Boring made at Coxlodge, November 26th, 1761.
Fs. | Ft. | In. | Fs. | Ft. | In. | ||
Soil | ─ | ─ | 1 | Brought forward | 23 | 4 | 6 |
Strong stony Clay | 4 | 4 | ─ | Grey Metal | ─ | 2 | ─ |
Black Metal | ─ | 2 | ─ | Blue Metal scared with Coal | ─ | ─ | 3 |
Brown post | ─ | 2 | ─ | Coal, but brassy at top | ─ | ─ | 11 |
Coal (but will not cake or burn) | ─ | 1 | 1 | Coal mixed with black metal | ─ | ─ | 5 |
Grey Metal | ─ | 2 | ─ | Grey Metal | ─ | 1 | ─ |
White and grey post with water | 1 | ─ | ─ | White and grey post | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Grey Metal | 3 | ─ | 6 | Blue grey Metal | ─ | 2 | 3 |
Grey post with water | ─ | 1 | 6 | Hard slaty Coal | ─ | ─ | 5 |
Strong white post mixed with Whin | ─ | 1 | 3 | Hard Coal (A) | ─ | 1 | 1 |
Grey Metal stone with post girdles | 2 | ─ | 6 | Grey Metal | ─ | 1 | 6 |
Coal | ─ | ─ | 4 | Grey skamy post with Metal partings | 1 | 1 | ─ |
Brassy lump | ─ | ─ | 1 | Whin, mixed with strong white post at bottom | ─ | 2 | ─ |
Coal | ─ | ─ | 9 | Grey Metal stone with post girdles | 2 | ─ | ─ |
Soft blue and black Metal | ─ | ─ | 6 | Blue and black Metal | ─ | 1 | 6 |
Grey Metal or post | ─ | 4 | 6 | Grey Metal mixed with post girdles | 6 | 1 | 6 |
Thready Whin which sets away the water[1] | ─ | 1 | ─ | Black Metal | ─ | 1 | ─ |
Grey post | ─ | 1 | 6 | Grey Metal | 2 | ─ | ─ |
Black skammy stone | ─ | ─ | 6 | Grey and white post | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Grey Metal stone | 4 | 4 | ─ | Grey Metal | ─ | 5 | 6 |
Soft black and blue Metal | ─ | 4 | 9 | Coal | ─ | ─ | 7 |
Foul Coal | ─ | ─ | 5 | Grey Metal scared with Coal | ─ | ─ | 4 |
Soft black grey Metal | ─ | ─ | 10 | Grey Metal stone | 2 | 1 | ─ |
Coal | ─ | 1 | 6 | Soft black And blue Metal | 2 | 5 | 6 |
soft black danty[2] Metal scared with coal | ─ | ─ | 3 | Coal | ─ | ─ | 8 |
Grey Metal | 1 | 3 | 6 | Foul slaty Coal | 1 | 2 | ─ |
Ditto and blue | ─ | 2 | 6 | Grey Metal with girdles | 1 | 2 | ─ |
Hard Coal | ─ | 1 | 4 | Strong white post | 7 | ─ | ─ |
Black slaty stone | ─ | ─ | 3 | Coal (B) | ─ | 4 | 8 |
Coal, but slaty in the middle | ─ | 1 | 2 | Black Metal scared with Coal | ─ | ─ | 2 |
─ | ─ | ─ | Left off in Witish grey post | ─ | 2 | 4 | |
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Carried forward | 23 | 4 | 6 | Total Depth | 58 | 3 | 3 |
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N.B. This Section, as also the preceding at Killingworth, is on the north or dip side of the Main dyke.
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Scams of Coal at Walbottle Colliery at the Newburn winning. | ||||||
Ft. | In. | |||||
English Seam | at | 50 | fathoms | 3 | 8 | thick |
Main Coal | 69 | 2 | 8 | |||
Splint Coal | 85 | 4 | 0 |
The last Seam consists of 3 feet 4 inches of Clean Coal, and about 8 inches of Splint next the Thil.