West Pontop Colliery
Windsor (North) Pit
Section of Strata at Pontop Pike Colliery, from the Surface to the Hutton Seam, at the North or Windsor Pit
Shaft Details
Closed: 1938
Approximate surface level 950 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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fathoms, feet & inches, or metres
 
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Earth and clay |
4 |
0 |
|
4 |
0 |
| Shiver |
2 |
0 |
|
6 |
0 |
| Post - Shield Row Post |
48 |
1 |
|
54 |
1 |
| COAL - Shield Row Seam |
6 |
0 |
|
60 |
1 |
| COAL |
4 |
3 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Blue metal |
3 |
5 |
|
63 |
6 |
| Ironstone |
0 |
3 |
|
63 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
4 |
|
66 |
1 |
| Ironstone |
0 |
2 |
|
66 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
6 |
|
68 |
9 |
| Ironstone |
0 |
2 |
|
68 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
11 |
|
72 |
10 |
| Ironstone |
0 |
3 |
|
73 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
2 |
|
75 |
3 |
| Ironstone |
0 |
1 |
|
75 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
8 |
|
76 |
0 |
| Ironstone |
0 |
2 |
|
76 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
10 |
|
78 |
0 |
| Ironstone |
0 |
1 |
|
78 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
10 |
|
79 |
11 |
| Ironstone |
0 |
1 |
|
80 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
8 |
|
81 |
9 |
| Grey post |
4 |
0 |
|
85 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
5 |
7 |
|
91 |
4 |
| White post |
2 |
5 |
|
93 |
9 |
| Black metal |
4 |
0 |
|
97 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
98 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
11 |
6 |
|
109 |
9 |
| Post girdles |
0 |
2 |
|
109 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
26 |
0 |
|
135 |
11 |
| Tumbler of whin |
1 |
0 |
|
136 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
9 |
0 |
|
145 |
11 |
| White post, with blue metal |
6 |
0 |
|
151 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
5 |
8 |
|
157 |
7 |
| White post, scared with grey post |
2 |
0 |
|
159 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
0 |
|
160 |
7 |
| White post |
2 |
10 |
|
163 |
5 |
| Grey metal, seared with post |
1 |
2 |
|
164 |
7 |
| White post |
1 |
5 |
|
166 |
0 |
| Grey metal, with two post girdles |
2 |
7 |
|
168 |
7 |
| White post |
1 |
0 |
|
169 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
4 |
|
171 |
11 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
5 |
2 |
|
177 |
1 |
| Jet |
0 |
2½ |
|
|
|
| COAL, top |
3 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Splint |
2 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Blue stone |
1 |
5 |
|
178 |
6 |
| COAL - Brass Thill Seam |
6 |
0 |
|
184 |
6 |
| COAL, tender, with scare bands |
6 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Hard grey stone |
7 |
2 |
|
191 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
3 |
|
192 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
17 |
0 |
|
209 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
4 |
|
211 |
3 |
| Post |
1 |
5 |
|
212 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
14 |
6 |
|
227 |
2 |
| Ironstone |
0 |
3 |
|
227 |
5 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
2 |
|
229 |
7 |
| Ironstone |
0 |
3 |
|
229 |
10 |
| Post |
0 |
9 |
|
230 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
6 |
|
233 |
1 |
| Grey metal stone |
1 |
4 |
|
234 |
5 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
6 |
|
237 |
11 |
| Post |
0 |
8 |
|
238 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
8 |
8 |
|
247 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
0 |
|
249 |
3 |
| Post |
1 |
7 |
|
250 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
0 |
|
252 |
10 |
| Post |
7 |
9 |
|
260 |
7 |
| Black stone |
5 |
0 |
|
265 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
5 |
3 |
|
270 |
10 |
| Post |
2 |
7 |
|
273 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
18 |
10 |
|
292 |
3 |
| Post |
4 |
8 |
|
296 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
9 |
|
298 |
8 |
| Post |
39 |
0 |
|
337 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
10 |
4 |
|
348 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
0 |
|
352 |
0 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
6 |
8 |
|
358 |
8 |
| COAL, top |
2 |
8 |
|
|
|
| Band |
0 |
5 |
|
|
|
| COAL, bottom |
3 |
7 |
|
|
|
| White post |
9 |
0 |
|
367 |
8 |
| COAL - Little Coal Seam |
1 |
9 |
|
369 |
5 |
| Blue metal |
36 |
0 |
|
405 |
5 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
3 |
6 |
|
408 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
0 |
|
411 |
11 |
| Grey post, with blue stone |
81 |
0 |
|
492 |
11 |
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
|
494 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
45 |
0 |
|
539 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
539 |
11 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
21 |
0 |
|
560 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
|
561 |
1 |
| Grey metal and white post |
33 |
0 |
|
594 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
594 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
12 |
0 |
|
606 |
7 |
| COAL |
2 |
9 |
|
609 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
|
|
| Grey metal |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
1 |
6 |
|
|
|
| Blue metal and white post |
39 |
0 |
|
648 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
648 |
10 |
| Blue stone or metal |
2 |
0 |
|
650 |
10 |
| COAL - Busty Bank Seam |
6 |
4 |
|
657 |
2 |
| COAL |
3 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Blue stone |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
| COAL |
2 |
10 |
|
|
|
| Blue and grey metal |
38 |
0 |
|
695 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
7 |
|
695 |
9 |
| Blue metal or stone |
3 |
6 |
|
699 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
2 |
|
699 |
5 |
| COAL |
1 |
10 |
|
701 |
3 |
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Source: An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume L-R, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1887
original entry for sinking/boring number 1557 in "An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume L-R, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1887"
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