Templetown Colliery
Sinking Account at Chapter Main
Shaft Details
Approximate surface level 30 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
Switch to measurements in:
fathoms, feet & inches, or metres
 
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|
|
|
| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Soil and clay |
30 |
0 |
|
30 |
0 |
| Soil and clay |
23 |
6 |
|
53 |
6 |
| Broken brown post |
9 |
0 |
|
62 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
6 |
|
67 |
0 |
| COAL |
3 |
0 |
|
70 |
0 |
| COAL |
1 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Soft metal |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Grey metal |
13 |
0 |
|
83 |
0 |
| White post girdles |
16 |
0 |
|
99 |
0 |
| Brown jointy post |
7 |
0 |
|
106 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
18 |
0 |
|
124 |
0 |
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
|
125 |
6 |
| Thill |
3 |
0 |
|
128 |
6 |
| Post girdles and cast partings |
10 |
0 |
|
138 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
0 |
|
141 |
6 |
| Post girdles and metal |
9 |
0 |
|
150 |
6 |
| White post |
87 |
0 |
|
237 |
6 |
| Grey metal stone |
19 |
0 |
|
256 |
6 |
| White post |
5 |
0 |
|
261 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
0 |
|
267 |
6 |
| Post, mixed with metal |
3 |
0 |
|
270 |
6 |
| Post, with water |
15 |
0 |
|
285 |
6 |
| Black stone |
21 |
0 |
|
306 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
306 |
10 |
| Thill and grey metal |
16 |
0 |
|
322 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
323 |
2 |
| White post |
64 |
0 |
|
387 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
0 |
|
391 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
391 |
5 |
| Thill |
8 |
0 |
|
399 |
5 |
| Post and whin |
9 |
0 |
|
408 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
9 |
3 |
|
417 |
8 |
| COAL |
1 |
10 |
|
419 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
45 |
8 |
|
465 |
2 |
| Stony clay |
1 |
2 |
|
466 |
4 |
| Thill |
2 |
6 |
|
468 |
10 |
| Post |
44 |
0 |
|
512 |
10 |
| COAL |
1 |
5 |
|
514 |
3 |
| Black stone |
17 |
6 |
|
531 |
9 |
| COAL |
1 |
10 |
|
533 |
7 |
| Black Thill |
3 |
0 |
|
536 |
7 |
| White post |
32 |
0 |
|
568 |
7 |
| COAL |
1 |
3 |
|
569 |
10 |
| Grey metal and post girdles |
4 |
6 |
|
574 |
4 |
| Post and whin |
7 |
6 |
|
581 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
12 |
0 |
|
593 |
10 |
| COAL, slaty |
0 |
5 |
|
594 |
3 |
| Thill |
1 |
6 |
|
595 |
9 |
| Sink in white post and metal partings |
15 |
0 |
|
610 |
9 |
| Bored — |
0 |
0 |
|
610 |
9 |
| Same post as before |
56 |
7 |
|
667 |
4 |
| Blue grey metal |
3 |
2 |
|
670 |
6 |
| Strong post girdles |
1 |
6 |
|
672 |
0 |
| Grey metal and girdles |
20 |
0 |
|
692 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
21 |
4 |
|
713 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
713 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
6 |
|
715 |
2 |
| Grey metal stone |
3 |
7 |
|
718 |
9 |
| White post |
21 |
0 |
|
739 |
9 |
| COAL - High Main Coal Seam |
2 |
4 |
|
742 |
1 |
| COAL, main |
2 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Top band |
1 |
7 |
|
743 |
8 |
| COAL, kirving |
0 |
9 |
|
744 |
5 |
| Low band |
0 |
8 |
|
745 |
1 |
| COAL, bottom |
1 |
8 |
|
746 |
9 |
|
Source: An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume C-E, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1881
original entry for sinking/boring number 0411 in "An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume C-E, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1881"
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