Ridsdale Colliery
Engine Pit
Account of Strata sunk through in the Engine Pit, Ridsdale Colliery
Shaft Details
Closed: 29 Aug 1931
Approximate surface level 970 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. |
| Moss |
2 |
0 |
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2 |
0 |
| Gravel |
3 |
6 |
|
5 |
6 |
| White sandstone |
2 |
0 |
|
7 |
6 |
| Shattered freestone |
1 |
6 |
|
9 |
0 |
| Freestone |
8 |
3 |
|
17 |
3 |
| Grey beds |
3 |
0 |
|
20 |
3 |
| Fire-clay |
3 |
0 |
|
23 |
3 |
| Plate |
5 |
0 |
|
28 |
3 |
| Ironstone band |
0 |
2 |
|
28 |
5 |
| Plate |
5 |
0 |
|
33 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
34 |
1 |
| Freestone |
9 |
7 |
|
43 |
8 |
| Grey beds |
0 |
7 |
|
44 |
3 |
| Freestone |
1 |
8 |
|
45 |
11 |
| Grey beds |
3 |
2 |
|
49 |
1 |
| Plate |
3 |
6 |
|
52 |
7 |
| Ironstone band |
0 |
4 |
|
52 |
11 |
| Plate |
0 |
3 |
|
53 |
2 |
| Limestone |
0 |
6 |
|
53 |
8 |
| Fire-clay |
2 |
4 |
|
56 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
56 |
3 |
| Fire-clay |
3 |
3 |
|
59 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
59 |
8 |
| Plate, with iron nodules |
9 |
2 |
|
68 |
10 |
| Fire-clay |
3 |
11 |
|
72 |
9 |
| White freestone |
3 |
1 |
|
75 |
10 |
| Grey beds |
1 |
0 |
|
76 |
10 |
| White freestone |
15 |
6 |
|
92 |
4 |
| Grey beds |
6 |
0 |
|
98 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
|
98 |
5 |
| Freestone |
3 |
1 |
|
101 |
6 |
| Grey beds |
2 |
6 |
|
104 |
0 |
| Freestone |
4 |
6 |
|
108 |
6 |
| Grey beds |
1 |
0 |
|
109 |
6 |
| Freestone |
3 |
6 |
|
113 |
0 |
| Grey beds |
3 |
0 |
|
116 |
0 |
| COAL - Thirty Inches Seam |
3 |
11 |
|
119 |
11 |
| COAL |
2 |
3 |
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| Freestone |
1 |
0 |
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| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
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| Fire-clay |
3 |
0 |
|
122 |
11 |
| Freestone |
3 |
4 |
|
126 |
3 |
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Source: An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910
original entry for sinking/boring number 2592 in "An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910"
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