Tanfield Lea Colliery
Engine Shaft
Sunk at Tanfield Lea Colliery, Engine Shaft. Begun March 3rd, 1830 ; finished November 25th, 1831
Shaft Details
Sunk: 03 Mar 1830, Closed: 25 Aug 1962
Approximate surface level 500 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Outset above surface |
13 |
8 |
|
13 |
8 |
| Brown clay |
4 |
0 |
|
17 |
8 |
| Sand and clay |
4 |
0 |
|
21 |
8 |
| Leafy clay |
6 |
0 |
|
27 |
8 |
| Sand and clay |
2 |
0 |
|
29 |
8 |
| Leafy clay |
6 |
6 |
|
36 |
2 |
| Sand and clay |
4 |
0 |
|
40 |
2 |
| Blue gravelly clay |
25 |
0 |
|
65 |
2 |
| Brown post |
6 |
6 |
|
71 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
5 |
6 |
|
77 |
2 |
| Grey post with metal partings |
8 |
0 |
|
85 |
2 |
| COAL - Shield Row Seam |
1 |
1 |
|
86 |
3 |
| Grey thill stone |
5 |
0 |
|
91 |
3 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
12 |
0 |
|
103 |
3 |
| Grey post, mixed with whin |
6 |
0 |
|
109 |
3 |
| Grey metal, mixed with post |
16 |
5 |
|
125 |
8 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
4 |
8 |
|
130 |
4 |
| Thill stone |
3 |
0 |
|
133 |
4 |
| Grey post, with water |
11 |
0 |
|
144 |
4 |
| Blue metal stone |
13 |
10 |
|
158 |
2 |
| Grey whin stoue, mixed with post |
4 |
0 |
|
162 |
2 |
| Blue metal stone with whin girdles |
22 |
9 |
|
184 |
11 |
| COAL - Brass Thill Seam |
4 |
9 |
|
189 |
8 |
| Thill stone, mixed with post |
3 |
0 |
|
192 |
8 |
| Dark blue metal stone, mixed with post |
3 |
0 |
|
195 |
8 |
| Grey post, mixed with whin girdles |
14 |
0 |
|
209 |
8 |
| Blue metal, with whin girdles |
16 |
0 |
|
225 |
8 |
| Dark blue stone |
1 |
4 |
|
227 |
0 |
| COAL - Maudlin Seam |
0 |
2 |
|
227 |
2 |
| COAL, foul |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| Black stone |
0 |
10 |
|
228 |
0 |
| Strong white post |
12 |
6 |
|
240 |
6 |
| Dark blue metal stone, with whin girdles |
12 |
8 |
|
253 |
2 |
| White post |
24 |
0 |
|
277 |
2 |
| Blue metal parting |
0 |
4 |
|
277 |
6 |
| White post |
12 |
0 |
|
289 |
6 |
| Shivery post |
2 |
6 |
|
292 |
0 |
| Brown post |
36 |
7 |
|
328 |
7 |
| Grey metal parting |
0 |
9 |
|
329 |
4 |
| White post |
15 |
0 |
|
344 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
0 |
|
346 |
4 |
| White post |
6 |
0 |
|
352 |
4 |
| Shivery brown post |
0 |
3 |
|
352 |
7 |
| Plum pudding stone |
1 |
0 |
|
353 |
7 |
| White post |
11 |
0 |
|
364 |
7 |
| Plum pudding stone |
0 |
8 |
|
365 |
3 |
| White post |
8 |
10 |
|
374 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
0 |
|
378 |
1 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
6 |
6 |
|
384 |
7 |
| Black stone |
0 |
2 |
|
384 |
9 |
| COAL - Little Coal Seam |
3 |
3 |
|
388 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
|
|
| Black stone |
0 |
1½ |
|
|
|
| COAL |
2 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Grey metal |
6 |
0 |
|
394 |
1 |
| Post girdle |
1 |
0 |
|
395 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
6 |
|
395 |
7 |
| Post girdle |
1 |
6 |
|
397 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
6 |
|
398 |
7 |
| Post girdle |
0 |
4 |
|
398 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
0 |
|
402 |
11 |
| Post girdle |
1 |
0 |
|
403 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
4 |
|
408 |
3 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
4 |
4 |
|
412 |
7 |
| COAL |
3 |
9 |
|
|
|
| Black stone |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| COAL, splint |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| White thill stone |
3 |
5 |
|
416 |
0 |
|
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 1943 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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