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
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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
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> 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
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> Mike
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