I think McAndrews will be referring to the same borehole, I wrote above 'circa 1912', but I think that is the date the data was published, the borehole could have been put down a few years earlier and the Broomhill Coal Co. could have sat on the data. [I think McAndrews published 1905?]
Regarding the opencast, I think the Chester House site must have been at least close to that area but agree the Shilbottle seam is too deep, so they must have been taking out those shallow 3' seams.
I walked along Green Lane about a month ago [Amble-Morwick -Warkworth and back to Amble] Funny but the tracks and hedgerows along Green Lane look quite mature so perhaps the opencast did not cross it?
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