Ushaw Moor Colliery
Account of Strata sunk through at Ushaw Moor Colliery
Shaft Details
Closed: 05 Aug 1960
Approximate surface level 370 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Blue clay |
114 |
0 |
|
114 |
0 |
| Brown post |
34 |
2 |
|
148 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
6 |
0 |
|
154 |
2 |
| COAL - Harvey Seam |
2 |
3 |
|
156 |
5 |
| Seggar-clay |
4 |
6 |
|
160 |
11 |
| Grey post and whin |
2 |
6 |
|
163 |
5 |
| Blue metal |
18 |
0 |
|
181 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
181 |
7 |
| Grey post and metal |
5 |
0 |
|
186 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
186 |
11 |
| Grey post |
8 |
0 |
|
194 |
11 |
| COAL - Yard Seam |
2 |
3 |
|
197 |
2 |
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
0 |
|
199 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
7 |
0 |
|
206 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
206 |
8 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
18 |
2 |
|
224 |
10 |
| COAL |
1 |
2 |
|
226 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
11 |
2 |
|
237 |
2 |
| Whin |
3 |
7 |
|
240 |
9 |
| Grey post |
26 |
7 |
|
267 |
4 |
| COAL - Busty Seam |
5 |
6 |
|
272 |
10 |
| COAL |
1 |
10 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
3 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL, with dirt partings |
0 |
6 |
|
273 |
4 |
| Seggar-clay |
5 |
10 |
|
279 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
279 |
6 |
| Seggar-clay with iron girdles |
5 |
8 |
|
285 |
2 |
| Post |
1 |
8 |
|
286 |
10 |
| Bastard whin |
3 |
0 |
|
289 |
10 |
| Blue Metal with iron girdles |
18 |
4 |
|
308 |
2 |
| COAL |
1 |
2 |
|
309 |
4 |
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
8 |
|
312 |
0 |
| Grey post |
1 |
1 |
|
313 |
1 |
| Bastard seggar-clay |
4 |
4 |
|
317 |
5 |
| Grey whin |
1 |
2 |
|
318 |
7 |
| White post |
1 |
0 |
|
319 |
7 |
| Leafy post |
2 |
0 |
|
321 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
0 |
|
323 |
7 |
| White post |
0 |
3 |
|
323 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
4 |
|
326 |
2 |
| White post |
0 |
6 |
|
326 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
8 |
|
328 |
4 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
4 |
|
329 |
8 |
| White post |
7 |
0 |
|
336 |
8 |
| Whin |
0 |
10 |
|
337 |
6 |
| White post |
1 |
2 |
|
338 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
2 |
|
340 |
10 |
| White post |
2 |
8 |
|
343 |
6 |
| Leafy post |
0 |
8 |
|
344 |
2 |
| White post |
2 |
4 |
|
346 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
6 |
6 |
|
353 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
7 |
|
354 |
7 |
| Leafy post |
0 |
6 |
|
355 |
1 |
| White post |
4 |
0 |
|
359 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
2 |
|
359 |
3 |
| White post |
3 |
0 |
|
362 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
7 |
|
363 |
10 |
| COAL - Brockwell Seam |
3 |
0 |
|
366 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
2 |
2 |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay |
3 |
0 |
|
369 |
10 |
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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 3028 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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