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Weetslade Colliery
Lizzie Pit
Account of Strata sunk through in the Lizzie Pit, Weetslade Colliery. Commenced August 6th, 1900
Shaft Details
Sunk: 06 Aug 1900, Closed: 1966
Approximate surface level 216 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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fathoms, feet & inches, or metres
 
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
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ft. |
in. |
| Brickwork |
26 |
1 |
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26 |
1 |
| Blue stone |
54 |
8 |
|
80 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
81 |
7 |
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
7 |
|
84 |
2 |
| Post |
65 |
6 |
|
149 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
150 |
6 |
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
3 |
|
152 |
9 |
| Blue stone |
11 |
0 |
|
163 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
164 |
3 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
5 |
|
165 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
16 |
0 |
|
181 |
8 |
| Grey post |
5 |
0 |
|
186 |
8 |
| White post |
30 |
0 |
|
216 |
8 |
| Blue stone |
2 |
0 |
|
218 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
219 |
2 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
4 |
|
220 |
6 |
| Bastard seggar-clay, with 1,122 gallons of water per minute |
2 |
0 |
|
222 |
6 |
| Grey post |
18 |
5 |
|
240 |
11 |
| Blue stone |
0 |
9 |
|
241 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
5 |
0 |
|
246 |
8 |
| Black stone |
11 |
4 |
|
258 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
258 |
7 |
| Seggar-clay |
0 |
9 |
|
259 |
4 |
| Panel white post, with whin |
4 |
5 |
|
263 |
9 |
| White post |
12 |
0 |
|
275 |
9 |
| Blue stone |
5 |
6 |
|
281 |
3 |
| Whin |
2 |
3 |
|
283 |
6 |
| Strong grey post |
24 |
5 |
|
307 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
5 |
4 |
|
313 |
3 |
| Black stone and coal, mixed |
3 |
7 |
|
316 |
10 |
| White post |
13 |
2 |
|
330 |
0 |
| Black stone |
0 |
2 |
|
330 |
2 |
| COAL |
3 |
4 |
|
333 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
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| Band |
0 |
7 |
|
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| COAL |
1 |
4 |
|
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| Black band |
0 |
2 |
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| COAL |
0 |
7 |
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| Grey metal |
17 |
7 |
|
351 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
351 |
7 |
| White post, with water |
29 |
4 |
|
380 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
12 |
9 |
|
393 |
8 |
| COAL |
3 |
6 |
|
397 |
2 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
5 |
|
398 |
7 |
| Strong white post |
25 |
0 |
|
423 |
7 |
| Post stone |
37 |
0 |
|
460 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
9 |
0 |
|
469 |
7 |
| Post, with whin |
19 |
0 |
|
488 |
7 |
| Black shale |
40 |
0 |
|
528 |
7 |
| COAL |
1 |
2 |
|
529 |
9 |
| Seggar-clay |
4 |
6 |
|
534 |
3 |
| COAL - High Main Seam |
4 |
6 |
|
538 |
9 |
| Black brat |
1 |
3 |
|
540 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
8 |
0 |
|
548 |
0 |
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
0 |
|
550 |
0 |
| White post |
1 |
0 |
|
551 |
0 |
| Blue stone |
3 |
0 |
|
554 |
0 |
| COAL, bastard |
3 |
0 |
|
557 |
0 |
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
0 |
|
559 |
0 |
| Grey metal, with whin boulders |
32 |
10 |
|
591 |
10 |
| COAL, cannel |
0 |
6 |
|
592 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
4 |
|
596 |
8 |
| COAL - Grey Seam |
1 |
1 |
|
597 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
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| Band |
0 |
1 |
|
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| COAL |
0 |
9 |
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| Blue stone |
5 |
11 |
|
603 |
8 |
| Strong whin |
1 |
3 |
|
604 |
11 |
| White post stone |
20 |
1 |
|
625 |
0 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
19 |
4 |
|
644 |
4 |
| White post, with whin |
27 |
8 |
|
672 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
25 |
5 |
|
697 |
5 |
| White post, with partings |
34 |
7 |
|
732 |
0 |
| Strong blue metal |
4 |
0 |
|
736 |
0 |
| COAL - Yard Coal Seam |
3 |
0 |
|
739 |
0 |
| Seggar-clay |
7 |
0 |
|
746 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
746 |
9 |
| Leafy post |
15 |
3 |
|
762 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
8 |
9 |
|
770 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
12 |
6 |
|
783 |
3 |
| COAL - Bensham Seam |
7 |
3 |
|
790 |
6 |
| COAL, with dant threads |
3 |
1 |
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| Band |
1 |
0 |
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| COAL, clean |
2 |
5 |
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| COAL, cannel |
0 |
9 |
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| Blue and grey metal |
31 |
0 |
|
821 |
6 |
| Post |
48 |
0 |
|
869 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
7 |
0 |
|
876 |
6 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
3 |
0 |
|
879 |
6 |
| Post |
12 |
9 |
|
892 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
9 |
6 |
|
901 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
902 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
35 |
8 |
|
938 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
11 |
|
938 |
11 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
0 |
|
939 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
29 |
0 |
|
968 |
11 |
| Strong post |
61 |
0 |
|
1029 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
18 |
0 |
|
1047 |
11 |
| Post |
80 |
5 |
|
1128 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
8 |
0 |
|
1136 |
4 |
| COAL - Beaumont Seam |
2 |
8 |
|
1139 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
1 |
|
1140 |
1 |
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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 3047 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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