Chirton Colliery
Prospect Pit
Account of the Prospect Pit in Shields alias Chirton Colliery, as sunk and bored by Joe. Pearson, Isaac Hunter, &c. 1755
Shaft Details
Sunk: 1755
Approximate surface level 85 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Sunk |
85 |
0 |
|
85 |
0 |
| Sunk |
88 |
0 |
|
173 |
0 |
| Bored :— |
0 |
0 |
|
173 |
0 |
| White post, with red partings |
15 |
0 |
|
188 |
0 |
| Blue metal |
1 |
0 |
|
189 |
0 |
| White post |
6 |
0 |
|
195 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
195 |
8 |
| Grey thill |
3 |
9 |
|
199 |
5 |
| Black stone, mixed with coal |
2 |
0 |
|
201 |
5 |
| Dry white thill |
12 |
10 |
|
214 |
3 |
| Black stone |
2 |
0 |
|
216 |
3 |
| Thill |
0 |
4 |
|
216 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
3 |
7 |
|
220 |
2 |
| Grey post |
7 |
3 |
|
227 |
5 |
| Blue stone |
4 |
1 |
|
231 |
6 |
| Grey post |
7 |
2 |
|
238 |
8 |
| Blue stone |
6 |
0 |
|
244 |
8 |
| Whin |
0 |
10 |
|
245 |
6 |
| Blue stone |
1 |
6 |
|
247 |
0 |
| Grey girdle |
0 |
4 |
|
247 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
4 |
0 |
|
251 |
4 |
| Grey post |
0 |
10 |
|
252 |
2 |
| Blue stone |
4 |
0 |
|
256 |
2 |
| Black stone |
1 |
0 |
|
257 |
2 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
257 |
10 |
| White thill |
3 |
10 |
|
261 |
8 |
| Grey post |
3 |
10 |
|
265 |
6 |
| Whin |
0 |
2 |
|
265 |
8 |
| Grey post |
3 |
0 |
|
268 |
8 |
| Blue stone |
2 |
6 |
|
271 |
2 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
9 |
|
272 |
11 |
| Grey post girdles |
2 |
10 |
|
275 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
276 |
5 |
| Grey thill |
2 |
0 |
|
278 |
5 |
| Grey post |
3 |
3 |
|
281 |
8 |
| Soft grey metal |
1 |
2 |
|
282 |
10 |
| Grey girdle |
0 |
3 |
|
283 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
6 |
|
283 |
7 |
| Grey metal |
1 |
5 |
|
285 |
0 |
| Grey post |
7 |
2 |
|
292 |
2 |
| White post |
1 |
10 |
|
294 |
0 |
| Whin |
0 |
8 |
|
294 |
8 |
| Grey stone |
16 |
5 |
|
311 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
5 |
|
311 |
6 |
| Grey thill |
1 |
5 |
|
312 |
11 |
| Grey stone, with red scames |
5 |
0 |
|
317 |
11 |
| Strong open grey post |
0 |
9 |
|
318 |
8 |
| Whin |
1 |
1 |
|
319 |
9 |
| Open grey post |
3 |
8 |
|
323 |
5 |
| Whin |
0 |
5 |
|
323 |
10 |
| White post |
33 |
0 |
|
356 |
10 |
| Brown post |
3 |
7 |
|
360 |
5 |
| White post |
8 |
0 |
|
368 |
5 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
8 |
|
369 |
1 |
| COAL |
0 |
8 |
|
369 |
9 |
| Grey metal, mixed with coal |
0 |
8 |
|
370 |
5 |
| White post |
0 |
3 |
|
370 |
8 |
| White and grey post |
4 |
0 |
|
374 |
8 |
| Soft grey metal |
0 |
8 |
|
375 |
4 |
| White thill |
5 |
0 |
|
380 |
4 |
| Grey metal |
0 |
5 |
|
380 |
9 |
| Grey post |
0 |
10 |
|
381 |
7 |
| Grey metal, with girdles |
11 |
2 |
|
392 |
9 |
| Grey girdles |
5 |
9 |
|
398 |
6 |
|
Source: An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume C-E, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1881
original entry for sinking/boring number 0451 in "An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume C-E, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1881"
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