Scremerston Colliery
Jack Tar Pit
Section of Strata sunk through to the Main Coal Seam, in the Jack Tar Pit, Scremerston Colliery
Shaft Details
Closed: Sep 1944
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Soil |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
| Clay |
3 |
0 |
|
4 |
0 |
| Soft brown freestone |
3 |
10 |
|
7 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
10 |
8 |
|
18 |
6 |
| Limestone - Woodend |
7 |
0 |
|
25 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
14 |
0 |
|
39 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
40 |
0 |
| White metal |
8 |
0 |
|
48 |
0 |
| White freestone |
4 |
0 |
|
52 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
6 |
|
53 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
54 |
0 |
| White freestone bands |
7 |
0 |
|
61 |
0 |
| Tills |
4 |
6 |
|
65 |
6 |
| Freestone bands |
2 |
0 |
|
67 |
6 |
| COAL - Biteabout Seam |
1 |
8 |
|
69 |
2 |
| White freestone |
7 |
4 |
|
76 |
6 |
| Blue metal, mixed with freestone bands |
5 |
1 |
|
81 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
81 |
9 |
| Soft grey freestone |
3 |
3 |
|
85 |
0 |
| Freestone bands |
20 |
4 |
|
105 |
4 |
| Hard tills |
21 |
0 |
|
126 |
4 |
| Limestone - Dunn |
7 |
0 |
|
133 |
4 |
| COAL (found generally below Dunn stone throughout the district) |
1 |
2 |
|
134 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
4 |
|
138 |
10 |
| Hard freestone |
8 |
2 |
|
147 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
0 |
|
150 |
0 |
| Freestone, mixed with tills |
35 |
0 |
|
185 |
0 |
| Soft white freestone (quarry in it on sea-coast) |
83 |
6 |
|
268 |
6 |
| COAL - Robie's Coal |
1 |
5 |
|
269 |
11 |
| Black metal, mixed with freestone bands |
18 |
0 |
|
287 |
11 |
| Light blue metal |
12 |
9 |
|
300 |
8 |
| Hard blue metal |
15 |
10 |
|
316 |
6 |
| Hard white freestone beds (Richardson SteadĘs quarry in these) |
18 |
0 |
|
334 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
6 |
0 |
|
340 |
6 |
| Bastard blue metal |
7 |
2 |
|
347 |
8 |
| COAL - Top of Caldside Seam |
0 |
8 |
|
348 |
4 |
| Dark brown metal |
1 |
4 |
|
349 |
8 |
| Hard freestone |
0 |
11 |
|
350 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
9 |
|
352 |
4 |
| Hard white freestone |
3 |
0 |
|
355 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
6 |
|
356 |
10 |
| Hard white freestone band |
0 |
8 |
|
357 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
5 |
6 |
|
363 |
0 |
| COAL Bottom of Caldside Seam |
0 |
3 |
|
363 |
3 |
| Soft light blue metal |
10 |
2 |
|
373 |
5 |
| Hard freestone band |
0 |
5 |
|
373 |
10 |
| Soft light blue metal |
0 |
7 |
|
374 |
5 |
| Hard brown stone |
2 |
2 |
|
376 |
7 |
| Hard blue metal |
2 |
3 |
|
378 |
10 |
| Soft blue metal |
2 |
1 |
|
380 |
11 |
| Hard flinty girdles |
1 |
9 |
|
382 |
8 |
| Soft light blue metal |
3 |
1 |
|
385 |
9 |
| Dark blue metal |
9 |
1 |
|
394 |
10 |
| Soft blue metal |
1 |
9 |
|
396 |
7 |
| Red freestone |
14 |
7 |
|
411 |
2 |
| Soft blue metal |
0 |
11 |
|
412 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
412 |
3 |
| Dark grey whin |
0 |
3 |
|
412 |
6 |
| Soft blue metal |
13 |
8 |
|
426 |
2 |
| Soft light blue metal |
14 |
1 |
|
440 |
4 |
| Limestone |
1 |
2 |
|
441 |
6 |
| COAL, splinty |
0 |
4 |
|
441 |
10 |
| Soft light blue metal |
4 |
11 |
|
446 |
9 |
| Hard white freestone |
3 |
8 |
|
450 |
5 |
| Soft blue metal |
3 |
2 |
|
453 |
7 |
| Black metal and scares of coal |
1 |
8 |
|
455 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
2 |
|
456 |
5 |
| Dark grey freestone |
8 |
1 |
|
464 |
6 |
| Hard dark blue metal |
20 |
8 |
|
485 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
|
485 |
3 |
| Black metal |
0 |
2 |
|
485 |
5 |
| Hard grey freestone |
7 |
8 |
|
493 |
1 |
| Dark blue metal |
8 |
9 |
|
501 |
10 |
| COAL, coarse |
0 |
6 |
|
502 |
4 |
| Dark blue metal, with half-inch ironstone band |
2 |
0 |
|
504 |
5 |
| COAL |
3 |
8 |
|
508 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Black dant |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
11½ |
|
|
|
| Brown metal |
0 |
8½ |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
| Soft dark blue metal |
1 |
2 |
|
509 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
509 |
5 |
| Soft dark blue metal |
0 |
7 |
|
510 |
0 |
| Hard white freestone |
6 |
5 |
|
516 |
5 |
| Soft dark blue metal |
1 |
3 |
|
517 |
8 |
| Hard grey freestone |
3 |
6 |
|
521 |
2 |
| Dark blue metal |
4 |
10 |
|
526 |
0 |
| COAL, splinty |
0 |
3 |
|
526 |
3 |
| Hard tills and metal |
7 |
4 |
|
533 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
533 |
9 |
| Hard dark blue metal |
2 |
4 |
|
536 |
1 |
| COAL |
1 |
3 |
|
537 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Dark blue metal |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
|
|
| Hard tills |
5 |
4 |
|
542 |
8 |
| Limestone |
0 |
6 |
|
543 |
2 |
| Soft blue metal |
2 |
2 |
|
545 |
4 |
| Hard freestone |
0 |
5 |
|
545 |
9 |
| Soft blue metal |
0 |
9 |
|
546 |
6 |
| Hard white freestone |
10 |
3 |
|
556 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
2 |
|
557 |
11 |
| Hard white freestone |
3 |
3 |
|
561 |
2 |
| Dark blue metal |
5 |
2 |
|
566 |
4 |
| COAL |
1 |
5 |
|
567 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Blue metal |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
|
|
| Soft dark metal |
0 |
9 |
|
568 |
6 |
| Hard white freestone |
3 |
6 |
|
572 |
0 |
| Dark blue metal |
1 |
5 |
|
573 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
574 |
0 |
| Soft - light blue metal |
1 |
7 |
|
575 |
7 |
| Hard grey freestone |
3 |
3 |
|
578 |
10 |
| Dark blue metal |
1 |
2 |
|
580 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
580 |
4 |
| Dark blue metal |
8 |
5 |
|
588 |
9 |
| Red freestone |
11 |
5 |
|
600 |
2 |
| White freestone |
0 |
7 |
|
600 |
9 |
| Soft dark blue metal |
3 |
1 |
|
603 |
10 |
| COAL |
2 |
4 |
|
606 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
|
|
| Soft dark blue metal |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
5½ |
|
|
|
| Dark blue metal |
4 |
8 |
|
610 |
11 |
| Dark red freestone |
24 |
4 |
|
635 |
3 |
| Light grey whin |
1 |
0 |
|
636 |
3 |
| Dark brown limestone |
0 |
8 |
|
636 |
11 |
| Tills and metal |
3 |
11 |
|
640 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
641 |
0 |
| Blue metal and dun post |
2 |
10 |
|
643 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
644 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Soft blue metal |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Hard dun metal |
3 |
8 |
|
648 |
2 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
649 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Black metal |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Soft blue metal |
7 |
0 |
|
656 |
2 |
| Hard freestone girdle |
0 |
4 |
|
656 |
6 |
| COAL - Scremerston Main Coal |
6 |
1 |
|
662 |
7 |
| COAL, coarse |
0 |
7 |
|
|
|
| Limestone |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL, top |
2 |
10 |
|
|
|
| Grey stone band |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| COAL, ground |
1 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Blue metal thill |
4 |
2 |
|
666 |
9 |
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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 1670 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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