Elswick Colliery

North Elswick Pit

North Elswick or Fenham Pit

Shaft Details

Approximate surface level 375 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)

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Geology encountered	Thickness			Depth
	fms.	ft.	in.	fms.	ft.	in.
From surface to stone head	6	0	0	6	0	0
Further to High Main	7	0	0	13	0	0
COAL - High Main Seam	1	0	0	14	0	0
Further to Metal Coal	2	4	10	16	4	10
COAL - Metal Coal Seam	0	1	2	17	0	0
Further to Stone Coal	7	4	10	24	4	10
COAL - Stone Coal Seam	0	1	2	25	0	0
Further to Low Main	37	3	0	62	3	0
Further to Low Main	2	3	3	65	0	3
COAL - Low Main Seam	0	5	9	66	0	0

Source: An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume A-B, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1878

original entry for sinking/boring number 0165 in "An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume A-B, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1878"

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