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Springwell Colliery
A Pit
Section of Strata sunk through in the New Winning, A and B Pits, at Springwell. Begun May 8th, 1821 ; finished February 24th, 1824
Shaft Details
Sunk: 08 May 1821, Closed: Jun 1932
Approximate surface level 138.68m above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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m. |
|
m. |
| Soil |
0.30 |
|
0.30 |
| Clay |
2.92 |
|
3.23 |
| Strong brown post |
20.32 |
|
23.54 |
| Brown and white post |
15.24 |
|
38.78 |
| Blue metal |
3.20 |
|
41.98 |
| COAL |
0.46 |
|
42.44 |
| Thill |
1.22 |
|
43.66 |
| Scamy gullety post |
5.99 |
|
49.66 |
| Strong grey metal |
1.83 |
|
51.48 |
| Blue metal |
3.17 |
|
54.66 |
| Black metal |
0.41 |
|
55.07 |
| COAL |
0.15 |
|
55.22 |
| Thill |
0.38 |
|
55.60 |
| Thill |
0.71 |
|
56.31 |
| Strong grey metal and post girdles |
1.37 |
|
57.68 |
| Blue metal stone |
1.73 |
|
59.41 |
| Black metal, with post girdles |
1.24 |
|
60.65 |
| COAL |
0.25 |
|
60.91 |
| Thill |
0.94 |
|
61.85 |
| Strong grey metal |
1.32 |
|
63.17 |
| Post, mixed with grey metal and whin |
0.84 |
|
64.01 |
| Blue metal |
2.44 |
|
66.44 |
| Black calm |
1.07 |
|
67.51 |
| Post girdle |
0.41 |
|
67.92 |
| Black metal and ironstone girdles |
0.48 |
|
68.40 |
| COAL |
0.13 |
|
68.53 |
| Black slate |
0.91 |
|
69.44 |
| Thill |
0.63 |
|
70.08 |
| Grey metal and post girdles |
1.12 |
|
71.19 |
| COAL |
0.84 |
|
72.03 |
| COAL |
0.51 |
|
|
| COAL, coarse, and slate |
0.33 |
|
|
| Thill |
0.43 |
|
72.46 |
| White thill |
0.76 |
|
73.23 |
| Blue metal |
10.31 |
|
83.54 |
| COAL and band |
0.20 |
|
83.74 |
| Thill |
0.38 |
|
84.12 |
| Grey metal and thin girdles |
0.71 |
|
84.83 |
| Scamy post |
0.41 |
|
85.24 |
| Blue metal |
2.24 |
|
87.47 |
| Black metal |
0.08 |
|
87.55 |
| COAL |
0.15 |
|
87.70 |
| Thill |
0.66 |
|
88.36 |
| Thin post and girdles |
1.02 |
|
89.38 |
| Scamy post and whin |
0.94 |
|
90.32 |
| White post |
1.52 |
|
91.84 |
| Black metal |
4.62 |
|
96.47 |
| COAL |
0.13 |
|
96.59 |
| Thill |
0.56 |
|
97.15 |
| Grey metal |
2.29 |
|
99.44 |
| Post, called Main Post |
15.44 |
|
114.88 |
| Whin |
1.63 |
|
116.51 |
| Post |
1.83 |
|
118.33 |
| Blue metal |
1.09 |
|
119.43 |
| Black metal |
0.23 |
|
119.65 |
| COAL - High Main Seam |
4.62 |
|
124.28 |
| COAL, top |
0.63 |
|
|
| Black slate |
0.28 |
|
|
| Thill |
0.41 |
|
|
| Post girdles and blue metal |
2.24 |
|
|
| Brown metal |
0.43 |
|
|
| COAL, bottom |
0.63 |
|
|
| Black slate |
1.19 |
|
125.47 |
| Blue metal |
1.24 |
|
126.72 |
| Black metal |
0.43 |
|
127.15 |
| Strong blue metal |
2.34 |
|
129.48 |
| Post girdles |
3.76 |
|
133.24 |
| Black stone and coarse coal |
0.10 |
|
133.34 |
| Blue metal |
3.02 |
|
136.37 |
| Black metal |
0.08 |
|
136.44 |
| COAL - Metal Coal Seam |
1.12 |
|
137.56 |
| COAL |
0.15 |
|
|
| Band |
0.15 |
|
|
| COAL |
0.08 |
|
|
| Band |
0.13 |
|
|
| COAL |
0.61 |
|
|
| Thill |
0.53 |
|
138.09 |
| Strong blue metal and ironstone girdles |
0.58 |
|
138.68 |
| Strong blue metal and ironstone girdles |
2.51 |
|
141.19 |
| Post girdle |
0.86 |
|
142.06 |
| Blue metal and ironstone girdles |
0.81 |
|
142.87 |
| Black metal |
0.46 |
|
143.33 |
| COAL |
0.25 |
|
143.58 |
| Thill |
0.99 |
|
144.57 |
| Grey metal and post girdles |
2.18 |
|
146.76 |
| Post, mixed with whin |
2.64 |
|
149.40 |
| Strong grey metal |
0.84 |
|
150.24 |
| COAL |
0.25 |
|
150.49 |
| Thill |
0.41 |
|
150.90 |
| Blue metal |
1.65 |
|
152.55 |
| Black stone |
0.10 |
|
152.65 |
| Thill |
0.23 |
|
152.88 |
| Post girdles, mixed with blue metal |
1.50 |
|
154.38 |
| Whin |
1.52 |
|
155.90 |
| Scamy post |
1.24 |
|
157.14 |
| Scamy post girdles, mixed with blue metal |
2.59 |
|
159.73 |
| Blue stone, with ironstone girdles |
2.59 |
|
162.33 |
| Black metal |
0.15 |
|
162.48 |
| COAL - Yard Coal Seam |
9.50 |
|
171.98 |
| COAL |
0.51 |
|
|
| Thill |
0.81 |
|
|
| Scamy post |
1.07 |
|
|
| Grey metal and post girdles |
4.98 |
|
|
| Blue metal |
0.76 |
|
|
| COAL, coarse, or band |
0.18 |
|
|
| COAL |
0.30 |
|
|
| Band |
0.10 |
|
|
| COAL, bottom |
0.79 |
|
|
| Thill |
1.55 |
|
173.53 |
| Black metal |
0.79 |
|
174.31 |
| Blue metal |
0.41 |
|
174.72 |
| Post |
3.23 |
|
177.95 |
| Black metal |
4.04 |
|
181.98 |
| Post, mixed with blue metal |
0.69 |
|
182.67 |
| Post |
1.22 |
|
183.89 |
| Grey metal |
0.74 |
|
184.63 |
| Whin |
0.25 |
|
184.88 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
4.70 |
|
189.58 |
| Blue metal |
0.41 |
|
189.98 |
| Black metal |
0.15 |
|
190.14 |
| COAL - Bensham or Maudlin Seam |
1.55 |
|
191.69 |
| COAL, top |
0.74 |
|
|
| Band and splint |
0.18 |
|
|
| COAL |
0.43 |
|
|
| Band |
0.05 |
|
|
| COAL, bottom |
0.15 |
|
|
| Thill |
0.63 |
|
192.32 |
| Scamy post girdles |
2.26 |
|
194.58 |
| Blue metal |
1.78 |
|
196.36 |
| COAL |
0.36 |
|
196.72 |
| Thill |
0.97 |
|
197.68 |
| Scamy post girdles |
2.74 |
|
200.42 |
| Black metal |
0.48 |
|
200.91 |
| COAL |
0.23 |
|
201.13 |
| Scamy post girdles |
1.68 |
|
202.81 |
| Grey metal |
3.25 |
|
206.06 |
| COAL - Six-Quarter Seam |
0.58 |
|
206.65 |
| Thill |
0.63 |
|
207.28 |
| Scamy post girdles |
1.85 |
|
209.14 |
| Blue metal |
2.34 |
|
211.47 |
| COAL - Five-Quarter or Low Main Seam |
0.91 |
|
212.39 |
| COAL |
0.48 |
|
|
| Splint |
0.10 |
|
|
| COAL |
0.33 |
|
|
| Thill |
0.84 |
|
213.22 |
| Grey metal and girdles |
5.00 |
|
218.23 |
| COAL |
0.10 |
|
218.33 |
| Black metal |
0.18 |
|
218.51 |
| Scamy post girdles, mixed with whin |
2.84 |
|
221.35 |
| Whin, mixed with post |
0.94 |
|
222.29 |
| Grey metal and post girdles |
2.24 |
|
224.53 |
| Post, mixed with whin |
1.07 |
|
225.59 |
| Grey metal and girdles |
2.51 |
|
228.11 |
| Blue metal stone |
0.58 |
|
228.69 |
| Black metal stone |
0.10 |
|
228.79 |
| COAL - Hutton or Low Main Seam |
1.50 |
|
230.29 |
| COAL, fine |
1.22 |
|
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| COAL, coarse |
0.28 |
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Source: An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume S-T, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1894
original entry for sinking/boring number 1851 in "An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume S-T, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1894"
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