St. Anthony's Colliery
Farewell Pit
Account of a Boring in the Farewell Pit, at St. Anthony's Colliery, August 11th, 1769
Shaft Details
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Sunk to the scaffold, about |
75 |
0 |
|
75 |
0 |
| Sunk further:— |
0 |
0 |
|
75 |
0 |
| Box |
4 |
0 |
|
79 |
0 |
| Grey girdly stone |
12 |
0 |
|
91 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
91 |
9 |
| Grey metal and girdles |
24 |
0 |
|
115 |
9 |
| Thready post |
1 |
6 |
|
117 |
3 |
| Blue grey metal stone |
10 |
3 |
|
127 |
6 |
| Bored:— |
0 |
0 |
|
127 |
6 |
| Blue grey metal stone |
1 |
9 |
|
129 |
3 |
| Grey post, with open partings, set away the water |
42 |
0 |
|
171 |
3 |
| Grey metal girdles |
12 |
0 |
|
183 |
3 |
| Grey post |
8 |
0 |
|
191 |
3 |
| Grey post |
17 |
0 |
|
208 |
3 |
| COAL - 70-Fathom Coal |
7 |
9 |
|
216 |
0 |
| COAL |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
| Grey metal |
6 |
0 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Grey metal stone and girdles |
45 |
6 |
|
261 |
6 |
| Black stone, mixed with whin |
1 |
0 |
|
262 |
6 |
| Grey metal and metal stone, with girdles and water |
32 |
0 |
|
294 |
6 |
| Strong white post |
6 |
0 |
|
300 |
6 |
| Black grey metal |
2 |
6 |
|
303 |
0 |
| Grey metal and metal stone, with post girdle |
23 |
6 |
|
326 |
6 |
| COAL, foul |
1 |
8 |
|
328 |
2 |
| Grey and blue metal and hard girdles |
21 |
0 |
|
349 |
2 |
| Black metal |
15 |
0 |
|
364 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
0 |
|
367 |
2 |
| Grey girdly stone |
7 |
0 |
|
374 |
2 |
| Strong white post, with a mixture of whin in several places |
58 |
10 |
|
433 |
0 |
| Blue grey metal and girdles |
9 |
0 |
|
442 |
0 |
| COAL - High Main Seam |
6 |
0 |
|
448 |
0 |
| COAL and dust |
6 |
0 |
|
|
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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 1639 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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