| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
fms. |
ft. |
in. |
|
fms. |
ft. |
in. |
| Soil and broken freestone |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
0 |
3 |
6 |
| Broken freestone |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
2 |
3 |
8 |
| Strong freestone, with strong scares of post |
2 |
1 |
10 |
|
4 |
5 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
4 |
5 |
11 |
| Thill |
0 |
3 |
2 |
|
5 |
3 |
1 |
| Strong dun freestone, with water |
0 |
2 |
10 |
|
5 |
5 |
11 |
| Grey and white post, with partings |
1 |
5 |
8 |
|
7 |
5 |
7 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
10 |
|
8 |
0 |
5 |
| Thill |
0 |
3 |
4 |
|
8 |
3 |
9 |
| Grey shivery post, with partings |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
9 |
5 |
9 |
| Strong grey post girdles, with partings |
1 |
1 |
6 |
|
11 |
1 |
3 |
| Strong white post |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
12 |
2 |
3 |
| Strong white post, with spa |
1 |
2 |
8 |
|
13 |
4 |
11 |
| Whin |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
14 |
0 |
1 |
| White post girdle |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
14 |
2 |
1 |
| Strong grey post, mixed with whin |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
14 |
4 |
3 |
| Strong white post, mixed with scares of coal |
0 |
5 |
4 |
|
15 |
3 |
7 |
| COAL - Grove Seam |
0 |
4 |
1 |
|
16 |
1 |
8 |
| COAL |
|
2 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
| Blue stone |
|
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
| COAL, mixed with stone |
|
0 |
11 |
|
|
|
|
| Thill |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
16 |
4 |
8 |
| Blue stone, with whin |
1 |
3 |
2 |
|
18 |
1 |
10 |
| Blue stone, with post girdles |
3 |
0 |
6 |
|
21 |
2 |
4 |
| Strong white post girdles |
1 |
4 |
4 |
|
23 |
0 |
8 |
| Whin |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
23 |
2 |
8 |
| Grey shivery post |
0 |
1 |
10 |
|
23 |
4 |
6 |
| White post girdles |
1 |
0 |
6 |
|
24 |
5 |
0 |
| Strong grey post, mixed with whin |
0 |
5 |
8 |
|
25 |
4 |
8 |
| Strong grey post, with partings |
1 |
1 |
6 |
|
27 |
0 |
2 |
| Whin |
0 |
0 |
10 |
|
27 |
1 |
0 |
| Blue stone |
5 |
4 |
0 |
|
32 |
5 |
0 |
| Green post |
0 |
5 |
4 |
|
33 |
4 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
34 |
2 |
8 |
| COAL |
|
0 |
7 |
|
|
|
|
| Blue stone |
|
2 |
9 |
|
|
|
|
| COAL |
|
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
| Strong grey thill |
1 |
2 |
2 |
|
35 |
4 |
10 |
| Blue stone |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
36 |
4 |
10 |
| Strong grey post |
1 |
0 |
6 |
|
37 |
5 |
4 |
| Whin |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
38 |
1 |
4 |
| Blue stone |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
41 |
1 |
4 |
| Blue stone, with ironstone |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
41 |
4 |
4 |
| Blue stone |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
42 |
1 |
4 |
| Thill |
0 |
2 |
6 |
|
42 |
3 |
10 |
| Grey post |
0 |
3 |
4 |
|
43 |
1 |
2 |
| Strong grey post, mixed with whin |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
44 |
1 |
4 |
| Whin |
0 |
2 |
6 |
|
44 |
3 |
10 |
| Grey post |
1 |
3 |
6 |
|
46 |
1 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
7 |
|
46 |
1 |
11 |
| Thill |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
46 |
3 |
11 |
| Blue stone |
0 |
5 |
0 |
|
47 |
2 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
47 |
3 |
4 |
| Blue stone |
0 |
3 |
2 |
|
48 |
0 |
6 |
| Whin |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
48 |
2 |
6 |
| Blue stone, with scares of post |
1 |
3 |
8 |
|
50 |
0 |
2 |
| COAL - Engine Seam |
0 |
3 |
10 |
|
50 |
4 |
0 |
| Strong grey thill |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
50 |
5 |
4 |
| Strong white post |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
53 |
0 |
4 |
| COAL - Hodge Seam |
0 |
1 |
8 |
|
53 |
2 |
0 |
| Thill |
0 |
3 |
2 |
|
53 |
5 |
2 |
| Blue stone |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
54 |
2 |
8 |
| Coarse open grained post, with partings |
1 |
2 |
6 |
|
55 |
5 |
2 |
| Coarse open grained post, without partings |
7 |
5 |
0 |
|
63 |
4 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
63 |
4 |
6 |
| Thill |
0 |
5 |
9 |
|
64 |
4 |
3 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
64 |
4 |
5 |
| Strong grey post |
1 |
1 |
8 |
|
66 |
0 |
1 |
| Blue stone, mixed with post girdles and water |
1 |
2 |
2 |
|
67 |
2 |
3 |
| COAL - Three-Quarter Seam |
0 |
1 |
11 |
|
67 |
4 |
2 |
| Strong grey thill |
0 |
4 |
8 |
|
68 |
2 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
68 |
3 |
3 |
| Thill |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
68 |
5 |
3 |
| Grey post |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
69 |
2 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
7 |
|
69 |
3 |
4 |
| Thill |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
69 |
4 |
4 |
| Strong grey post |
2 |
3 |
0 |
|
72 |
1 |
4 |
| Grey post, with leaves of blue stone and water |
1 |
2 |
6 |
|
73 |
3 |
10 |
| COAL - Main Coal |
0 |
3 |
1 |
|
74 |
0 |
11 |
| Thill |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
74 |
2 |
11 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
74 |
3 |
2 |
| Strong grey post |
0 |
2 |
6 |
|
74 |
5 |
8 |
| Whin |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
75 |
0 |
8 |
| Black stone |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
75 |
3 |
11 |
| Blue stone |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
76 |
1 |
5 |
| Strong grey post |
0 |
3 |
1 |
|
76 |
4 |
6 |
| Blue stone, with post girdles |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
77 |
1 |
6 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
6 |
|
77 |
3 |
0 |
| Blue stone |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
77 |
3 |
4 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
6 |
|
77 |
3 |
10 |
| Thill |
0 |
3 |
8 |
|
78 |
1 |
6 |
| Strong grey post, mixed with whin |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
78 |
4 |
6 |
| Blue stone |
2 |
0 |
6 |
|
80 |
5 |
0 |
| Strong black stone girdle |
0 |
0 |
10 |
|
80 |
5 |
10 |
| Thill |
0 |
2 |
8 |
|
81 |
2 |
6 |
| Strong grey metal stone |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
82 |
2 |
8 |
| Strong grey stone |
1 |
0 |
4 |
|
83 |
3 |
0 |
| Whin |
0 |
1 |
6 |
|
83 |
4 |
6 |
| Strong grey post, with partings |
1 |
0 |
6 |
|
84 |
5 |
0 |
| Blue stone, with thin post girdles |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
85 |
3 |
0 |
| COAL - Splint Seam |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
86 |
1 |
0 |
| Sump |
1 |
3 |
0 |
|
87 |
4 |
0 |
original entry for sinking/boring number 2101 in "An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume U-Z, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1897"
