Shildon Colliery
West Pit
Strata sunk through in the West Pit, Shildon Colliery, in East Thickley Royalty. 1869 and 1870
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1869, Closed: 15 Mar 1924
Approximate surface level 400 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 |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
| Yellow clay and sand |
1 |
0 |
|
2 |
0 |
| Blue clay and stones |
13 |
0 |
|
15 |
0 |
| Quicksand and gravel (750 gallons of water per hour) |
23 |
4 |
|
38 |
4 |
| Blue clay |
1 |
0 |
|
39 |
4 |
| Freestone marl |
6 |
5 |
|
45 |
9 |
| Freestone |
7 |
0 |
|
52 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
4 |
|
55 |
1 |
| Freestone |
15 |
4 |
|
70 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
10 |
|
71 |
3 |
| Grey post |
2 |
6 |
|
73 |
9 |
| COAL |
1 |
1 |
|
74 |
10 |
| Black band |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
11 |
|
|
|
| Black band |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| Seggar |
3 |
6 |
|
78 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
6 |
|
80 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
4 |
|
84 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
4 |
|
86 |
6 |
| Black stone |
0 |
4 |
|
86 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
18 |
0 |
|
104 |
10 |
| Grey whin girdle |
1 |
0 |
|
105 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
6 |
|
107 |
4 |
| White post |
8 |
6 |
|
115 |
10 |
| COAL |
2 |
0 |
|
117 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
|
|
| Seggar band |
0 |
3½ |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
| Black stone |
0 |
3 |
|
118 |
1 |
| Seggar |
2 |
0 |
|
120 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
15 |
3 |
|
135 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
7 |
0 |
|
142 |
4 |
| COAL - Top part of Busty Seam |
2 |
10 |
|
145 |
2 |
| COAL |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
| Splint stone |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
7 |
|
|
|
| Seggar |
2 |
4 |
|
147 |
6 |
| Grey metal, with ironstone nodules |
6 |
8 |
|
154 |
2 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
2 |
10 |
|
157 |
0 |
| COAL - Lower part of Busty Seam |
2 |
8 |
|
159 |
8 |
| COAL, with water |
2 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Seggar |
2 |
4 |
|
162 |
0 |
| White post |
13 |
9 |
|
175 |
9 |
| Grey post (4,000 gallons of water per hour) |
14 |
0 |
|
189 |
9 |
| Whin |
6 |
0 |
|
195 |
9 |
| Rough post |
3 |
0 |
|
198 |
9 |
| Whin |
1 |
6 |
|
200 |
3 |
| Strong rough post |
9 |
0 |
|
209 |
3 |
| Dark grey metal |
5 |
6 |
|
214 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
215 |
5 |
| Seggar |
2 |
0 |
|
217 |
5 |
| Grey leafy post |
9 |
0 |
|
226 |
5 |
| Dark grey metal |
15 |
9 |
|
242 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
242 |
11 |
| Seggar |
2 |
6 |
|
245 |
5 |
| Grey post girdles |
2 |
6 |
|
247 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
7 |
0 |
|
254 |
11 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
255 |
11 |
| Seggar |
0 |
8 |
|
256 |
7 |
| Post girdles, with metal partings |
15 |
6 |
|
272 |
1 |
| Whin |
3 |
6 |
|
275 |
7 |
| Post girdles, with metal partings |
17 |
9 |
|
293 |
4 |
| COAL - Brockwell Seam |
5 |
5 |
|
298 |
9 |
| COAL, top |
0 |
11½ |
|
|
|
| Splint |
0 |
5 |
|
|
|
| COAL, very strong |
1 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Stone band |
0 |
2½ |
|
|
|
| COAL, bottom, inferior, mixed with black band |
2 |
2 |
|
|
|
| Seggar |
2 |
9 |
|
301 |
6 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
6 |
0 |
|
307 |
6 |
| White post |
4 |
0 |
|
311 |
6 |
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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 1966 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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