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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   Depth
  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

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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