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Seaton Delaval Colliery

B Pit

Account of the Strata sunk through in the A and B Pits, Seaton Delaval Colliery, from the surface to the High Main Seam

Shaft Details

Sunk: 1838, Closed: 27 May 1960

Approximate surface level 118 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)

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Geology encountered   Thickness   Depth
  ft. in.   ft. in.
Outset    25  8     25  8
Mild brown clay    19  7     45  3
Sand, with water    3  6     48  9
Strong brown clay    39  0     87  9
Grey metal    15  6     103  3
Brown post, mixed with white post    5  1     108  4
Grey metal with scamy post girdles    9  8     118  0
Grey metal with scamy post girdles    2  1     120  1
Strong grey post    0  9     120  10
Grey metal, with post girdles    7  3     128  1
COAL    2  4     130  5
Thill    2  0     132  5
Grey metal    2  8     135  1
Grey post, with partings    3  0     138  1
Strong white post    27  0     165  1
Strong white post, mixed with coal pipes    4  0     169  1
Grey metal, with post girdles    13  0     182  1
COAL    0  7     182  8
Grey metal    2  6     185  2
White post, with partings    6  0     191  2
Grey metal    11  0     202  2
Black metal    6  6     208  8
COAL    1  0     209  8
Grey metal, with post girdles    12  6     222  2
Strong metal, with post girdles and whin girdles    30  0     252  2
COAL - High Main Seam    3  3     255  5

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 1691 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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