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Shildon Lodge Colliery
Furnace Shaft
Account of Strata sunk through in the Furnace Shaft, Shildon Lodge Colliery. November, 1864
Shaft Details
Sunk: Nov 1864, Closed: 1937
Approximate surface level 445 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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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 |
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1 |
0 |
| Blue stony coarse clay |
4 |
0 |
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5 |
0 |
| Loose rubble post |
0 |
7 |
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5 |
7 |
| COAL |
2 |
5 |
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8 |
0 |
| COAL (north side of pit 10 inches, south 6 inches) |
0 |
10 |
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| Soft grey metal, with post girdles |
1 |
1 |
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| COAL |
0 |
6 |
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| Seggar clay |
43 |
10 |
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51 |
10 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
0 |
5 |
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52 |
3 |
| COAL |
2 |
0 |
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54 |
3 |
| Seggar clay |
9 |
0 |
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63 |
3 |
| Grey post |
3 |
0 |
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66 |
3 |
| Blue metal, with coal pipes |
6 |
1 |
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72 |
4 |
| Seggar clay |
3 |
0 |
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75 |
4 |
| COAL, foul, mixed with stone |
1 |
6 |
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76 |
10 |
| Seggar clay |
16 |
8 |
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93 |
6 |
| Blue metal, with ironstone girdles |
1 |
4 |
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94 |
10 |
| COAL |
7 |
0 |
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101 |
10 |
| COAL, top |
1 |
2 |
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| Seggar clay band |
3 |
10 |
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| COAL, bottom |
2 |
0 |
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| Fire clay thill |
24 |
5 |
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126 |
3 |
| White post (20 gallons of water per minute) |
2 |
8 |
|
128 |
11 |
| Whin |
8 |
0 |
|
136 |
11 |
| White post |
9 |
0 |
|
145 |
11 |
| Post girdles, with metal partings |
7 |
7 |
|
153 |
6 |
| Grey post |
2 |
0 |
|
155 |
6 |
| Whin |
5 |
4 |
|
160 |
10 |
| Grey post |
1 |
0 |
|
161 |
10 |
| COAL |
5 |
0 |
|
166 |
10 |
| Seggar clay, with ironstone balls |
14 |
4 |
|
181 |
2 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
19 |
4 |
|
200 |
6 |
| Black stone, mixed with coal |
0 |
9 |
|
201 |
3 |
| Dark grey metal |
2 |
7 |
|
203 |
10 |
| White post |
3 |
0 |
|
206 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
2 |
|
209 |
0 |
| COAL (a 5-inch band of fire clay 6 inches from the top) |
2 |
3 |
|
211 |
3 |
| Seggar clay |
2 |
0 |
|
213 |
3 |
| Grey metal, with ironstone balls |
22 |
0 |
|
235 |
3 |
| COAL (270 gallons of water per hour) |
2 |
6 |
|
237 |
9 |
| Seggar clay |
3 |
0 |
|
240 |
9 |
| Strong stony grey metal, with post girdles |
13 |
6 |
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254 |
3 |
| COAL - Busty Bank Seam (680 gallons of water per hour) |
3 |
0 |
|
257 |
3 |
| Seggar clay |
1 |
10 |
|
259 |
1 |
| Grey post |
9 |
3 |
|
268 |
4 |
| Grey whin |
3 |
9 |
|
272 |
1 |
| Grey post |
15 |
0 |
|
287 |
1 |
| Strong white rough post |
15 |
8 |
|
302 |
9 |
| Grey metal stone |
1 |
3 |
|
304 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
304 |
6 |
| Seggar clay |
2 |
2 |
|
306 |
8 |
| Dark grey metal |
2 |
6 |
|
309 |
2 |
| Grey post. with metal partings (water 800 gallons per hour) |
9 |
9 |
|
318 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
6 |
|
322 |
5 |
| COAL, splint |
0 |
1 |
|
322 |
6 |
| Grey metal, with ironstone bands |
5 |
8 |
|
328 |
2 |
| Post girdles, with metal partings (water 840 gallons per hour) |
7 |
4 |
|
335 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
336 |
3 |
| Seggar clay |
3 |
0 |
|
339 |
3 |
| Grey post |
3 |
6 |
|
342 |
9 |
| Grey metal, with ironstone balls |
8 |
0 |
|
350 |
9 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
351 |
9 |
| Seggar clay |
2 |
0 |
|
353 |
9 |
| Post girdles, with metal partings |
18 |
0 |
|
371 |
9 |
| Grey whin |
1 |
6 |
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373 |
3 |
| Post girdles, with metal partings |
12 |
1 |
|
385 |
4 |
| COAL - Brockwell Seam |
5 |
4 |
|
390 |
8 |
| Seggar clay |
2 |
9 |
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393 |
5 |
| Post girdles, with metal partings |
9 |
3 |
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402 |
8 |
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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 1796 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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