INDUSTRIES 



1 800. — A boring was put down below the 

 Hutton Seam at the bottom of the Law Pit on 

 Lanchester Common, near Harelaw, proving the 

 Busty Bank Seam, and boring operations by 

 George Rawh'ngs were in progress from the 

 surface in the vicinity of White Mare Pool, in 

 the township of Heworth. 



North Pit, Chopwell Colliery, was sunk from 

 the surface to the Brockwell Seam. 



1 80 1. — Commenced to sink the Alfred Pit, 

 Jarrow Colliery ; sunk from surface to Main 

 Coal Seam, 



A boring was put down in the First Pit, 

 Garesfield Colliery, proving the Brockwell Seam ; 

 boring operations were in progress on the Old 

 Durham estate, proving the Hutton Seam. 



1802.— Penny Hill Pit, Chopwell Colliery, 

 was sunk from surface to the Brockwell Seam. 



A boring was put down from the surface to 

 the Hutton Seam at South Birtley, and one by 

 George Rawlings from the thill of the Main Coal 

 Seam to prove the Busty Bank Seam in the 

 Marley Hill Pit. 



1803. — At the Stargate New Winning Pit, 

 Grand Lease Colliery, near Ryton, sinking was 

 begun 16 June, and was put down from the 

 surface to the Brockwell Seam. 



1 804. — Boring operations were in progress at 

 Stobbs Hill Pit, Lumley Colliery, below the thill 

 of the Main Coal Seam, to prove the Hutton 

 Seam, and from the surface in the vicinity of 

 Twizell, near Edmondsley, proving the thickness 

 and extent of the sand-beds. 



1805. — The B Pit, Grand Lease Colliery, was 

 sunk from the surface to the Five Quarter Seam. 

 As walling was put in the shaft at the Grand 

 Lease Main Coal and also at the Five Quarter 

 Seam, these two upper seams may be considered 

 as having been worked out hereabouts by this 

 period. 



1806. — A bore-hole was put down at Salt- 

 wellside for Messrs. Chapman by Andrew Wake 

 on Mr. Barrass' land for the use of the lord of 

 the manor, from the surface, proving the Beau- 

 mont Seam. 



1 810. — A boring was in progress at Jarrow 

 Colliery to find lower coal seams ; in the Law 

 Pit, Lanchester Common, below the Hutton 

 Seam, which proved the Busty Bank Seam ; and 

 boring operations were in progress on Hardwick 

 estate. 



181 1. — Began to sink Dorothea Pit, New- 

 bottle Colliery, in July ; finished and reached 

 Hutton Seam in March, 1816. 



One of the first sinkings to prove the existence 

 of a coalfield underneath the overlying Magnesian 



Limestone was that at Haswell, carried out by 

 Dr. William Smith about this time. Little more 

 was done in working the hidden portion of the 

 coalfield until another twenty-five years or so 

 had elapsed. 



1813. — A series of borings was in progress at 

 Manor, Wallsend, near South Shields, to prove 

 the depth and thickness of the sand-beds in this 

 vicinity. 



1814. — Boring operations from the surface 

 were in progress in the vicinity of South Shields, 

 and in the Elizabeth Pit, Newbottle Colliery, 

 from the thill of the Maudlin Seam, in search of 

 the Hutton Seam. 



18 1 5. — Boring operations from surface were 

 in progress at Usworth, and a bore-hole was com- 

 menced at Framwellgate Head on 18 February. 



1 816. — Commenced to sink the Resolution 

 Pit, Rainton Colliery, 9 January ; reached the 

 Hutton Seam and finished sinking operations on 

 2 May, 1819. 



Started to sink the Adventure Pit, Rainton 

 Colliery, on 9 January, and reached the Hutton 

 Seam and finished sinking operations on 6 July, 

 1817. 



1 81 7. — Commenced to sink the Plain Pit, 

 Rainton Colliery, on 13 September, from the 

 surface to the Hutton Seam. 



The Nicholson Pit, Rainton Colliery, was 

 sunk from the surface to the Hutton Seam about 

 this time. 



Commenced to sink the Hunter Pit, Rainton 

 Colliery, 15 September, from the surface to the 

 Hutton Seam. 



1 81 8. — A boring was put down below the 

 Hutton Seam at Kepier Colliery ; nothing was 

 found. 



Commenced on I October to sink the No. I 

 Pit in Spennymoor Close, Washington New 

 Colliery ; it was put down from the surface to 

 the Main Coal Seam. 



The Hazard Pit, Rainton Colliery, was sunk 

 from the surface to the Hutton Seam about this 

 time. 



1 819. — A boring was put down below the 

 Low Main Seam, Derwent Crook Colliery, 

 Gateshead, proving the Beaumont and Lower 

 Coal Seams. 



A boring was started below the Hutton Seam 

 in Boundary Pit, Harraton Outside Colliery, and 

 a deep bore-hole was put down in the Third Pit, 

 Lumley Colliery, below the thill of the Hutton 

 Seam, to prove the lower coals, which proved 

 most disappointing as to their thickness and 

 quality. 



1820. — Engine or Blossom Pit, Hetton Col- 

 liery, was sunk from surface to Main Coal Seam. 



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