| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Brown post |
10 |
6 |
|
10 |
6 |
| Blue stone |
62 |
2 |
|
72 |
8 |
| Coal-pipe stone |
2 |
0 |
|
74 |
8 |
| COAL (a bag of water) |
0 |
4 |
|
75 |
0 |
| Thill |
3 |
0 |
|
78 |
0 |
| Blue stone |
5 |
3 |
|
83 |
3 |
| Grey post |
4 |
0 |
|
87 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
88 |
1 |
| Thill |
1 |
6 |
|
89 |
7 |
| Grey post |
7 |
6 |
|
97 |
1 |
| Blue stone (about 14 single horse tubs of water per hour) |
7 |
5 |
|
104 |
6 |
| Grey post |
4 |
6 |
|
109 |
0 |
| White post girdles |
1 |
8 |
|
110 |
8 |
| Whin, full of threads |
1 |
7 |
|
112 |
3 |
| White girdly post (the foundation of the first; about 16 single horse tubs of water per hour) |
4 |
9 |
|
117 |
0 |
| Black stone |
15 |
0 |
|
132 |
0 |
| Soft grey stone |
2 |
0 |
|
134 |
0 |
| White post (42 double horse tubs of water per hour) |
13 |
6 |
|
147 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
147 |
8 |
| Grey thill |
5 |
4 |
|
153 |
0 |
| Blue stone |
5 |
3 |
|
158 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
|
158 |
7 |
| Thill |
0 |
5 |
|
159 |
0 |
| Blue stone |
2 |
0 |
|
161 |
0 |
| White post girdles |
0 |
10 |
|
161 |
10 |
| Black stone |
0 |
10 |
|
162 |
8 |
| Grey stone |
4 |
0 |
|
166 |
8 |
| Grey stone, mixed with whin |
2 |
4 |
|
169 |
0 |
| White post (70 double horse tubs of water per hour) |
0 |
8 |
|
169 |
8 |
| Bored further :— |
0 |
0 |
|
169 |
8 |
| White post girdles, with scamy partings and much water |
4 |
6 |
|
174 |
2 |
| Black parting |
0 |
1 |
|
174 |
3 |
| White post, mixed with whin |
3 |
8 |
|
177 |
11 |
| Grey post |
2 |
5 |
|
180 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
6 |
|
180 |
10 |
| Grey post girdles |
0 |
3 |
|
181 |
1 |
| Black metal, with catheads |
4 |
6 |
|
185 |
7 |
| Soft grey metal |
1 |
4 |
|
186 |
11 |
| COAL |
3 |
8 |
|
190 |
7 |
| COAL, soft |
0 |
4 |
|
190 |
7 |
| COAL |
1 |
7 |
|
190 |
7 |
| COAL, soft |
0 |
2 |
|
190 |
7 |
| COAL |
1 |
7 |
|
190 |
7 |
| Bored from First Coal Seam, May 21st, 1734:— |
0 |
0 |
|
190 |
7 |
| Grey metal, seared with coal |
0 |
6 |
|
191 |
1 |
| White post |
9 |
0 |
|
200 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
11 |
|
201 |
0 |
| Grey metal, with catheads |
3 |
10 |
|
204 |
10 |
| White post |
12 |
0 |
|
216 |
10 |
| Grey metal partings |
1 |
1 |
|
217 |
11 |
| Grey and white post girdles |
1 |
2 |
|
219 |
1 |
| COAL |
2 |
2 |
|
221 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
10 |
|
221 |
3 |
| Grey metal, mixed with coal |
0 |
8 |
|
221 |
3 |
| COAL, soft |
0 |
8 |
|
221 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
2 |
|
222 |
5 |
| Strong white post, with water |
6 |
6 |
|
228 |
11 |
| Black metal, mixed with coal |
0 |
4 |
|
229 |
3 |
| White grey metal |
3 |
0 |
|
232 |
3 |
| Blue metal, with, catheads |
16 |
0 |
|
248 |
3 |
| White post |
3 |
0 |
|
251 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
0 |
|
253 |
3 |
| Strong white post girdles, with blue partings and water |
17 |
0 |
|
270 |
3 |
| Grey metal, with black scams |
2 |
4 |
|
272 |
7 |
| Grey post girdles, with scamy partings and much water |
4 |
0 |
|
276 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
6 |
|
278 |
1 |
| Whin girdles |
0 |
3 |
|
278 |
4 |
| Grey and black metal |
1 |
8 |
|
280 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
280 |
6 |
| Grey and black metal |
3 |
0 |
|
283 |
6 |
| White post, with scamy partings and water |
14 |
10 |
|
298 |
4 |
| Strong white post |
9 |
0 |
|
307 |
4 |
| Strong white post, mixed with whin |
0 |
10 |
|
308 |
2 |
| White post, with grey scams |
6 |
9 |
|
314 |
11 |
| COAL |
4 |
0 |
|
318 |
11 |
| COAL |
2 |
8 |
|
318 |
11 |
| Grey and black metal |
0 |
10 |
|
318 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
318 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
6 |
|
320 |
5 |
| In grey and black metal, with catheads |
6 |
6 |
|
326 |
11 |
original entry for sinking/boring number 0710 in "An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume C-E, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1881"
