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St. Helen's Colliery
Catherine Pit
An Account of Strata passed through in sinking the Catherine Pit, St. Helen's Colliery. Commenced March 26th, 1835
Shaft Details
Sunk: 26 Mar 1835, Closed: 31 Dec 1926
Approximate surface level 390 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. |
| Brown soil |
0 |
11 |
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0 |
11 |
| Sandy gravel |
0 |
6 |
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1 |
5 |
| Brown clay |
6 |
8 |
|
8 |
1 |
| Blue metal, with pieces of ironstone |
4 |
7 |
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12 |
8 |
| Broken brown post |
3 |
2 |
|
15 |
10 |
| Dark grey metal |
5 |
5 |
|
21 |
3 |
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
|
22 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
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| Soft grey metal |
0 |
7 |
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| COAL |
0 |
5 |
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| Grey metal, with post girdles |
7 |
3 |
|
30 |
0 |
| Strong grey post |
1 |
4 |
|
31 |
4 |
| Grey metal, with balls of ironstone |
15 |
2 |
|
46 |
6 |
| Dark grey metal, with beds of ironstone 4 or 5 inches thick |
13 |
9 |
|
60 |
3 |
| Strong black stone (plates) |
6 |
6 |
|
66 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
67 |
2 |
| Strong grey thill |
1 |
2 |
|
68 |
4 |
| Strong grey metal, mixed with post |
4 |
8 |
|
73 |
0 |
| Jointy grey metal |
5 |
6 |
|
78 |
6 |
| Black stone, with coal parting at bottom |
1 |
8 |
|
80 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
6 |
3 |
|
86 |
5 |
| Strong white post |
3 |
5 |
|
89 |
10 |
| Strong grey post |
3 |
9 |
|
93 |
7 |
| Grey metal stone |
4 |
9 |
|
98 |
4 |
| Black stone |
1 |
11 |
|
100 |
3 |
| Grey metal stone |
0 |
10 |
|
101 |
1 |
| COAL - Yard Coal or Harvey Seam |
4 |
3 |
|
105 |
4 |
| COAL, good |
3 |
0 |
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| COAL, bottom |
1 |
3 |
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| Grey thill |
1 |
0 |
|
106 |
4 |
| White post |
10 |
2 |
|
116 |
6 |
| Grey metal parting |
0 |
3 |
|
116 |
9 |
| White post, with shivery partings |
25 |
7 |
|
142 |
4 |
| Shivery post, with coal pipes |
4 |
6 |
|
146 |
10 |
| COAL |
2 |
7 |
|
149 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
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| Stone band |
0 |
10 |
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| COAL |
1 |
3 |
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| Grey thill |
5 |
6 |
|
154 |
11 |
| Shivery parting |
0 |
1 |
|
155 |
0 |
| Grey thill |
3 |
2 |
|
158 |
2 |
| Dark grey metal |
6 |
11 |
|
165 |
1 |
| Black stone |
0 |
7 |
|
165 |
8 |
| Strong grey metal |
1 |
0 |
|
166 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
167 |
2 |
| Strong grey thill |
2 |
6 |
|
169 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
170 |
3 |
| Strong grey thill |
4 |
6 |
|
174 |
9 |
| Strong grey metal, with ironstone balls |
7 |
2 |
|
181 |
11 |
| Strong blue metal |
18 |
10 |
|
200 |
9 |
| Blue stone |
3 |
8 |
|
204 |
5 |
| Strong grey metal, with ironstone girdles |
4 |
8 |
|
209 |
1 |
| Strong grey metal, with post and whin girdles |
20 |
0 |
|
229 |
1 |
| Strong white post |
13 |
2 |
|
242 |
3 |
| COAL |
2 |
0 |
|
244 |
3 |
| Thill |
2 |
0 |
|
246 |
3 |
| Grey metal, mixed with post |
1 |
9 |
|
248 |
0 |
| White post |
5 |
9 |
|
253 |
9 |
| Post girdles, with metal partings |
9 |
9 |
|
263 |
6 |
| Strong white post |
8 |
1 |
|
271 |
7 |
| Blue metal parting |
0 |
0 |
|
271 |
7 |
| Grey post |
0 |
9 |
|
272 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
272 |
9 |
| Thill |
2 |
4 |
|
275 |
1 |
| White post |
10 |
6 |
|
285 |
7 |
| Blue metal parting |
0 |
0 |
|
285 |
7 |
| Grey post |
1 |
6 |
|
287 |
1 |
| Strong grey metal, with post girdles |
12 |
6 |
|
299 |
7 |
| Black stone |
0 |
3 |
|
299 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
300 |
1 |
| Strong grey thill |
6 |
8 |
|
306 |
9 |
| Black stone |
0 |
5 |
|
307 |
2 |
| Strong grey metal, with post girdles |
15 |
8 |
|
322 |
10 |
| White post |
5 |
6 |
|
328 |
4 |
| Whin, with water |
1 |
0 |
|
329 |
4 |
| Grey post girdles, with metal partings |
2 |
5 |
|
331 |
9 |
| Grey metal, with post and ironstone girdles |
20 |
4 |
|
352 |
1 |
| COAL - Main Coal or Brockwell Seam |
6 |
0 |
|
358 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
11 |
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| Band |
0 |
1 |
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| COAL |
5 |
0 |
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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 1653 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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