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Seaton Delaval Colliery
Foster Pit
Account of Strata sunk through at the Forster Pit, Seaton Delaval Colliery. May 11th, 1859 to 1860
Shaft Details
Sunk: 11 May 1859, Closed: 27 May 1960
Approximate surface level 75 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Soil |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
| Coarse brown clay |
8 |
0 |
|
9 |
0 |
| Fine brown clay |
9 |
0 |
|
18 |
0 |
| Coarse stony blue clay |
15 |
0 |
|
33 |
0 |
| Fine fire clay |
5 |
0 |
|
38 |
0 |
| Scamy post girdles |
0 |
11 |
|
38 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
4 |
|
40 |
3 |
| Post girdle |
1 |
3 |
|
41 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
6 |
|
42 |
0 |
| Post girdle |
0 |
7 |
|
42 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
0 |
|
44 |
7 |
| COAL |
1 |
1 |
|
45 |
8 |
| Thill |
4 |
0 |
|
49 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
8 |
|
52 |
4 |
| Post girdle |
2 |
6 |
|
54 |
10 |
| Strong grey metal |
1 |
4 |
|
56 |
2 |
| Post girdle |
2 |
3 |
|
58 |
5 |
| Blue metal |
8 |
7 |
|
67 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
67 |
6 |
| Seggar clay |
4 |
0 |
|
71 |
6 |
| Post girdle |
0 |
10 |
|
72 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
4 |
|
74 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
8 |
|
75 |
4 |
| Cashy post |
2 |
5 |
|
77 |
9 |
| Whin girdle |
1 |
0 |
|
78 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
9 |
|
82 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
82 |
11 |
| Strong thill |
3 |
5 |
|
86 |
4 |
| Seggar clay |
3 |
2 |
|
89 |
6 |
| Grey post |
12 |
5 |
|
101 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
17 |
6 |
|
119 |
5 |
| COAL |
3 |
3 |
|
122 |
8 |
| COAL |
1 |
6½ |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
6½ |
|
|
|
| Soft thill stone |
5 |
10 |
|
128 |
6 |
| Strong stone, with ironstone balls |
5 |
8 |
|
134 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
10 |
|
138 |
0 |
| Grey post |
2 |
0 |
|
140 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
10 |
|
140 |
10 |
| Post girdle |
0 |
11 |
|
141 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
2 |
|
141 |
11 |
| Post girdle |
0 |
6 |
|
142 |
5 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
10 |
|
143 |
3 |
| COAL |
1 |
1 |
|
144 |
4 |
| Post girdle |
0 |
2 |
|
144 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
2 |
|
144 |
8 |
| White post, whin 9 ft. three parts round pit |
17 |
0 |
|
161 |
8 |
| Strong white post |
9 |
0 |
|
170 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
8 |
|
171 |
4 |
| White post |
1 |
0 |
|
172 |
4 |
| Black stone, with post girdle |
4 |
5 |
|
176 |
9 |
| Grey metal, with post girdle |
16 |
0 |
|
192 |
9 |
| Mussel bed |
2 |
0 |
|
194 |
9 |
| Black stone |
6 |
0 |
|
200 |
9 |
| COAL |
1 |
2 |
|
201 |
11 |
| Dark post |
15 |
10 |
|
217 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
10 |
0 |
|
227 |
9 |
| COAL - High Main Seam |
4 |
2 |
|
231 |
11 |
| COAL, good |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Splint |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| COAL, good |
1 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL, good |
1 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Grey thill |
21 |
0 |
|
252 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
22 |
10 |
|
275 |
9 |
| Whin, 14 ft. on one side and 5 ft. on the other side of pit |
32 |
2 |
|
307 |
11 |
| Grey post, with metal partings |
32 |
2 |
|
340 |
1 |
| White post, walled 3ft. in |
4 |
0 |
|
344 |
1 |
| Black stone |
5 |
4 |
|
349 |
5 |
| Grey post, with blue and yellow balls |
20 |
6 |
|
369 |
11 |
| Grey post, strong and coarse |
11 |
8 |
|
381 |
7 |
| COAL |
5 |
8 |
|
387 |
3 |
| Grey thill |
2 |
2 |
|
389 |
5 |
| Post girdle, with metal partings |
12 |
10 |
|
402 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
402 |
7 |
| White post (crib bed) |
4 |
0 |
|
406 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
5 |
0 |
|
411 |
7 |
| White post |
10 |
0 |
|
421 |
7 |
| Blue metal, with post girdles |
7 |
0 |
|
428 |
7 |
| Black metal, very jointy |
11 |
6 |
|
440 |
1 |
| White post, mixed with whin |
10 |
6 |
|
450 |
7 |
| Blue metal and post girdles |
9 |
6 |
|
460 |
1 |
| White post, mixed with whin |
23 |
10 |
|
483 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
10 |
|
485 |
9 |
| COAL - Yard Seam |
3 |
4 |
|
489 |
1 |
| Seggar clay |
3 |
0 |
|
492 |
1 |
| Grey metal, the bottom mixed with post girdles |
18 |
0 |
|
510 |
1 |
| COAL |
1 |
2 |
|
511 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
31 |
7 |
|
542 |
10 |
| COAL - Bensham Seam |
2 |
11 |
|
545 |
9 |
| Slaty band |
0 |
11 |
|
546 |
8 |
| Black metal, mixed with post |
0 |
6 |
|
547 |
2 |
| Strong white post |
14 |
2 |
|
561 |
4 |
| COAL |
2 |
4 |
|
563 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
0 |
|
569 |
8 |
| Post girdles and metal partings |
13 |
0 |
|
582 |
8 |
| Blue metal, with iron girdles |
10 |
10 |
|
593 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
593 |
11 |
| Post girdles, with metal partings |
8 |
2 |
|
602 |
1 |
| COAL |
1 |
4 |
|
603 |
5 |
| Strong dark grey metal |
6 |
0 |
|
609 |
5 |
| Strong white post |
6 |
0 |
|
615 |
5 |
| Whin girdle |
1 |
6 |
|
616 |
11 |
| Strong white post |
7 |
6 |
|
624 |
5 |
| Whin girdle |
1 |
0 |
|
625 |
5 |
| Strong white post, with whin balls |
8 |
4 |
|
633 |
9 |
| Mussel bed |
0 |
1 |
|
633 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
|
634 |
0 |
| Grey metal, with post girdle |
22 |
2 |
|
656 |
2 |
| White post |
1 |
0 |
|
657 |
2 |
| Whin |
2 |
0 |
|
659 |
2 |
| White post |
3 |
0 |
|
662 |
2 |
| Dark grey metal |
1 |
0 |
|
663 |
2 |
| White post |
2 |
10 |
|
666 |
0 |
| Dark grey metal |
1 |
0 |
|
667 |
0 |
| Strong white post |
15 |
3 |
|
682 |
3 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
5 |
9 |
|
688 |
0 |
| COAL, grey |
0 |
4½ |
|
|
|
| COAL, good |
3 |
3.30 |
|
|
|
| Parting |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
| COAL, good |
1 |
7 |
|
|
|
| Parting |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
| COAL, good |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Sump:— |
0 |
0 |
|
688 |
0 |
| COAL, mixed with black stone |
3 |
0 |
|
691 |
0 |
| Dark grey metal |
4 |
10 |
|
695 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
696 |
2 |
| Strong grey metal, with post girdle |
7 |
5 |
|
703 |
7 |
| Whin girdle |
0 |
4 |
|
703 |
11 |
| Dark grey metal, with post girdle |
5 |
5 |
|
709 |
4 |
| Mussel bed |
0 |
4 |
|
709 |
8 |
| Dark grey metal |
13 |
10 |
|
723 |
6 |
| Mussel bed |
0 |
2 |
|
723 |
8 |
| Soft dark grey metal, with post girdles |
4 |
10 |
|
728 |
6 |
| Soft grey metal |
1 |
6 |
|
730 |
0 |
| COAL - Plessy Seam |
5 |
7 |
|
735 |
7 |
| COAL |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
2 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Thill |
1 |
6 |
|
737 |
1 |
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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 1709 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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