Stanley Colliery
Josephine Pit
Strata passed through in sinking the Josephine Pit, Stanley Colliery, a quarter of a mile West of Wooley Farm House. August, 1857
Shaft Details
Sunk: Aug 1857, Closed: Nov 1911
Approximate surface level 735 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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fathoms, feet & inches, or metres
 
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Yellow clay |
5 |
0 |
|
5 |
0 |
| Blue clay |
19 |
0 |
|
24 |
0 |
| Dark brown metal |
12 |
0 |
|
36 |
0 |
| Post girdle |
2 |
0 |
|
38 |
0 |
| Black metal |
1 |
0 |
|
39 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
39 |
3 |
| Blue metal, with post girdles |
20 |
0 |
|
59 |
3 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
60 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Thill |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
|
|
| Blue metal |
3 |
0 |
|
63 |
3 |
| Post girdles and metal |
4 |
4 |
|
67 |
7 |
| COAL - Yard Seam |
4 |
4 |
|
71 |
11 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
10 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
9 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Dark metal |
5 |
1 |
|
77 |
0 |
| COAL (300 gallons of water per hour) |
0 |
6 |
|
77 |
6 |
| Thill stone |
3 |
0 |
|
80 |
6 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
18 |
3 |
|
98 |
9 |
| COAL - Ballarat Seam |
1 |
10 |
|
100 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
8 |
3 |
|
108 |
10 |
| White and grey post (crib laid for walling) |
14 |
4 |
|
123 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
6 |
|
126 |
8 |
| COAL - Busty Seam |
4 |
0 |
|
130 |
8 |
| Dark grey metal |
4 |
0 |
|
134 |
8 |
| White post |
8 |
4 |
|
143 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
7 |
7 |
|
150 |
7 |
| COAL |
1 |
4 |
|
151 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
11 |
3 |
|
163 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
163 |
6 |
| Grey thill |
4 |
0 |
|
167 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
10 |
|
172 |
4 |
| Whin girdle |
1 |
2 |
|
173 |
6 |
| White post |
1 |
7 |
|
175 |
1 |
| Grey post |
18 |
3 |
|
193 |
4 |
| White post (1,500 gallons of water per hour) |
16 |
3 |
|
209 |
7 |
| Dark grey post |
6 |
2 |
|
215 |
9 |
| Black metal |
0 |
8 |
|
216 |
5 |
| COAL - Brockwell Seam |
3 |
6 |
|
219 |
11 |
| COAL |
3 |
1 |
|
|
|
| Splint |
0 |
5 |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
1 |
|
222 |
0 |
| Post |
1 |
4 |
|
223 |
4 |
| Blue metal, mixed with seggar-clay and iron |
3 |
8 |
|
227 |
0 |
| Post |
9 |
6 |
|
236 |
6 |
| Soft blue metal |
0 |
6 |
|
237 |
0 |
| Post |
2 |
0 |
|
239 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
0 |
|
240 |
0 |
| Post |
6 |
0 |
|
246 |
0 |
| Hard grey post |
2 |
9 |
|
248 |
9 |
| Soft blue metal |
0 |
3 |
|
249 |
0 |
| Post |
4 |
0 |
|
253 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
0 |
|
254 |
0 |
| Post |
12 |
0 |
|
266 |
0 |
| Soft blue metal, mixed with iron |
1 |
9 |
|
267 |
9 |
| Post |
0 |
9 |
|
268 |
6 |
| Dark seggar-clay |
0 |
6 |
|
269 |
0 |
| Post |
1 |
0 |
|
270 |
0 |
| Seggar-clay |
3 |
6 |
|
273 |
6 |
| COAL - Victoria Seam |
1 |
7 |
|
275 |
1 |
| Post |
13 |
0 |
|
288 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
8 |
0 |
|
296 |
1 |
| Dark gravel |
3 |
0 |
|
299 |
1 |
| Post |
7 |
0 |
|
306 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
10 |
|
306 |
11 |
| Post |
10 |
7 |
|
317 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
0 |
|
319 |
6 |
| COAL - Marshall Green Seam |
4 |
4 |
|
323 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
4 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Post |
5 |
0 |
|
328 |
10 |
|
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 1859 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"
original entry for sinking/boring number 2966 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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