Urpeth Colliery
B Pit
Account of Strata sunk through below the Hutton Seam in the B Pit, Urpeth Colliery, 1865. Continuation of No. 2,084
Shaft Details
Closed: 30 Mar 1957
Approximate surface level 273 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Depth from surface |
437 |
10 |
|
437 |
10 |
| COAL, bottom and thill |
6 |
0 |
|
443 |
10 |
| Post |
6 |
0 |
|
449 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
69 |
2 |
|
519 |
0 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
520 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
26 |
0 |
|
546 |
0 |
| Blue metal, with post girdles |
26 |
0 |
|
572 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
572 |
8 |
| Thill |
3 |
2 |
|
575 |
10 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
16 |
3 |
|
592 |
1 |
| COAL |
1 |
9 |
|
593 |
10 |
| Thill |
5 |
0 |
|
598 |
10 |
| Grey post |
1 |
0 |
|
599 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
600 |
4 |
| Strong post and grey metal |
53 |
3 |
|
653 |
7 |
| COAL, very coarse |
2 |
5 |
|
656 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
5 |
0 |
|
661 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
661 |
6 |
| Grey post, with partings |
17 |
1 |
|
678 |
7 |
| Strong brown post |
24 |
0 |
|
702 |
7 |
| COAL - Bustybank Seam |
5 |
3 |
|
707 |
10 |
| COAL, top |
2 |
7 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Soft clay band |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL, bottom |
2 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay |
3 |
0 |
|
710 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
0 |
|
713 |
10 |
| Very strong white post, with occasional blue metal postings, and irregular pipes |
52 |
0 |
|
765 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
766 |
1 |
| Grey and blue metal |
5 |
0 |
|
771 |
1 |
| COAL |
1 |
4 |
|
772 |
5 |
| Seggar-clay and metal |
7 |
5 |
|
779 |
10 |
| Hard whinney girdle |
1 |
4 |
|
781 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
0 |
|
783 |
2 |
| COAL, with small bands |
0 |
8 |
|
783 |
10 |
| Seggar-clay and grey metal |
3 |
8 |
|
787 |
6 |
| COAL, with small band |
0 |
4 |
|
787 |
10 |
| Seggar-clay and grey metal |
5 |
6 |
|
793 |
4 |
| Strong grey post |
5 |
0 |
|
798 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
6 |
|
798 |
10 |
| COAL |
4 |
7 |
|
803 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Dark band |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay band |
1 |
8 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
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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 3026 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"
original entry for sinking/boring number 3027 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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