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Sheriff Hill Colliery
Isabella Pit
Account of Strata sunk through in the Isabella Pit, Sheriff Hill Colliery
Shaft Details
Closed: bef. 1895
Approximate surface level 510 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Soil and clay |
27 |
0 |
|
27 |
0 |
| Grindstone post |
60 |
0 |
|
87 |
0 |
| Blue metal stone |
12 |
0 |
|
99 |
0 |
| Grey metal stone |
9 |
0 |
|
108 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
108 |
8 |
| Thill |
2 |
4 |
|
111 |
0 |
| White Post |
26 |
4 |
|
137 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
138 |
0 |
| Thill |
5 |
0 |
|
143 |
0 |
| Strong white post |
4 |
0 |
|
147 |
0 |
| Blue metal stone |
1 |
0 |
|
148 |
0 |
| Grey post |
5 |
2 |
|
153 |
2 |
| White post |
1 |
4 |
|
154 |
6 |
| Blue metal stone |
2 |
8 |
|
157 |
2 |
| White post |
4 |
3 |
|
161 |
5 |
| Blue metal stone |
6 |
0 |
|
167 |
5 |
| COAL |
1 |
8 |
|
169 |
1 |
| Thill |
0 |
4 |
|
169 |
5 |
| White post |
1 |
0 |
|
170 |
5 |
| Blue metal stone |
5 |
8 |
|
176 |
1 |
| COAL |
1 |
2 |
|
177 |
3 |
| Thill |
4 |
0 |
|
181 |
3 |
| Scamy post girdles and blue metal stone |
61 |
6 |
|
242 |
9 |
| COAL |
1 |
10 |
|
244 |
7 |
| Thill |
1 |
1 |
|
245 |
8 |
| Post, mixed with whin |
15 |
0 |
|
260 |
8 |
| Blue metal stone, mixed with post |
66 |
7 |
|
327 |
3 |
| White post |
27 |
0 |
|
354 |
3 |
| COAL |
2 |
0 |
|
356 |
3 |
| Grey metal stone |
6 |
2 |
|
362 |
5 |
| Black stone |
3 |
9 |
|
366 |
2 |
| Grey metal girdles |
3 |
3 |
|
369 |
5 |
| Grey metal stone |
0 |
8 |
|
370 |
1 |
| White post girdles |
0 |
7 |
|
370 |
8 |
| Grey post |
16 |
6 |
|
387 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
0 |
|
389 |
2 |
| Grey post |
4 |
3 |
|
393 |
5 |
| COAL - High Main Seam |
5 |
11 |
|
399 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
0½ |
|
|
|
| COAL, top |
2 |
9 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
7 |
|
|
|
| COAL, coarse |
0 |
5 |
|
|
|
| COAL, fine |
0 |
7 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
0½ |
|
|
|
| COAL, bottom |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
| Thill |
5 |
0 |
|
404 |
4 |
| Blue metal stone |
10 |
0 |
|
414 |
4 |
| Grey metal stone |
4 |
0 |
|
418 |
4 |
| Grey post |
10 |
0 |
|
428 |
4 |
| Grey metal stone |
3 |
0 |
|
431 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
431 |
9 |
| Thill |
8 |
0 |
|
439 |
9 |
| Grey post |
11 |
0 |
|
450 |
9 |
| Grey metal stone |
1 |
0 |
|
451 |
9 |
| Grey post |
10 |
7 |
|
462 |
4 |
| COAL |
1 |
7 |
|
463 |
11 |
| Thill |
4 |
0 |
|
467 |
11 |
| Blue stone, mixed with thin girdles |
3 |
0 |
|
470 |
11 |
| COAL |
1 |
3 |
|
472 |
2 |
| Thill |
1 |
0 |
|
473 |
2 |
| Strong white post and parting |
8 |
0 |
|
481 |
2 |
| Strong grey metal |
13 |
0 |
|
494 |
2 |
| Mixture of whin and post |
2 |
0 |
|
496 |
2 |
| Strong grey metal |
11 |
0 |
|
507 |
2 |
| Whin |
2 |
10 |
|
510 |
0 |
| Whin |
1 |
8 |
|
511 |
8 |
| Blue metal and ironstone girdles |
22 |
4 |
|
534 |
0 |
| COAL - Yard Seam or High Main Coal of Wear |
7 |
0 |
|
541 |
0 |
| COAL, top |
2 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
11 |
|
|
|
| COAL, grey |
0 |
10 |
|
|
|
| COAL, good |
0 |
11 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL, bottom |
2 |
3¼ |
|
|
|
| Thill and grey metal |
4 |
0 |
|
545 |
0 |
| White post |
3 |
0 |
|
548 |
0 |
| Grey metal, with whin girdles |
11 |
0 |
|
559 |
0 |
| Black stone |
2 |
6 |
|
561 |
6 |
| Grey metal, with whin girdles |
27 |
6 |
|
589 |
0 |
| Whin |
1 |
0 |
|
590 |
0 |
| Grey metal stone, with hard girdles |
14 |
3 |
|
604 |
3 |
| COAL - Bensham Seam |
6 |
4 |
|
610 |
7 |
| COAL, top |
1 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
0½ |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
11½ |
|
|
|
| COAL, scary |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Band |
1 |
7½ |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
5 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
0½ |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Thill |
2 |
0 |
|
612 |
7 |
| Grey metal girdles |
8 |
0 |
|
620 |
7 |
| White post |
8 |
4 |
|
628 |
11 |
| Whin and post mixture |
4 |
0 |
|
632 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
0 |
|
635 |
11 |
| Blue stone |
4 |
2 |
|
640 |
1 |
| COAL - Six-Quarter Seam |
4 |
4 |
|
644 |
5 |
| Thill |
1 |
10 |
|
646 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
6 |
|
648 |
9 |
| White post |
5 |
6 |
|
654 |
3 |
| Whin |
1 |
0 |
|
655 |
3 |
| Grey post |
6 |
0 |
|
661 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
0 |
|
667 |
3 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
3 |
2 |
|
670 |
5 |
| Thill |
1 |
6 |
|
671 |
11 |
| Blue stone |
3 |
0 |
|
674 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
6 |
|
676 |
5 |
| Grey post |
4 |
0 |
|
680 |
5 |
| White post |
3 |
0 |
|
683 |
5 |
| Grey post |
5 |
0 |
|
688 |
5 |
| White post |
4 |
0 |
|
692 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
693 |
2 |
| Thill |
2 |
5 |
|
695 |
7 |
| White post |
11 |
10 |
|
707 |
5 |
| Whin and post mixture |
8 |
0 |
|
715 |
5 |
| White post |
4 |
0 |
|
719 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
0 |
|
723 |
5 |
| Grey post girdle |
1 |
5 |
|
724 |
10 |
| Grey metal stone |
1 |
5 |
|
726 |
3 |
| Grey post girdle |
3 |
3 |
|
729 |
6 |
| Blue metal stone |
2 |
2 |
|
731 |
8 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
5 |
2 |
|
736 |
10 |
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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 1743 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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