Walker Colliery
King Pit
Bored in King Pit, Walker Colliery. May 5th, 1794
Shaft Details
Sunk: 05 May 1794
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
fms. |
ft. |
in. |
|
fms. |
ft. |
in. |
| Sunk to scaffold |
42 |
0 |
0 |
|
42 |
0 |
0 |
| Box |
2 |
3 |
0 |
|
44 |
3 |
0 |
| Metal stone |
1 |
3 |
0 |
|
46 |
0 |
0 |
| White post |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
50 |
0 |
0 |
| Metal stone |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
52 |
0 |
0 |
| White post |
6 |
0 |
0 |
|
58 |
0 |
0 |
| Grey metal and girdles |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
59 |
0 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
0 |
8 |
|
59 |
0 |
8 |
| Grey and blue metal, with girdles |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
62 |
0 |
8 |
| Grey metal stone |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
63 |
0 |
8 |
| White post, with partings and water |
6 |
5 |
9 |
|
70 |
0 |
5 |
| White post, mixed with whin |
1 |
3 |
5 |
|
71 |
3 |
10 |
| Grey metal stone, with post girdles |
0 |
5 |
0 |
|
72 |
2 |
10 |
| COAL |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
72 |
4 |
0 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
73 |
2 |
0 |
| Strong white post |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
74 |
0 |
0 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
77 |
0 |
0 |
| Strong white post, with whin girdles |
5 |
2 |
0 |
|
82 |
2 |
0 |
| Whin |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
82 |
4 |
0 |
| Strong white post, mixed with whin in several places |
5 |
4 |
0 |
|
88 |
2 |
0 |
| Black stone, with whin girdles |
4 |
4 |
0 |
|
93 |
0 |
0 |
| Strong white post to drift |
3 |
0 |
11 |
|
96 |
0 |
11 |
|
Source: 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
original entry for sinking/boring number 2126 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"
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