Shafts	Index	Shafts

Geology encountered   Thickness   Depth   ft. in.   ft. in. Fire-stone, part of    60  0     60  0 PattinsonЖs Sill    10  0     70  0 Plate    20  0     90  0 Little Limestone    10  0     100  0 White hazle    2  0     102  0 Plate    8  0     110  0 High Coal Sill    10  0     120  0 Plate    20  0     140  0 Low Coal Sill and plate    20  0     160  0 Great Limestone    70  0     230  0 Tuft    30  0     260  0 Plate, with posts of hazle    10  0     270  0 Quarry Hazle    30  0     300  0 Plate    30  0     330  0 Four Fathoms Limestone    20  0     350  0 Nattrass Gill Hazle    10  0     360  0 Plate    30  0     390  0

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 2846 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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