Littletown Colliery
Lord Lambton Pit
Strata sunk through in the Lord Lambton and Lady Alice Pits, Littletown Colliery. 1831
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1831
Approximate surface level 370 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. |
| Outset |
2 |
3 |
0 |
|
2 |
3 |
0 |
| Soil |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
2 |
4 |
0 |
| Yellow clay |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
2 |
5 |
0 |
| Blue clay |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
5 |
0 |
0 |
| Blue clay, mixed with stones |
9 |
2 |
8 |
|
14 |
2 |
8 |
| Gravel |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
15 |
2 |
8 |
| Fine blue clay |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
17 |
2 |
8 |
| Freestone, with water |
9 |
0 |
7 |
|
26 |
3 |
3 |
| Blue stone |
1 |
4 |
6 |
|
28 |
1 |
9 |
| White post, with water |
3 |
0 |
7 |
|
31 |
2 |
4 |
| Blue stone |
8 |
2 |
4 |
|
39 |
4 |
8 |
| COAL - Three-Quarter Seam |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
40 |
0 |
8 |
| Black stone |
3 |
0 |
4 |
|
43 |
1 |
0 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
0 |
3 |
4 |
|
43 |
4 |
4 |
| Thill stone |
0 |
2 |
6 |
|
44 |
0 |
10 |
| Grey metal stone, with water |
10 |
4 |
8 |
|
54 |
5 |
6 |
| White post, with water |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
55 |
2 |
6 |
| Grey metal stone |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
56 |
2 |
6 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
57 |
0 |
10 |
| Thill stone |
0 |
1 |
6 |
|
57 |
2 |
4 |
| Blue stone |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
58 |
4 |
4 |
| White post |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
59 |
0 |
4 |
| Blue stone |
2 |
3 |
8 |
|
61 |
4 |
0 |
| Blue stone |
3 |
4 |
4 |
|
65 |
2 |
4 |
| COAL - Maudlin Seam |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
65 |
5 |
10 |
| COAL or black stone |
|
3 |
6 |
|
|
|
|
| Grey stone |
2 |
1 |
6 |
|
68 |
1 |
4 |
| White post, with water |
14 |
3 |
0 |
|
82 |
4 |
4 |
| Grey metal stone, with post girdles |
1 |
2 |
6 |
|
84 |
0 |
10 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
84 |
2 |
2 |
| White post |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
86 |
2 |
2 |
| Grey metal stone, with post girdles |
3 |
1 |
6 |
|
89 |
3 |
8 |
| COAL - Brass Thill Seam |
0 |
1 |
5 |
|
89 |
5 |
1 |
| COAL |
|
0 |
10 |
|
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| COAL, splint |
|
0 |
7 |
|
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|
|
| Grey metal stone |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
90 |
5 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
8 |
|
90 |
5 |
9 |
| Post, with girdles of blue stone |
6 |
0 |
0 |
|
96 |
5 |
9 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
0 |
5 |
8 |
|
97 |
5 |
5 |
| COAL, good |
|
4 |
6 |
|
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| COAL, bottom |
|
1 |
2 |
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Source: An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume L-R, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1887
original entry for sinking/boring number 1298 in "An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume L-R, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1887"
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