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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   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         
    COAL, good    1  4       
    COAL, splint    0  2       
    COAL, good (tender)    3  1       
Sump    21  6     499  6

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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