Craghead Colliery
Oswald Pit
Account of Strata sunk through in the Oswald Pit, Holmside Royalty, 1878
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1878, Closed: 11 Apr 1969
Approximate surface level 639 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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fms. |
ft. |
in. |
|
fms. |
ft. |
in. |
| Soft blue metal, through hade of fault |
29 |
4 |
0 |
|
29 |
4 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
30 |
0 |
0 |
| Black metal |
3 |
2 |
0 |
|
33 |
2 |
0 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
34 |
0 |
0 |
| COAL, good |
|
3 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
| COAL, splint |
|
0 |
9 |
|
|
|
|
| Grey post, with iron girdles |
3 |
5 |
0 |
|
37 |
5 |
0 |
| Dark brown whin |
0 |
1 |
8 |
|
38 |
0 |
8 |
| Strong white post |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
39 |
3 |
0 |
| Grey post |
3 |
5 |
8 |
|
43 |
2 |
8 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
0 |
5 |
2 |
|
44 |
1 |
10 |
| COAL, coarse |
|
0 |
10 |
|
|
|
|
| COAL, good |
|
4 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
| Fire-clay |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
44 |
3 |
10 |
| White post, with coal pipes |
2 |
3 |
2 |
|
47 |
1 |
0 |
| Soft grey metal |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
51 |
1 |
0 |
| Strong white post |
1 |
5 |
3 |
|
53 |
0 |
3 |
| Grey post |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
54 |
0 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
56 |
0 |
3 |
| Strong white post |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
56 |
3 |
3 |
| Strong grey post girdles |
1 |
3 |
4 |
|
58 |
0 |
7 |
| Post girdle |
0 |
1 |
6 |
|
58 |
2 |
1 |
| Strong grey post |
0 |
3 |
4 |
|
58 |
5 |
5 |
| Strong white post |
8 |
0 |
0 |
|
66 |
5 |
5 |
| COAL - Maudlin Seam |
0 |
3 |
2 |
|
67 |
2 |
7 |
| COAL |
|
1 |
10 |
|
|
|
|
| COAL and stone |
|
1 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
5 |
1 |
0 |
|
72 |
3 |
7 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
0 |
3 |
1 |
|
73 |
0 |
8 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
0 |
4 |
6 |
|
73 |
5 |
2 |
| Strong white post, with whin balls |
1 |
2 |
6 |
|
75 |
1 |
8 |
| Whin |
0 |
1 |
3 |
|
75 |
2 |
11 |
| Grey metal, with iron girdles |
2 |
2 |
7 |
|
77 |
5 |
6 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
0 |
3 |
7 |
|
78 |
3 |
1 |
| COAL |
|
3 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
| COAL, coarse |
|
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
| Fire-clay |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
79 |
3 |
1 |
| COAL, splint |
0 |
1 |
3 |
|
79 |
4 |
4 |
| Strong grey metal |
1 |
3 |
0 |
|
81 |
1 |
4 |
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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 2776 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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