| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
fms. |
ft. |
in. |
|
fms. |
ft. |
in. |
| Soil |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Strong blue clay |
1 |
4 |
0 |
|
1 |
5 |
0 |
| Soft brown limestone, with water |
3 |
4 |
0 |
|
5 |
3 |
0 |
| Strong brown limestone, water at bottom |
1 |
3 |
0 |
|
7 |
0 |
0 |
| Mild limestone |
3 |
1 |
0 |
|
10 |
1 |
0 |
| Light coloured limestone |
2 |
2 |
0 |
|
12 |
3 |
0 |
| Mild limestone, with a strong feeder of water at the top |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
13 |
4 |
0 |
| Hard limestone |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
14 |
1 |
0 |
| Mild limestone, with water |
2 |
4 |
6 |
|
16 |
5 |
6 |
| Hard brown limestone, much honeycombed |
3 |
5 |
4 |
|
20 |
4 |
10 |
| Hard brown limestone, with partings and water |
4 |
3 |
5 |
|
25 |
2 |
3 |
| Very hard brown and white limestone, with water |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
26 |
4 |
3 |
| Blue limestone, mixed with white |
0 |
2 |
3 |
|
27 |
0 |
6 |
| Brown limestone, with a little water at parting |
0 |
2 |
9 |
|
27 |
3 |
3 |
| Mixed panels of blue and brown limestone |
2 |
2 |
3 |
|
29 |
5 |
6 |
| Hard blue limestone, with brown girdles |
2 |
2 |
4 |
|
32 |
1 |
10 |
| Hard blue limestone, with l ight blue and yellow partings |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
33 |
3 |
10 |
| Blue limestone, with thin black partings |
2 |
1 |
2 |
|
35 |
5 |
0 |
| Brown limestone, with thin black partings |
0 |
1 |
8 |
|
36 |
0 |
8 |
| Light coloured limestone, with a strong feeder of water at bottom |
0 |
0 |
8 |
|
36 |
1 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
2 |
5 |
|
36 |
3 |
9 |
| Hard sandstone, soft at bottom |
0 |
3 |
5 |
|
37 |
1 |
2 |
| Soft light coloured metal |
1 |
1 |
8 |
|
38 |
2 |
10 |
| Light metal, mixed with red pebbles |
0 |
2 |
3 |
|
38 |
5 |
1 |
| Red metal |
0 |
2 |
9 |
|
39 |
1 |
10 |
| Red post |
0 |
2 |
8 |
|
39 |
4 |
6 |
| Grey post |
1 |
3 |
8 |
|
41 |
2 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
0 |
4 |
|
42 |
2 |
6 |
| Blue metal, mixed with thin red girdles |
0 |
4 |
8 |
|
43 |
1 |
2 |
| Grey metal, with thin red girdles |
1 |
5 |
0 |
|
45 |
0 |
2 |
| Dark blue metal |
0 |
4 |
8 |
|
45 |
4 |
10 |
| Black stone |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
45 |
5 |
0 |
| Black stone |
0 |
1 |
11 |
|
46 |
0 |
11 |
| Seggar |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
46 |
1 |
2 |
| COAL - Three-Quarter Seam |
0 |
2 |
8 |
|
46 |
3 |
10 |
| Soft seggar |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
46 |
5 |
2 |
| Strong seggar, with iron balls |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
47 |
2 |
2 |
| Strong grey metal, jointy |
1 |
2 |
8 |
|
48 |
4 |
10 |
| Grey post |
0 |
1 |
6 |
|
49 |
0 |
4 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
0 |
4 |
7 |
|
49 |
4 |
11 |
| Black metal |
0 |
1 |
8 |
|
50 |
0 |
7 |
| Dark grey metal |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
50 |
3 |
7 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
1 |
3 |
0 |
|
52 |
0 |
7 |
| Blue metal, with iron girdles |
0 |
4 |
2 |
|
52 |
4 |
9 |
| Black stone |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
52 |
5 |
2 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter Seam |
0 |
4 |
6 |
|
53 |
3 |
8 |
| Seggar |
0 |
1 |
8 |
|
53 |
5 |
4 |
| Post |
0 |
1 |
10 |
|
54 |
1 |
2 |
| Black stone |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
54 |
3 |
2 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
2 |
4 |
0 |
|
57 |
1 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
0 |
1 |
|
59 |
1 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
9 |
|
59 |
3 |
0 |
| Thill stone |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
59 |
3 |
4 |
| Grey post |
0 |
4 |
1 |
|
60 |
1 |
5 |
| Hard post girdle |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
60 |
2 |
5 |
| Grey metal, with thin post girdles |
2 |
4 |
0 |
|
63 |
0 |
5 |
| Grey metal, with iron girdles |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
64 |
2 |
9 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
1 |
3 |
4 |
|
66 |
0 |
1 |
| COAL, top |
|
1 |
6½ |
|
|
|
|
| Seggar |
|
4 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
| COAL, bottom |
|
3 |
8 |
|
|
|
|
| Seggar |
0 |
2 |
8 |
|
66 |
2 |
9 |
| Grey post |
0 |
3 |
10 |
|
67 |
0 |
7 |
| Light grey metal, much like seggar |
0 |
1 |
3 |
|
67 |
1 |
10 |
| Grey post, with grey metal partings |
0 |
5 |
8 |
|
68 |
1 |
6 |
| Grey post |
0 |
3 |
5 |
|
68 |
4 |
11 |
| Grey metal post, mixed with iron balls at bottom |
0 |
3 |
9 |
|
69 |
2 |
8 |
| Blue metal, with iron balls and coal pipes and prints |
0 |
3 |
1 |
|
69 |
5 |
9 |
| Dark metal, with coal pipes and prints |
0 |
0 |
7 |
|
70 |
0 |
4 |
| Grey metal, with iron balls |
0 |
2 |
11 |
|
70 |
3 |
3 |
| Grey nmetal, with post girdles |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
70 |
5 |
3 |
| White post, with metal partings and water |
0 |
1 |
8 |
|
71 |
0 |
11 |
| Brown whin girdles |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
71 |
1 |
3 |
| Grey post, with metal partings |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
71 |
2 |
8 |
| White post, with metal partings and water |
2 |
1 |
5 |
|
73 |
4 |
1 |
| Seggar |
0 |
0 |
8 |
|
73 |
4 |
9 |
| Black stone, mixed with coal pipes and prints |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
73 |
4 |
11 |
| Grey metal and post girdles |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
77 |
5 |
3 |
| Grey metal, with coal partings |
0 |
1 |
5 |
|
78 |
0 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
3 |
|
78 |
4 |
11 |
| Black stone, mixed with coal |
|
0 |
2½ |
|
|
|
|
| COAL |
|
4 |
0½ |
|
|
|
|
| Seggar, with ironstone nodules |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
79 |
1 |
11 |
| Grey metal and post girdles |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
81 |
3 |
2 |
| COAL, coarse |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
81 |
3 |
8 |
| Dark blue metal |
0 |
2 |
6 |
|
82 |
0 |
2 |
| Blue metal and ironstone balls |
0 |
2 |
6 |
|
82 |
2 |
8 |
| Grey metal and post girdles |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
82 |
4 |
8 |
| Grey post and metal partings |
3 |
3 |
9 |
|
86 |
2 |
5 |
| Grey metal and ironstone balls |
3 |
2 |
10 |
|
89 |
5 |
3 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
0 |
2 |
3 |
|
90 |
1 |
6 |
| Black stone and coal pipes |
|
0 |
2½ |
|
|
|
|
| COAL |
|
2 |
0½ |
|
|
|
|
| Dark thill stone |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
90 |
1 |
10 |
| Fine light coloured seggar |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
90 |
3 |
2 |
| Dark and light coloured seggar in thin layers |
0 |
2 |
3 |
|
90 |
5 |
5 |
| COAL, thin and coarse |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
90 |
5 |
9 |
| * Hard post, like seggar, with iron balls |
0 |
2 |
8 |
|
91 |
2 |
5 |
| * Strong grey metal, inclining to post |
0 |
5 |
9 |
|
92 |
2 |
2 |
| White post, with metal partings, mixed with whin next to top, and with strong leafy post the last 2 fathoms, and 400 gallons of water per hour |
4 |
3 |
9 |
|
96 |
5 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
97 |
2 |
0 |
| Soft black metal, with coal pipes |
|
0 |
8 |
|
|
|
|
| COAL (got May 16th, 1876) |
|
1 |
5 |
|
|
|
|
| Dark grey post, with post girdles |
1 |
3 |
8 |
|
98 |
5 |
8 |
| Strong black metal |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
99 |
0 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
7 |
|
99 |
1 |
3 |
| Strong grey metal, inclining to post |
1 |
2 |
5 |
|
100 |
3 |
8 |
| White post girdle |
0 |
1 |
9 |
|
100 |
5 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
0 |
8 |
|
101 |
0 |
1 |
| White post, mixed with leafy post |
2 |
4 |
10 |
|
103 |
4 |
11 |
| Grey metal and ironstone girdles |
1 |
1 |
9 |
|
105 |
0 |
8 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
105 |
2 |
8 |
| COAL (got July 13th, 1876) |
|
2 |
0½ |
|
|
|
|
| Seggar, strong at bottom |
0 |
1 |
6 |
|
105 |
4 |
2 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
2 |
1 |
4 |
|
107 |
5 |
6 |
| Hard jointy grey post, about 80 gallons of water per minute |
1 |
1 |
8 |
|
109 |
1 |
2 |
| Grey metal and post girdles |
0 |
2 |
10 |
|
109 |
4 |
0 |
| Black mussel bed |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
109 |
4 |
4 |
| Grey metal, with iron balls |
0 |
0 |
7 |
|
109 |
4 |
11 |
| Black stone |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
109 |
5 |
4 |
| Grey metal, mixed with pieces of ironstone |
1 |
0 |
4 |
|
110 |
5 |
8 |
| COAL (Jan. 24th, 1877) |
0 |
2 |
4 |
|
111 |
2 |
0 |
| Dark thill |
0 |
0 |
9 |
|
111 |
2 |
9 |
| Seggar, strong at the bottom |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
112 |
0 |
9 |
| Grey metal |
2 |
0 |
10 |
|
114 |
1 |
7 |
| Dark metal |
0 |
0 |
8 |
|
114 |
2 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
114 |
2 |
4 |
| Dark seggar, mixed with iron balls |
0 |
5 |
6 |
|
115 |
1 |
10 |
| Grey metal, with iron balls, post girdles, and a few prints (a leader of fault here, downthrow South 2½ inches) |
3 |
3 |
9 |
|
118 |
5 |
7 |
| White post, with a little water |
1 |
3 |
3 |
|
120 |
2 |
11 |
| Light grey metal |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
120 |
3 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
120 |
4 |
3 |
| COAL |
|
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
| COAL, mixed with black stone |
|
0 |
11½ |
|
|
|
|
| Seggar |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
120 |
4 |
6 |
| Dark grey post, with thin white post girdles |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
122 |
0 |
7 |
| White post, with a little water |
0 |
2 |
9 |
|
122 |
3 |
4 |
| Dark grey leafy post |
0 |
3 |
2 |
|
123 |
0 |
6 |
| Dark metal, with iron girdles |
0 |
5 |
0 |
|
123 |
5 |
6 |
| COAL, slaty (dips east, 9 in. to the yard) |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
123 |
5 |
8 |
| Dark seggar, with ironstone balls |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
124 |
2 |
8 |
| Strong grey metal, like post, with hard white post girdles |
3 |
0 |
4 |
|
127 |
3 |
0 |
| White post, mixed with whin and a little water |
2 |
0 |
8 |
|
129 |
3 |
8 |
| Dark metal |
0 |
1 |
8 |
|
129 |
5 |
4 |
| Grey metal, with ironstone girdles |
1 |
1 |
4 |
|
131 |
0 |
8 |
| Dark metal, with ironstone pebbles |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
132 |
1 |
8 |
| Seggar |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
132 |
2 |
8 |
| Mild grey post, like seggar next top |
1 |
1 |
6 |
|
133 |
4 |
2 |
| White post, mixed with whin, and 120 gallons of water per minute (there is a good deal of gas in this post) |
6 |
2 |
10 |
|
140 |
1 |
0 |
| Grey metal, mixed with ironstone |
0 |
4 |
5 |
|
140 |
5 |
5 |
| Post girdles |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
140 |
5 |
7 |
| Grey metal, with ironstone girdles |
0 |
2 |
7 |
|
141 |
2 |
2 |
| Grey mottled stone |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
141 |
2 |
5 |
| COAL - Harvey Seam |
0 |
5 |
1 |
|
142 |
1 |
6 |
| COAL (June, 1877) |
|
1 |
7½ |
|
|
|
|
| Stone band seggar |
|
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
| COAL |
|
2 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
Bored further :— |
| Seggar |
0 |
3 |
2 |
|
142 |
4 |
8 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
2 |
4 |
|
143 |
1 |
0 |
| Black stone |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
143 |
1 |
3 |
| Seggar |
0 |
1 |
9 |
|
143 |
3 |
0 |
| Black stone and seggar in thin layers |
0 |
0 |
7 |
|
143 |
3 |
7 |
| Seggar |
0 |
3 |
9 |
|
144 |
1 |
4 |
| Strong grey post, with metal partings |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
146 |
1 |
4 |
| Strong grey metal and post girdles |
8 |
1 |
1 |
|
154 |
2 |
5 |
| Grey metal, with water and gas |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
154 |
2 |
10 |
| Hard white post |
0 |
1 |
10 |
|
154 |
4 |
8 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
2 |
4 |
9 |
|
157 |
3 |
5 |
| Hard white post |
4 |
4 |
4 |
|
162 |
1 |
9 |
| Hard grey post |
0 |
3 |
8 |
|
162 |
5 |
5 |
| Hard white post |
2 |
1 |
5 |
|
165 |
0 |
10 |
| Strong grey metal, with post girdles |
2 |
4 |
9 |
|
167 |
5 |
7 |
| Dark grey metal |
0 |
0 |
10 |
|
168 |
0 |
5 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
10 |
|
168 |
2 |
3 |
| COAL |
|
1 |
1½ |
|
|
|
|
| Brown band |
|
0 |
1½ |
|
|
|
|
| COAL |
|
0 |
7 |
|
|
|
|
| Grey metal |
0 |
1 |
10 |
|
168 |
4 |
1 |
| Dark grey metal |
0 |
2 |
7 |
|
169 |
0 |
8 |
| Strong grey metal |
1 |
5 |
10 |
|
171 |
0 |
6 |
| Black metal |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
171 |
0 |
8 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
10 |
|
171 |
5 |
6 |
| COAL |
|
2 |
8 |
|
|
|
|
| Dark grey metal, with scares of coal |
|
0 |
11 |
|
|
|
|
| COAL, with danty partings |
|
1 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
| Strong grey metal |
0 |
2 |
8 |
|
172 |
2 |
2 |
| Dark grey metal |
0 |
5 |
3 |
|
173 |
1 |
5 |
| Hard grey post |
0 |
4 |
5 |
|
173 |
5 |
10 |
| Hard white post |
2 |
1 |
5 |
|
176 |
1 |
3 |
| Strong light grey metal |
1 |
4 |
2 |
|
177 |
5 |
5 |
| Soil |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
177 |
5 |
9 |
| Light grey metal |
0 |
1 |
3 |
|
178 |
1 |
0 |
| Black metal, with a little coal |
0 |
0 |
10 |
|
178 |
1 |
10 |
| Hard white post and metal partings |
1 |
4 |
2 |
|
180 |
0 |
0 |
| Strong grey metal |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
181 |
1 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
181 |
1 |
7 |
| Strong grey metal, with post girdles |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
183 |
1 |
9 |
| Strong grey post |
0 |
4 |
5 |
|
184 |
0 |
2 |
| Hard white post |
0 |
3 |
1 |
|
184 |
3 |
3 |
| Strong grey metal |
0 |
5 |
9 |
|
185 |
3 |
0 |
| Dark grey metal |
0 |
3 |
2 |
|
186 |
0 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
6 |
|
186 |
5 |
8 |
| COAL |
|
0 |
10½ |
|
|
|
|
| Soft brown shale band |
|
0 |
1½ |
|
|
|
|
| COAL, hard splint |
|
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
| Dark shale band, with scares of coal |
|
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
| COAL, with thin shale partings |
|
0 |
9 |
|
|
|
|
| Black shale, with much coal |
|
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
| COAL |
|
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
|
| COAL, cannel |
|
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
| COAL, good |
|
1 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
| Band |
|
0 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
| COAL, good |
|
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
| COAL, coarse, and shale partings |
|
0 |
1½ |
|
|
|
|
| Dark shale band, with scares of coal |
|
0 |
1½ |
|
|
|
|
| COAL, with shale |
|
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
| Very dark grey metal, with post girdles |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
188 |
5 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
189 |
0 |
2 |
| Hard grey post |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
189 |
1 |
6 |
* Standing set bunton left upon this crib; walling crib at the bottom of this 2 fs. 2 ft. 6in. |