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Willington Colliery (NBL)
Venture Pit
Account of Strata passed through in a Bore-hole in the Venture Pit, Willington Colliery
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 to the scaffold |
176 |
10 |
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176 |
10 |
| Boxes |
48 |
10 |
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225 |
8 |
| Grey and brown post, with red and brown scamy partings, and open gullets and water |
74 |
2 |
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299 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
0 |
|
301 |
10 |
| Red and grey metal, with girdles |
24 |
0 |
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325 |
10 |
| White post, with water |
1 |
0 |
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326 |
10 |
| Whin |
2 |
6 |
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329 |
4 |
| Brown and grey post |
11 |
6 |
|
340 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
0 |
|
344 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
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345 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
0 |
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346 |
7 |
| Grey metal stone, with post girdles |
25 |
3 |
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371 |
10 |
| Grey metal, with girdles |
15 |
0 |
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386 |
10 |
| Grey girdley post, with water |
6 |
0 |
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392 |
10 |
| Grey metal stone, with post girdles |
10 |
6 |
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403 |
4 |
| Whin |
2 |
0 |
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405 |
4 |
| White post, mixed with whin |
1 |
0 |
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406 |
4 |
| Grey scamy stone |
9 |
6 |
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415 |
10 |
| COAL, foul |
1 |
0 |
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416 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
6 |
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417 |
4 |
| Grey metal stone |
5 |
6 |
|
422 |
10 |
| Grey metal, with girdles |
20 |
0 |
|
442 |
10 |
| White post |
10 |
0 |
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452 |
10 |
| Grey scamy stone, with metal partings |
12 |
0 |
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464 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
465 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
6 |
6 |
|
471 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
472 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
6 |
|
473 |
10 |
| Grey metal stone, with girdles |
11 |
0 |
|
484 |
10 |
| Black metal |
1 |
0 |
|
485 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
|
486 |
1 |
| Grey metal, with girdles |
19 |
0 |
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505 |
1 |
| COAL |
1 |
3 |
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506 |
4 |
| Grey metal, with girdles |
8 |
6 |
|
514 |
10 |
| Grey metal stone, with post girdles |
11 |
6 |
|
526 |
4 |
| White post |
10 |
6 |
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536 |
10 |
| Whin |
3 |
0 |
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539 |
10 |
| Whin, with a mixture of strong white post and several whin girdles |
59 |
0 |
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598 |
10 |
| Grey metal stone, with post girdles and metal partings |
20 |
0 |
|
618 |
10 |
| Blue and black metal, with water |
13 |
0 |
|
631 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
632 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
6 |
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632 |
9 |
| Grey metal stone, with girdles |
5 |
6 |
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638 |
3 |
| Strong white post |
7 |
0 |
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645 |
3 |
| Whin |
4 |
0 |
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649 |
3 |
| Mixture whin and strong white post, with whin girdles |
28 |
7 |
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677 |
10 |
| Strong white post, into |
3 |
0 |
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680 |
10 |
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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 3070 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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