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Washington Glebe Colliery
Account of Strata sunk through in the Glebe Pit, Washington Colliery
Shaft Details
Closed: 04 Aug 1972
Approximate surface level 57.91m above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
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Depth |
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m. |
|
m. |
| Yellow sand |
16.46 |
|
16.46 |
| Quicksand |
10.97 |
|
27.43 |
| Boulder-clay |
7.01 |
|
34.44 |
| Yellow freestone |
1.83 |
|
36.27 |
| White post |
5.49 |
|
41.76 |
| Leafy grey post |
1.45 |
|
43.20 |
| COAL |
0.61 |
|
43.81 |
| Seggar-clay |
0.30 |
|
44.12 |
| Post band |
0.10 |
|
44.22 |
| Blue metal |
3.66 |
|
47.88 |
| COAL |
0.28 |
|
48.16 |
| Seggar-clay |
1.07 |
|
49.22 |
| Iron band |
0.08 |
|
49.30 |
| Seggar-clay |
0.23 |
|
49.53 |
| Blue metal |
0.89 |
|
50.42 |
| Iron band |
0.05 |
|
50.47 |
| Blue metal |
0.74 |
|
51.20 |
| COAL |
0.41 |
|
51.61 |
| Black stone |
0.10 |
|
51.71 |
| Seggar-clay |
0.91 |
|
52.63 |
| Blue metal |
0.51 |
|
53.13 |
| Post band |
0.15 |
|
53.31 |
| Blue metal |
0.99 |
|
54.30 |
| Iron band |
0.03 |
|
54.33 |
| Blue metal |
1.78 |
|
56.13 |
| COAL |
1.65 |
|
57.78 |
| COAL |
0.48 |
|
|
| Seggar-clay |
0.86 |
|
|
| COAL |
0.30 |
|
|
| White post |
1.02 |
|
58.80 |
| Blue metal |
0.10 |
|
58.90 |
| White post |
0.91 |
|
59.81 |
| Grey post |
0.56 |
|
60.37 |
| white post |
0.63 |
|
61.01 |
| Grey post |
0.94 |
|
61.95 |
| COAL |
0.53 |
|
62.48 |
| Dark seggar-clay |
0.56 |
|
63.04 |
| Light seggar-clay |
0.74 |
|
63.78 |
| White post |
0.46 |
|
64.23 |
| Blue metal |
0.08 |
|
64.31 |
| Blue post |
0.46 |
|
64.77 |
| Light seggar-clay |
0.91 |
|
65.68 |
| Blue metal |
2.84 |
|
68.55 |
| Iron band |
0.05 |
|
68.60 |
| Blue metal |
4.39 |
|
73.02 |
| COAL |
0.15 |
|
73.17 |
| Seggar-clay |
0.43 |
|
73.61 |
| White metal |
0.13 |
|
73.73 |
| Grey post |
0.74 |
|
74.47 |
| Blue metal |
0.18 |
|
74.65 |
| White metal |
0.81 |
|
75.49 |
| Grey post |
0.03 |
|
75.51 |
| White metal |
0.53 |
|
76.07 |
| Blue metal |
0.81 |
|
76.88 |
| Black metal |
0.13 |
|
77.01 |
| COAL |
0.13 |
|
77.14 |
| Seggar-clay |
0.36 |
|
77.49 |
| Dark grey post, with partings |
2.34 |
|
79.83 |
| Dark grey and white post |
0.46 |
|
80.29 |
| Dark grey post |
0.23 |
|
80.51 |
| White post, with partings |
5.26 |
|
85.80 |
| Blue metal |
1.07 |
|
86.86 |
| COAL |
0.10 |
|
86.99 |
| Dark grey post, with partings |
2.59 |
|
89.58 |
| Strong grey metal, with post girdles |
13.84 |
|
103.42 |
| Grey metal |
0.74 |
|
104.16 |
| Black shale |
0.05 |
|
104.21 |
| COAL |
0.61 |
|
104.82 |
| Black shale |
0.41 |
|
105.23 |
| Seggar-clay |
0.76 |
|
105.99 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
12.75 |
|
118.74 |
| White post, with metal partings |
16.81 |
|
135.58 |
| Blue metal |
0.30 |
|
135.88 |
| COAL |
0.61 |
|
136.49 |
| Seggar-clay |
0.36 |
|
136.85 |
| Grey metal, post girdles and ironstone |
5.87 |
|
142.72 |
| Blue metal |
1.83 |
|
144.55 |
| COAL |
0.56 |
|
145.10 |
| Seggar-clay |
0.84 |
|
145.94 |
| Grey metal and ironstone |
4.88 |
|
150.82 |
| COAL |
0.23 |
|
151.05 |
| Grey metal |
3.05 |
|
154.10 |
| Black stone |
0.08 |
|
154.17 |
| Blue metal |
0.84 |
|
155.01 |
| Strong grey post |
0.91 |
|
155.92 |
| Grey metal, with hard post girdles |
10.49 |
|
166.41 |
| Blue metal, with ironstone girdles |
3.35 |
|
169.77 |
| Black stone |
0.08 |
|
169.84 |
| COAL - Main Coal Seam |
1.96 |
|
171.80 |
| COAL |
0.61 |
|
|
| Band |
0.10 |
|
|
| COAL |
0.46 |
|
|
| Band |
0.05 |
|
|
| COAL |
0.76 |
|
|
| Bastard post |
1.30 |
|
173.09 |
| Grey metal |
1.52 |
|
174.62 |
| Dark blue metal |
1.57 |
|
176.19 |
| Strong white post |
0.76 |
|
176.95 |
| Blue metal, with iron girdles |
11.43 |
|
188.38 |
| COAL and metal, mixed |
0.08 |
|
188.46 |
| COAL - Maudlin Seam |
1.70 |
|
190.19 |
| COAL, top |
0.86 |
|
|
| Splint |
0.05 |
|
|
| COAL |
0.48 |
|
|
| Band |
0.05 |
|
|
| COAL |
0.28 |
|
|
| Black stone |
0.08 |
|
190.26 |
| Seggar-clay |
0.28 |
|
190.54 |
| White post |
1.35 |
|
191.89 |
| Blue metal, with iron girdles |
6.25 |
|
198.14 |
| COAL |
1.02 |
|
199.15 |
| COAL, cannel |
0.53 |
|
|
| Band |
0.25 |
|
|
| COAL, cannel |
0.23 |
|
|
| Blue metal |
1.93 |
|
201.08 |
| COAL |
0.36 |
|
201.44 |
| Bastard seggar-clay |
0.46 |
|
201.90 |
| White post, with partings |
5.59 |
|
207.48 |
| Blue metal |
0.94 |
|
208.42 |
| COAL - Low Main Seam |
0.99 |
|
209.41 |
| White post |
4.67 |
|
214.09 |
| Blue metal |
1.09 |
|
215.18 |
| COAL |
0.05 |
|
215.23 |
| Bastard seggar-clay |
0.94 |
|
216.17 |
| Grey post |
1.42 |
|
217.59 |
| Blue metal |
1.17 |
|
218.76 |
| Black stone |
0.41 |
|
219.17 |
| Blue metal, with post panels |
4.57 |
|
223.74 |
| Grey post |
0.84 |
|
224.58 |
| Blue metal |
1.24 |
|
225.82 |
| Grey post |
0.46 |
|
226.28 |
| Blue metal |
0.43 |
|
226.71 |
| Grey post |
0.79 |
|
227.50 |
| Blue metal |
2.44 |
|
229.94 |
| COAL - Hutton Seam |
1.07 |
|
231.00 |
| Seggar-clay |
0.61 |
|
231.61 |
| COAL |
0.46 |
|
232.07 |
| Blue metal |
1.22 |
|
233.29 |
| Grey metal, with post girdles |
3.66 |
|
236.95 |
| Black stone |
0.69 |
|
237.63 |
| Blue metal |
4.34 |
|
241.98 |
| Blue metal, with post panels |
1.52 |
|
243.50 |
| Very hard white post |
1.22 |
|
244.72 |
| Grey metal |
0.91 |
|
245.63 |
| COAL |
0.30 |
|
245.94 |
| Blue metal, with iron girdles |
12.29 |
|
258.23 |
| Black stone |
0.61 |
|
258.84 |
| COAL |
0.20 |
|
259.04 |
| Seggar-clay |
0.91 |
|
259.96 |
| Grey metal |
4.75 |
|
264.71 |
| Grey metal, with whin panels |
1.17 |
|
265.88 |
| Black stone |
0.05 |
|
265.93 |
| COAL - Harvey Seam |
0.38 |
|
266.31 |
| Bastard seggar-clay |
0.91 |
|
267.22 |
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Source: An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910
original entry for sinking/boring number 3045 in "An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910"
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