Talkin Colliery
Dove Pit
Sunk and Bored at the Dove Pit, in Talkin Colliery
Shaft Details
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Sunk:— |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
| Clay, mixed with tumbling stones |
30 |
0 |
|
30 |
0 |
| Blue plate |
7 |
0 |
|
37 |
0 |
| Brown post girdles |
1 |
0 |
|
38 |
0 |
| Blne metal stone |
41 |
0 |
|
79 |
0 |
| Bored:— |
0 |
0 |
|
79 |
0 |
| Strong dun white post |
4 |
0 |
|
83 |
0 |
| Blue plate |
18 |
10 |
|
101 |
10 |
| Strong dun post |
5 |
2 |
|
107 |
0 |
| Blue plate |
11 |
4 |
|
118 |
4 |
| Strong brown post |
3 |
8 |
|
122 |
0 |
| Strong yellow post |
4 |
1 |
|
126 |
1 |
| Cashy parting, 3 ins. brown post, with yellow gullets |
12 |
8 |
|
138 |
9 |
| White post girdles |
2 |
9 |
|
141 |
6 |
| Brown post |
2 |
6 |
|
144 |
0 |
| Grey post girdles |
3 |
4 |
|
147 |
4 |
| Brown post girdles |
5 |
0 |
|
152 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
0 |
|
153 |
4 |
| Grey post girdles |
1 |
6 |
|
154 |
10 |
| Blue plate |
28 |
8 |
|
183 |
6 |
| Limestone, with gullets |
12 |
0 |
|
195 |
6 |
| Add error |
0 |
6 |
|
196 |
0 |
| Yellow post girdles |
1 |
6 |
|
197 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
197 |
11 |
| Grey thill |
1 |
6 |
|
199 |
5 |
| Blue plate |
6 |
8 |
|
206 |
1 |
| COAL - Craw Coal Seam |
0 |
8 |
|
206 |
9 |
| Blue plate thill |
1 |
0 |
|
207 |
9 |
| Grey plate |
5 |
0 |
|
212 |
9 |
| Blue plate |
1 |
6 |
|
214 |
3 |
| Grey plate |
2 |
7 |
|
216 |
10 |
| Blue plate |
1 |
8 |
|
218 |
6 |
| Grey plate |
3 |
0 |
|
221 |
6 |
| Blue plate |
15 |
2 |
|
236 |
8 |
| COAL |
3 |
4 |
|
240 |
0 |
|
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 1922 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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