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I suspect the grey ring around the shaft visible on Google Earth is simply the ploughed out spoil tip. You might hope to find some evidence of industrial working/burning (as suggested by Graham) as a soil mark in the general vicinity of the shaft if it is surrounded by arable fields. David -----Original Message----- From: mining-history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Graham Owens Sent: 08 April 2014 11:29 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Cinder pits Mike Is it possible that the name of the pit is associated with a parcel of land known as 'Cinder Hills' which predates the pit? I am aware of at least four areas of land around Leeds that has parcel of lands known 'Cinder Hills' which have been associated with a variety of processes involving burning materials [See Leeds Tithe Project]. There is another area in the NE of Leeds in the Wyke Beck Valley (Roundhay) shown on old Estate Plans as 'Cynder Hills' which is associated with medieval bloomeries that used locally won charcoal and blackband ironstone. It might be worth consulting the appropriate tithe maps http://www.durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/Pages/Maps1.aspx and see if these shed any light? Regards Graham Quoting Mike Syer <[log in to unmask]>: > Thanks Ian and Peter > > There's no obvious sign today of a slag heap (cinder hill) near the > Cinder Pit at Quarrington. Its location, shown on OS Geological Map, > is near to the edge of a field that has long been used for arable > farming. However the site of the shaft itself might be the round area > that appears to be a slightly lighter, greyer colour than the > surrounding soil, on satellite view via Google. > > I wonder if it might have been used to mine poorer quality coal, for > coking and use for lime-burning, in contrast to the thicker seams of > good quality house coal that were only about 50ft and 100ft below the > surface, and mined from other nearby pits. (There are past and > present limestone quarries in the area.) > > I think it was an 18th century pit, or early 19th century. (There are > no signs of it on the 1857 or subsequent Ordnance Survey maps.) I > have no shaft section or boring details for this particular pit, so > don't know which seam or seams were mined there. > > Mike > > ===== > > On 7 Apr 2014, at 18:20, Ian Spensley wrote: > > > Cinder was the old term for Coke. There are quite a few references > > to Cinder Ovens etc. > > > > Regards > > Ian > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mike Syer <[log in to unmask]> > > To: mining-history <[log in to unmask]> > > Sent: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 17:45 > > Subject: Cinder pits > > > > > > Please can some one advise me why a coal mine shaft might have been > > called "Cinder Pit"? > > > > There was one at Quarrington [i.e. Bowburn], in Durham. But I see > > from web-search that there were others called this, elsewhere in the > > country. > > > > Thanks > > > > Mike > > > > If you need to leave the list, send the following message to > > [log in to unmask] - > > > > leave mining-history > > --------- > > > > > > > > If you need to leave the list, send the following message to > [log in to unmask] > > - > > > > leave mining-history > > --------- > > If you need to leave the list, send the following message to > [log in to unmask] - > > leave mining-history > --------- > -- If you need to leave the list, send the following message to [log in to unmask] - leave mining-history --------- If you need to leave the list, send the following message to [log in to unmask] - leave mining-history ---------