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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 |
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Depth |
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m. |
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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 |
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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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