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Wallsend Colliery
A Pit
Account of Strata sunk through in the A Pit, Wallsend Colliery, from the High Main to the Low Main Seam, 1821, together with Strata proved to Beaumont Seam
Shaft Details
Sunk: bef. 1782
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| To the High Main Seam |
666 |
0 |
|
666 |
0 |
| COAL, ground |
3 |
0 |
|
669 |
0 |
| Grey thill |
3 |
0 |
|
672 |
0 |
| Blue stone, with whin girdles |
24 |
0 |
|
696 |
0 |
| COAL - Metal Coal Seam |
3 |
3 |
|
699 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
|
|
| Grey thill or band |
0 |
7 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
2 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Grey thill |
2 |
0 |
|
701 |
3 |
| Strong grey metal |
9 |
6 |
|
710 |
9 |
| Gray post |
0 |
10 |
|
711 |
7 |
| Blue stone and whin girdles |
2 |
9 |
|
714 |
4 |
| COAL - Stone Coal Seam |
1 |
7 |
|
715 |
11 |
| Black stone |
1 |
7 |
|
|
|
| Blue stone |
7 |
5 |
|
723 |
4 |
| COAL, splint |
0 |
5 |
|
723 |
9 |
| Dark thill |
4 |
6 |
|
728 |
3 |
| Strong grey post |
4 |
2 |
|
732 |
5 |
| Strong blue stone |
4 |
4 |
|
736 |
9 |
| Blue stone and strong girdles |
20 |
6 |
|
757 |
3 |
| White post, mixed with whin |
17 |
10 |
|
775 |
1 |
| Coal pipes |
0 |
2 |
|
775 |
3 |
| Post, mixed with coal pipes |
4 |
7 |
|
779 |
10 |
| Blue stone |
12 |
1 |
|
791 |
11 |
| COAL |
3 |
0 |
|
794 |
11 |
| COAL |
1 |
5 |
|
|
|
| Band |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Grey thill |
3 |
0 |
|
797 |
11 |
| Blue stone, mixed with ironstone |
11 |
6 |
|
809 |
5 |
| COAL - Yard Seam |
3 |
4 |
|
812 |
9 |
| COAL, good |
1 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| COAL, good |
1 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Grey thill |
2 |
0 |
|
814 |
9 |
| Post girdles |
0 |
8 |
|
815 |
5 |
| Grey post |
6 |
4 |
|
821 |
9 |
| Blue stone and whin girdles |
6 |
4 |
|
828 |
1 |
| Strong white post |
3 |
9 |
|
831 |
10 |
| COAL and stone |
0 |
2 |
|
832 |
0 |
| Grey post girdles |
4 |
0 |
|
836 |
0 |
| Grey thill and blue girdles |
13 |
3 |
|
849 |
3 |
| Grey post and whin |
14 |
1 |
|
863 |
4 |
| COAL - Bensham Seam |
6 |
1 |
|
869 |
5 |
| COAL, bad |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL, good |
2 |
10 |
|
|
|
| Band |
1 |
4 |
|
|
|
| COAL, bad |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| COAL, good |
0 |
9 |
|
|
|
| COAL, mixed with stone |
0 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Sunk in a Staple 25 yards West of A Pit :—* |
0 |
0 |
|
869 |
5 |
| Thill, mixed with ironstone |
7 |
5 |
|
876 |
10 |
| Whin |
2 |
0 |
|
878 |
10 |
| Grey metal and post girdles |
8 |
0 |
|
886 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
887 |
1 |
| Grey metal and post girdles |
31 |
0 |
|
918 |
1 |
| COAL |
4 |
1 |
|
922 |
2 |
| COAL, splint |
0 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Grey metal stone |
1 |
8 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Stone |
0 |
0½ |
|
|
|
| COAL, good |
1 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Thill |
1 |
0 |
|
923 |
2 |
| Grey metal and post girdles |
3 |
11 |
|
927 |
1 |
| Whin |
2 |
6 |
|
929 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
7 |
|
936 |
2 |
| Grey whin |
1 |
3 |
|
937 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
8 |
9 |
|
946 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
8 |
6 |
|
954 |
8 |
| Black metal |
2 |
10 |
|
957 |
6 |
| COAL |
2 |
2 |
|
959 |
8 |
| Grey stone |
2 |
8 |
|
962 |
4 |
| COAL, splint |
0 |
4 |
|
962 |
8 |
| Grey stone |
0 |
11 |
|
963 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
11 |
|
964 |
7 |
| Thill |
1 |
6 |
|
966 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
6 |
|
967 |
7 |
| Post girdles, with blue metal partings |
23 |
6 |
|
991 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
11 |
6 |
|
1002 |
7 |
| Black metal |
0 |
9 |
|
1003 |
4 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
5 |
6 |
|
1008 |
10 |
| COAL |
1 |
9 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
2 |
5 |
|
|
|
| Bored further, in 1824. in same Staple 25 yards West of Shaft :—** |
0 |
0 |
|
1008 |
10 |
| White thill |
5 |
8 |
|
1014 |
6 |
| Grey post |
5 |
7 |
|
1020 |
1 |
| Grey scamy post |
5 |
0 |
|
1025 |
1 |
| White post |
2 |
0 |
|
1027 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
2 |
|
1030 |
3 |
| White post |
5 |
0 |
|
1035 |
3 |
| Grey post |
9 |
0 |
|
1044 |
3 |
| White post |
14 |
8 |
|
1058 |
11 |
| Blue metal, mixed with post girdles |
5 |
0 |
|
1063 |
11 |
| White post |
4 |
11 |
|
1068 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
7 |
|
1069 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
1070 |
3 |
| Grey thill |
1 |
6 |
|
1071 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
6 |
|
1073 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
2 |
|
1076 |
5 |
| Grey whin |
0 |
6 |
|
1076 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
0 |
|
1078 |
11 |
| White post |
1 |
4 |
|
1080 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
0 |
|
1081 |
3 |
| White post |
0 |
6 |
|
1081 |
9 |
| Whin |
0 |
8 |
|
1082 |
5 |
| White post |
1 |
7 |
|
1084 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
1 |
|
1085 |
1 |
| White post |
2 |
8 |
|
1087 |
9 |
| Grey whin |
1 |
0 |
|
1088 |
9 |
| White post |
1 |
0 |
|
1089 |
9 |
| Blue metal, with ironstone girdles |
36 |
3 |
|
1126 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
1126 |
5 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
4 |
|
1126 |
9 |
| White post |
0 |
7 |
|
1127 |
4 |
| Grey post |
8 |
8 |
|
1136 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
3 |
|
1137 |
4 |
| Black metal |
0 |
10 |
|
1138 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
4 |
|
1138 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
7 |
|
1143 |
2 |
| COAL - Beaumont Seam |
6 |
6 |
|
1149 |
8 |
| COAL |
2 |
11 |
|
|
|
| Grey stone |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
|
|
| Grey stone |
1 |
3 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
5 |
|
|
|
| Thill |
2 |
0 |
|
1151 |
8 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
9 |
7 |
|
1161 |
3 |
| Black metal |
2 |
7 |
|
1163 |
10 |
| Grey post |
0 |
8 |
|
1164 |
6 |
| White post |
9 |
3 |
|
1173 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
1174 |
4 |
| Thill |
0 |
10 |
|
1175 |
2 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
8 |
3 |
|
1183 |
5 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
0 |
|
1186 |
5 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
1187 |
5 |
| Thill |
1 |
11 |
|
1189 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
6 |
0 |
|
1195 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
1195 |
9 |
| Thill |
2 |
0 |
|
1197 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
4 |
|
1199 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
8 |
|
1200 |
9 |
| White post |
3 |
1 |
|
1203 |
10 |
| |
0 |
0 |
|
1203 |
10 |
| * This is also stated to be a boring near G Pit. See No. 2,133. |
0 |
0 |
|
1203 |
10 |
| ** This is also stated to be a boring near G Pit. See No. 2,134. |
0 |
0 |
|
1203 |
10 |
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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 2129 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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