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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   Depth
  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     
    COAL, coarse    0.28     

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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