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West Wylam Colliery
Account of Strata sunk through at West Wylam Colliery, 1866
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1866, Closed: 1961
Approximate surface level 95 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
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ft. |
in. |
| Clay, with stone |
16 |
0 |
|
16 |
0 |
| Blue metal, with ironstone |
26 |
0 |
|
42 |
0 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
7 |
4 |
|
49 |
4 |
| Post girdles |
0 |
10 |
|
50 |
2 |
| Post, with grey metal partings |
4 |
6 |
|
54 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
36 |
0 |
|
90 |
8 |
| White post |
5 |
2 |
|
95 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
8 |
|
96 |
6 |
| COAL, with thin bands of stone |
2 |
4 |
|
98 |
10 |
| Seggar-clay |
3 |
8 |
|
102 |
6 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
18 |
0 |
|
120 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
19 |
0 |
|
139 |
6 |
| Black slaty stone |
6 |
11 |
|
146 |
5 |
| COAL, with a band |
1 |
1 |
|
147 |
6 |
| Seggar-clay |
4 |
8 |
|
152 |
2 |
| Grey post |
4 |
8 |
|
156 |
10 |
| White post |
60 |
0 |
|
216 |
10 |
| COAL - Towneley Seam |
6 |
0 |
|
222 |
10 |
| Seggar-clay |
4 |
9 |
|
227 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
228 |
0 |
| Blue metal, with ironstone balls |
4 |
4 |
|
232 |
4 |
| Post, with whin girdles |
7 |
6 |
|
239 |
10 |
| COAL - Tilley Seam |
2 |
4 |
|
242 |
2 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
6 |
|
243 |
8 |
| Grey post, with whin girdles |
8 |
0 |
|
251 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
252 |
0 |
| Dark grey metal |
3 |
6 |
|
255 |
6 |
| White post |
7 |
0 |
|
262 |
6 |
| Post, with blue metal partings |
13 |
0 |
|
275 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
2 |
|
276 |
8 |
| COAL |
1 |
2 |
|
277 |
10 |
| Dark grey post, with iron girdles |
4 |
7 |
|
282 |
5 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
3 |
8 |
|
286 |
1 |
| COAL, splint |
0 |
8 |
|
|
|
| COAL, good |
3 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Thill |
0 |
9 |
|
286 |
10 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
2 |
6 |
|
289 |
4 |
| White post |
1 |
10 |
|
291 |
2 |
| Grey post, with hard girdles |
9 |
0 |
|
300 |
2 |
| Whin |
4 |
6 |
|
304 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
6 |
6 |
|
311 |
2 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
3 |
|
312 |
5 |
| COAL - Six-Quarter Seam |
4 |
4 |
|
316 |
9 |
| COAL, good |
4 |
4 |
|
|
|
| Thill |
3 |
7 |
|
320 |
4 |
| White post |
4 |
0 |
|
324 |
4 |
| Blue metal, with post girdles |
24 |
4 |
|
348 |
8 |
| COAL - Yard Seam |
3 |
0 |
|
351 |
8 |
| COAL, good |
2 |
3 |
|
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| Band |
0 |
1 |
|
|
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| COAL, good |
0 |
8 |
|
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| Thill |
6 |
0 |
|
357 |
8 |
| Blue metal, with post girdles |
8 |
0 |
|
365 |
8 |
| White post, with blue metal girdles |
13 |
0 |
|
378 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
9 |
0 |
|
387 |
8 |
| Grey post |
7 |
0 |
|
394 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
0 |
|
396 |
8 |
| COAL - Brockwell Seam |
3 |
0 |
|
399 |
8 |
| COAL, good |
2 |
6 |
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| COAL, splint |
0 |
6 |
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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 3098 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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