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South Hetton Colliery
Engine Pit
An Account of Strata sunk through in the Engine Pit, South Hetton Colliery. Begun March 1st, 1831
Shaft Details
Sunk: 01 Mar 1831, Closed: Jul 1982
Approximate surface level 420 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Soil |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
| Brown gravelly clay, mixed with sand and water |
7 |
0 |
|
8 |
0 |
| Blue gravelly clay, mixed with sand and water |
19 |
0 |
|
27 |
0 |
| Sand and water |
3 |
0 |
|
30 |
0 |
| Blue gravelly clay |
16 |
0 |
|
46 |
0 |
| Limestone marl |
101 |
0 |
|
147 |
0 |
| Yellow limestone in a confused state, mixed with spar (got water 29½ fathoms from the surface, which increased from 20 to 300 gallons per minute) |
111 |
0 |
|
258 |
0 |
| Yellow limestone in various beds |
21 |
0 |
|
279 |
0 |
| Brown limestone |
4 |
4 |
|
283 |
4 |
| Blue limestone |
0 |
6 |
|
283 |
10 |
| Brown sandy limestone |
13 |
2 |
|
297 |
0 |
| Brown limestone, with metal clay partings |
30 |
0 |
|
327 |
0 |
| Blue metal stone |
2 |
0 |
|
329 |
0 |
| Strong grey post |
4 |
0 |
|
333 |
0 |
| Blue metal stone |
3 |
0 |
|
336 |
0 |
| Sand, with water, 1,300 gallons per minute |
30 |
0 |
|
366 |
0 |
| Grey metal stone |
3 |
0 |
|
369 |
0 |
| Grey post |
3 |
0 |
|
372 |
0 |
| Grey and red metal stone |
18 |
0 |
|
390 |
0 |
| COAL - Three-Quarter Seam |
2 |
10 |
|
392 |
10 |
| Thill stone |
3 |
0 |
|
395 |
10 |
| Grey metal stone, with post girdles (laid a wedging crib) |
9 |
6 |
|
405 |
4 |
| Grey and red post |
14 |
8 |
|
420 |
0 |
| Grey and red post |
35 |
11 |
|
455 |
11 |
| COAL, mixed with black stone |
1 |
2 |
|
457 |
1 |
| Grey thill stone |
3 |
10 |
|
460 |
11 |
| Grey post, mixed with whin |
81 |
0 |
|
541 |
11 |
| Blue metal stone |
15 |
0 |
|
556 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
557 |
3 |
| Grey metal stone, mixed with post |
10 |
0 |
|
567 |
3 |
| Strong grey post, mixed with whin and water |
60 |
0 |
|
627 |
3 |
| Blue metal stone |
15 |
0 |
|
642 |
3 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
3 |
0 |
|
645 |
3 |
| COAL, with foulness |
2 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Bottom stone thill |
3 |
0 |
|
648 |
3 |
| Grey metal stone, with post girdles |
13 |
0 |
|
661 |
3 |
| Grey metal, with post |
12 |
0 |
|
673 |
3 |
| Grey post, with whin |
30 |
0 |
|
703 |
3 |
| Grey post, with metal partings |
72 |
0 |
|
775 |
3 |
| Grey post, with gullets |
39 |
8 |
|
814 |
11 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
6 |
6 |
|
821 |
5 |
| COAL, good |
4 |
6 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
2 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Thill stone |
3 |
0 |
|
824 |
5 |
| Post girdles |
4 |
0 |
|
828 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
12 |
0 |
|
840 |
5 |
| Black stone |
1 |
2 |
|
841 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
841 |
10 |
| Grey metal stone |
2 |
0 |
|
843 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
|
843 |
11 |
| Post girdles |
10 |
0 |
|
853 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
12 |
0 |
|
865 |
11 |
| COAL - Maudlin Seam |
2 |
3 |
|
868 |
2 |
| COAL, mixed with black stone |
2 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Thill stone |
15 |
9 |
|
883 |
11 |
| Strong blue stone |
14 |
0 |
|
897 |
11 |
| Whin girdles |
0 |
6 |
|
898 |
5 |
| Grey post |
6 |
0 |
|
904 |
5 |
| Black stone |
1 |
6 |
|
905 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
15 |
7 |
|
921 |
6 |
| Strong grey metal |
29 |
0 |
|
950 |
6 |
| Strong grey post |
5 |
0 |
|
955 |
6 |
| COAL |
1 |
3 |
|
956 |
9 |
| Black metal and ironstone girdles |
7 |
3 |
|
964 |
0 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
5 |
4 |
|
969 |
4 |
| COAL |
2 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Band |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
10 |
|
|
|
| Black metal stone |
3 |
8 |
|
973 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
5 |
6 |
|
978 |
6 |
| Post girdles, with whin |
1 |
6 |
|
980 |
0 |
| Grey scamy post |
10 |
0 |
|
990 |
0 |
| Grey metal stone |
4 |
3 |
|
994 |
3 |
| Grey post |
1 |
6 |
|
995 |
9 |
| Soft grey metal |
2 |
9 |
|
998 |
6 |
| COAL, splinty |
3 |
6 |
|
1002 |
0 |
| Black metal |
1 |
3 |
|
1003 |
3 |
| Grey post, with metal partings |
5 |
0 |
|
1008 |
3 |
| Blue stone |
3 |
3 |
|
1011 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
1011 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
6 |
|
1014 |
4 |
| Grey post, with metal partings |
8 |
6 |
|
1022 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
9 |
|
1024 |
7 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
1025 |
7 |
| Grey post, with hard girdles |
8 |
4 |
|
1033 |
11 |
| Black metal |
6 |
9 |
|
1040 |
8 |
| Grey post |
3 |
8 |
|
1044 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
9 |
8 |
|
1054 |
0 |
| Black stone |
2 |
0 |
|
1056 |
0 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
6 |
4 |
|
1062 |
5 |
| COAL, good |
4 |
7½ |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
4½ |
|
|
|
| COAL, bottom |
1 |
4½ |
|
|
|
| Blue seggar-clay |
0 |
6 |
|
1062 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
16 |
3 |
|
1079 |
2 |
| Black stone |
0 |
8 |
|
1079 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
1080 |
3 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
4 |
0 |
|
1084 |
3 |
| Grey whinstone |
2 |
8 |
|
1086 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
12 |
0 |
|
1098 |
11 |
| Black metal, with ironstone girdles |
1 |
4 |
|
1100 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
1100 |
6 |
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
0 |
|
1102 |
6 |
| Black shale |
0 |
2 |
|
1102 |
8 |
| Light and dark grey post girdles |
7 |
2 |
|
1109 |
10 |
| White post, with whin |
7 |
5 |
|
1117 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
0 |
|
1120 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
1120 |
8 |
| Grey post panels, with dark post girdles |
5 |
0 |
|
1125 |
8 |
| Shivery post |
3 |
7 |
|
1129 |
3 |
| Blue metal, with ironstone girdles |
18 |
0 |
|
1147 |
3 |
| Strong grey metal, with post girdles |
9 |
3 |
|
1156 |
6 |
| White post |
24 |
0 |
|
1180 |
6 |
| Whin |
6 |
0 |
|
1186 |
6 |
| White post |
18 |
0 |
|
1204 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
5 |
1 |
|
1209 |
7 |
| Black stone |
0 |
1 |
|
1209 |
8 |
| COAL - Harvey Seam |
2 |
1 |
|
1211 |
9 |
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
0 |
|
1213 |
9 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
7 |
3 |
|
1221 |
1 |
| Black stone |
0 |
3 |
|
1221 |
4 |
| Seggar-clay |
4 |
3 |
|
1225 |
7 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
20 |
0 |
|
1245 |
7 |
| Black stone |
2 |
10 |
|
1248 |
5 |
| Blue metal |
10 |
4 |
|
1258 |
9 |
| COAL - Busty Seam |
3 |
6 |
|
1262 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
11 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
1½ |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
8½ |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
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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 1828 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"
original entry for sinking/boring number 2944 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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