Whitwell Colliery
B Pit
Strata sunk through in the Whitwell B Pit. 1838
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1838, Closed: 1875
Approximate surface level 349 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Blue clay |
31 |
0 |
|
31 |
0 |
| Sand |
23 |
0 |
|
54 |
0 |
| Sand and water |
9 |
0 |
|
63 |
0 |
| Clay |
20 |
0 |
|
83 |
0 |
| Sand and water |
7 |
9 |
|
90 |
9 |
| Clay |
8 |
0 |
|
98 |
9 |
| Sand and water |
5 |
7 |
|
104 |
4 |
| Clay |
1 |
8 |
|
106 |
0 |
| Blue metal stone |
6 |
0 |
|
112 |
0 |
| Grey metal stone |
15 |
0 |
|
127 |
0 |
| COAL, with a band |
1 |
10 |
|
128 |
10 |
| Thill |
4 |
0 |
|
132 |
10 |
| Blue metal stone |
5 |
5 |
|
138 |
3 |
| Dark grey metal |
3 |
1 |
|
141 |
4 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
3 |
11 |
|
145 |
3 |
| COAL, good |
3 |
11 |
|
|
|
| Thill stone |
2 |
1 |
|
147 |
4 |
| Grey metal stone |
56 |
7 |
|
203 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
204 |
3 |
| Thill stone |
1 |
7 |
|
205 |
10 |
| Grey metal stone |
10 |
0 |
|
215 |
10 |
| Dark grey stone |
0 |
5 |
|
216 |
3 |
| Grey metal stone |
0 |
5 |
|
216 |
8 |
| Dark grey stone, mixed with brass bands |
0 |
5 |
|
217 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
217 |
5 |
| Thill stone |
0 |
11 |
|
218 |
4 |
| Grey leafy post |
2 |
8 |
|
221 |
0 |
| Post girdle |
0 |
4 |
|
221 |
4 |
| Grey leafy post |
1 |
8 |
|
223 |
0 |
| Post girdle |
1 |
4 |
|
224 |
4 |
| Dark grey stone |
6 |
1 |
|
230 |
5 |
| Grey post |
11 |
1 |
|
241 |
6 |
| White post girdle |
2 |
6 |
|
244 |
0 |
| Brown post |
36 |
0 |
|
280 |
0 |
| Grey post girdle |
2 |
4 |
|
282 |
4 |
| Brown post |
2 |
0 |
|
284 |
4 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
2 |
10 |
|
287 |
2 |
| Thill stone |
1 |
6 |
|
288 |
8 |
| Blue metal stone |
1 |
0 |
|
289 |
8 |
| Grey metal stone |
10 |
7 |
|
300 |
3 |
| Strong grey post |
11 |
10 |
|
312 |
1 |
| Grey metal stone |
14 |
3 |
|
326 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
327 |
1 |
| Thill stone |
0 |
9 |
|
327 |
10 |
| Grey metal stone |
9 |
6 |
|
337 |
4 |
| COAL |
3 |
10 |
|
341 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
|
|
| Dark grey stone |
2 |
10 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Grey girdle |
7 |
10 |
|
349 |
0 |
| Grey girdle |
1 |
4 |
|
350 |
4 |
| White post |
5 |
4 |
|
355 |
8 |
| Red post |
2 |
3 |
|
357 |
11 |
| Grey metal stone |
2 |
5 |
|
360 |
4 |
| Blue metal stone |
3 |
4 |
|
363 |
8 |
| Grey metal stone |
17 |
3 |
|
380 |
11 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
6 |
5 |
|
387 |
4 |
| COAL |
1 |
11½ |
|
|
|
| Stone |
1 |
3 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
3 |
2 |
|
|
|
| Thill stone |
5 |
2 |
|
392 |
6 |
|
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 2236 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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