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Tudhoe Colliery
Section of the Strata sunk and bored through in the Tudhoe Colliery. 1866
Shaft Details
Closed: Sep 1935
Approximate surface level 280 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Strong blue clay |
31 |
0 |
|
31 |
0 |
| Broken freestone |
9 |
0 |
|
40 |
0 |
| Post, mixed with whin |
23 |
0 |
|
63 |
0 |
| Soft grey metal |
1 |
10 |
|
64 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
65 |
8 |
| Light seggar clay |
2 |
4 |
|
68 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
10 |
|
74 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
11 |
|
75 |
9 |
| Brown seggar |
2 |
7 |
|
78 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
4 |
|
79 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
79 |
11 |
| Brown seggar |
1 |
0 |
|
80 |
11 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
20 |
0 |
|
100 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
0 |
|
102 |
11 |
| COAL |
2 |
0 |
|
104 |
11 |
| — |
0 |
6 |
|
105 |
5 |
| Brown seggar |
3 |
0 |
|
108 |
5 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
6 |
6 |
|
114 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
16 |
0 |
|
130 |
11 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
2 |
3 |
|
133 |
2 |
| Dark seggar |
4 |
4 |
|
137 |
6 |
| White post |
3 |
0 |
|
140 |
6 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
11 |
6 |
|
152 |
0 |
| Splint |
0 |
3 |
|
152 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
12 |
3 |
|
164 |
6 |
| Black stone |
1 |
0 |
|
165 |
6 |
| Grey metal and post girdles |
13 |
3 |
|
178 |
9 |
| Brown seggar |
0 |
8 |
|
179 |
5 |
| White post, mixed with whin |
18 |
7 |
|
198 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
8 |
|
204 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
204 |
10 |
| — |
0 |
6 |
|
205 |
4 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
10 |
0 |
|
215 |
4 |
| White post, mixed with whin |
6 |
0 |
|
221 |
4 |
| Dark metal, with gas |
27 |
0 |
|
248 |
4 |
| Dark seggar |
2 |
0 |
|
250 |
4 |
| Grey post |
15 |
0 |
|
265 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
7 |
6 |
|
272 |
10 |
| White post |
7 |
2 |
|
280 |
0 |
| White post |
18 |
10 |
|
298 |
10 |
| COAL - Harvey Seam |
2 |
2 |
|
301 |
0 |
| Brown seggar |
6 |
6 |
|
307 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
307 |
9 |
| Brown seggar |
2 |
0 |
|
309 |
9 |
| White post |
13 |
6 |
|
323 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
323 |
6 |
| Brown seggar |
3 |
0 |
|
326 |
6 |
| White post |
14 |
8 |
|
341 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
341 |
8 |
| — |
0 |
5 |
|
342 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
342 |
6 |
| Seggar |
4 |
6 |
|
347 |
0 |
| White post |
19 |
6 |
|
366 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
366 |
9 |
| Seggar |
2 |
0 |
|
368 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
368 |
11 |
| Brown seggar |
2 |
2 |
|
371 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
371 |
11 |
| Dark seggar |
3 |
3 |
|
375 |
2 |
| White post |
8 |
6 |
|
383 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
20 |
0 |
|
403 |
8 |
| COAL - Busty Seam |
5 |
3 |
|
408 |
11 |
| COAL |
2 |
9 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
2 |
2 |
|
|
|
| Dark seggar |
2 |
0 |
|
410 |
11 |
| Strong white post |
60 |
0 |
|
470 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
7 |
10 |
|
478 |
9 |
| COAL, with bands |
2 |
0 |
|
480 |
9 |
| Black stone |
1 |
10 |
|
482 |
7 |
| Seggar |
0 |
10 |
|
483 |
5 |
| Grey metal and post girdles |
38 |
1 |
|
521 |
6 |
| COAL - Brockwell Seam |
3 |
6 |
|
525 |
0 |
| Bored by the Diamond Rock Boring Company :— |
0 |
0 |
|
525 |
0 |
| Seggar |
1 |
10 |
|
526 |
10 |
| White post |
1 |
6 |
|
528 |
4 |
| Black shale |
1 |
6 |
|
529 |
10 |
| White post |
2 |
0 |
|
531 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
7 |
0 |
|
538 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
|
538 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
1 |
|
541 |
0 |
| Post girdles |
1 |
6 |
|
542 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
3 |
|
543 |
9 |
| White post |
3 |
6 |
|
547 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
8 |
0 |
|
555 |
3 |
| Grey post, with metal partings |
25 |
9 |
|
581 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
0 |
|
582 |
0 |
| Black shale |
2 |
0 |
|
584 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
5 |
2 |
|
589 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
2 |
|
591 |
4 |
| White post, with metal partings |
4 |
6 |
|
595 |
10 |
| Black seggar |
2 |
2 |
|
598 |
0 |
| Grey metal, mixed with post |
4 |
8 |
|
602 |
8 |
| White post |
2 |
6 |
|
605 |
2 |
| Post, with metal partings |
3 |
10 |
|
609 |
0 |
| White post |
1 |
4 |
|
610 |
4 |
| Post girdles |
9 |
8 |
|
620 |
0 |
| Black stone |
3 |
3 |
|
623 |
3 |
| Bastard seggar |
5 |
0 |
|
628 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
12 |
9 |
|
641 |
0 |
| White post |
10 |
0 |
|
651 |
0 |
| Black stone |
0 |
9 |
|
651 |
9 |
| White post |
13 |
3 |
|
665 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
665 |
6 |
| Seggar |
1 |
8 |
|
667 |
2 |
| Blue stone |
16 |
4 |
|
683 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
6 |
|
685 |
0 |
| Black stone |
6 |
6 |
|
691 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
691 |
10 |
| White post |
2 |
8 |
|
694 |
6 |
| Post, with metal partings |
5 |
0 |
|
699 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
0 |
|
702 |
6 |
| White post |
1 |
0 |
|
703 |
6 |
| Dark grey metal |
11 |
6 |
|
715 |
0 |
| Black stone |
10 |
0 |
|
725 |
0 |
| Blue whin |
2 |
0 |
|
727 |
0 |
| White post |
5 |
0 |
|
732 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
20 |
0 |
|
752 |
0 |
| COAL, coarse, mixed with brass |
0 |
4 |
|
752 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
8 |
|
754 |
0 |
| Black stone |
2 |
0 |
|
756 |
0 |
| White post |
7 |
0 |
|
763 |
0 |
| Grey limestone |
2 |
0 |
|
765 |
0 |
| Grey whin |
1 |
0 |
|
766 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
0 |
|
767 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
6 |
|
768 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
0 |
|
772 |
6 |
| White post |
1 |
6 |
|
774 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
11 |
0 |
|
785 |
0 |
| White post |
53 |
6 |
|
838 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
23 |
0 |
|
861 |
6 |
| Black shale, scared with coal |
1 |
6 |
|
863 |
0 |
| White post |
20 |
0 |
|
883 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
5 |
0 |
|
888 |
0 |
| White post |
47 |
0 |
|
935 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
27 |
0 |
|
962 |
0 |
| Seggar |
1 |
0 |
|
963 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
18 |
0 |
|
981 |
0 |
| Shaly post |
16 |
0 |
|
997 |
0 |
| Post |
29 |
0 |
|
1026 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
6 |
0 |
|
1032 |
0 |
| White post |
3 |
6 |
|
1035 |
6 |
| Limestone |
3 |
6 |
|
1039 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
13 |
0 |
|
1052 |
0 |
| Grey whin |
7 |
0 |
|
1059 |
0 |
| Post, with partings |
18 |
0 |
|
1077 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
14 |
0 |
|
1091 |
0 |
| Post stone, with partings |
31 |
0 |
|
1122 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
12 |
0 |
|
1134 |
0 |
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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 2040 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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