Twizell Colliery
Gate Pit
Account of Strata sunk and bored through below the Hutton Seam in the Gate Pit, Twizell Colliery, 1896
Shaft Details
Closed: 04 Aug 1938
Approximate surface level 470 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Depth from surface to bottom of Hutton Seam |
333 |
9 |
|
333 |
9 |
| Sinking:— |
0 |
0 |
|
333 |
9 |
| Depth from Furnace Seam to stone drift below |
50 |
0 |
|
383 |
9 |
| Depth from stone drift to underlevel drift |
8 |
6 |
|
392 |
3 |
| Strong grey post, with whin |
32 |
0 |
|
424 |
3 |
| Strong grey metal |
48 |
7 |
|
472 |
10 |
| Dark grey metal |
3 |
2 |
|
476 |
0 |
| COAL |
2 |
3 |
|
478 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
11 |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| Grey metal |
1 |
0 |
|
479 |
3 |
| COAL, coarse |
0 |
6 |
|
479 |
9 |
| Strong grey metal |
6 |
0 |
|
485 |
9 |
| COAL - Harvey Seam |
1 |
6 |
|
487 |
3 |
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
0 |
|
489 |
3 |
| Strong grey metal |
5 |
0 |
|
494 |
3 |
| Strong grey post |
15 |
0 |
|
509 |
3 |
| Dark slate stone |
1 |
0 |
|
510 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
510 |
9 |
| Dark metal |
0 |
9 |
|
511 |
6 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
6 |
|
513 |
0 |
| White post |
3 |
6 |
|
516 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
516 |
9 |
| Strong Seggar-clay |
1 |
6 |
|
518 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
6 |
|
524 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
525 |
1 |
| Strong grey post |
9 |
2 |
|
534 |
3 |
| COAL - Tilley or Constantine Seam |
1 |
6 |
|
535 |
9 |
| Seggar-clay |
3 |
9 |
|
539 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
539 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
4 |
|
543 |
0 |
| Strong white post |
19 |
0 |
|
562 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
562 |
4 |
| Seggar-clay, with iron balls |
6 |
0 |
|
568 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
10 |
6 |
|
578 |
10 |
| Post |
27 |
7 |
|
606 |
5 |
| Black stone |
0 |
1 |
|
606 |
6 |
| COAL - Busty Seam |
6 |
0 |
|
612 |
7 |
| Seggar-clay |
0 |
10 |
|
613 |
5 |
| Strong post, with partings |
39 |
2 |
|
652 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
9 |
|
654 |
4 |
| COAL - Three-Quarter Seam |
1 |
10 |
|
656 |
2 |
| Grey post |
10 |
8 |
|
666 |
10 |
| Grey metal, with coal pipes |
6 |
6 |
|
673 |
4 |
| Grey post |
12 |
0 |
|
685 |
4 |
| COAL - Top Brockwell Seam |
2 |
0 |
|
687 |
4 |
| Strong grey metal |
11 |
10 |
|
699 |
2 |
| COAL - Bottom Brockwell Seam |
2 |
1 |
|
701 |
3 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
4 |
|
702 |
7 |
| Strong bastard post |
4 |
8 |
|
707 |
3 |
| Bored further :— |
0 |
0 |
|
707 |
3 |
| Strong post, into |
21 |
0 |
|
728 |
3 |
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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 3015 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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