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Eltringham Colliery
Account of Strata sunk and bored through at Eltringham Colliery, 1884 and 1885
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1884
Approximate surface level 100 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. |
Towneley Seam outcrops about level of pit |
| Soil |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Loamy clay |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
0 |
5 |
0 |
| Blue clay |
0 |
4 |
10 |
|
1 |
3 |
10 |
| Stony blue clay |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
3 |
4 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
4 |
4 |
|
5 |
3 |
2 |
| White post, with metal partings |
1 |
0 |
6 |
|
6 |
3 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
6 |
4 |
0 |
| COAL - Supposed Tilley Seam |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
7 |
0 |
1 |
| Seggar-clay |
0 |
4 |
9 |
|
7 |
4 |
10 |
| White post girdle |
0 |
0 |
8 |
|
7 |
5 |
6 |
| Grey post |
0 |
0 |
9 |
|
8 |
0 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
11 |
|
8 |
1 |
2 |
| Seggar-clay |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
8 |
2 |
2 |
| White and grey post |
1 |
5 |
8 |
|
10 |
1 |
10 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
10 |
2 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
10 |
2 |
8 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
1 |
8 |
|
10 |
4 |
4 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
11 |
1 |
7 |
| COAL, splint |
|
0 |
6 |
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| COAL, good |
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2 |
9 |
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| Seggar-clay, with ironstone balls |
0 |
4 |
6 |
|
12 |
0 |
1 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
4 |
1 |
|
14 |
4 |
2 |
| White post girdle |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
14 |
4 |
6 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
4 |
1 |
|
17 |
2 |
7 |
| White post girdle |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
17 |
2 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
1 |
8 |
|
17 |
4 |
7 |
| Grey post |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
17 |
4 |
11 |
| Greg metal |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
18 |
0 |
3 |
| White post |
1 |
0 |
10 |
|
19 |
1 |
1 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
19 |
2 |
1 |
| Black metal |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
19 |
2 |
3 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
19 |
4 |
3 |
| COAL - Six-Quarter Seam |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
20 |
2 |
3 |
| COAL, good |
|
3 |
5 |
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| COAL, splint |
|
0 |
2 |
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| COAL, good |
|
0 |
5 |
|
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| Seggar-clay |
0 |
2 |
11 |
|
20 |
5 |
2 |
| Splint |
0 |
0 |
10 |
|
21 |
0 |
0 |
| Seggar-clay |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
21 |
1 |
0 |
| Grey metal, with ironstone girdles |
1 |
2 |
11 |
|
22 |
3 |
11 |
| Blue metal |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
22 |
5 |
11 |
| Seggar-clay |
0 |
0 |
9 |
|
23 |
0 |
8 |
| COAL - Yard Seam |
0 |
2 |
5 |
|
23 |
3 |
1 |
| COAL |
|
1 |
10 |
|
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| Metal band |
|
0 |
2 |
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| COAL, with water |
|
0 |
5 |
|
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| Seggar-clay |
0 |
2 |
9 |
|
23 |
5 |
10 |
| Hard post girdle |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
24 |
0 |
10 |
| Grey post |
0 |
4 |
3 |
|
24 |
5 |
1 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
26 |
0 |
1 |
| Dark grey metal |
2 |
0 |
7 |
|
28 |
0 |
8 |
| COAL, with water |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
28 |
1 |
8 |
| Seggar-clay, with ironstone balls |
1 |
0 |
3 |
|
29 |
1 |
11 |
| Strong grey metal |
0 |
3 |
7 |
|
29 |
5 |
6 |
| Grey post |
0 |
3 |
2 |
|
30 |
2 |
8 |
| Hard white post |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
31 |
2 |
9 |
| Grey post |
0 |
3 |
2 |
|
31 |
5 |
11 |
| Dark grey metal |
0 |
3 |
11 |
|
32 |
3 |
10 |
| Ironstone girdle |
0 |
0 |
9 |
|
32 |
4 |
7 |
| COAL - Brockwell Seam |
0 |
2 |
6 |
|
33 |
1 |
1 |
| COAL |
|
2 |
0 |
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| COAL, splint |
|
0 |
6 |
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| Seggar-clay |
0 |
2 |
9 |
|
33 |
3 |
10 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
35 |
0 |
2 |
| Black metal |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
35 |
0 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
6 |
|
35 |
1 |
10 |
| Strong grey post |
0 |
5 |
3 |
|
36 |
1 |
1 |
| Dark grey metal |
0 |
4 |
1 |
|
36 |
5 |
2 |
| Light grey metal, with post girdles |
1 |
0 |
9 |
|
37 |
5 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
38 |
0 |
5 |
| Seggar-clay |
0 |
5 |
0 |
|
38 |
5 |
5 |
| Bark grey metal |
1 |
4 |
2 |
|
40 |
3 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
3 |
|
40 |
4 |
10 |
| Seggar-clay |
0 |
1 |
6 |
|
41 |
0 |
4 |
| White and grey post |
4 |
1 |
0 |
|
45 |
1 |
4 |
| Dark grey shale |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
46 |
3 |
4 |
| Black shale |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
46 |
5 |
5 |
| COAL, cannel |
0 |
1 |
6 |
|
47 |
0 |
11 |
| Seggar-clay |
0 |
1 |
8 |
|
47 |
2 |
7 |
Bored further :— |
| White and grey post, with water |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
48 |
2 |
7 |
| Hard white post, with water |
3 |
0 |
5 |
|
51 |
3 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
8 |
|
51 |
3 |
8 |
| Soft grey metal |
0 |
1 |
7 |
|
51 |
5 |
3 |
| Hard white post, with metal and water |
2 |
4 |
7 |
|
54 |
3 |
10 |
| Hard white post, with whin balls |
2 |
4 |
0 |
|
57 |
1 |
10 |
| Hard white post, with a 6 inches gullet at top and water |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
58 |
1 |
11 |
| Soft grey metal, with whin girdles |
1 |
4 |
9 |
|
60 |
0 |
8 |
| COAL, soft |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
60 |
1 |
0 |
| Black stone |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
60 |
1 |
3 |
| Light grey metal |
0 |
2 |
7 |
|
60 |
3 |
10 |
| Hard white post, with water, into |
0 |
2 |
4 |
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61 |
0 |
2 |
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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 2679 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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