Shafts	Index	Shafts

Geology encountered   Thickness   Depth   ft. in.   ft. in. Clay    17  0     17  0 Clay    48  0     65  0 Broken freestone and water    7  0     72  0 Blue metal    4  0     76  0 Black stone    0  6     76  6 COAL    2  9     79  3     COAL    1  2            Band    0  7            COAL    1  0        Blue metal (a wedging crib was laid in this metal, which stopped the water with a 6-inch inside crib)    12  4     91  7 Grey metal post with girdles and water    26  9     118  4 Grey metal    19  0     137  4 COAL    1  10     139  2 Thill stone, the second wedging crib in this metal with a 6-inch inside crib    3  0     142  2 Grey metal, with post girdles and water    22  0     164  2 Post, with water    81  0     245  2 (In this there were two sets of pumps, one 12 in. diameter and one 14 in. It took the engine 14 strokes per minute, solid buckets, all good. In this post the tub failed frequently.)    0  0     245  2 Grey metal, a wedging crib in    19  0     264  2 (This metal stopped the water with a 6-inch inside crib.)    0  0     264  2 Post    5  0     269  2 Grey metal (a cock in this tub, 1½ in. in diameter, full open the bottom of the high tub)    14  0     283  2 Post and water    15  0     298  2 Black stone (the bunton was laid in the black stone for first set, and raised щ fathoms with dumb pumps and the cistern on the top of the pumps)    21  0     319  2 COAL    0  4     319  6 Grey metal    16  0     335  6 COAL (top of the low tub; a cock in this tub, 1 inch in diameter, full open)    0  4     335  10 Post and water    64  0     399  10 Post girdles and metal    10  0     409  10 COAL (the bottom of the low tub)    0  3     410  1 Thill stone    8  0     418  1 Post    9  0     427  1 Grey metal    5  0     432  1 COAL (the bunton laid for second set)    1  10     433  11 Grey metal (meetings begin at the top of this stone and continued by fathoms down)    45  8     479  7 COAL, stony    1  2     480  9 Thill stone    2  6     483  3 Post and water    44  0     527  3 COAL    1  5     528  8 Blue metal    17  6     546  2 COAL    1  10     548  0 Post and water    35  6     583  6 Blue metal    10  6     594  0 COAL, stony    0  6     594  6 Thill stone (the bunton laid in this stone for the third set, and a reservoir driven 12 yards in to receive the top feeders while the engine is standing)    1  6     596  0 Post - 70-Fathom Post    71  6     667  6 Blue metal    3  2     670  8 Post girdles    12  1     682  9 Blue metal    3  3     686  0 Post, with metal partings    6  3     692  3 Black stone    21  4     713  7 Grey metal    4  0     717  7 Post - Main Post    28  0     745  7 COAL - High Main Seam    6  5     752  0     COAL, top    1  9            High band    1  7            COAL, kirving    0  9            Low band    0  7            COAL, bottom    1  9        Blue metal stone    51  0     803  0 Hard post    5  0     808  0 Bored :—    0  0     808  0 Hard post    51  0     859  0 COAL - Metal Coal Seam    1  5     860  5 Thill    0  7     861  0 The shaft is 14 feet in diameter. When the water rose to its highest level it was within 22 feet of the surface.    0  0     861  0

Source: An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume L-R, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1887

  original entry for sinking/boring number 1316 in "An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume L-R, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1887"

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