Coxlodge Colliery
Regent/Engine Pit
Sinking of the Regent or Engine Pit, Coxlodge Colliery. 1811-12-13
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1811, Closed: 16 Jun 1894
Approximate surface level 200 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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fms. |
ft. |
in. |
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fms. |
ft. |
in. |
| Outset |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Soil and strong clay |
1 |
1 |
6 |
|
2 |
2 |
6 |
| Sand and gravel |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
2 |
3 |
6 |
| Strong stony clay |
13 |
4 |
0 |
|
16 |
1 |
6 |
| Sand and gravel |
0 |
1 |
6 |
|
16 |
3 |
0 |
| Strong stony clay |
4 |
3 |
0 |
|
21 |
0 |
0 |
| Soft grey metal |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
22 |
2 |
0 |
| Strong white post |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
25 |
2 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
11 |
|
25 |
3 |
11 |
| Soft blue thill |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
27 |
3 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
27 |
4 |
4 |
| Soft thill |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
28 |
1 |
4 |
| White post |
1 |
0 |
6 |
|
29 |
1 |
10 |
| Grey metal stone |
0 |
4 |
8 |
|
30 |
0 |
6 |
| Grey post |
0 |
5 |
5 |
|
30 |
5 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
2 |
1 |
|
33 |
2 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
0 |
11 |
|
33 |
2 |
11 |
| Strong white post, with metal partings |
4 |
3 |
7 |
|
38 |
0 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
38 |
1 |
6 |
| Soft thill |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
38 |
3 |
8 |
| White post |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
39 |
0 |
8 |
| Blue metal, with post girdles |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
40 |
2 |
8 |
| Strong white post, mixed with whin |
1 |
1 |
6 |
|
41 |
4 |
2 |
| Strong post girdles |
0 |
1 |
8 |
|
41 |
5 |
10 |
| Grey post |
0 |
2 |
3 |
|
42 |
2 |
1 |
| Strong dun whin |
0 |
1 |
6 |
|
42 |
3 |
7 |
| Grey metal stone, with post girdles |
2 |
3 |
9 |
|
45 |
1 |
4 |
| Grey metal stone |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
46 |
1 |
6 |
| Black stone |
1 |
3 |
10 |
|
47 |
5 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
48 |
0 |
6 |
| Blue metal thill |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
48 |
1 |
0 |
| Grey metal stone |
4 |
1 |
0 |
|
52 |
2 |
0 |
| Mixed metal stone in a trouble |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
53 |
4 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
9 |
|
54 |
0 |
1 |
| Soft thill |
0 |
1 |
6 |
|
54 |
1 |
7 |
| Grey metal stone |
0 |
5 |
6 |
|
55 |
1 |
1 |
| Grey post |
0 |
2 |
9 |
|
55 |
3 |
10 |
| Black stone |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
56 |
3 |
10 |
| COAL - Supposed Little Seam |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
57 |
1 |
1 |
| Soft thill |
0 |
3 |
4 |
|
57 |
4 |
5 |
| Post girdle |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
57 |
5 |
9 |
| Grey post |
0 |
3 |
8 |
|
58 |
3 |
5 |
| Strong white post |
0 |
5 |
6 |
|
59 |
2 |
11 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
0 |
6 |
|
60 |
3 |
5 |
| Black stone |
0 |
2 |
8 |
|
61 |
0 |
1 |
| COAL, brassy |
0 |
1 |
6 |
|
61 |
1 |
7 |
| Soft thill |
0 |
2 |
8 |
|
61 |
4 |
3 |
| Grey metal stone, with post girdles |
5 |
5 |
8 |
|
67 |
3 |
11 |
| Black stone |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
68 |
0 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
68 |
1 |
11 |
| Soft thill |
0 |
4 |
9 |
|
69 |
0 |
8 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
0 |
4 |
3 |
|
69 |
4 |
11 |
| Strong white post, mixed with whin |
1 |
3 |
8 |
|
71 |
2 |
7 |
| Black stone |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
71 |
4 |
7 |
| Grey metal stone |
0 |
3 |
7 |
|
72 |
2 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
72 |
2 |
6 |
| Blue metal thill |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
73 |
0 |
10 |
| Post, with grey girdles |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
75 |
1 |
11 |
| Blue stone |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
76 |
1 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
76 |
2 |
5 |
| Black stone |
0 |
0 |
8 |
|
76 |
3 |
1 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
77 |
5 |
1 |
| Black stone |
3 |
4 |
8 |
|
81 |
3 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
6 |
|
81 |
5 |
3 |
| Grey metal thill |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
82 |
1 |
3 |
| Main post, mixed with whin |
7 |
4 |
6 |
|
89 |
5 |
9 |
| Black stone |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
90 |
0 |
0 |
| COAL - High Main Seam |
0 |
4 |
6 |
|
90 |
4 |
6 |
| Sunk below the seam |
4 |
3 |
0 |
|
95 |
1 |
6 |
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Source: 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
original entry for sinking/boring number 0635 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"
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