Tanfield Lea Colliery
Old Engine Pit
Account of Strata sunk through in the Old Engine Pit, Tanfield Lea Colliery, 1831
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1831, Closed: 25 Aug 1962
Approximate surface level 520 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Yellow clay |
42 |
0 |
|
42 |
0 |
| Blue clay, with tumbling stones |
22 |
10 |
|
64 |
10 |
| Yellow freestone |
12 |
0 |
|
76 |
10 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
6 |
6 |
|
83 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
18 |
10 |
|
102 |
2 |
| COAL - Brass Thill Seam |
4 |
10 |
|
107 |
0 |
| Blue metal, with post girdles |
42 |
3 |
|
149 |
3 |
| White post |
12 |
0 |
|
161 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
13 |
6 |
|
174 |
9 |
| Strong white post |
14 |
4 |
|
189 |
1 |
| White post, with metal partings |
8 |
2 |
|
197 |
3 |
| Very strong white post |
6 |
6 |
|
203 |
9 |
| White post, with partings |
7 |
0 |
|
210 |
9 |
| Strong white post |
8 |
0 |
|
218 |
9 |
| White post, with partings |
7 |
0 |
|
225 |
9 |
| White post, with scares of coal |
15 |
0 |
|
240 |
9 |
| Blue metal, with water |
1 |
6 |
|
242 |
3 |
| Very strong grey post |
5 |
6 |
|
247 |
9 |
| Grey post, with coal partings, and water |
9 |
6 |
|
257 |
3 |
| Grey post, with metal partings: 1,000 gallons of water per hour |
5 |
10 |
|
263 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
8 |
|
263 |
9 |
| Grey post |
10 |
8 |
|
274 |
5 |
| Grey post, with coal partings |
5 |
6 |
|
279 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
1 |
|
284 |
0 |
| Grey post |
1 |
0 |
|
285 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
0 |
|
288 |
0 |
| Grey post |
1 |
7 |
|
289 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
1 |
|
291 |
8 |
| Grey post |
1 |
9 |
|
293 |
5 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
0 |
|
297 |
5 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
9 |
8 |
|
307 |
1 |
| COAL |
7 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
2 |
2 |
|
|
|
| Thill stone |
2 |
3 |
|
309 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
0 |
|
312 |
4 |
| White post |
1 |
10 |
|
314 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
9 |
|
315 |
11 |
| Grey post |
0 |
8 |
|
316 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
0 |
|
317 |
7 |
| White post |
4 |
0 |
|
321 |
7 |
| Blue metal, with post girdles |
7 |
6 |
|
329 |
1 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
3 |
8 |
|
332 |
9 |
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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 2995 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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