Rampgill Mine (Lead Ore)
Section of Strata at Rampgill Mine, Nenthead, adjoining Coalcleugh
Shaft Details
Approximate surface level 1450 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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fathoms, feet & inches, or metres
 
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
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ft. |
in. |
| Fell Top Limestone |
4 |
6 |
|
4 |
6 |
| Hazle |
12 |
0 |
|
16 |
6 |
| Plate |
30 |
0 |
|
46 |
6 |
| Hazle |
9 |
0 |
|
55 |
6 |
| Plate |
12 |
0 |
|
67 |
6 |
| Hazle |
12 |
0 |
|
79 |
6 |
| Plate |
7 |
0 |
|
86 |
6 |
| High Slate Sill |
24 |
0 |
|
110 |
6 |
| Plate |
7 |
6 |
|
118 |
0 |
| Low Slate Sill |
21 |
0 |
|
139 |
0 |
| Plate |
22 |
0 |
|
161 |
0 |
| Fiddler's Sill |
15 |
0 |
|
176 |
0 |
| Plate |
30 |
0 |
|
206 |
0 |
| Ironstone and coal |
4 |
6 |
|
210 |
6 |
| Fire-stone |
30 |
0 |
|
240 |
6 |
| Girdle beds |
66 |
0 |
|
306 |
6 |
| Pattinson's Sill |
12 |
0 |
|
318 |
6 |
| Plate |
24 |
0 |
|
342 |
6 |
| Little Limestone |
6 |
0 |
|
348 |
6 |
| White hazle |
5 |
0 |
|
353 |
6 |
| Plate |
9 |
0 |
|
362 |
6 |
| High Coal Sill |
13 |
0 |
|
375 |
6 |
| Plate |
6 |
0 |
|
381 |
6 |
| Low Coal Sill |
12 |
0 |
|
393 |
6 |
| Plate |
26 |
0 |
|
419 |
6 |
| Great Limestone |
63 |
0 |
|
482 |
6 |
| Tuft * |
10 |
6 |
|
493 |
0 |
| Plate |
17 |
0 |
|
510 |
0 |
| Limestone Post |
1 |
3 |
|
511 |
3 |
| Quarry Hazle |
30 |
0 |
|
541 |
3 |
| Plate |
33 |
0 |
|
574 |
3 |
| Till bed |
4 |
0 |
|
578 |
3 |
| Four Fathoms Limestone |
22 |
0 |
|
600 |
3 |
| Plate |
2 |
0 |
|
602 |
3 |
| Nattraas Gill Hazle |
20 |
0 |
|
622 |
3 |
| Eleven Fathoms Plate |
66 |
0 |
|
688 |
3 |
| Three Yards Limestone |
10 |
4 |
|
698 |
7 |
| Six Fathoms Hazle |
21 |
0 |
|
719 |
7 |
| Plate |
24 |
0 |
|
743 |
7 |
| Five Yards Limestone |
12 |
0 |
|
755 |
7 |
| Slaty hazle |
30 |
0 |
|
785 |
7 |
| * The Horse-level is just under the chirtstone in the tuft. |
0 |
0 |
|
785 |
7 |
| NOTE: The Rampgill vein has been worked up to the boundary between Coalcleugh, in Allendale, and Nenthead. |
0 |
0 |
|
785 |
7 |
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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 2375 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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