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Dean and Chapter Colliery
Dean Pit
Account of Strata sunk through in the Dean Pit, Dean and Chapter Colliery, Ferry Hill, 1904
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1904, Closed: 15 Jan 1966
Approximate surface level 430 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. |
| Loamy clay and stones |
0 |
5 |
6 |
|
0 |
5 |
6 |
| Brown shale |
0 |
4 |
6 |
|
1 |
4 |
0 |
| Black shale |
0 |
1 |
6 |
|
1 |
5 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
2 |
8 |
|
3 |
2 |
2 |
| Brown metal |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
3 |
3 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
4 |
5 |
1 |
|
8 |
2 |
3 |
| Black shale |
0 |
1 |
9 |
|
8 |
4 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
4 |
0 |
|
10 |
2 |
0 |
| Black shale |
0 |
0 |
7 |
|
10 |
2 |
7 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
1 |
10 |
|
10 |
4 |
5 |
| COAL - Three-Quarter Seam |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
10 |
5 |
7 |
| Black shale |
0 |
0 |
7 |
|
11 |
0 |
2 |
| Blue metal |
2 |
5 |
3 |
|
13 |
5 |
5 |
| Whin panel |
0 |
0 |
10 |
|
14 |
0 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
0 |
10 |
|
14 |
1 |
1 |
| White post |
0 |
1 |
7 |
|
14 |
2 |
8 |
| Blue metal, with post girdles |
1 |
1 |
6 |
|
15 |
4 |
2 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
0 |
5 |
3 |
|
16 |
3 |
5 |
| Soft seggar-clay |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
16 |
3 |
8 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
3 |
4 |
4 |
|
20 |
2 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
20 |
2 |
5 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
6 |
0 |
0 |
|
26 |
2 |
5 |
| Strong grey post |
1 |
1 |
4 |
|
27 |
3 |
9 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
0 |
5 |
1 |
|
28 |
2 |
10 |
| COAL |
|
1 |
2 |
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| Band |
|
0 |
9 |
|
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| COAL |
|
3 |
2 |
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| Seggar-clay |
0 |
4 |
6 |
|
29 |
1 |
4 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
0 |
6 |
|
30 |
1 |
10 |
| Grey post |
2 |
5 |
0 |
|
33 |
0 |
10 |
| White post |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
34 |
0 |
10 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
1 |
5 |
7 |
|
36 |
0 |
5 |
| Soft blue metal |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
40 |
0 |
5 |
| Grey post |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
40 |
1 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
9 |
|
40 |
3 |
2 |
| COAL |
|
0 |
5 |
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| Seggar-clay |
|
0 |
5 |
|
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| COAL |
|
0 |
11 |
|
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| Black stone |
0 |
1 |
8 |
|
40 |
4 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
5 |
3 |
|
41 |
4 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
7½ |
|
41 |
5 |
8½ |
| Seggar-clay |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
42 |
5 |
8½ |
| Blue metal |
0 |
5 |
0 |
|
43 |
4 |
8½ |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
8 |
|
43 |
5 |
4½ |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
6 |
2 |
8½ |
|
50 |
2 |
1 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
0 |
1 |
8 |
|
50 |
3 |
9 |
| Seggar-clay |
0 |
2 |
8 |
|
51 |
0 |
5 |
| Grey metal, with iron stone girdles |
5 |
4 |
0 |
|
56 |
4 |
5 |
| White post, with metal girdles |
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
59 |
1 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
6 |
|
59 |
3 |
3 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
1 |
0 |
9 |
|
60 |
4 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
9½ |
|
60 |
4 |
9½ |
| Soft seggar-clay |
0 |
0 |
8 |
|
60 |
5 |
5½ |
| Hard dark grey post |
0 |
1 |
5 |
|
61 |
0 |
10½ |
| Leafy grey post |
2 |
5 |
10 |
|
64 |
0 |
8½ |
| Grey metal |
1 |
4 |
1½ |
|
65 |
4 |
10 |
| Black stone |
0 |
0 |
2½ |
|
65 |
5 |
0½ |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
2½ |
|
66 |
1 |
3 |
| COAL |
|
0 |
4½ |
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| Dant |
|
0 |
3 |
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| COAL |
|
0 |
6 |
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| Band |
|
0 |
3 |
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| COAL |
|
0 |
10 |
|
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| White post |
0 |
0 |
9 |
|
66 |
2 |
0 |
| Leafy grey metal |
3 |
5 |
0½ |
|
70 |
1 |
0½ |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
70 |
3 |
2½ |
| Grey post |
2 |
1 |
6 |
|
72 |
4 |
8½ |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
1 |
0 |
11½ |
|
73 |
5 |
8 |
| Black stone |
0 |
1 |
7½ |
|
74 |
1 |
3½ |
| Hard seggar-clay |
0 |
5 |
5½ |
|
75 |
0 |
9 |
| Leafy blue metal |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
75 |
4 |
9 |
| Hard grey post |
9 |
4 |
4 |
|
85 |
3 |
1 |
| Hard grey with patches of whin |
8 |
2 |
4 |
|
93 |
5 |
5 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
0 |
8 |
|
95 |
0 |
1 |
| Black stone, with coal |
1 |
1 |
9 |
|
96 |
1 |
10 |
| Seggar-clay |
0 |
4 |
6 |
|
97 |
0 |
4 |
| Grey post |
8 |
2 |
3 |
|
105 |
2 |
7 |
| Dark grey leafy post |
0 |
4 |
6 |
|
106 |
1 |
1 |
| Dark blue metal |
0 |
3 |
10 |
|
106 |
4 |
11 |
| COAL - Harvey Seam |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
107 |
2 |
11 |
| Seggar-clay |
2 |
1 |
4 |
|
109 |
4 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
4 |
3 |
|
111 |
2 |
6 |
| Black stone |
0 |
5 |
2 |
|
112 |
1 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
7 |
|
112 |
2 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
3 |
2 |
|
113 |
5 |
5 |
| Grey post, with metal girdles |
4 |
1 |
4 |
|
118 |
0 |
9 |
| Black stone |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
118 |
2 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
6 |
|
119 |
1 |
3 |
| COAL |
|
1 |
0 |
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| Hard seggar-clay |
|
2 |
1 |
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| COAL |
|
1 |
5 |
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| Blue metal |
5 |
3 |
8 |
|
124 |
4 |
11 |
| Black band |
0 |
0 |
11 |
|
124 |
5 |
10 |
| COAL - Top Busty Seam |
0 |
2 |
11 |
|
125 |
2 |
9 |
| Very hard seggar-clay |
0 |
5 |
10½ |
|
126 |
2 |
7½ |
| Grey post |
0 |
3 |
10½ |
|
127 |
0 |
6 |
| COAL - Bottom Busty Seam |
0 |
2 |
8 |
|
127 |
3 |
2 |
| Dant |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
127 |
3 |
7 |
| Seggar-clay |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
127 |
4 |
11 |
| Leafy white post |
6 |
5 |
6 |
|
134 |
4 |
5 |
| Blue and black shale |
1 |
2 |
9 |
|
136 |
1 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
5 |
|
136 |
2 |
7 |
| Grey post, with ironstone girdles |
2 |
5 |
2 |
|
139 |
1 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
11 |
|
139 |
2 |
8 |
| Black stone |
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
142 |
0 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
142 |
0 |
4 |
| Dark grey leafy post |
3 |
0 |
5 |
|
145 |
0 |
9 |
| Black stone |
0 |
2 |
6 |
|
145 |
3 |
3 |
| COAL - Brockwell Seam |
0 |
4 |
10 |
|
146 |
2 |
1 |
| COAL |
|
0 |
6 |
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| COAL, splint |
|
0 |
6 |
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| COAL |
|
3 |
10 |
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| Hard seggar-clay, mixed with post |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
146 |
4 |
1 |
| Grey post |
2 |
5 |
9 |
|
149 |
3 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
4 |
8 |
|
150 |
2 |
6 |
| Seggar-clay, mixed with blue metal |
4 |
3 |
10 |
|
155 |
0 |
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 2713 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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