Skears (Lead Ore)

Vein D

Account of Strata sunk through at Westmost, Skears Mine, in Vein D, 1837

Shaft Details

Sunk: 1837

Approximate surface level 1360 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)

Geology encountered	Thickness		Depth
	ft.	in.	ft.	in.
Clay and plate	53	0	53	0
Low Slate Sill	5	0	58	0
Plate	60	0	118	0
Fire-stone	62	0	180	0
Plate	36	0	216	0
Little Limestone	7	0	223	0
White hazel	15	0	238	0
High Coal Sill	31	0	269	0
Low Coal Sill	26	6	295	6
Plate	9	0	304	6
Great Limestone	66	0	370	6
Tuft	6	0	376	6
Three Post Limestone	3	0	379	6
Quarry Hazle	12	0	391	6
Plate	12	0	403	6
NOTE: This shaft is 1,120 feet from Fire-stone Level mouth.	0	0	403	6

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 2844 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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