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Waldridge Colliery
Busty Pit
Account of Strata sunk through in the Busty pit, Waldridge Colliery, 1875
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1875, Closed: Apr 1926
Approximate surface level 351 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. |
| Peaty soil |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
| Strong loam |
9 |
0 |
|
10 |
0 |
| Soft metal stone |
20 |
0 |
|
30 |
0 |
| Blue metal, with coal pipes |
2 |
5 |
|
32 |
5 |
| COAL - Shield Row Seam |
3 |
10 |
|
36 |
3 |
| COAL, bottom, with clay partings |
8 |
11 |
|
45 |
2 |
| Clay and sand, with boulders, and water |
37 |
4 |
|
82 |
6 |
| Gravel, with water |
4 |
6 |
|
87 |
0 |
| Soft blue metal |
13 |
10 |
|
100 |
10 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
5 |
0 |
|
105 |
10 |
| COAL, good |
3 |
10 |
|
|
|
| Stone band |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL, with water |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Thill stone and coal |
3 |
1 |
|
108 |
11 |
| Seggar-clay, with iron balls |
12 |
8 |
|
121 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
7 |
2 |
|
128 |
9 |
| Thill stone and coal |
1 |
8 |
|
130 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
6 |
|
133 |
11 |
| Post and whin, mixed |
2 |
6 |
|
136 |
5 |
| Soft blue metal |
12 |
6 |
|
148 |
11 |
| Black stone |
5 |
4 |
|
154 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
0 |
|
156 |
3 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
5 |
9 |
|
162 |
0 |
| COAL, good |
3 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Splint |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Thill stone |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Grey metal |
22 |
5 |
|
184 |
5 |
| Grey post |
13 |
3 |
|
197 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
11 |
10 |
|
209 |
6 |
| COAL - Maudlin Seam |
5 |
3 |
|
214 |
9 |
| COAL, coarse |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
| COAL, good |
4 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
3 |
|
217 |
0 |
| Metal, with post girdles |
9 |
4 |
|
226 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
7 |
5 |
|
233 |
9 |
| Whin stone |
1 |
4 |
|
235 |
1 |
| Metal, with post girdles |
4 |
11 |
|
240 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
13 |
7 |
|
253 |
7 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
2 |
11 |
|
256 |
6 |
| COAL, good |
2 |
11 |
|
|
|
| Thill stone and coal |
1 |
4 |
|
257 |
10 |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
6 |
|
259 |
4 |
| Loose post |
5 |
9 |
|
265 |
1 |
| Hitch leader, altered post |
17 |
3 |
|
282 |
4 |
| Post and metal |
21 |
7 |
|
303 |
11 |
| COAL - Brass Thill Seam |
3 |
10 |
|
307 |
9 |
| COAL, good |
0 |
10 |
|
|
|
| COAL, coarse |
3 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Dark seggar-clay |
3 |
6 |
|
311 |
3 |
| White post |
0 |
8 |
|
311 |
11 |
| COAL and stone |
0 |
3 |
|
312 |
2 |
| Grey post and metal |
3 |
1 |
|
315 |
3 |
| Post |
0 |
11 |
|
316 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
9 |
|
316 |
11 |
| White post, with metal partings |
6 |
3 |
|
323 |
2 |
| COAL - Foot Seam |
1 |
0 |
|
324 |
2 |
| Dark seggar-clay |
1 |
0 |
|
325 |
2 |
| Dark grey post |
1 |
5 |
|
326 |
7 |
| Black stone |
1 |
1 |
|
327 |
8 |
| White post and whin |
7 |
0 |
|
334 |
8 |
| Metal and grey post |
19 |
8 |
|
354 |
4 |
| Blue metal, with iron balls |
3 |
1 |
|
357 |
5 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
5 |
8 |
|
363 |
1 |
| COAL, good |
3 |
8 |
|
|
|
| COAL, coarse |
2 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Strong seggar-clay and iron |
5 |
3 |
|
368 |
4 |
| White post |
6 |
2 |
|
374 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
3 |
|
374 |
9 |
| COAL, good |
0 |
3 |
|
375 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
25 |
2 |
|
400 |
2 |
| White post, with spar |
3 |
7 |
|
403 |
9 |
| Black stone |
0 |
5 |
|
404 |
2 |
| Seggar-clay, with iron balls |
3 |
0 |
|
407 |
2 |
| Metal, with post girdles |
20 |
10 |
|
428 |
0 |
| COAL, good |
1 |
0 |
|
429 |
0 |
| Strong seggar-clay |
2 |
0 |
|
431 |
0 |
| Black metal |
6 |
7 |
|
437 |
7 |
| Strong white post |
6 |
0 |
|
443 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
5 |
6 |
|
449 |
1 |
| White post |
11 |
4 |
|
460 |
5 |
| Soft black stone |
21 |
0 |
|
481 |
5 |
| COAL, good |
0 |
6 |
|
481 |
11 |
| Seggar-clay, good |
3 |
0 |
|
484 |
11 |
| COAL, good |
0 |
7 |
|
485 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
7 |
|
487 |
1 |
| Grey post |
4 |
0 |
|
491 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
0 |
|
494 |
1 |
| COAL - Harvey Seam |
1 |
9 |
|
495 |
10 |
| COAL, good |
1 |
9 |
|
|
|
| Strong seggar-clay |
3 |
0 |
|
498 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
9 |
4 |
|
508 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
2 |
|
510 |
4 |
| COAL, good |
0 |
3 |
|
510 |
7 |
| Seggar-clay |
6 |
0 |
|
516 |
7 |
| White post |
10 |
0 |
|
526 |
7 |
| COAL, good |
0 |
8 |
|
527 |
3 |
| Metal stone |
6 |
1 |
|
533 |
4 |
| COAL |
1 |
10 |
|
535 |
2 |
| COAL, good |
0 |
11 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
| COAL, coarse |
0 |
10 |
|
|
|
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
0 |
|
537 |
2 |
| Soft dark post and metal |
6 |
7 |
|
543 |
9 |
| COAL, good |
0 |
4 |
|
544 |
1 |
| Seggar-clay, with iron balls |
4 |
8 |
|
548 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
|
548 |
10 |
| Black stone |
1 |
6 |
|
550 |
4 |
| Soft dark post |
2 |
8 |
|
553 |
0 |
| COAL, coarse |
0 |
8 |
|
553 |
8 |
| Strong coarse seggar-clay |
1 |
7 |
|
555 |
3 |
| Hard grey post girdles |
31 |
9 |
|
587 |
0 |
| COAL - Busty Seam |
4 |
0 |
|
591 |
0 |
| COAL, good |
1 |
11 |
|
|
|
| Stone band |
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
| COAL, good |
1 |
11 |
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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 3033 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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