Wingate Grange Colliery
Lord Pit
Account of Sinking and Boring at the Lord Pit, Wingate Grange Colliery, in the County of Durham. 1839
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1839, Closed: 26 Oct 1962
Approximate surface level 400 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Outset |
5 |
0 |
|
5 |
0 |
| Soil |
1 |
0 |
|
6 |
0 |
| Strong blue clay |
55 |
0 |
|
61 |
0 |
| Blue clay, with marly partings |
31 |
0 |
|
92 |
0 |
| Mild, light coloured limestone |
81 |
0 |
|
173 |
0 |
| Yellow limestone, with water |
181 |
0 |
|
354 |
0 |
| Blue limestone |
5 |
6 |
|
359 |
6 |
| Yellow sand |
1 |
2 |
|
360 |
8 |
| White post |
16 |
0 |
|
376 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
23 |
4 |
|
400 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
13 |
8 |
|
413 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
18 |
0 |
|
431 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
6 |
0 |
|
437 |
8 |
| COAL - Three-Quarter Coal Seam |
4 |
7 |
|
442 |
3 |
| COAL |
1 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Stone band |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Stone band |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Stone band |
1 |
2 |
|
443 |
5 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Coal Seam |
4 |
1 |
|
447 |
6 |
| Splint and black stone |
1 |
2 |
|
448 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
9 |
6 |
|
458 |
2 |
| White post |
8 |
1 |
|
466 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
6 |
|
469 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
470 |
2 |
| Black stone |
6 |
0 |
|
476 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
14 |
5 |
|
490 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
490 |
11 |
| Black stone |
0 |
10 |
|
491 |
9 |
| White post |
35 |
8 |
|
527 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
2 |
|
529 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
6 |
|
532 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
3 |
|
533 |
4 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
5 |
0 |
|
538 |
4 |
| COAL |
1 |
5 |
|
|
|
| A white stone band |
0 |
5 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
3 |
2 |
|
|
|
| Black stone |
1 |
8 |
|
540 |
0 |
| Thill stone |
0 |
11 |
|
540 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
18 |
3 |
|
559 |
2 |
| Post girdles, with metal partings |
7 |
7 |
|
566 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
1 |
|
569 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
570 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
7 |
|
577 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
8 |
|
581 |
8 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
4 |
8 |
|
586 |
4 |
| White post |
12 |
11 |
|
599 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
10 |
|
602 |
1 |
| Dark grey post |
19 |
2 |
|
621 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
10 |
|
624 |
1 |
| White post |
9 |
6 |
|
633 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
4 |
|
634 |
11 |
| Dark brown post |
3 |
6 |
|
638 |
5 |
| Strong white post |
17 |
11 |
|
656 |
4 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
4 |
11 |
|
661 |
3 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
1 |
8 |
|
662 |
11 |
| Black stone |
0 |
7 |
|
663 |
6 |
| White post |
1 |
2 |
|
664 |
8 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
34 |
10 |
|
699 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
18 |
3 |
|
717 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
0 |
|
721 |
9 |
| White post |
2 |
10 |
|
724 |
7 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
8 |
7 |
|
733 |
2 |
| White post |
2 |
1 |
|
735 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
27 |
5 |
|
762 |
8 |
| White post |
2 |
1 |
|
764 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
10 |
7 |
|
775 |
4 |
| COAL - Hutton Coal Seam |
2 |
8 |
|
778 |
0 |
| Bored further:- |
0 |
0 |
|
778 |
0 |
| Thill stone |
3 |
3 |
|
781 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
13 |
11 |
|
795 |
2 |
| White post |
4 |
6 |
|
799 |
8 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
5 |
1 |
|
804 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
0 |
|
806 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
9 |
|
811 |
6 |
| Dark brown post |
8 |
3 |
|
819 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
6 |
|
824 |
3 |
| Dark brown post |
4 |
5 |
|
828 |
8 |
| Strong white post |
18 |
0 |
|
846 |
8 |
| Dark brown post |
3 |
0 |
|
849 |
8 |
| White post |
5 |
10 |
|
855 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
7 |
8 |
|
863 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
21 |
0 |
|
884 |
2 |
| Discontinued January 17th, 1840, and resumed by Mr. W. Coulson :— |
0 |
0 |
|
884 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
4 |
|
890 |
6 |
| Black metal |
1 |
4 |
|
891 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
892 |
6 |
| Grey metal stone and post girdles |
5 |
5 |
|
897 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
898 |
3 |
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Source: An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume U-Z, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1897
original entry for sinking/boring number 2280 in "An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume U-Z, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1897"
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