| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
fms. |
ft. |
in. |
|
fms. |
ft. |
in. |
| Strong brown clay |
5 |
0 |
6 |
|
5 |
0 |
6 |
| Grey leafy post |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
6 |
0 |
6 |
| Soft bluish grey shale |
0 |
5 |
0 |
|
6 |
5 |
6 |
| Strong white post |
0 |
2 |
6 |
|
7 |
2 |
0 |
| Soft bluish grey shale |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
7 |
2 |
6 |
| White post |
2 |
4 |
9 |
|
10 |
1 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
4 |
6 |
|
10 |
5 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
6 |
|
11 |
1 |
3 |
| Black thill stone |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
11 |
4 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
11 |
4 |
11 |
| Seggar clay |
0 |
2 |
3 |
|
12 |
1 |
2 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
0 |
5 |
6 |
|
13 |
0 |
8 |
| Post girdles |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
13 |
4 |
8 |
| Strong post girdles, with grey metal partings |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
14 |
5 |
8 |
| Strong white post, with whin boulders |
1 |
0 |
6 |
|
16 |
0 |
2 |
| White post |
1 |
1 |
6 |
|
17 |
1 |
8 |
| Brown whin |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
17 |
3 |
8 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
1 |
1 |
6 |
|
18 |
5 |
2 |
| Black stone |
0 |
4 |
1 |
|
19 |
3 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
19 |
4 |
3 |
| Seggar clay (very good) |
1 |
0 |
6 |
|
20 |
4 |
9 |
| Seggar clay, with ironstone nodules |
0 |
3 |
5 |
|
21 |
2 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
22 |
0 |
2 |
| White post, with whin boulders |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
22 |
3 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
0 |
6 |
|
23 |
3 |
8 |
| Strong white post |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
24 |
4 |
8 |
| Black stone |
0 |
0 |
8 |
|
24 |
5 |
4 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
26 |
1 |
4 |
| Dark grey metal |
1 |
2 |
10 |
|
27 |
4 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
3 |
|
27 |
5 |
5 |
| Grey thill |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
27 |
5 |
11 |
| Strong white post |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
28 |
3 |
11 |
| Grey post |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
28 |
5 |
11 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
30 |
0 |
11 |
| Bluish grey metal, with ironstone girdles |
1 |
3 |
6 |
|
31 |
4 |
5 |
| Dark bluish grey metal |
1 |
1 |
6 |
|
32 |
5 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
33 |
1 |
0 |
| Dark grey thill stone |
0 |
4 |
2 |
|
33 |
5 |
2 |
| Grey post |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
34 |
0 |
3 |
| Dark bluish grey metal, with ironstone nodules |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
35 |
2 |
6 |
| COAL - High Main Seam |
0 |
5 |
2 |
|
36 |
1 |
8 |
| COAL |
|
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
| Hard stone band |
|
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
| COAL |
|
4 |
9 |
|
|
|
|
| Seggar clay |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
36 |
5 |
8 |
| Strong grey post |
1 |
4 |
0 |
|
38 |
3 |
8 |
| Grey post and metal partings |
1 |
1 |
6 |
|
39 |
5 |
2 |
| Grey leafy post |
0 |
5 |
10 |
|
40 |
5 |
0 |
| Grey leafy post |
0 |
1 |
7 |
|
41 |
0 |
7 |
| Grey post, with white post girdles |
1 |
5 |
1 |
|
42 |
5 |
8 |
| Dark grey post |
0 |
2 |
6 |
|
43 |
2 |
2 |
| White post, with whin |
0 |
3 |
1 |
|
43 |
5 |
3 |
| Strong grey post |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
45 |
5 |
3 |
| Strong white post, with whin |
3 |
4 |
0 |
|
49 |
3 |
3 |
| Black stone |
0 |
0 |
8 |
|
49 |
3 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
3 |
10 |
|
51 |
1 |
9 |
| COAL - Newbiggin Seam, Grey Seam, or Metal and Stone Coal |
0 |
4 |
10 |
|
52 |
0 |
7 |
| COAL |
|
1 |
10 |
|
|
|
|
| Band |
|
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
| COAL |
|
2 |
8 |
|
|
|
|
| Strong grey thill |
0 |
3 |
5 |
|
52 |
4 |
0 |
| Black stone |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
52 |
4 |
6 |
| Strong grey post |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
53 |
2 |
6 |
| Grey post, with white post girdles |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
55 |
2 |
8 |
| Strong white post |
0 |
2 |
9 |
|
55 |
5 |
5 |
| Grey post |
0 |
5 |
6 |
|
56 |
4 |
11 |
| Leafy post, with white post girdles |
0 |
5 |
1 |
|
57 |
4 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
57 |
5 |
0 |
| Black stone |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
57 |
5 |
3 |
| Blue metal and ironstone girdles |
0 |
2 |
9 |
|
58 |
2 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
58 |
2 |
2 |
| Blue metal and ironstone girdles |
0 |
3 |
10 |
|
59 |
0 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
59 |
0 |
3 |
| Seggar clay |
0 |
1 |
8 |
|
59 |
1 |
11 |
| Grey post |
0 |
3 |
4 |
|
59 |
5 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
59 |
5 |
7 |
| Seggar clay |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
59 |
5 |
11 |
| Grey post and post girdles |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
60 |
3 |
11 |
| Strong white post |
0 |
1 |
8 |
|
60 |
5 |
7 |
| Whin |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
61 |
1 |
7 |
| White post, with blue metal girdles |
0 |
4 |
2 |
|
61 |
5 |
9 |
| Grey metal and ironstone girdles |
0 |
4 |
6 |
|
62 |
4 |
3 |
| White post and metal girdles |
0 |
5 |
9 |
|
63 |
4 |
0 |
| COAL - Yard Seam |
0 |
2 |
11 |
|
64 |
0 |
11 |
| Seggar clay |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
64 |
3 |
11 |
| Strong grey stone |
0 |
5 |
7 |
|
65 |
3 |
6 |
| Grey metal, with iron balls and post threads |
6 |
2 |
0 |
|
71 |
5 |
6 |
| Grey post |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
72 |
1 |
6 |
| Strong white post, with whin and metal partings |
3 |
1 |
3 |
|
75 |
2 |
9 |
| Strong white post, with whin |
4 |
3 |
9 |
|
80 |
0 |
6 |
| Strong white post, mixed with whin and coal pipes |
3 |
1 |
0 |
|
83 |
1 |
6 |
| Strong grey post, brassy and grey threads |
8 |
3 |
0 |
|
91 |
4 |
6 |
| COAL - Bensham Seam |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
91 |
4 |
11 |
| Dark seggar clay |
0 |
2 |
4 |
|
92 |
1 |
3 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
92 |
3 |
4 |
| Strong white post girdles |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
92 |
3 |
10 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
0 |
8 |
|
92 |
4 |
6 |
| Strong white post, mixed with whin and metal partings |
0 |
2 |
10 |
|
93 |
1 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
93 |
2 |
5 |
| Strong white post girdles |
0 |
0 |
7 |
|
93 |
3 |
0 |
| Blue metal and ironstone girdles |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
93 |
5 |
2 |
| Grey metal, grey post, and brown whin mixed |
2 |
0 |
5 |
|
95 |
5 |
7 |
| Grey metal and ironstone girdles |
1 |
4 |
4 |
|
97 |
3 |
11 |
| Shell bed in black stone |
0 |
1 |
11 |
|
97 |
5 |
10 |
| Grey metal, with post and ironstone girdles |
0 |
3 |
2 |
|
98 |
3 |
0 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
99 |
1 |
0 |
| COAL |
|
0 |
5½ |
|
|
|
|
| Black stone |
|
0 |
1½ |
|
|
|
|
| Dark grey metal band |
|
0 |
5 |
|
|
|
|
| COAL |
|
3 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
| Dark blue metal |
0 |
1 |
6 |
|
99 |
2 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
99 |
2 |
8 |
| Grey post, with white post girdles |
0 |
5 |
4 |
|
100 |
2 |
0 |
original entry for sinking/boring number 0720 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"
