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Wallsend Colliery
East pit Workings
Strata bored through in the East Pit Workings, Wallsend Colliery, to the South of Green's Freehold, and about 100 yards East of the Shaft, from the Thill of the High Main Coal Seam
Shaft Details
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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ft. |
in. |
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ft. |
in. |
| Sunk a staple in thill and grey metal |
8 |
0 |
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8 |
0 |
| Ironstone girdle |
0 |
8 |
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8 |
8 |
| Grey post |
3 |
0 |
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11 |
8 |
| Grey metal, with a sulphurous blower 1 fathom from top |
24 |
4 |
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36 |
0 |
| Grey post girdles and metal partings |
26 |
0 |
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62 |
0 |
| COAL, foul |
0 |
4 |
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62 |
4 |
| Grey metal stone |
4 |
0 |
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66 |
4 |
| Strong white and grey post |
49 |
8 |
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116 |
0 |
| COAL - Metal Coal Seam |
0 |
5 |
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116 |
5 |
| White post |
12 |
0 |
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128 |
5 |
| Dark brown metal |
12 |
5 |
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140 |
10 |
| Slaty stone, mixed with coal |
0 |
5 |
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141 |
3 |
| Grey metal stone, with post and whin girdles |
18 |
0 |
|
159 |
3 |
| Strong white post |
12 |
0 |
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171 |
3 |
| Grey metal stone |
6 |
0 |
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177 |
3 |
| Strong white post |
9 |
0 |
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186 |
3 |
| Grey metal stone |
21 |
0 |
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207 |
3 |
| Black metal, mixed with foul coal |
1 |
0 |
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208 |
3 |
| Dark grey metal, with girdles |
1 |
3 |
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209 |
6 |
| COAL - Bensham Seam |
2 |
9 |
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212 |
3 |
| COAL |
1 |
5 |
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| Dark grey metal |
0 |
5 |
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| COAL |
0 |
11 |
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| Dark slaty metal, with sulphur |
0 |
9 |
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213 |
0 |
| COAL, with sulphur |
0 |
7 |
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213 |
7 |
| Dark slaty metal, with sulphur |
0 |
6 |
|
214 |
1 |
| COAL, slaty |
0 |
5 |
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214 |
6 |
| Slaty metal |
0 |
4 |
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214 |
10 |
| COAL, coarse, with sulphur and water |
3 |
0 |
|
217 |
10 |
| Thill |
0 |
9 |
|
218 |
7 |
| Dark grey metal |
0 |
9 |
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219 |
4 |
| Black slaty metal |
1 |
2 |
|
220 |
6 |
| Grey metal stone, with post and whin girdles |
26 |
6 |
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247 |
0 |
| Dark grey metal stone, with post and whin girdles |
4 |
0 |
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251 |
0 |
| Whin |
1 |
0 |
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252 |
0 |
| Dark grey metal stone, with whin girdles |
4 |
6 |
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256 |
6 |
| Whin mixture |
2 |
0 |
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258 |
6 |
| Whin girdle and metal stone partings |
4 |
0 |
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262 |
6 |
| Metal stone, with white post girdles |
7 |
6 |
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270 |
0 |
| COAL, with sulphur, a small scare of band 15 inches from top, and band 4 inches at 1 yard from top |
6 |
2 |
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276 |
2 |
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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 2131 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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