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St. Helen's Colliery
Engine Pit
Account of Strata passed through in the Engine Pit, at St. Helen's Auckland Colliery. Begun March 24th, 1830
Shaft Details
Sunk: 24 Mar 1830, Closed: 31 Dec 1926
Approximate surface level 337 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Outset |
20 |
8 |
|
20 |
8 |
| Brown gravelly soil |
5 |
0 |
|
25 |
8 |
| Sandy gravel |
5 |
6 |
|
31 |
2 |
| Loamy clay |
5 |
0 |
|
36 |
2 |
| Sand |
1 |
6 |
|
37 |
8 |
| Blue strong clay |
3 |
8 |
|
41 |
4 |
| Sand |
3 |
0 |
|
44 |
4 |
| Brown strong clay |
14 |
0 |
|
58 |
4 |
| Blue metal stone |
8 |
0 |
|
66 |
4 |
| COAL |
1 |
10 |
|
68 |
2 |
| Thill |
5 |
2 |
|
73 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
6 |
|
77 |
10 |
| Post girdle |
0 |
11 |
|
78 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
0 |
|
80 |
9 |
| White post |
9 |
2 |
|
89 |
11 |
| Soft metal parting |
0 |
6 |
|
90 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
5 |
10 |
|
96 |
3 |
| Grey metal, with balls of ironstone, 1 inch and 2 inches thick |
3 |
6 |
|
99 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
100 |
3 |
| Thill |
1 |
8 |
|
101 |
11 |
| Strong grey metal stone |
25 |
6 |
|
127 |
5 |
| Jointy grey post girdles, with water |
1 |
2 |
|
128 |
7 |
| Soft grey jointy metal |
0 |
9 |
|
129 |
4 |
| Grey post girdle, jointy and wet |
1 |
6 |
|
130 |
10 |
| Soft grey jointy metal |
0 |
6 |
|
131 |
4 |
| Grey post girdles, jointy, and much water |
1 |
6 |
|
132 |
10 |
| Strong grey metal stone |
1 |
10 |
|
134 |
8 |
| Soft black stone |
1 |
6 |
|
136 |
2 |
| COAL, with water |
0 |
6 |
|
136 |
8 |
| Soft grey metal |
2 |
6 |
|
139 |
2 |
| Dun post, mixed with whin |
0 |
6 |
|
139 |
8 |
| Dark grey metal |
3 |
9 |
|
143 |
5 |
| Strong post girdle aud water |
0 |
4 |
|
143 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
3 |
|
145 |
0 |
| Post girdle |
0 |
4 |
|
145 |
4 |
| Strong grey metal |
0 |
5 |
|
145 |
9 |
| Post girdles, with partings |
0 |
11 |
|
146 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
4 |
|
149 |
0 |
| COAL |
1 |
3 |
|
150 |
3 |
| COAL, strong coarse |
0 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Black swad or band |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| COAL, strong coarse |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Strong grey metal |
2 |
10 |
|
153 |
1 |
| Strong white post and water |
0 |
10 |
|
153 |
11 |
| Strong grey metal |
3 |
0 |
|
156 |
11 |
| Post girdles, with water |
4 |
6 |
|
161 |
5 |
| Strong white post |
2 |
6 |
|
163 |
11 |
| Whin |
0 |
10 |
|
164 |
9 |
| Strong white post |
1 |
8 |
|
166 |
5 |
| Dark grey metal |
0 |
6 |
|
166 |
11 |
| White post |
1 |
4 |
|
168 |
3 |
| Strong black metal stone, with thin ironstone girdles |
10 |
7 |
|
178 |
10 |
| Soft jointy grey metal, with large balls of ironstone |
9 |
6 |
|
188 |
4 |
| Dark metal stone, with balls of ironstone 3 inches thick |
6 |
11 |
|
195 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
195 |
5 |
| Strong grey thill |
4 |
0 |
|
199 |
5 |
| Soft grey metal, with balls of ironstone |
11 |
0 |
|
210 |
5 |
| Grey post |
0 |
6 |
|
210 |
11 |
| Dun whin |
0 |
10 |
|
211 |
9 |
| Grey post and balls of ironstone |
7 |
0 |
|
218 |
9 |
| Grey post |
3 |
5 |
|
222 |
2 |
| Black metal |
1 |
4 |
|
223 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
3 |
|
224 |
9 |
| Black stone |
0 |
4 |
|
225 |
1 |
| COAL - Yard Coal or Harvey Seam |
3 |
9 |
|
228 |
10 |
| COAL, top |
0 |
0 |
|
228 |
10 |
| Black danty parting |
0 |
0 |
|
228 |
10 |
| COAL, good |
0 |
0 |
|
228 |
10 |
| Black danty swad |
0 |
0 |
|
228 |
10 |
| COAL, bottom, tender |
0 |
0 |
|
228 |
10 |
| Strong grey thill |
1 |
0 |
|
229 |
10 |
| Strong white post |
5 |
4 |
|
235 |
2 |
| Strong white post and metal partings |
12 |
10 |
|
248 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
5 |
|
248 |
5 |
| Strong white post and metal partings |
6 |
10 |
|
255 |
3 |
| Grey post and water |
1 |
3 |
|
256 |
6 |
| Strong white post and metal partings |
2 |
6 |
|
259 |
0 |
| Strong post, with whin |
6 |
3 |
|
265 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
0 |
|
266 |
3 |
| Grey shivery post |
9 |
1 |
|
275 |
4 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
2 |
5 |
|
277 |
9 |
| COAL, good |
0 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Dark stone band |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL, splinty |
0 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Dark stone band |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL, coarse |
0 |
11 |
|
|
|
| Dark grey thill |
3 |
10 |
|
281 |
7 |
| Dark grey metal stone, with balls of ironstone |
8 |
10 |
|
290 |
5 |
| Cockle and mussek shell bed |
0 |
6 |
|
290 |
11 |
| Black stone, mixed with coal and water |
0 |
7 |
|
291 |
6 |
| Strong grey metal, with a post girdle at bottom |
2 |
0 |
|
293 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
294 |
0 |
| Grey metal stone |
1 |
5 |
|
295 |
5 |
| COAL, coarse |
0 |
5 |
|
295 |
10 |
| Grey thill |
3 |
8 |
|
299 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
3 |
|
305 |
9 |
| Dark blue metal, with balls of ironstone |
18 |
3 |
|
324 |
0 |
| Black stone, with halls of ironstone |
4 |
4 |
|
328 |
4 |
| Strong grey metal and ironstone |
14 |
4 |
|
342 |
8 |
| White post and black scares of coal |
14 |
0 |
|
356 |
8 |
| Blue metal stone |
0 |
8 |
|
357 |
4 |
| White post and metal partings |
24 |
2 |
|
381 |
6 |
| COAL and stone |
0 |
3 |
|
381 |
9 |
| White post and metal partings, with much water |
24 |
0 |
|
405 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
406 |
3 |
| Soft dark metal |
3 |
6 |
|
409 |
9 |
| White post, metal partings and water |
12 |
11 |
|
422 |
8 |
| Grey metal stone and post girdles |
12 |
5 |
|
435 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
435 |
8 |
| Soft grey metal |
1 |
7 |
|
437 |
3 |
| Strong grey metal and post girdles |
8 |
11 |
|
446 |
2 |
| Thin post girdle and metal partings |
5 |
10 |
|
452 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
3 |
|
453 |
3 |
| Strong white post |
3 |
6 |
|
456 |
9 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles and metal partings |
15 |
8 |
|
472 |
5 |
| COAL - Main Coal or Brockwell Seam |
5 |
7 |
|
478 |
0 |
| COAL, top (jointy) |
0 |
11 |
|
|
|
| Soft grey metal band |
0 |
1½ |
|
|
|
| COAL, good |
1 |
4 |
|
|
|
| COAL, splint |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL, good (tender) |
3 |
1 |
|
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| Sump |
21 |
6 |
|
499 |
6 |
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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 1650 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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