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Shotton Colliery
Engine Pit
Shotton Colliery, Section of the Engine Pit
Shaft Details
Closed: 01 Sep 1972
Approximate surface level 460 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)


 

 

 

 

 

 
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Outset |
18 |
3 |
|
18 |
3 |
| Soil |
1 |
0 |
|
19 |
3 |
| Yellow clay, with gravel and water |
4 |
0 |
|
23 |
3 |
| Blue clay |
25 |
0 |
|
48 |
3 |
| Dry gravel |
3 |
6 |
|
51 |
9 |
| Strong blue clay |
6 |
5 |
|
58 |
2 |
| Dry sand, with gravel |
0 |
7 |
|
58 |
9 |
| Strong blue clay, mixed with stones |
10 |
6 |
|
69 |
3 |
| Dry sand |
0 |
4 |
|
69 |
7 |
| Brown clay |
8 |
0 |
|
77 |
7 |
| Dry gravel |
2 |
4 |
|
79 |
11 |
| Limestone ramble |
9 |
3 |
|
89 |
2 |
| Strong brown limestone |
78 |
0 |
|
167 |
2 |
| Strong yellow limestone (got the first water at this parting) |
32 |
0 |
|
199 |
2 |
| Strong light brown limestone |
89 |
0 |
|
288 |
2 |
| Very strong grey limestone, with white partings and water, 50 galls. per minute |
54 |
0 |
|
342 |
2 |
| Mild yellow limestone and water feeder, 30 galls. per minute |
33 |
7 |
|
375 |
9 |
| Strong brown limestone, with several gullets and water, 45 galls. per minute |
13 |
4 |
|
389 |
1 |
| Strong brown limestone |
1 |
4 |
|
390 |
5 |
| Strong yellow limestone, mixed with brown |
3 |
3 |
|
393 |
8 |
| Strong blue limestone, in thin panels |
2 |
4 |
|
396 |
0 |
| Blue and grey metal |
1 |
4 |
|
397 |
4 |
| Sand, with water |
16 |
3 |
|
413 |
7 |
| Strong sand or post, feeder 256 galls. per minute |
8 |
0 |
|
421 |
7 |
| Blue and brown post girdles |
0 |
4 |
|
421 |
11 |
| So ft blue metal |
5 |
0 |
|
426 |
11 |
| Soft blue metal, scared with black |
4 |
0 |
|
430 |
11 |
| Soft red metal |
2 |
6 |
|
433 |
5 |
| Strong black stone |
0 |
6 |
|
433 |
11 |
| Soft blue metal |
1 |
0 |
|
434 |
11 |
| Bed metal |
6 |
6 |
|
441 |
5 |
| Mild red and grey post (2 wedging cribs laid in this post for a permanent foundation) |
4 |
6 |
|
445 |
11 |
| Blue red whin girdle, 3 feet thick on east side of pit and 6 inches thick on west side |
1 |
9 |
|
447 |
8 |
| Mild grey metal |
8 |
0 |
|
455 |
8 |
| Grey post girdle |
2 |
6 |
|
458 |
2 |
| Blue and red metal |
1 |
10 |
|
460 |
0 |
| Blue and red metal |
1 |
2 |
|
461 |
2 |
| Grey post girdle |
1 |
0 |
|
462 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
6 |
|
464 |
8 |
| COAL |
2 |
8 |
|
467 |
4 |
| Thill stone |
0 |
9 |
|
468 |
1 |
| Strong red and grey metal |
4 |
10 |
|
472 |
11 |
| Grey post |
3 |
0 |
|
475 |
11 |
| Strong coarse white post |
9 |
5 |
|
485 |
4 |
| Red and blue metal |
6 |
6 |
|
491 |
10 |
| Strong white post, mixed with red |
14 |
6 |
|
506 |
4 |
| COAL |
1 |
2 |
|
507 |
6 |
| Soft thill |
0 |
4 |
|
507 |
10 |
| Grey post |
4 |
0 |
|
511 |
10 |
| Strong grey metal |
8 |
10 |
|
520 |
8 |
| Strong grey post |
0 |
10 |
|
521 |
6 |
| Strong blue metal |
7 |
0 |
|
528 |
6 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
529 |
6 |
| Soft thill, with scares of coal |
0 |
8 |
|
530 |
2 |
| Grey metal, with thin post girdles |
4 |
0 |
|
534 |
2 |
| Blue and red metal |
8 |
4 |
|
542 |
6 |
| Mild grey post |
3 |
0 |
|
545 |
6 |
| Strong white post |
47 |
8 |
|
593 |
2 |
| Very strong mixture post, like granite |
2 |
6 |
|
595 |
8 |
| Strong flinty white post, with a red parting at top |
1 |
2 |
|
596 |
10 |
| Black stone, with coal |
0 |
3 |
|
597 |
1 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles, a rise trouble to the west of 2 feet |
10 |
4 |
|
607 |
5 |
| Grey post |
12 |
0 |
|
619 |
5 |
| Blue metal |
20 |
7 |
|
640 |
0 |
| Strong grey metal |
10 |
11 |
|
650 |
11 |
| Mild grey metal |
7 |
7 |
|
658 |
6 |
| Strong grey metal and metal girdles |
24 |
5 |
|
682 |
11 |
| Black stone |
0 |
3 |
|
683 |
2 |
| COAL, splint |
1 |
0 |
|
684 |
3 |
| Strong thill and metal |
3 |
6 |
|
687 |
9 |
| Strong grey metal |
3 |
8 |
|
691 |
5 |
| Strong grey metal and post girdles |
17 |
8 |
|
709 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
11 |
8 |
|
720 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
721 |
0 |
| Black stone, with coal |
3 |
1 |
|
724 |
2 |
| COAL - Three-Quarter Seam |
4 |
1 |
|
728 |
3 |
| COAL, coarse |
0 |
3 |
|
728 |
3 |
| COAL, good |
1 |
8 |
|
728 |
3 |
| Band |
0 |
4½ |
|
728 |
3 |
| COAL, good |
1 |
0 |
|
728 |
3 |
| Band |
0 |
1½ |
|
728 |
3 |
| COAL, rather coarse |
0 |
3½ |
|
728 |
3 |
| Band |
0 |
2 |
|
728 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
728 |
3 |
| Soft metal, with iron balls |
4 |
0 |
|
732 |
3 |
| Blue metal, with iron girdles |
4 |
3 |
|
736 |
7 |
| Mild grey post |
14 |
6 |
|
751 |
1 |
| Grey metal, soft at bottom |
9 |
10 |
|
760 |
11 |
| Black stone |
0 |
1 |
|
761 |
0 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
3 |
10 |
|
764 |
11 |
| COAL, splint |
0 |
3 |
|
764 |
11 |
| COAL, coarse |
0 |
3½ |
|
764 |
11 |
| COAL, tender |
3 |
4 |
|
764 |
11 |
| Strong thill stone |
2 |
5 |
|
767 |
4 |
| Dark metal |
0 |
9 |
|
768 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
3 |
|
769 |
5 |
| Dark metal and coal bands |
1 |
8 |
|
771 |
1 |
| COAL |
3 |
4 |
|
774 |
5 |
| COAL, coarse |
0 |
3 |
|
774 |
5 |
| Grey metal band |
1 |
6 |
|
774 |
5 |
| COAL |
1 |
7 |
|
774 |
5 |
| Thill |
1 |
8 |
|
776 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
1 |
|
778 |
2 |
| Grey post |
3 |
0 |
|
781 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
7 |
4 |
|
788 |
6 |
| Strong dark grey post |
13 |
4 |
|
801 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
4 |
|
803 |
2 |
| Strong white post |
17 |
4 |
|
820 |
6 |
| Black metal partings |
0 |
3 |
|
820 |
9 |
| Strong white post |
28 |
1 |
|
848 |
10 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
4 |
4 |
|
853 |
2 |
| COAL, coarse |
2 |
9 |
|
853 |
2 |
| Splint |
0 |
9 |
|
853 |
2 |
| COAL, rather coarse |
0 |
10½ |
|
853 |
2 |
| Thill |
0 |
10 |
|
854 |
0 |
| Grey post |
7 |
0 |
|
861 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
6 |
|
865 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
5 |
|
866 |
11 |
| Black stone |
1 |
5 |
|
868 |
4 |
| COAL, foul |
0 |
6 |
|
868 |
10 |
| Thill |
0 |
9 |
|
869 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
27 |
6 |
|
897 |
1 |
| White post girdles |
0 |
9 |
|
897 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
6 |
|
900 |
4 |
| Grey post |
1 |
9 |
|
902 |
1 |
| Strong white post |
10 |
1 |
|
912 |
2 |
| Grey post, with metal partings |
8 |
1 |
|
920 |
3 |
| Whitish blue post |
8 |
5 |
|
928 |
8 |
| Mild grey post |
25 |
3 |
|
953 |
11 |
| Strong white post |
28 |
8 |
|
982 |
7 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
2 |
9 |
|
985 |
4 |
| Dark thill |
0 |
4 |
|
985 |
9 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
32 |
8 |
|
1018 |
5 |
| COAL - Brass Thill Seam |
1 |
2 |
|
1019 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
4 |
|
1021 |
11 |
| Dark metal |
0 |
6 |
|
1022 |
5 |
| Grey post |
2 |
10 |
|
1025 |
3 |
| Dark grey metal |
2 |
0 |
|
1027 |
3 |
| White post girdle |
1 |
0 |
|
1028 |
3 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles, very dark at bottom |
8 |
9 |
|
1037 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
1037 |
6 |
| Soft metal |
0 |
4 |
|
1037 |
10 |
| Strong white post girdle, with beds of grey metal |
10 |
0 |
|
1047 |
10 |
| Very strong brown post |
1 |
3 |
|
1049 |
1 |
| Strong white post, with beds of metal |
16 |
6 |
|
1065 |
7 |
| Grey post, mixed with metal and strong girdles at bottom |
8 |
8 |
|
1074 |
3 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
5 |
5 |
|
1079 |
9 |
| COAL, good |
1 |
6 |
|
1079 |
9 |
| Band |
0 |
2 |
|
1079 |
9 |
| COAL |
2 |
5 |
|
1079 |
9 |
| Swad |
0 |
1 |
|
1079 |
9 |
| COAL, bottom |
1 |
3½ |
|
1079 |
9 |
| Thill |
1 |
4 |
|
1081 |
1 |
| Black stone parting |
0 |
2 |
|
1081 |
3 |
| Strong grey thill |
1 |
2 |
|
1082 |
5 |
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Source: An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume S-T, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1894
original entry for sinking/boring number 1819 in "An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume S-T, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1894"
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