Mr. Buddle on Mining Records. 



311 



of the strata sunk through in the G or Church Pit, from the surface to the 

 Bensham Seam ; and, also, the strata sunk and bored through below the 

 Bensham Seam, in the A Pit, to the Beaumont Seam, which is the lowest 

 seam that has been explored in the colliery.* 



WALLSEND COLLIERY. 



1. — Proprietors of the Surface and Minerals. 

 Both the surface and minerals belong to the Rev. the Dean and Chapter 

 of Durham. 



2. — Locality and Extent of Property. 



Its surface is about 1250 acres, including half of the River Tyne adjoin- 

 ing. It is boundered by the Tyne on the south, by Walker Colliery on 

 the west, by Bigge's-main Colliery on the north-west, by Willington Col- 

 liery, on the north and north-east, and by the Howdon-pans Colliery, be- 

 longing to the Corporation of Newcastle, on the east. 



3. — Number and Description of the Seams of Coal and other 



Minerals. 



By the various sinkings and borings which have been made, the whole 

 of the seams of coal belonging the district, from the Three-quarter Coal 

 down to the Beaumont Seam, have been found in this Colliery, as shewn 

 in the following 



Account of the Strata sunk through from the surface to the Main Coal Seam 

 in the G Pit at Wallsend Colliery. 



1 Outset, 



fa. ft. in. fa. ft. in. 

 2 



2 Yellow Clay, 1 



3 Blue Clay, 2 



4 Leavey Clay, ... ... ... 1 



5 StoneyClay, fi 



fi LeaveyClay(strongly laminated ), 2 



7 Sand (very irregular), wet, ... 



8 StoneyClay, 2 



9 Sand (irregular), drv, ... 

 10 StoneyClay, 9 



Carried forward, 26 2 





fa. ft. in. 



fa. ft. in. 



Brought forward. 



26 2 



STONE HEAD. 





11 Blue Metal Stone, 2 2 





12 Grey Post, 



4 





13 Grey Metal Stone, 



2 





14 White Post, 



1 1 7 





15 Ditto, with Water, 



2 2 





16" Blue Metal, 



5 10 





17 White Post, 



2 3 





Carried forward, 



9 5 8 



26 2 



* I cannot give a complete section of the A Pit, from the surface to the Beaumont Seam, 

 as I never could find any account of the sinking of that pit amongst the colliery papers. 



