 |
|
167 |
0 |
| Whin |
1 |
6 |
|
168 |
6 |
| Blue metal stone |
1 |
0 |
|
169 |
6 |
| Whin |
3 |
6 |
|
173 |
0 |
| Blue stone, with hard lumps and coal partings |
5 |
0 |
|
178 |
0 |
| Whin |
3 |
6 |
|
181 |
6 |
| Blue metal stone, with hard lumps near the bottom |
16 |
0 |
|
197 |
6 |
| Soft black metal, with a mixture of coal |
1 |
0 |
|
198 |
6 |
| COAL |
11 |
1 |
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209 |
7 |
| COAL, with water |
5 |
6 |
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| Grey metal, with a coal parting |
0 |
10 |
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| COAL, with water |
2 |
5 |
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| Grey metal |
0 |
6 |
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| COAL |
1 |
10 |
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| Soft grey metal |
1 |
0 |
|
210 |
7 |
| Grey metal stone, with a coal parting |
8 |
0 |
|
218 |
7 |
| White and grey post, with metal partings |
16 |
5 |
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235 |
0 |
| Black metal, with a mixture of coal |
0 |
6 |
|
235 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
236 |
3 |
| Grey metal and metal stone, with girdles |
4 |
9 |
|
241 |
0 |
| Grey post |
3 |
0 |
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244 |
0 |
| Whin |
3 |
0 |
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247 |
0 |
| In blue grey metal and metal stone, with whin girdles |
10 |
6 |
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257 |
6 |
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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 1603 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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