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Wallsend Colliery
Rising Sun Pit
Account of Strata sunk through in the Rising Sun Pit, Wallsend Colliery. Commenced July 9th, 1906
Shaft Details
Sunk: 09 Jul 1906, Closed: 1969
Approximate surface level 162 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Clay, mixed with gravel |
19 |
0 |
|
19 |
0 |
| Soft brown post |
6 |
4 |
|
25 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
28 |
8 |
|
54 |
0 |
| Seggar-clay |
5 |
4 |
|
59 |
4 |
| Black shale |
2 |
10 |
|
62 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
|
62 |
4 |
| Mild grey metal |
4 |
8 |
|
67 |
0 |
| Reddish post |
4 |
9 |
|
71 |
9 |
| White and grey post, mixed |
74 |
2 |
|
145 |
11 |
| Seggar-clay |
4 |
6 |
|
150 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
7 |
5 |
|
157 |
11 |
| Grey metal, with partings |
1 |
11 |
|
159 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
5 |
|
164 |
3 |
| Seggar-clay |
17 |
3 |
|
181 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
182 |
5 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
9 |
|
184 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
7 |
10 |
|
192 |
0 |
| Strong post or whin |
1 |
6 |
|
193 |
6 |
| Leafy grey metal |
23 |
9 |
|
217 |
3 |
| Hard seggar-clay |
7 |
6 |
|
224 |
9 |
| Soft seggar-clay |
4 |
5 |
|
229 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
10 |
7 |
|
239 |
9 |
| Whin |
2 |
9 |
|
242 |
6 |
| Grey post |
12 |
6 |
|
255 |
0 |
| Seggar-clay |
14 |
3 |
|
269 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
13 |
6 |
|
282 |
9 |
| Post |
20 |
4 |
|
303 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
303 |
6 |
| Seggar-clay |
8 |
1 |
|
311 |
7 |
| Black shale |
6 |
7 |
|
318 |
2 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
319 |
2 |
| Seggar-clay |
5 |
9 |
|
324 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
325 |
9 |
| Strong grey metal |
8 |
1 |
|
333 |
10 |
| Dark grey metal with post |
14 |
3 |
|
348 |
1 |
| Whin |
1 |
2 |
|
349 |
3 |
| Seggar-clay |
5 |
4 |
|
354 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
355 |
3 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
5 |
|
356 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
11 |
|
357 |
7 |
| Soft seggar-clay |
9 |
8 |
|
367 |
3 |
| Hard seggar-clay with post |
1 |
2 |
|
368 |
5 |
| Hard seggar-clay |
10 |
6 |
|
378 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
6 |
|
385 |
5 |
| Soft seggar-clay |
2 |
8 |
|
388 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
388 |
8 |
| Soft seggar-clay |
2 |
9 |
|
391 |
5 |
| Hard seggar-clay |
10 |
6 |
|
401 |
11 |
| White post |
5 |
7 |
|
407 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
6 |
|
410 |
0 |
| White post |
18 |
3 |
|
428 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
6 |
|
428 |
9 |
| Post, with grey metal bands |
9 |
6 |
|
438 |
3 |
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
10 |
|
441 |
1 |
| White post |
11 |
8 |
|
452 |
9 |
| Dark blue metal |
17 |
2 |
|
469 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
|
470 |
1 |
| Very hard post, with whin girdles |
67 |
4 |
|
537 |
5 |
| White post, with bands of grey metal |
13 |
6 |
|
550 |
11 |
| COAL - High Main Seam |
6 |
3 |
|
557 |
3 |
| Soft seggar-clay |
2 |
5 |
|
559 |
8 |
| Dark blue metal |
22 |
4 |
|
582 |
0 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
9 |
2 |
|
591 |
2 |
| COAL - Metal Coal Seam |
3 |
2 |
|
594 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
2½ |
|
|
|
| COAL |
2 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Soft seggar-clay |
0 |
9 |
|
595 |
1 |
| Hard seggar-clay |
1 |
6 |
|
596 |
7 |
| Strong grey metal |
4 |
10 |
|
601 |
5 |
| Hard post |
3 |
2 |
|
604 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
13 |
1 |
|
617 |
8 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
618 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay |
3 |
3 |
|
621 |
11 |
| Post |
0 |
3 |
|
622 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
2 |
|
622 |
4 |
| Post |
0 |
6 |
|
622 |
10 |
| Grey metal, with girdles |
5 |
10 |
|
628 |
8 |
| Blue metal, with coal partings |
3 |
0 |
|
631 |
8 |
| Post |
3 |
6 |
|
635 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
9 |
9 |
|
644 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
645 |
4 |
| Seggar-clay |
4 |
0 |
|
649 |
4 |
| Grey post, with hard whin panels |
17 |
1 |
|
666 |
5 |
| White post, with hard whin panels |
20 |
0 |
|
686 |
5 |
| Blue metal, with iron girdles |
6 |
2 |
|
692 |
7 |
| Post |
3 |
0 |
|
695 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
0 |
|
698 |
8 |
| COAL - Yard Seam |
3 |
0 |
|
701 |
8 |
| Hard seggar-clay |
1 |
0 |
|
702 |
8 |
| Post |
17 |
6 |
|
720 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
9 |
|
723 |
11 |
| Grey post, with blue metal |
3 |
3 |
|
727 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
8 |
|
728 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
|
729 |
0 |
| Grey metal, with ironstone balls |
19 |
4 |
|
748 |
4 |
| Grey post |
1 |
6 |
|
749 |
10 |
| Whin |
0 |
6 |
|
750 |
4 |
| Grey post |
9 |
0 |
|
759 |
4 |
| White post |
1 |
0 |
|
760 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
4 |
|
763 |
8 |
| Seggar-clay |
0 |
6 |
|
764 |
2 |
| COAL - Bensham Seam |
5 |
3 |
|
769 |
5 |
| COAL |
2 |
9¾ |
|
|
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| Splint |
0 |
2¼ |
|
|
|
| COAL |
2 |
3 |
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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 3038 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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