Slitt Mine (Lead Ore)
Engine Shaft
Account of Strata sunk through in the Engine Shaft, Slitt Mine, Weardale
Shaft Details
Approximate surface level 1200 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Nattrass Gill Hazle |
37 |
6 |
|
37 |
6 |
| Plate |
34 |
9 |
|
72 |
3 |
| Three Yards Limestone |
9 |
0 |
|
81 |
3 |
| Six Fathoms Hazle |
32 |
9 |
|
114 |
0 |
| Plate |
20 |
4 |
|
134 |
4 |
| Five Yards Limestone |
13 |
2 |
|
147 |
6 |
| Plate |
13 |
2 |
|
160 |
8 |
| Slaty hazle |
23 |
2 |
|
183 |
10 |
| Plate |
32 |
2 |
|
216 |
0 |
| Scar Limestone |
29 |
5 |
|
245 |
5 |
| Hazle |
1 |
6 |
|
246 |
11 |
| Plate |
3 |
5 |
|
250 |
4 |
| Hazle |
2 |
0 |
|
252 |
4 |
| Plate |
4 |
9 |
|
257 |
1 |
| Sill and grey beds |
4 |
7 |
|
261 |
8 |
| Hazle |
4 |
4 |
|
266 |
0 |
| Cockle-shell Limestone |
1 |
4 |
|
267 |
4 |
| Plate |
12 |
7 |
|
279 |
11 |
| Stone bed |
1 |
0 |
|
280 |
11 |
| Plate |
2 |
3 |
|
283 |
2 |
| Hazle |
8 |
6 |
|
291 |
8 |
| Plate |
4 |
0 |
|
295 |
8 |
| Hazle |
8 |
8 |
|
304 |
4 |
| Plate |
4 |
9 |
|
309 |
1 |
| Limestone |
6 |
1 |
|
315 |
2 |
| Till bed |
2 |
2 |
|
317 |
4 |
| Plate |
2 |
9 |
|
320 |
1 |
| Limestone |
1 |
10 |
|
321 |
11 |
| Till, or whetstone bed |
6 |
1 |
|
328 |
0 |
| Plate |
1 |
8 |
|
329 |
8 |
| Hazle |
7 |
0 |
|
336 |
8 |
| Plate |
9 |
4 |
|
346 |
0 |
| Hazle |
1 |
10 |
|
347 |
10 |
| Plate and stone bed |
10 |
3 |
|
358 |
1 |
| Hazle |
8 |
0 |
|
366 |
1 |
| Hazle and grey beds |
5 |
2 |
|
371 |
3 |
| Plate |
10 |
9 |
|
382 |
0 |
| Tyne Bottom Limestone |
34 |
0 |
|
416 |
0 |
| Pencil, or whetstone bed |
2 |
0 |
|
418 |
0 |
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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 2965 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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