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Walbottle Colliery

Coronation Pit

Sunk in the Coronation Pit, Walbottle Colliery

Shaft Details

Approximate surface level 101.49m above sea (Ordnance datum)

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Geology encountered   Thickness   Depth
  m.   m.
Soil and clay    1.37     1.37
Brown freestone    1.22     2.59
Brown post    1.37     3.96
Blue stone    1.22     5.18
Black stone    0.13     5.31
COAL    0.13     5.44
White post, with partings    4.57     10.01
Black stone    0.30     10.31
Thill    0.20     10.52
Whin    0.46     10.97
Blue stone    2.46     13.44
COAL    0.08     13.51
Grey post    2.59     16.10
Blue stone    1.83     17.93
Dark grey post    12.19     30.12
Grey post, with partings    0.86     30.99
Whin    2.29     33.27
Grey post, with partings    1.17     34.44
Brown post    3.51     37.95
Grey shivery post    0.46     38.40
Grey metal, mixed with coal    2.59     40.99
White post, with water    12.04     53.03
Grey metal    2.74     55.78
Post, with water    1.22     57.00
Blue stone, with post girdles    3.81     60.81
Whin    1.52     62.33
Post girdles and grey metal stone    1.02     63.35
White post    1.22     64.56
COAL - Grove Seam    0.71     65.28
Thill    0.15     65.43
Grey metal stone, with post girdles    0.76     66.19
COAL, coarse    0.15     66.34
Thill    0.15     66.49
Blue metal, with ironstone balls    3.96     70.46
Grey metal, with scares of post    4.06     74.52
Green post, with much water    9.60     84.12
COAL    0.05     84.17
Thill    0.13     84.30
COAL    0.08     84.38
Thill    0.20     84.58
Blue stone    0.05     84.63
Grey metal stone    1.37     86.00
Grey post, with water    3.35     89.35
Blue metal, mixed with balls of ironstone    0.91     90.27
COAL    0.89     91.16
Grey metal    0.15     91.31
Grey post    0.13     91.44
Grey post    1.40     92.83
COAL    0.23     93.06
Thill    0.25     93.32
Blue metal, with ironstone    1.52     94.84
Green post    1.32     96.16
Whin    2.36     98.52
White post    1.60     100.12
COAL    0.08     100.20
Thill    0.91     101.11
Strong grey metal, with scares of post    4.04     105.15
Whin    0.23     105.38
Grey post, with whin girdles    1.60     106.98
COAL    0.61     107.59
Thill    0.30     107.89
Post girdles    0.41     108.30
Grey metal, with post girdles    3.20     111.50
Whin    0.20     111.70
Grey metal, with scares of post    0.46     112.16
Blue stone, mixed with ironstone    1.37     113.53
Black stone    1.07     114.60
Grey post    1.83     116.43
Whin    0.71     117.14
Grey post    2.95     120.09
Whin    0.51     120.59
COAL    0.08     120.67
Thill    0.81     121.48
Grey post    3.05     124.53
Blue metal, with ironstone    2.97     127.50
COAL    0.15     127.66
Grey metal stone, with post girdles    1.70     129.36
Blue stone, with scares of post    3.96     133.32
COAL - Engine Seam    1.19     134.51
Strong grey thill    0.41     134.92
Strong white post    3.96     138.88
COAL - Hodge Seam    0.51     139.39
Thill    0.97     140.35
Blue stone    1.07     141.42
Coarse open-grained post, with partings    16.92     158.34
COAL    0.10     158.44
Thill    1.75     160.19
COAL    0.05     160.24
Strong grey post    2.34     162.58
Blue stone, with post girdles    2.49     165.07
COAL - Three-Quarter Seam    0.58     165.65
Strong grey thill    1.42     167.07
COAL    0.13     167.20
Thill    0.61     167.81
Grey post    1.07     168.88
COAL    0.18     169.06
Thill    0.30     169.36
Strong grey post    7.16     176.52
COAL - Main Coal Seam    0.94     177.46
Thill    0.61     178.07
COAL    0.08     178.15
Strong grey post    1.07     179.22
Black stone    2.06     181.27
Strong grey post    1.85     183.13
COAL    0.46     183.58
Blue stone    0.10     183.69
COAL    0.15     183.84
Thill    1.12     184.96
Blue stone    4.72     189.68
Strong black stone girdle    0.25     189.93
Thill    0.81     190.75
Strong grey metal stone    1.88     192.63
Strong grey post    1.93     194.56
Whin    0.46     195.01
Strong grey post, with partings    3.20     198.21
Blue stone, with thin post girdles    1.22     199.43
COAL - Brockwell Seam    1.37     200.80
    COAL, splint    1.37     

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 2107 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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