Whitburn Colliery

No. 1 Pit

Account of Strata sunk and bored through in No. 1 South Pit, Whitburn Colliery, South Shields. Commenced July 14th, 1874

Shaft Details

Sunk: 14 Jul 1874, Closed: 31 May 1968

Approximate surface level 100 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)

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Geology encountered	Thickness		Depth
	ft.	in.	ft.	in.
Sinking:—	0	0	0	0
Soil	1	0	1	0
Hard limestone	18	0	19	0
Mild limestone	9	0	28	0
Hard limestone	36	8	64	8
Mild limestone	20	0	84	8
Strong limestone	2	0	86	8
Soft yellow marl	2	10	89	6
Strong platy marl	3	7	93	1
Soft yellow marl	3	10	96	11
Very hard girdle	0	6	97	5
Strong brown limestone	7	7	105	0
Mild light coloured limestone	20	2	125	2
Strong marl, inclining to limestone	35	0	160	2
Soft yellow limestone, with hard girdle	19	5	179	7
Hard limestone, with hard girdle	6	9	186	4
Open gullet and water	0	4	186	8
Strong limestone, with hard girdle	24	6	211	2
Soft light limestone	5	6	216	8
Strong limestone, with hard girdles and a soft parting, and a 5 feet gullet	13	4	230	0
Gullet	0	11	230	11
Soft light marl, with strong girdles	10	6	241	5
Strong limestone, with hard girdles	6	1	247	6
Strong yellow limestone, with very hard girdles soft partings, and a little water	9	0	256	6
Hard limestone, with soft partings, and water stone lies in panels about 4 feet thick	22	4	278	10
Strong limestone, with soft partings, and water	11	10	290	8
Mild limestone, with a thin dark parting	3	0	293	8
Hard grey limestone, with soft parting, and water	10	7	304	3
Hard grey limestone	3	1	307	4
Mild grey limestone	0	5	307	10
Soft dark partings with water	0	6	308	4
Hard grey limestone	0	10	309	2
Dark metal parting	0	2	309	4
Strong grey limestone with hard panels, and water	7	3	316	7
Grey sandy limestone	15	3	331	10
Hard grey sandy limestone, with soft dark partings	6	6	338	4
Very hard sandy limestone, with thin metal partings, and water	1	8	340	0
Very hard sandstone	0	6	340	6
Dark shale parting	0	5	340	11
Strong sandstone	0	9	341	8
Light grey shale	0	8	342	4
Red shale, inclining to post	5	3	347	7
Dark metal, tinged with red	3	5	351	0
Strong red and grey shale, with post girdles, and water	12	11	363	11
Grey shale, with post girdles	2	10	366	9
Very dark shale	0	10	367	7
Strong grey shale, with post girdles, and a 1 inch coal pipe	7	9	375	4
Very dark grey shale	2	7	377	11
Strong grey post	11	6	389	5
Dark metal	0	3	389	8
Post girdle	0	4	390	0
Dark metal	0	7	390	7
COAL	0	9	391	5
Light thill stone	1	7	393	0
Dark shale, with ironstone balls	1	8	394	8
Dark grey metal, with ironstone balls	15	4	410	0
COAL	1	1	411	1
COAL	0	1¾
Band	0	1¼
COAL	0	5
Black stone and coal, mixed	0	5
Dark thill stone, with small ironstone balls	1	8	412	9
Dark grey metal	2	0	414	9
Black stone and coal, mixed	2	2	416	11
Soft dark grey metal	19	6	436	5
Soft blue metal	6	0	442	5
COAL	5	10	448	3
COAL	1	8
Light thill stone	2	0
Dark thill stone	0	8
COAL, splint	1	6
Strong thill stone	2	2	450	5
Strong grey metal, with ironstone girdles	48	0	498	5
White post	9	0	507	5
Blue metal	0	10	508	3
Black stone and splint coal	2	6	510	9
Thill stone, with ironstone nodules	1	10	512	7
Black stone and splint coal	1	4	513	11
Thill stone	6	6	520	5
Light grey metal, with ironstone balls	8	0	528	5
Grey metal and post, mixed	4	6	532	11
Dark grey metal, with post girdles	15	8	548	7
Blue metal	0	10	549	5
COAL	1	1	550	6
Black thill stone, with ironstone balls	6	9	557	3
Dark grey metal	2	3	559	6
Dark brown whin girdle	0	9	560	3
Dark grey metal	5	3	565	6
Strong post girdle	3	4	568	10
Grey metal, with ironstone balls	2	2	571	0
Black stone	0	6	571	6
Soft dark grey metal	9	6	581	0
Strong light grey metal, with post girdle	8	6	589	6
Soft dark grey metal	5	6	595	0
Black stone	4	3	599	3
Grey post girdle	2	6	601	9
Blue metal, with ironstone girdle	2	6	604	3
Dark grey post and metal, mixed	3	2	607	5
Strong post girdle	3	2	610	7
Blue metal	1	8	612	3
COAL	8	9	621	0
COAL, good	1	2½
COAL, brassy, and stone	0	3
COAL, good	0	9
Black stone and dark thill	0	11
COAL, splint, and stone	0	7
Dark thill and coal* pipes*	2	1½
COAL, good	2	11½
Light thill	1	0	622	0
White post	1	0	623	0
Darkly laminated post	1	8	624	8
Black metal	6	4	631	0
Light grey metal	6	9	637	9
Black stone, with ironstone girdle	1	1	638	11
COAL	0	1	639	0
Dark thill	0	6	639	6
Post girdles and metal partings	17	6	657	0
Strong white post	18	6	675	6
Grey metal, with post girdles	9	6	685	0
White post	4	3	689	3
Leafy post	0	9	690	0
COAL - Bensham Seam	5	2	695	2
COAL	0	10½
Dant parting	0	0¼
COAL, good	1	0½
Black stone and coal	0	5¼
COAL, good	0	8
COAL, splint	0	1½
COAL, good	0	7½
Dant parting	0	0½
COAL, coarse and brassy	1	4
Thill stone	1	4	696	6
Post girdles and metal partings	5	8	702	2
COAL	0	1	702	4
Black stone	0	5	702	9
Dark thill	1	8	704	5
Grey metal, mixed with ironstone	10	5	714	10
Dark blue metal, with ironstone	1	4	716	2
COAL - Six-Quarter Seam	3	1	719	4
COAL, good	0	7
COAL, coarse	0	4
COAL, good	2	2½
Thill stone, with ironstone balls	5	0	724	4
Black stone, with ironstone balls	2	3	726	7
Black stone and coal, with a brass band running across	0	8	727	3
COAL	0	8	727	11
Thill stone	0	9	728	8
Post girdles and metal	5	9	734	5
Whin girdle	1	2	735	7
Post girdle	1	5	737	0
Metal, with post girdles	4	1	741	1
Dark grey metal	5	8	746	9
Black stone	0	4	747	1
COAL - Five-Quarter Seam	3	2	750	3
COAL, splint	0	3
COAL, good	1	3½
COAL, splint	0	1
COAL, good	0	7¼
COAL, splint	0	0½
COAL, coarse	0	11
Darl thill, with ironstone balls	2	11	753	2
Grey metal and post	1	11	755	2
Black stone and coal, mixed	0	1	755	3
Dark thill, with ironstone balls	2	7	757	10
Dark grey metal	4	0	761	10
Post girdles, with metal partings	4	8	766	6
White filtering post: no partings	26	0	792	6
COAL - Hutton Seam	4	3	796	9
Black stone and coal, mixed	3	2
Dark thill	1	1
Light grey metal, with ironstone balls	31	8	828	5
Strong grey metal, with post girdles	7	0	835	5
Strong light grey post	22	6	857	11
Strong post girdles and metal	5	0	862	11
Strong white post	37	4	900	3
COAL, splint	0	1	900	5
Thill stone	3	6	903	11
Dark grey metal, with post girdles	3	0	906	11
Strong white post	3	2	910	1
White girdle	1	7	911	8
White post girdle	3	11	915	7
Dark leafy post	2	10	918	5
Strong white post	2	9	921	2
Dark leafy post	6	8	927	10
Dark blue metal	9	7	937	5
Black stone	0	8	938	2
COAL	0	2	938	4
Thill stone	0	10	939	2
Strong grey post	8	2	947	4
Strong grey metal, with post girdle	13	7	960	11
Mild white filtering post	29	7	990	6
Coarse post	5	0	995	6
Hard brown post	0	8	996	2
Grey metal	2	0	998	2
Small post girdles	1	3	999	5
COAL - Beaumont or Harvey Seam	1	3	1000	8
COAL	0	10
Soft band	0	3
COAL	0	2
Dark thill, with ironstone balls	2	7	1003	3
Light grey metal, mixed with ironstone	3	6	1006	9
Black stone	0	4	1007	1
Strong light thill	0	10	1007	11
Strong light girdles and metal partings	8	6	1016	5
Strong white post	18	8	1035	1
COAL	0	7	1035	8
Black stone	0	9	1036	5
Dark thill stone	2	8	1039	1
Dark grey metal	1	4	1040	5
Post girdles and metal partings	8	6	1048	11
COAL - Upper Busty Seam	2	5	1051	4
COAL	0	8
Black stone	0	10
COAL	0	1
Black stone	0	3
COAL	0	7
Thill	1	4	1052	8
Grey metal	4	8	1057	4
Post girdles and metal partings	5	4	1062	8
White post, with little water	30	2	1092	10
COAL	3	11	1096	9
COAL	0	5
Dark thill and black stone	1	11
COAL, good	0	10
Soft band	0	1½
COAL, good	0	2½
COAL, cannel	0	5½
Dark thill	5	2	1102	0
COAL - Brockwell Seam	3	2	1105	2
COAL, coarse	0	6
Splint band	0	0½
COAL, good	0	11½
Splint band	0	2¼
COAL, good	1	6
Dark thill	2	0	1107	2
Post	10	0	1117	2
Bored further:—	0	0	1117	2
Post	73	7	1190	9
COAL	0	8	1191	6
Black stone	0	4	1191	10
Thill stone	0	9	1192	7
Grey metal	12	8	1205	3
Soft metal	5	1	1210	4
COAL	0	7	1211	0
Thill stone	0	9	1211	9
Post and metal, mixed	4	0	1215	9
Blue metal	0	11	1216	8
Black stone	0	4	1217	0
Thill	1	2	1218	2
Post	9	1	1227	3
Black stone	1	0	1228	3
Dark thill	1	8	1229	11
Grey metal and post	16	9	1246	8
Strong grey post	1	11	1248	7
Mild post	2	9	1251	4
Post, with whin at bottom	42	8	1294	0
Grey post	0	9	1294	9
Blue metal	0	3	1295	0
Black stone	0	6	1295	6
Dark thill	1	7	1297	1
Soft dark grey metal	6	11	1304	0
Light grey metal, mixed with post	4	10	1308	10
Strong post	9	0	1317	10
Post	55	9	1373	7
Black stone and coal, mixed	1	2	1374	9
Strong thill	1	0	1375	9
Strong white thill, with whin at bottom	81	9	1457	6
Grey metal	2	6	1460	0
Dark blue metal	2	5	1462	5
COAL	0	8	1463	1
Grey metal	2	10	1465	11
Grey metal and post	12	0	1477	11
Strong post	51	5	1529	4
Grey metal and post	13	5	1542	9
Strong post	7	3	1550	0
Post and metal, mixed	2	6	1552	6
Post	2	8	1555	2
Post and metal	2	1	1557	3
Strong post	10	2	1567	5
Grey metal	16	11	1584	4
Post and metal	13	6	1597	10
Mild white post	7	4	1605	2
Dark grey metal	3	5	1608	7
White post	6	9	1615	4
Post and metal, mixed	11	0	1626	4
Metal, with post girdles	1	5	1627	9
Grey metal	2	6	1630	3
Whin	0	4	1630	7
Post	3	2	1633	9
Whin	1	11	1635	8
Mild white post	2	9	1638	5
Dark leafy post	2	0	1640	5
Dark grey metal	2	2	1642	7
Metal, with post girdles	3	1	1645	8
Whin	1	4	1647	0
Dark grey metal	3	0	1650	0
Grey metal, with post girdles	9	7	1659	7
Mild post, with red metal partings	6	3	1665	10
Strong post	2	8	1668	6
Mild white post	6	1	1674	7
Grey metal and dark post	17	9	1692	4
Strong dark grey metal	3	7	1695	11
Strong white post	3	4	1699	3
Strong dark grey metal	8	4	1707	7
Strong white post	3	9	1711	4

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 3052 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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