| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
fms. |
ft. |
in. |
|
fms. |
ft. |
in. |
| Soil |
0 |
0 |
8 |
|
0 |
0 |
8 |
| Yellow clay |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
0 |
3 |
8 |
| Dark brown clay |
7 |
0 |
0 |
|
7 |
3 |
8 |
| Sand, with a little water |
0 |
0 |
7 |
|
7 |
4 |
3 |
| Loamy clay |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
8 |
4 |
3 |
| Strong stony clay |
7 |
1 |
0 |
|
15 |
5 |
3 |
| Strong brown post |
0 |
4 |
9 |
|
16 |
4 |
0 |
| Strong brown post |
0 |
0 |
10 |
|
16 |
4 |
10 |
| Brown metal |
1 |
4 |
3 |
|
18 |
3 |
1 |
| Black stone, mixed with coal |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
18 |
3 |
7 |
| Grey metal thill |
0 |
3 |
8 |
|
19 |
1 |
3 |
| Soft brown metal |
0 |
4 |
10 |
|
20 |
0 |
1 |
| Strong grey metal, with red partings |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
21 |
1 |
1 |
| Grey post, with coal pipes |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
21 |
5 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
0 |
6 |
|
22 |
5 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
22 |
5 |
9 |
| Grey metal thill, with balls of ironstone |
0 |
5 |
6 |
|
23 |
5 |
3 |
| Strong grey post |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
24 |
3 |
7 |
| Strong grey post girdle |
0 |
1 |
9 |
|
24 |
5 |
4 |
| Grey post |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
25 |
1 |
4 |
| White post |
0 |
4 |
8 |
|
26 |
0 |
0 |
| Grey post |
0 |
3 |
5 |
|
26 |
3 |
5 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
27 |
0 |
5 |
| Black stone |
3 |
3 |
4 |
|
30 |
3 |
9 |
| Grey metal thill, with ironstone balls |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
30 |
4 |
3 |
| Brown post |
0 |
3 |
8 |
|
31 |
1 |
11 |
| Dark grey metal, with |
4 |
2 |
5 |
|
35 |
4 |
4 |
| brown partings |
1 |
3 |
0 |
|
37 |
1 |
4 |
| Black stone, with coal pipes |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
37 |
2 |
4 |
| Grey metal thill |
0 |
1 |
8 |
|
37 |
4 |
0 |
| White post girdle |
0 |
1 |
6 |
|
37 |
5 |
6 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
38 |
5 |
6 |
| Black stone |
0 |
0 |
7 |
|
39 |
0 |
1 |
| Grey metal thill |
0 |
1 |
7 |
|
39 |
1 |
8 |
| COAL, mixed with stone |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
39 |
2 |
8 |
| Grey metal thill |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
39 |
4 |
8 |
| White post |
0 |
4 |
7 |
|
40 |
3 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
1 |
6 |
|
40 |
4 |
9 |
| Grey post girdle |
0 |
1 |
10 |
|
41 |
0 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
1 |
10 |
|
43 |
2 |
5 |
| Black stone |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
43 |
4 |
7 |
| Grey metal thill |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
43 |
5 |
11 |
| White post |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
44 |
3 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
0 |
10 |
|
44 |
4 |
9 |
| Black stone, with coal pipes |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
44 |
5 |
11 |
| Grey metal thill, with ironstone balls |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
45 |
2 |
11 |
| Black stone |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
45 |
3 |
2 |
| Grey metal thill, with ironstone balls, very much broken |
0 |
1 |
5 |
|
45 |
4 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
45 |
5 |
1 |
| Dark grey metal thill, with ironstone balls |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
46 |
2 |
1 |
| Dark grey metal |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
47 |
2 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
48 |
2 |
1 |
| Black stone |
0 |
0 |
7 |
|
48 |
2 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
49 |
2 |
8 |
| Brown metal, with partings |
2 |
1 |
8 |
|
51 |
4 |
4 |
| Brown post |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
53 |
0 |
4 |
| Brown post, with brown partings |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
53 |
3 |
4 |
| Blue metal, ironstone balls |
3 |
2 |
7 |
|
56 |
5 |
11 |
| Black stone |
0 |
1 |
10 |
|
57 |
1 |
9 |
| Grey post |
1 |
4 |
0 |
|
58 |
5 |
9 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
3 |
0 |
|
62 |
2 |
9 |
| Soft leader, mixed with metal, post, and coal |
16 |
2 |
0 |
|
78 |
4 |
9 |
| White post |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
80 |
4 |
9 |
| Hitch stone |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
81 |
1 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
8 |
|
81 |
3 |
5 |
| Soft thill stone |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
83 |
3 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
10 |
|
83 |
4 |
3 |
| Thill stone, with ironstone balls |
3 |
3 |
0 |
|
87 |
1 |
3 |
| Blue metal, with post girdles |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
89 |
1 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
8 |
|
89 |
1 |
11 |
| Thill stone |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
90 |
1 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
93 |
1 |
11 |
| Grey post girdles, mixed with whin |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
93 |
4 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
95 |
4 |
11 |
| Blue metal and post, with hitch stone |
1 |
4 |
10 |
|
97 |
3 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
3 |
1 |
|
98 |
0 |
10 |
| COAL |
|
1 |
5½ |
|
|
|
|
| Grey metal band |
|
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
| COAL |
|
1 |
4½ |
|
|
|
|
| Dark thill stone |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
98 |
2 |
10 |
| Grey post |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
99 |
0 |
10 |
| Grey metal and post girdles |
3 |
4 |
0 |
|
102 |
4 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
3 |
5 |
0 |
|
106 |
3 |
10 |
| Soft hitch stone |
11 |
0 |
0 |
|
117 |
3 |
10 |
| Dark blue metal |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
119 |
4 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
11 |
|
119 |
5 |
9 |
| COAL |
|
0 |
8 |
|
|
|
|
| COAL, mixed with stone |
|
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
| Seggar or thill stone, very soft, mixed with a little water |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
121 |
5 |
9 |
| White post and metal, very soft |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
123 |
5 |
9 |
| Strong grey post |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
124 |
5 |
9 |
| Strong grey metal, with post girdles |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
127 |
5 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
8½ |
|
128 |
1 |
5½ |
| COAL |
|
0 |
8 |
|
|
|
|
| Band |
|
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
| COAL |
|
0 |
5 |
|
|
|
|
| Band |
|
0 |
0½ |
|
|
|
|
| COAL, good |
|
0 |
11 |
|
|
|
|
| Grey post, with whin girdles |
3 |
4 |
10 |
|
132 |
0 |
3½ |
| Strong grey metal and post girdles |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
133 |
2 |
3½ |
| Dark blue metal, with ironstone girdles |
2 |
1 |
4 |
|
135 |
3 |
7½ |
| COAL, coarse |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
135 |
4 |
0½ |
| Strong grey metal |
1 |
4 |
5 |
|
137 |
2 |
5½ |
| White post |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
138 |
4 |
8½ |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
138 |
5 |
1½ |
| Dark thill stone, with iron balls |
0 |
3 |
9 |
|
139 |
2 |
10½ |
| White post and whin girdles |
6 |
0 |
6 |
|
145 |
3 |
4½ |
| Soft dark metal |
1 |
5 |
6 |
|
147 |
2 |
10½ |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
4 |
|
148 |
2 |
2½ |
| COAL |
|
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
| Thill stone |
|
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
| COAL (good coal, 1ft. 9in.; coarse, 6 in.; drift) |
|
2 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
| Thill stone |
0 |
1 |
6 |
|
148 |
3 |
8½ |
| Strong white post, coal pipes at bottom |
9 |
3 |
7 |
|
158 |
1 |
3½ |
| Black stone |
0 |
2 |
7½ |
|
158 |
3 |
11 |
| COAL, good |
0 |
1 |
8 |
|
158 |
5 |
7 |
| Splint |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
158 |
5 |
9 |
| Thill stone |
1 |
1 |
7 |
|
160 |
1 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
160 |
5 |
4 |
| White post |
0 |
5 |
9 |
|
161 |
5 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
5 |
10 |
|
162 |
4 |
11 |
| Strong white post, mixed with whin and a little water and stone, coarse grained, of various colours |
8 |
3 |
4 |
|
171 |
2 |
3 |
| Dark blue metal |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
171 |
5 |
9 |
| Dark stone |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
172 |
1 |
9 |
| Post and whin girdles |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
173 |
3 |
9 |
| Black slaty stone |
1 |
5 |
6 |
|
175 |
3 |
3 |
| Grey metal and post girdles |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
176 |
3 |
3 |
| Dark blue metal and ironstone girdles |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
177 |
3 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
3 |
|
177 |
4 |
8 |
| Dark stone, mixed with coal |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
177 |
5 |
1 |
| Strong grey metal |
1 |
4 |
0 |
|
179 |
3 |
1 |
| Strong grey post |
2 |
5 |
0 |
|
182 |
2 |
1 |
| Blue metal, with ironstone girdles |
1 |
4 |
0 |
|
184 |
0 |
1 |
| Dark slaty stone |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
184 |
4 |
1 |
| COAL - Supposed High Main Coal Seam |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
185 |
1 |
1 |
| COAL |
|
1 |
6 |
|
|
|
|
| Band |
|
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
| COAL, very coarse splinty, mixed with band |
|
1 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
| Dark slaty stone |
0 |
0 |
9 |
|
185 |
1 |
10 |
| Seggar or thill stone |
0 |
1 |
6 |
|
185 |
3 |
4 |
| Strong grey metal |
4 |
4 |
0 |
|
190 |
1 |
4 |
| Grey metal stone, with post girdles |
3 |
0 |
9 |
|
193 |
2 |
1 |
| Strong grey post, with whin girdles, and a little water |
10 |
1 |
2 |
|
203 |
3 |
3 |
| COAL - Brass Thill ; drift |
0 |
2 |
6 |
|
203 |
5 |
9 |
| Strong seggar |
0 |
2 |
8 |
|
204 |
2 |
5 |
| Strong grey metal, with post girdles |
1 |
3 |
6 |
|
205 |
5 |
11 |
| Black metal stone |
1 |
3 |
9½ |
|
207 |
3 |
8½ |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
207 |
4 |
1½ |
| Dark metal stone |
1 |
4 |
6 |
|
209 |
2 |
7½ |
| Grey metal stone |
0 |
5 |
0 |
|
210 |
1 |
7½ |
| Grey post |
0 |
5 |
0 |
|
211 |
0 |
7½ |
| Strong grey metal |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
212 |
0 |
7½ |
| White post |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
213 |
2 |
11½ |
| Grey metal |
2 |
3 |
0 |
|
215 |
5 |
11½ |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
9 |
|
216 |
0 |
8½ |
| Soft thill stone |
0 |
3 |
1 |
|
216 |
3 |
9½ |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
9½ |
|
216 |
4 |
7 |
| COAL |
|
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
| Band |
|
0 |
2½ |
|
|
|
|
| COAL |
|
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
| Strong grey post |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
217 |
5 |
7 |
| Dark blue metal, with ironstone girdles |
2 |
4 |
10 |
|
220 |
4 |
5 |
| COAL - Yard Coal Seam |
0 |
3 |
4 |
|
221 |
1 |
9 |
| COAL |
|
1 |
7 |
|
|
|
|
| Band |
|
0 |
1½ |
|
|
|
|
| COAL |
|
0 |
2½ |
|
|
|
|
| Band |
|
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
| COAL |
|
1 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
| Seggar or thill stone |
0 |
2 |
4 |
|
221 |
4 |
1 |
| Black metal |
0 |
1 |
5 |
|
221 |
5 |
6 |
| Grey post, mixed with whin girdles |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
222 |
5 |
11 |
| Dark blue metal |
1 |
0 |
6 |
|
224 |
0 |
5 |
| Blue metal, with ironstone girdles |
1 |
1 |
10 |
|
225 |
2 |
3 |
| Dark metal stone |
0 |
3 |
4 |
|
225 |
5 |
7 |
| Grey post, with whin girdles |
1 |
1 |
4 |
|
227 |
0 |
11 |
| Strong grey metal, with post girdles |
2 |
4 |
0 |
|
229 |
4 |
11 |
| Dark metal |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
229 |
5 |
0 |
| COAL - Bensham Seam |
0 |
5 |
6 |
|
230 |
4 |
6 |
| COAL, top |
|
3 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
| Splint |
|
0 |
2½ |
|
|
|
|
| COAL, coarse |
|
0 |
1½ |
|
|
|
|
| COAL, bottom |
|
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
| Strong grey post |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
231 |
5 |
6 |
| Strong grey metal, with ironstone balls |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
233 |
5 |
6 |
| Strong grey metal, with post girdles |
1 |
2 |
5 |
|
235 |
1 |
11 |
| COAL, splinty |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
235 |
2 |
11 |
| Grey post |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
236 |
3 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
237 |
3 |
6 |
| Black stone |
0 |
1 |
9 |
|
237 |
5 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
7 |
|
237 |
5 |
10 |
| Grey post |
1 |
0 |
3 |
|
239 |
0 |
1 |
| White post |
2 |
1 |
4 |
|
241 |
1 |
5 |
| Grey metal, post girdles |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
241 |
5 |
5 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
0 |
2 |
6 |
|
242 |
1 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
4 |
2 |
|
243 |
0 |
1 |
| White post |
7 |
0 |
9 |
|
250 |
0 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
3 |
2 |
|
253 |
4 |
0 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam on Wear, Low Main on Tyne |
0 |
4 |
9 |
|
254 |
2 |
9 |
| COAL, good |
|
4 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
| COAL, coarse |
|
0 |
5 |
|
|
|
|
Sunk for sump— |
| Grey metal thill |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
254 |
5 |
9 |
| Grey metal, with ironstone girdles |
2 |
3 |
6 |
|
257 |
3 |
3 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
1 |
5 |
7 |
|
259 |
2 |
10 |