A HISTORY OF DURHAM 



i860. — A new sinking was put down at 

 Lumley Colliery, near Red Rose Farm House, 

 at Chester-le-Street, to work the Hutton Seam. 



Commenced on g October to sink the Mary 

 Pit, West Stanley Colliery, from the surface to 

 the Hutton Seam. 



1 86 1. — Staple sunk from the Low Main to 

 the Busty Seam, Framwellgate Colliery. 



Boring operations from the surface were in 

 progress on the Wheatley Hill estate to prove 

 the site for the proposed new winning. 



Nettlesworth new pit sunk from the surface 

 to the Hutton Seam. 



1862. — A bore-hole was put down below the 

 Hutton Seam at Low Grange Colliery and boring 

 operations were commenced at Etherley by 

 William Coulson. 



Staple sunk in the Hazard Pit, Blaydon Main 

 Colliery, from the Five Quarter Seam to the 

 Brockwell Seam. 



In this year, the year or the great Hartley 

 disaster, the law compelling each colliery to have 

 at least two exits was passed, and second shafts 

 were sunk at Sherif Hill and Towneley to meet 

 the requirements of the new Act. 



1863. — A sinking was made to the ' German 

 Bands ' Seam of ironstone in the vicinity of 

 Consett. 



Boring operations from the surface were in 

 progress on South Medomsley Royalty, and also 

 in Colonel Towneley's property near Ryton by 

 the Stella Coal Company, proving the supposed 

 Three Quarter Seam. 



Commenced to sink on 8 July the Seventh 

 Pit, East Stanley Colliery, and put shaft down 

 from the surface to the Hutton Seam. 



1864. — Boring operations from the surface by 

 G. R. Stott were in progress in the neighbourhood 

 of Burnhope Colliery, proving the Busty Bank 

 Seam. 



The Ann Pit (13 ft. in diameter). South 

 Medomsley Colliery, was sunk from the surface 

 to the Brockwell Seam. 



Sunk the Furnace Shaft, Shildon Lodge 

 Colliery, from the surface to the Brockwell 

 Seam. 



A 15 ft. shaft called the Harry Pit sunk at 

 Eldon Colliery from the surface to below the 

 Brockwell Seam. 



Cassop Colliery sunk from the Main Coal to 

 the Harvey Seam, and boring continued down to 

 the Brockwell Seam. 



Commenced on 7 November to sink Tudhoe 

 Colliery ; sunk through the Brockwell Seam on 

 7 July, 1866. 



Boring operations were again commenced on 

 the Nunstainton estate, and boring was in 

 progress in Brancepeth Royalty. 



Sunk Wooley Pit, Peases West Collieries, 

 from the surface to the Brockwell Seam. 



1865. — Sunk the D Pit, Urpeth Colliery, 

 from the Hutton to the Busty Bank Seam. 



A boring was put down by Stott out of the 

 Hutton Seam, near the bottom of Kibblesworth 

 Pit, proving the Brockwell Seam. 



C Pit, Brancepeth Colliery, was sunk. 



Findon Hill Pit, Sacriston Colliery, was sunk 

 from the surface to the Main Coal Seam. 



Commenced a boring on 15 August at South 

 Hetton Colliery below the thill of the Hutton 

 Seam to prove the lower coals. 



1866. — Boldon winning commenced to sink 

 on 19 March down to the Hutton Seam. 



Boring operations were in progress on South 

 Moor Royalty, from surface on Wigglesworth 

 Farm, New Copley Colliery, proving the Brock- 

 well Seam, and on the Manor House estate to 

 prove the Brockwell and also any lower seams, 

 and resulted in finding a workable Victoria Seam. 

 Boring operations from the surface were also in 

 progress at Manor House Colliery, near Lan- 

 chester, proving the Brockwell Seam. 



Sunnyside Pumping shaft, Iveston Colliery, 

 was sunk from the surface to the Brockwell 

 Seam, and Esh Colliery down to the Main Coal 

 Seam. 



Upcast shaft at Edmondsley Colliery was 

 enlarged between the surface and the Hutton 

 Seam. 



1867. — Boring operations were in progress in 

 Chopwell Woods, on Hamsteels Common, and 

 by Coulson, from the surface in the neighbour- 

 hood of Silksworth. Also commenced to bore 

 below the Hutton Seam, ShinclifFe Colliery, 

 on 21 June, to beyond the horizon of the 

 Brockwell with disappointing results. 



Chopwell Bute Pit, Garesfield Colliery, was 

 sunk from the surface to the Brockwell Seam. 



Pumping shaft, Brasside Colliery, sunk in 

 May from the surface to the Hutton Seam. 



The Mary Pit, Thrislington Colliery, was 

 sunk from the surface to the Brockwell Seam. 



A boring was put down below the thill of the 

 Busty Seam, Sunnyside Pit, Iveston Colliery, to 

 prove the Brockwell Seam. 



Sunk a staple from the Main Coal to the 

 Hutton Seam at Mutton Colliery. 



Boring operations from the surface were in 

 progress in the vicinity of Oaky Bank Quarry, 

 near Evenwood, at Ushaw Moor, proving the 

 Brockwell Seam, and at West Auckland Colliery, 

 proving the Busty Bank Seam, with lower thin 

 coals. 



Sunk the New Sunnyside Pits, Peases West 

 Collieries, near Crook, from the surface to the 

 Main Coal Seam. 



Another staple sunk below the Busty Seam, 

 Tursdale Colliery, proving the lower coals. 



The Mary Pit, South Medomsley Colliery, 

 was sunk from the surface to the Brockwell 

 Seam. 



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