Hauxley Colliery pumping station.

[Coquet]

I would like to see a photo of the Acklington Dyke exposed in the opencast pit at Radcliffe. Now that would be something to see.

The only picture I have of a decent igneous dyke around here is the one at Boulmer, straight as a die going out to sea. I've marked the edges, as its hard to work out what's going on with weathered geology like this. I guess its about 20- 30 metres wide, might even be the one we passed through a whittle.





here's a photo with some people in it to give it scale:

[Coquet]

Structures like this are all 'knowns' with regard to modern mining with its seismic surveys etc., but in earlier times it must have been a shocker hitting something like this out of the blue!

[duddy1984]

I have noticed that since they stopped pumping water out at hauxley the road on approach to amble from radcliffe at the conways farm is dipping dramaticaly.it was fixed a while back but is just about back to what it was.

[hollydog]

Originally Posted by duddy1984

I have noticed that since they stopped pumping water out at hauxley the road on approach to amble from radcliffe at the conways farm is dipping dramaticaly.it was fixed a while back but is just about back to what it was.

There was a drilling rig there last time it was fixed, would be interested to know what they found.

[Alan J.]

As has been mentioned in a previous post this may or may not be attributed to Radcliffe workings, Hauxley not to blame. I have also noticed this subsidence which has become more pronounced this last few weeks. It would be interesting to see the results of the boring.

[Coquet]

They drill then pressure grout into these subsidence areas as well which might explain a drill rig. (If they did it didn't work!)