Coxlodge Colliery
Bower Pit
Section of Strata sunk through at the Bower Pit, Coxlodge Colliery
Shaft Details
Closed: 16 Jun 1894
Approximate surface level 180 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
| |
fms. |
ft. |
in. |
|
fms. |
ft. |
in. |
| Strong clay |
4 |
2 |
0 |
|
4 |
2 |
0 |
| Sand |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
4 |
3 |
2 |
| Strong clay, mixed with stone |
15 |
1 |
4 |
|
19 |
4 |
6 |
| Freestone post |
3 |
1 |
0 |
|
22 |
5 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
23 |
0 |
6 |
| Black band |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
23 |
0 |
9 |
| Strong seggar clay |
2 |
4 |
3 |
|
25 |
5 |
0 |
| Freestone post |
2 |
3 |
0 |
|
28 |
2 |
0 |
| Blue stone |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
28 |
5 |
3 |
| Strong post, with water |
1 |
0 |
9 |
|
30 |
0 |
0 |
| Strong post, with water |
7 |
0 |
7 |
|
37 |
0 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
0 |
10 |
|
37 |
1 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
37 |
2 |
5 |
| Seggar clay |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
37 |
4 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
5 |
0 |
|
39 |
3 |
7 |
| Dark post |
5 |
5 |
6 |
|
45 |
3 |
1 |
| Dark metal |
4 |
5 |
10 |
|
50 |
2 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
10 |
|
50 |
3 |
9 |
| White post |
1 |
5 |
4 |
|
52 |
3 |
1 |
| Dark metal |
2 |
2 |
4 |
|
54 |
5 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
8 |
|
55 |
2 |
1 |
| COAL |
|
0 |
10 |
|
|
|
|
| Black band |
|
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
| COAL |
|
1 |
8 |
|
|
|
|
| Dark grey metal |
1 |
5 |
0 |
|
57 |
1 |
1 |
| Strong white post |
1 |
4 |
0 |
|
58 |
5 |
1 |
| Dark blue metal |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
59 |
3 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
5 |
|
59 |
4 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
61 |
0 |
6 |
| Dark grey metal |
4 |
5 |
0 |
|
65 |
5 |
6 |
| Dark blue metal |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
66 |
5 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
67 |
1 |
6 |
| Thill stone |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
67 |
5 |
6 |
| Strong grey metal |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
68 |
3 |
6 |
| Strong white post |
2 |
3 |
6 |
|
71 |
1 |
0 |
| Dark post |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
71 |
5 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
71 |
5 |
6 |
| Strong post |
2 |
4 |
0 |
|
74 |
3 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
9 |
|
74 |
4 |
3 |
| Grey post |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
75 |
5 |
3 |
| Dark metal |
2 |
1 |
9 |
|
78 |
1 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
78 |
2 |
0 |
| Strong white post |
9 |
0 |
0 |
|
87 |
2 |
0 |
| Blue stone |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
87 |
4 |
0 |
| COAL - High Main Seam |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
88 |
2 |
0 |
| Seggar stone |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
88 |
3 |
0 |
| Thill stone |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
89 |
0 |
0 |
| Grey post |
6 |
0 |
0 |
|
95 |
0 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
95 |
1 |
0 |
| Seggar stone |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
95 |
4 |
0 |
| Grey post |
5 |
1 |
4 |
|
100 |
5 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
101 |
0 |
4 |
| Strong grey metal |
5 |
5 |
0 |
|
106 |
5 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
107 |
0 |
4 |
| White post |
5 |
5 |
0 |
|
112 |
5 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
6 |
|
113 |
0 |
10 |
| Thill stone |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
113 |
3 |
10 |
| Grey post |
4 |
3 |
0 |
|
118 |
0 |
10 |
| COAL - Yard Seam |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
118 |
3 |
10 |
| COAL, tender |
|
3 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
| Thill stone |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
119 |
0 |
10 |
| Strong grey metal |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
119 |
3 |
10 |
| Strong post |
10 |
0 |
0 |
|
129 |
3 |
10 |
| Post, with girdles |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
130 |
5 |
10 |
| White post |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
132 |
5 |
10 |
| Dark brown whin |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
133 |
3 |
10 |
| Strong post |
1 |
4 |
6 |
|
135 |
2 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
3 |
6 |
|
136 |
5 |
10 |
| White post |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
139 |
0 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
5 |
4 |
|
140 |
0 |
2 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
0 |
3 |
4 |
|
140 |
3 |
6 |
| COAL, top |
|
1 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
| Band |
|
0 |
5 |
|
|
|
|
| COAL, bottom |
|
1 |
7 |
|
|
|
|
| Sump |
4 |
3 |
6 |
|
145 |
1 |
0 |
|
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 0636 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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