Seams of Coal under Newcastle Town—moor.
Fs. | Ft. | In. | |||||
High Main | at | 8 | fathoms | 1 | ─ | ─ | thick |
Metal Coal | 13 | ────── | 1 | 6 | ─ | ||
Stone Coal | 19 | ────── | ─ | 1 | 6 | ||
Yard Coal | 29 | ────── | 2 | 10 | ─ | ||
Bensham Coal | 40 | ────── | ─ | 2 | 10 | ||
Six Quarter Coal | 53 | ────── | ─ | 1 | 6 | ||
Five Quarter | 58 | ────── | ─ | 1 | 6 | ||
Low Main Coal | 66 | ────── | ─ | 1 | 6 |
Seams of Coal at Kellsfield near Gateshead Fell.
Fs. | Ft. | In. | |||||
High Main | at | 11 | fathoms | 1 | ─ | ─ | thick |
Metal Coal | 24 | ────── | ─ | 2 | 3 | ||
Stone Coal | 24 | ────── | ─ | 1 | 8 | ||
Little Coal | 26 | ────── | ─ | 1 | 10 | ||
Yard Coal | 30 | ────── | ─ | 3 | ─ | ||
Bensham Coal | 41 | ────── | ─ | 5 | ─ | ||
Five Quarter | 61 | ────── | ─ | 3 | ─ | ||
Low Main | 71 | ────── | ─ | 5 | ─ | ||
Harvey's Seam | 97 | ────── | ─ | 3 | ─ |
Section of the Coal Strata on the Wear.
Fs. | Y. | F. | In. | Fs. | Y. | F. | In. | ||
Soil and Clay | 9 | ─ | ─ | ─ | Brought forward | 80 | ─ | ─ | ─ |
Brown stone | 2 | ─ | ─ | ─ | High Main Coal | 1 | ─ | ─ | ─ |
Grey Metal stone | 4 | ─ | ─ | ─ | Blue grey stone | 2 | 1 | ─ | ─ |
Brown stone | 2 | ─ | ─ | ─ | White post | 2 | 1 | ─ | ─ |
White post | 7 | ─ | ─ | ─ | Grey stone with partings | 2 | 1 | 1 | ─ |
Blue stone | 1 | 1 | ─ | ─ | Brown post | 4 | ─ | 2 | ─ |
Grey post | 5 | ─ | ─ | ─ | Whin | 1 | ─ | ─ | ─ |
Blue slaty stone | 2 | ─ | ─ | ─ | Maudlin Coal | 1 | ─ | ─ | ─ |
Grey stone | 1 | 1 | ─ | ─ | Blue stone | 1 | 1 | ─ | ─ |
White post | 3 | 1 | ─ | ─ | White post | 3 | 1 | ─ | ─ |
Black slaty stone | 2 | 1 | ─ | ─ | Grey Metal stone | 3 | ─ | ─ | ─ |
Whin | ─ | 1 | ─ | ─ | Blue post | 2 | ─ | ─ | ─ |
Grey post | 1 | 1 | ─ | ─ | Blue stone | 1 | ─ | ─ | ─ |
White post | 2 | ─ | ─ | ─ | Low Main Coal[1] | ─ | 1 | ─ | ─ |
Blue stone | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Blue stone | 1 | ─ | ─ | ─ |
Five Quarter Coal[2] | ─ | 1 | ─ | 9 | White post | 2 | 1 | ─ | ─ |
Blue metal | 1 | 1 | 1 | ─ | Whin | ─ | 1 | 2 | ─ |
Grey post | 3 | ─ | 2 | ─ | Grey post | 1 | ─ | ─ | ─ |
Grey Metal stone | 3 | 1 | ─ | ─ | Blue metal | 1 | 1 | ─ | ─ |
Whin | ─ | 1 | 1 | ─ | Hutton Seeam[3] | 1 | ─ | 1 | ─ |
White post | 4 | ─ | ─ | ─ | |||||
Blue stone | ─ | ─ | 2 | ─ | |||||
──────── | ──────── | ||||||||
Carried forward | 60 | ─ | ─ | ─ | Total | 94 | 1 | ─ | ─ |