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Walker Colliery
Charlotte Pit
Bored in the Charlotte Pit, Walker Colliery, from the Main Coal Seam. November 2nd, 1801
Shaft Details
Approximate surface level 65 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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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 from surface to High Main Seam |
600 |
0 |
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600 |
0 |
| Box |
5 |
0 |
|
605 |
0 |
| Grey metal, with girdles |
29 |
0 |
|
634 |
0 |
| COAL - Metal Coal Seam |
4 |
5 |
|
638 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
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| Grey metal |
1 |
3 |
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| COAL, with sulphur |
2 |
8 |
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| Grey metal, with girdles |
12 |
0 |
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650 |
5 |
| Black stone |
9 |
6 |
|
659 |
11 |
| COAL - Stone Coal Seam |
0 |
10 |
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660 |
9 |
| Soft grey metal |
0 |
10 |
|
661 |
7 |
| Strong grey metal stone, with post girdles |
41 |
0 |
|
702 |
7 |
| COAL - Yard Seam |
2 |
9 |
|
705 |
4 |
| Grey metal, with whin girdles |
9 |
0 |
|
714 |
4 |
| Black grey stone, with girdles or sulphur |
2 |
0 |
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716 |
4 |
| Strong white post, mixed with whin and metal partings |
30 |
0 |
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746 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
9 |
8 |
|
756 |
0 |
| Strong white post |
7 |
0 |
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763 |
0 |
| Whin |
5 |
0 |
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768 |
0 |
| Strong white post |
11 |
0 |
|
779 |
0 |
| Black slate |
0 |
2 |
|
779 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
779 |
10 |
| Grey metal stone |
15 |
0 |
|
794 |
10 |
| White post |
9 |
0 |
|
803 |
10 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
10 |
2 |
|
814 |
0 |
| Black stone |
0 |
4 |
|
814 |
4 |
| COAL - Bensham Seam |
3 |
0 |
|
817 |
4 |
| Grey metal stone, with girdles |
15 |
0 |
|
832 |
4 |
| COAL, with water and sulphur |
0 |
3 |
|
832 |
7 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
16 |
8 |
|
849 |
3 |
| COAL |
2 |
5 |
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851 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
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| Hard band |
0 |
6 |
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| COAL |
1 |
6 |
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| Grey metal, with girdles |
12 |
0 |
|
863 |
8 |
| White post, with partings |
35 |
0 |
|
898 |
8 |
| COAL - Six-Quarter Seam |
1 |
9 |
|
900 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
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| Blue metal |
0 |
5 |
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| COAL |
0 |
6 |
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| Blue metal, with scares of coal at top |
5 |
0 |
|
905 |
5 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
3 |
10 |
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909 |
3 |
| COAL, mixed with black stone |
3 |
0 |
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| COAL |
0 |
10 |
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| Grey metal |
2 |
0 |
|
911 |
3 |
| Grey post |
4 |
0 |
|
915 |
3 |
| Strong grey post, with a mixture of whin |
31 |
0 |
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946 |
3 |
| Grey metal stone, with whin girdles |
8 |
6 |
|
954 |
9 |
| Strong whin girdles |
0 |
7 |
|
955 |
4 |
| Black slate |
0 |
2 |
|
955 |
6 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
6 |
1 |
|
961 |
7 |
| COAL, tender |
5 |
2 |
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| COAL, with small brass lumps and scare bands |
0 |
11 |
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| Black slate, mixed with coal |
0 |
3 |
|
961 |
10 |
| Black grey metal |
0 |
11 |
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962 |
9 |
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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 2128 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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