Sheriff Hill Colliery
Fanny Pit
Account of Strata sunk through in the Fanny Pit, Sheriff Hill Colliery, on Gateshead Fell
Shaft Details
Closed: bef. 1895
Approximate surface level 535 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Shiver and blue slate thill |
18 |
0 |
|
18 |
0 |
| White flag post |
12 |
0 |
|
30 |
0 |
| Grindstone sill |
66 |
0 |
|
96 |
0 |
| White post plate |
9 |
0 |
|
105 |
0 |
| Blue plate |
6 |
0 |
|
111 |
0 |
| Grey post plate |
9 |
0 |
|
120 |
0 |
| Blue plate |
6 |
0 |
|
126 |
0 |
| Whin plate |
9 |
0 |
|
135 |
0 |
| Blue sill |
6 |
0 |
|
141 |
0 |
| White post |
21 |
0 |
|
162 |
0 |
| COAL - Three-Quarter Seam |
2 |
3 |
|
164 |
3 |
| White post |
31 |
0 |
|
195 |
3 |
| Grey post |
6 |
0 |
|
201 |
3 |
| Dun post |
36 |
0 |
|
237 |
3 |
| Blue plate |
6 |
9 |
|
244 |
0 |
| White post |
66 |
0 |
|
310 |
0 |
| COAL - High Main Seam |
6 |
0 |
|
316 |
0 |
| Grey post |
36 |
0 |
|
352 |
0 |
| Metal plate |
6 |
0 |
|
358 |
0 |
| COAL - Metal Coal Seam |
1 |
2 |
|
359 |
2 |
| White post |
25 |
10 |
|
385 |
0 |
| COAL - Stone Coal Seam |
3 |
0 |
|
388 |
0 |
| Black stone |
11 |
0 |
|
399 |
0 |
| COAL, bandy |
0 |
6 |
|
399 |
6 |
| White post |
27 |
6 |
|
427 |
0 |
| Blue plate |
15 |
0 |
|
442 |
0 |
| Black plate |
1 |
6 |
|
443 |
6 |
| COAL - Little Coal Seam |
0 |
6 |
|
444 |
0 |
| Grey sill |
12 |
0 |
|
456 |
0 |
| COAL - Yard Seam |
3 |
0 |
|
459 |
0 |
| White post |
69 |
0 |
|
528 |
0 |
| COAL - Bensham Seam |
3 |
3 |
|
531 |
3 |
| Blue plate |
3 |
9 |
|
535 |
0 |
| Blue plate |
8 |
3 |
|
543 |
3 |
| COAL, bandy |
0 |
9 |
|
544 |
0 |
| White post |
32 |
0 |
|
576 |
0 |
| Blue plate |
3 |
0 |
|
579 |
0 |
| COAL - Six-Quarter Seam |
6 |
3 |
|
585 |
3 |
| Grey whin post |
11 |
7 |
|
596 |
10 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
3 |
2 |
|
600 |
0 |
| Grey post |
11 |
3 |
|
611 |
3 |
| COAL, bandy |
0 |
9 |
|
612 |
0 |
| White post |
30 |
0 |
|
642 |
0 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
6 |
6 |
|
648 |
6 |
| Darkish white sill |
1 |
0 |
|
649 |
6 |
| White post |
23 |
6 |
|
673 |
0 |
| COAL - Two-Quarter Seam |
1 |
6 |
|
674 |
6 |
| White post sill |
126 |
6 |
|
801 |
0 |
| COAL - Harvey's Low Main Seam |
3 |
0 |
|
804 |
0 |
|
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 1745 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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