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Boring at East Rainton Colliery.

Fs.

Ft.

In.

Fs.

Ft.

In.

Sunk to scaffold

10

1

─

Brought forward

42

2

6

Box and Bore hole

12

─

─

Strong grey stone mixed with whin

─

4

─

Whin

─

─

10

Grey metal stone mixed with water

2

─

6

Strong white post

─

2

─

Strong grey stone mixed with whin

1

4

─

Grey metal partings and post girdles

─

3

─

Whin

─

1

2

Dark grey metal (the black stone)

4

3

5

Grey metal with girdles

2

2

─

Gulbetty[1] white post with much water	[2]$\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\ \end{matrix}}\right.$
White post with water
Grey metal stone and girdles
White post with water
Strong white post with whin
White post with water
Strong blue metal with girdles and water
Soft grey metal

─

2

─

Foul Coal C

─

1

8

─

3

6

Soft grey metal

─

2

─

1

1

─

Strong grey metal with win girldes

2

4

─

2

4

─

Strong grey post with mixture of whin

2

─

─

─

2

6

Strong grey metal stone

2

4

─

2

3

9

Black grey metal

─

─

6

5

─

─

Five Quarter Coal D

─

3

8

─

2

─

Strong grey metal

─

3

─

Black grey metal with scares of Coal^[3] B

─

3

─

Strong post mixed with whin

─

2

─

Strong grey metal with water

1

─

6

Strong grey metal stone

5

─

─

Strong post mixed with whin

1

1

─

Strong grey metal mixed with whin

1

2

─

Grey metal

─

1

─

High Main Coal^[4] E

1

─

─

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Carried forward

42

2

6

Total

67

3

─

Seams of Coal at Axwell Park.

				Fs.	Ft.	In.
High Main at Windy hill	at	6	fathoms	1	─	─
Stone Coal		30	──────	─	4	─
Jet or Splint Coal		41	──────	─	2	─
Three quarter Coal		45	──────	─	2	3

The first of these seams is good Coal, but is almost worked out. The second is slaty and handy, small and tender, but burns well. The third is a very had seam of Coal.

Seams of Coal at Morrisfield.

Fs.

Ft.

In.

Three quarter Coal

at

45

fathoms

─

2

3

Coal next the roof	Ft.	1	3
Band of soft Black stone		─	9
Scarey bandy Coal		3	─

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─

5

─

This is a very tender and dull burning Coal. A hole was bored below it to the depth of 16 fathoms for the Shildon seam, but it was not found.

1. Full of fissures.
2. the Main post divided
3. Situation of the Tyne High Main Coal.
4. Called the Yard Coal on the river Tyne. The Main Coal B is seldom in perfection unless the Main post is also solid and good.