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Walbottle Colliery
Coronation Pit
Sunk in the Coronation Pit, Walbottle Colliery
Shaft Details
Approximate surface level 333 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. |
| Soil and clay |
4 |
6 |
|
4 |
6 |
| Brown freestone |
4 |
0 |
|
8 |
6 |
| Brown post |
4 |
6 |
|
13 |
0 |
| Blue stone |
4 |
0 |
|
17 |
0 |
| Black stone |
0 |
5 |
|
17 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
17 |
10 |
| White post, with partings |
15 |
0 |
|
32 |
10 |
| Black stone |
1 |
0 |
|
33 |
10 |
| Thill |
0 |
8 |
|
34 |
6 |
| Whin |
1 |
6 |
|
36 |
0 |
| Blue stone |
8 |
1 |
|
44 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
44 |
4 |
| Grey post |
8 |
6 |
|
52 |
10 |
| Blue stone |
6 |
0 |
|
58 |
10 |
| Dark grey post |
40 |
0 |
|
98 |
10 |
| Grey post, with partings |
2 |
10 |
|
101 |
8 |
| Whin |
7 |
6 |
|
109 |
2 |
| Grey post, with partings |
3 |
10 |
|
113 |
0 |
| Brown post |
11 |
6 |
|
124 |
6 |
| Grey shivery post |
1 |
6 |
|
126 |
0 |
| Grey metal, mixed with coal |
8 |
6 |
|
134 |
6 |
| White post, with water |
39 |
6 |
|
174 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
9 |
0 |
|
183 |
0 |
| Post, with water |
4 |
0 |
|
187 |
0 |
| Blue stone, with post girdles |
12 |
6 |
|
199 |
6 |
| Whin |
5 |
0 |
|
204 |
6 |
| Post girdles and grey metal stone |
3 |
4 |
|
207 |
10 |
| White post |
4 |
0 |
|
211 |
10 |
| COAL - Grove Seam |
2 |
4 |
|
214 |
2 |
| Thill |
0 |
6 |
|
214 |
8 |
| Grey metal stone, with post girdles |
2 |
6 |
|
217 |
2 |
| COAL, coarse |
0 |
6 |
|
217 |
8 |
| Thill |
0 |
6 |
|
218 |
2 |
| Blue metal, with ironstone balls |
13 |
0 |
|
231 |
2 |
| Grey metal, with scares of post |
13 |
4 |
|
244 |
6 |
| Green post, with much water |
31 |
6 |
|
276 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
276 |
2 |
| Thill |
0 |
5 |
|
276 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
276 |
10 |
| Thill |
0 |
8 |
|
277 |
6 |
| Blue stone |
0 |
2 |
|
277 |
8 |
| Grey metal stone |
4 |
6 |
|
282 |
2 |
| Grey post, with water |
11 |
0 |
|
293 |
2 |
| Blue metal, mixed with balls of ironstone |
3 |
0 |
|
296 |
2 |
| COAL |
2 |
11 |
|
299 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
6 |
|
299 |
7 |
| Grey post |
0 |
5 |
|
300 |
0 |
| Grey post |
4 |
7 |
|
304 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
305 |
4 |
| Thill |
0 |
10 |
|
306 |
2 |
| Blue metal, with ironstone |
5 |
0 |
|
311 |
2 |
| Green post |
4 |
4 |
|
315 |
6 |
| Whin |
7 |
9 |
|
323 |
3 |
| White post |
5 |
3 |
|
328 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
328 |
9 |
| Thill |
3 |
0 |
|
331 |
9 |
| Strong grey metal, with scares of post |
13 |
3 |
|
345 |
0 |
| Whin |
0 |
9 |
|
345 |
9 |
| Grey post, with whin girdles |
5 |
3 |
|
351 |
0 |
| COAL |
2 |
0 |
|
353 |
0 |
| Thill |
1 |
0 |
|
354 |
0 |
| Post girdles |
1 |
4 |
|
355 |
4 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
10 |
6 |
|
365 |
10 |
| Whin |
0 |
8 |
|
366 |
6 |
| Grey metal, with scares of post |
1 |
6 |
|
368 |
0 |
| Blue stone, mixed with ironstone |
4 |
6 |
|
372 |
6 |
| Black stone |
3 |
6 |
|
376 |
0 |
| Grey post |
6 |
0 |
|
382 |
0 |
| Whin |
2 |
4 |
|
384 |
4 |
| Grey post |
9 |
8 |
|
394 |
0 |
| Whin |
1 |
8 |
|
395 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
395 |
11 |
| Thill |
2 |
8 |
|
398 |
7 |
| Grey post |
10 |
0 |
|
408 |
7 |
| Blue metal, with ironstone |
9 |
9 |
|
418 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
418 |
10 |
| Grey metal stone, with post girdles |
5 |
7 |
|
424 |
5 |
| Blue stone, with scares of post |
13 |
0 |
|
437 |
5 |
| COAL - Engine Seam |
3 |
11 |
|
441 |
4 |
| Strong grey thill |
1 |
4 |
|
442 |
8 |
| Strong white post |
13 |
0 |
|
455 |
8 |
| COAL - Hodge Seam |
1 |
8 |
|
457 |
4 |
| Thill |
3 |
2 |
|
460 |
6 |
| Blue stone |
3 |
6 |
|
464 |
0 |
| Coarse open-grained post, with partings |
55 |
6 |
|
519 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
519 |
10 |
| Thill |
5 |
9 |
|
525 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
525 |
9 |
| Strong grey post |
7 |
8 |
|
533 |
5 |
| Blue stone, with post girdles |
8 |
2 |
|
541 |
7 |
| COAL - Three-Quarter Seam |
1 |
11 |
|
543 |
6 |
| Strong grey thill |
4 |
8 |
|
548 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
548 |
7 |
| Thill |
2 |
0 |
|
550 |
7 |
| Grey post |
3 |
6 |
|
554 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
554 |
8 |
| Thill |
1 |
0 |
|
555 |
8 |
| Strong grey post |
23 |
6 |
|
579 |
2 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
3 |
1 |
|
582 |
3 |
| Thill |
2 |
0 |
|
584 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
584 |
6 |
| Strong grey post |
3 |
6 |
|
588 |
0 |
| Black stone |
6 |
9 |
|
594 |
9 |
| Strong grey post |
6 |
1 |
|
600 |
10 |
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
|
602 |
4 |
| Blue stone |
0 |
4 |
|
602 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
603 |
2 |
| Thill |
3 |
8 |
|
606 |
10 |
| Blue stone |
15 |
6 |
|
622 |
4 |
| Strong black stone girdle |
0 |
10 |
|
623 |
2 |
| Thill |
2 |
8 |
|
625 |
10 |
| Strong grey metal stone |
6 |
2 |
|
632 |
0 |
| Strong grey post |
6 |
4 |
|
638 |
4 |
| Whin |
1 |
6 |
|
639 |
10 |
| Strong grey post, with partings |
10 |
6 |
|
650 |
4 |
| Blue stone, with thin post girdles |
4 |
0 |
|
654 |
4 |
| COAL - Brockwell Seam |
4 |
6 |
|
658 |
10 |
| COAL, splint |
4 |
6 |
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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 2107 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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