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Springwell Colliery
A Pit
Section of Strata sunk through in the New Winning, A and B Pits, at Springwell. Begun May 8th, 1821 ; finished February 24th, 1824
Shaft Details
Sunk: 08 May 1821, Closed: Jun 1932
Approximate surface level 455 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. |
| Soil |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
| Clay |
9 |
7 |
|
10 |
7 |
| Strong brown post |
66 |
8 |
|
77 |
3 |
| Brown and white post |
50 |
0 |
|
127 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
10 |
6 |
|
137 |
9 |
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
|
139 |
3 |
| Thill |
4 |
0 |
|
143 |
3 |
| Scamy gullety post |
19 |
8 |
|
162 |
11 |
| Strong grey metal |
6 |
0 |
|
168 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
10 |
5 |
|
179 |
4 |
| Black metal |
1 |
4 |
|
180 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
181 |
2 |
| Thill |
1 |
3 |
|
182 |
5 |
| Thill |
2 |
4 |
|
184 |
9 |
| Strong grey metal and post girdles |
4 |
6 |
|
189 |
3 |
| Blue metal stone |
5 |
8 |
|
194 |
11 |
| Black metal, with post girdles |
4 |
1 |
|
199 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
199 |
10 |
| Thill |
3 |
1 |
|
202 |
11 |
| Strong grey metal |
4 |
4 |
|
207 |
3 |
| Post, mixed with grey metal and whin |
2 |
9 |
|
210 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
8 |
0 |
|
218 |
0 |
| Black calm |
3 |
6 |
|
221 |
6 |
| Post girdle |
1 |
4 |
|
222 |
10 |
| Black metal and ironstone girdles |
1 |
7 |
|
224 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
224 |
10 |
| Black slate |
3 |
0 |
|
227 |
10 |
| Thill |
2 |
1 |
|
229 |
11 |
| Grey metal and post girdles |
3 |
8 |
|
233 |
7 |
| COAL |
2 |
9 |
|
236 |
4 |
| COAL |
1 |
8 |
|
|
|
| COAL, coarse, and slate |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
| Thill |
1 |
5 |
|
237 |
9 |
| White thill |
2 |
6 |
|
240 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
33 |
10 |
|
274 |
1 |
| COAL and band |
0 |
8 |
|
274 |
9 |
| Thill |
1 |
3 |
|
276 |
0 |
| Grey metal and thin girdles |
2 |
4 |
|
278 |
4 |
| Scamy post |
1 |
4 |
|
279 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
7 |
4 |
|
287 |
0 |
| Black metal |
0 |
3 |
|
287 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
287 |
9 |
| Thill |
2 |
2 |
|
289 |
11 |
| Thin post and girdles |
3 |
4 |
|
293 |
3 |
| Scamy post and whin |
3 |
1 |
|
296 |
4 |
| White post |
5 |
0 |
|
301 |
4 |
| Black metal |
15 |
2 |
|
316 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
316 |
11 |
| Thill |
1 |
10 |
|
318 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
7 |
6 |
|
326 |
3 |
| Post, called Main Post |
50 |
8 |
|
376 |
11 |
| Whin |
5 |
4 |
|
382 |
3 |
| Post |
6 |
0 |
|
388 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
7 |
|
391 |
10 |
| Black metal |
0 |
9 |
|
392 |
7 |
| COAL - High Main Seam |
15 |
2 |
|
407 |
9 |
| COAL, top |
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
| Black slate |
0 |
11 |
|
|
|
| Thill |
1 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Post girdles and blue metal |
7 |
4 |
|
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| Brown metal |
1 |
5 |
|
|
|
| COAL, bottom |
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
| Black slate |
3 |
11 |
|
411 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
1 |
|
415 |
9 |
| Black metal |
1 |
5 |
|
417 |
2 |
| Strong blue metal |
7 |
8 |
|
424 |
10 |
| Post girdles |
12 |
4 |
|
437 |
2 |
| Black stone and coarse coal |
0 |
4 |
|
437 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
9 |
11 |
|
447 |
5 |
| Black metal |
0 |
3 |
|
447 |
8 |
| COAL - Metal Coal Seam |
3 |
8 |
|
451 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
6 |
|
|
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| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
5 |
|
|
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| COAL |
2 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Thill |
1 |
9 |
|
453 |
1 |
| Strong blue metal and ironstone girdles |
1 |
11 |
|
455 |
0 |
| Strong blue metal and ironstone girdles |
8 |
3 |
|
463 |
3 |
| Post girdle |
2 |
10 |
|
466 |
1 |
| Blue metal and ironstone girdles |
2 |
8 |
|
468 |
9 |
| Black metal |
1 |
6 |
|
470 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
471 |
1 |
| Thill |
3 |
3 |
|
474 |
4 |
| Grey metal and post girdles |
7 |
2 |
|
481 |
6 |
| Post, mixed with whin |
8 |
8 |
|
490 |
2 |
| Strong grey metal |
2 |
9 |
|
492 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
493 |
9 |
| Thill |
1 |
4 |
|
495 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
5 |
5 |
|
500 |
6 |
| Black stone |
0 |
4 |
|
500 |
10 |
| Thill |
0 |
9 |
|
501 |
7 |
| Post girdles, mixed with blue metal |
4 |
11 |
|
506 |
6 |
| Whin |
5 |
0 |
|
511 |
6 |
| Scamy post |
4 |
1 |
|
515 |
7 |
| Scamy post girdles, mixed with blue metal |
8 |
6 |
|
524 |
1 |
| Blue stone, with ironstone girdles |
8 |
6 |
|
532 |
7 |
| Black metal |
0 |
6 |
|
533 |
1 |
| COAL - Yard Coal Seam |
31 |
2 |
|
564 |
3 |
| COAL |
1 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Thill |
2 |
8 |
|
|
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| Scamy post |
3 |
6 |
|
|
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| Grey metal and post girdles |
16 |
4 |
|
|
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| Blue metal |
2 |
6 |
|
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| COAL, coarse, or band |
0 |
7 |
|
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| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
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| Band |
0 |
4 |
|
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| COAL, bottom |
2 |
7 |
|
|
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| Thill |
5 |
1 |
|
569 |
4 |
| Black metal |
2 |
7 |
|
571 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
4 |
|
573 |
3 |
| Post |
10 |
7 |
|
583 |
10 |
| Black metal |
13 |
3 |
|
597 |
1 |
| Post, mixed with blue metal |
2 |
3 |
|
599 |
4 |
| Post |
4 |
0 |
|
603 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
5 |
|
605 |
9 |
| Whin |
0 |
10 |
|
606 |
7 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
15 |
5 |
|
622 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
4 |
|
623 |
4 |
| Black metal |
0 |
6 |
|
623 |
10 |
| COAL - Bensham or Maudlin Seam |
5 |
1 |
|
628 |
11 |
| COAL, top |
2 |
5 |
|
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|
| Band and splint |
0 |
7 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
5 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL, bottom |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Thill |
2 |
1 |
|
631 |
0 |
| Scamy post girdles |
7 |
5 |
|
638 |
5 |
| Blue metal |
5 |
10 |
|
644 |
3 |
| COAL |
1 |
2 |
|
645 |
5 |
| Thill |
3 |
2 |
|
648 |
7 |
| Scamy post girdles |
9 |
0 |
|
657 |
7 |
| Black metal |
1 |
7 |
|
659 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
659 |
11 |
| Scamy post girdles |
5 |
6 |
|
665 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
10 |
8 |
|
676 |
1 |
| COAL - Six-Quarter Seam |
1 |
11 |
|
678 |
0 |
| Thill |
2 |
1 |
|
680 |
1 |
| Scamy post girdles |
6 |
1 |
|
686 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
7 |
8 |
|
693 |
10 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter or Low Main Seam |
3 |
0 |
|
696 |
10 |
| COAL |
1 |
7 |
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| Splint |
0 |
4 |
|
|
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| COAL |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
| Thill |
2 |
9 |
|
699 |
7 |
| Grey metal and girdles |
16 |
5 |
|
716 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
716 |
4 |
| Black metal |
0 |
7 |
|
716 |
11 |
| Scamy post girdles, mixed with whin |
9 |
4 |
|
726 |
3 |
| Whin, mixed with post |
3 |
1 |
|
729 |
4 |
| Grey metal and post girdles |
7 |
4 |
|
736 |
8 |
| Post, mixed with whin |
3 |
6 |
|
740 |
2 |
| Grey metal and girdles |
8 |
3 |
|
748 |
5 |
| Blue metal stone |
1 |
11 |
|
750 |
4 |
| Black metal stone |
0 |
4 |
|
750 |
8 |
| COAL - Hutton or Low Main Seam |
4 |
11 |
|
755 |
7 |
| COAL, fine |
4 |
0 |
|
|
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| COAL, coarse |
0 |
11 |
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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 1851 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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