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Washington Glebe Colliery
Account of Strata sunk through in the Glebe Pit, Washington Colliery
Shaft Details
Closed: 04 Aug 1972
Approximate surface level 190 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Yellow sand |
54 |
0 |
|
54 |
0 |
| Quicksand |
36 |
0 |
|
90 |
0 |
| Boulder-clay |
23 |
0 |
|
113 |
0 |
| Yellow freestone |
6 |
0 |
|
119 |
0 |
| White post |
18 |
0 |
|
137 |
0 |
| Leafy grey post |
4 |
9 |
|
141 |
9 |
| COAL |
2 |
0 |
|
143 |
9 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
0 |
|
144 |
9 |
| Post band |
0 |
4 |
|
145 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
12 |
0 |
|
157 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
11 |
|
158 |
0 |
| Seggar-clay |
3 |
6 |
|
161 |
6 |
| Iron band |
0 |
3 |
|
161 |
9 |
| Seggar-clay |
0 |
9 |
|
162 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
11 |
|
165 |
5 |
| Iron band |
0 |
2 |
|
165 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
5 |
|
168 |
0 |
| COAL |
1 |
4 |
|
169 |
4 |
| Black stone |
0 |
4 |
|
169 |
8 |
| Seggar-clay |
3 |
0 |
|
172 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
8 |
|
174 |
4 |
| Post band |
0 |
6 |
|
174 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
3 |
|
178 |
2 |
| Iron band |
0 |
1 |
|
178 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
5 |
10 |
|
184 |
2 |
| COAL |
5 |
5 |
|
189 |
7 |
| COAL |
1 |
7 |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
10 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
| White post |
3 |
4 |
|
192 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
4 |
|
193 |
3 |
| White post |
3 |
0 |
|
196 |
3 |
| Grey post |
1 |
10 |
|
198 |
1 |
| white post |
2 |
1 |
|
200 |
2 |
| Grey post |
3 |
1 |
|
203 |
3 |
| COAL |
1 |
9 |
|
205 |
0 |
| Dark seggar-clay |
1 |
10 |
|
206 |
10 |
| Light seggar-clay |
2 |
5 |
|
209 |
3 |
| White post |
1 |
6 |
|
210 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
3 |
|
211 |
0 |
| Blue post |
1 |
6 |
|
212 |
6 |
| Light seggar-clay |
3 |
0 |
|
215 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
9 |
4 |
|
224 |
11 |
| Iron band |
0 |
2 |
|
225 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
14 |
5 |
|
239 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
240 |
1 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
5 |
|
241 |
6 |
| White metal |
0 |
5 |
|
241 |
11 |
| Grey post |
2 |
5 |
|
244 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
7 |
|
244 |
11 |
| White metal |
2 |
8 |
|
247 |
8 |
| Grey post |
0 |
1 |
|
247 |
9 |
| White metal |
1 |
9 |
|
249 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
8 |
|
252 |
3 |
| Black metal |
0 |
5 |
|
252 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
253 |
1 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
2 |
|
254 |
3 |
| Dark grey post, with partings |
7 |
8 |
|
261 |
11 |
| Dark grey and white post |
1 |
6 |
|
263 |
5 |
| Dark grey post |
0 |
9 |
|
264 |
2 |
| White post, with partings |
17 |
3 |
|
281 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
6 |
|
285 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
285 |
5 |
| Dark grey post, with partings |
8 |
6 |
|
293 |
11 |
| Strong grey metal, with post girdles |
45 |
5 |
|
339 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
5 |
|
341 |
9 |
| Black shale |
0 |
2 |
|
341 |
11 |
| COAL |
2 |
0 |
|
343 |
11 |
| Black shale |
1 |
4 |
|
345 |
3 |
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
6 |
|
347 |
9 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
41 |
10 |
|
389 |
7 |
| White post, with metal partings |
55 |
2 |
|
444 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
0 |
|
445 |
10 |
| COAL |
2 |
0 |
|
447 |
10 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
2 |
|
449 |
0 |
| Grey metal, post girdles and ironstone |
19 |
3 |
|
468 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
6 |
0 |
|
474 |
3 |
| COAL |
1 |
10 |
|
476 |
1 |
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
9 |
|
478 |
10 |
| Grey metal and ironstone |
16 |
0 |
|
494 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
495 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
10 |
0 |
|
505 |
7 |
| Black stone |
0 |
3 |
|
505 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
9 |
|
508 |
7 |
| Strong grey post |
3 |
0 |
|
511 |
7 |
| Grey metal, with hard post girdles |
34 |
5 |
|
546 |
0 |
| Blue metal, with ironstone girdles |
11 |
0 |
|
557 |
0 |
| Black stone |
0 |
3 |
|
557 |
3 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
6 |
5 |
|
563 |
8 |
| COAL |
1 |
11½ |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
4¼ |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
6½ |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
1½ |
|
|
|
| COAL |
2 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Bastard post |
4 |
3 |
|
567 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
5 |
0 |
|
572 |
11 |
| Dark blue metal |
5 |
2 |
|
578 |
1 |
| Strong white post |
2 |
6 |
|
580 |
7 |
| Blue metal, with iron girdles |
37 |
6 |
|
618 |
1 |
| COAL and metal, mixed |
0 |
3 |
|
618 |
4 |
| COAL - Maudlin Seam |
5 |
7 |
|
624 |
0 |
| COAL, top |
2 |
10 |
|
|
|
| Splint |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
7 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
1½ |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
11 |
|
|
|
| Black stone |
0 |
3 |
|
624 |
3 |
| Seggar-clay |
0 |
11 |
|
625 |
2 |
| White post |
4 |
5 |
|
629 |
7 |
| Blue metal, with iron girdles |
20 |
6 |
|
650 |
1 |
| COAL |
3 |
4 |
|
653 |
5 |
| COAL, cannel |
1 |
9 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
10 |
|
|
|
| COAL, cannel |
0 |
9 |
|
|
|
| Blue metal |
6 |
4 |
|
659 |
9 |
| COAL |
1 |
2 |
|
660 |
11 |
| Bastard seggar-clay |
1 |
6 |
|
662 |
5 |
| White post, with partings |
18 |
4 |
|
680 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
1 |
|
683 |
10 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
3 |
3 |
|
687 |
1 |
| White post |
15 |
4 |
|
702 |
5 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
7 |
|
706 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
706 |
2 |
| Bastard seggar-clay |
3 |
1 |
|
709 |
3 |
| Grey post |
4 |
8 |
|
713 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
10 |
|
717 |
9 |
| Black stone |
1 |
4 |
|
719 |
1 |
| Blue metal, with post panels |
15 |
0 |
|
734 |
1 |
| Grey post |
2 |
9 |
|
736 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
1 |
|
740 |
11 |
| Grey post |
1 |
6 |
|
742 |
5 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
5 |
|
743 |
10 |
| Grey post |
2 |
7 |
|
746 |
5 |
| Blue metal |
8 |
0 |
|
754 |
5 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
3 |
6 |
|
757 |
11 |
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
0 |
|
759 |
11 |
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
|
761 |
5 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
0 |
|
765 |
5 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
12 |
0 |
|
777 |
5 |
| Black stone |
2 |
3 |
|
779 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
14 |
3 |
|
793 |
11 |
| Blue metal, with post panels |
5 |
0 |
|
798 |
11 |
| Very hard white post |
4 |
0 |
|
802 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
0 |
|
805 |
11 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
806 |
11 |
| Blue metal, with iron girdles |
40 |
4 |
|
847 |
3 |
| Black stone |
2 |
0 |
|
849 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
849 |
11 |
| Seggar-clay |
3 |
0 |
|
852 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
15 |
7 |
|
868 |
6 |
| Grey metal, with whin panels |
3 |
10 |
|
872 |
4 |
| Black stone |
0 |
2 |
|
872 |
6 |
| COAL - Harvey Seam |
1 |
3 |
|
873 |
9 |
| Bastard seggar-clay |
3 |
0 |
|
876 |
9 |
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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 3045 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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