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St. Anthony's Colliery
Farewell Pit (boring)
Bored in the Farewell Pit, St. Anthony's Colliery, 1787
Shaft Details
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
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ft. |
in. |
| Sunk to the thill of the Main Coal |
456 |
0 |
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456 |
0 |
| Below do. the scaffold |
123 |
0 |
|
579 |
0 |
| Box |
18 |
0 |
|
597 |
0 |
| White post |
4 |
0 |
|
601 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
601 |
6 |
| Strong grey metal stone, with post girdles |
12 |
6 |
|
614 |
0 |
| Strong white past |
7 |
0 |
|
621 |
0 |
| Whin |
1 |
0 |
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622 |
0 |
| Blue metal stone |
8 |
7 |
|
630 |
7 |
| Grey metal stone, with post girdles |
16 |
5 |
|
647 |
0 |
| Blue metal stone, with whin girdles |
10 |
3 |
|
657 |
3 |
| COAL - Bensham Seam |
3 |
8 |
|
660 |
11 |
| COAL |
2 |
9 |
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| Band or brass lumps |
0 |
2 |
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| COAL |
0 |
9 |
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| Blue grey metal |
1 |
6 |
|
662 |
5 |
| White post |
12 |
7 |
|
675 |
0 |
| White post, mixed with whin |
12 |
0 |
|
687 |
0 |
| White post |
8 |
0 |
|
695 |
0 |
| Dark blue metal |
1 |
3 |
|
696 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
696 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
5 |
|
697 |
2 |
| Grey metal stone and girdles |
14 |
0 |
|
711 |
2 |
| White post, mixed with whin |
18 |
7 |
|
729 |
9 |
| Whin |
1 |
0 |
|
730 |
9 |
| White post mixed with whin |
6 |
6 |
|
737 |
3 |
| Dark grey metal stone |
3 |
6 |
|
740 |
9 |
| COAL - 6/4 Seam |
3 |
3 |
|
744 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
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| Grey metal |
0 |
6 |
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| COAL |
2 |
0 |
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| Grey metal |
0 |
8 |
|
744 |
8 |
| Grey metal stone and whin girdles |
10 |
2 |
|
754 |
10 |
| Grey metal and girdles |
9 |
0 |
|
763 |
10 |
| COAL - 5/4 Seam |
3 |
2 |
|
767 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
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| Grey metal |
0 |
3 |
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| COAL |
2 |
8 |
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| Blue and grey metal |
4 |
0 |
|
771 |
0 |
| COAL, foul |
0 |
8 |
|
771 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
1 |
|
771 |
9 |
| White post |
3 |
0 |
|
774 |
9 |
| Blue and grey metal stone, with girdles |
12 |
0 |
|
786 |
9 |
| White post, mixed with whin |
4 |
6 |
|
791 |
3 |
| Grey metal stone |
2 |
6 |
|
793 |
9 |
| White and grey post |
4 |
6 |
|
798 |
3 |
| Grey metal and girdles |
6 |
9 |
|
805 |
0 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
6 |
6 |
|
811 |
6 |
| COAL, with sulphur or water |
6 |
0 |
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| COAL, with scares of brass |
0 |
6 |
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| In blue grey metal |
1 |
2 |
|
812 |
8 |
| This section (1,640) is in places similar to 1,642. |
0 |
0 |
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812 |
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 1640 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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