Kent Coalfield - Test Bores

Test Bores

Test bores were made at the following locations:-

• Brabourne — bore to a depth of 2,004 feet (611 m), no coal found.

• Ropersole, Barham — bore to a depth of 2,129 feet (649 m), twelve thin seams found.

• Ellinge, Dover — bore to a depth of 1,686 feet (514 m), coal measures found, boring continued another 129 feet (39.32 m), but no seams found.

• Waldershare — bore to a depth of 2,372 feet (723 m) or more, five coal seams found.

• Fredville, Nonington — bore to a depth of 1,505 feet (459 m) or more in December 1896, three coal seams found.

• Goodnestone — bore to a depth of nearly 1,000 feet (300 m), no coal found. It was thought that the seams lay at a depth of 4,000 feet (1,200 m).

• Shakespeare Cliff — bore to a depth of 2,274 feet (693 m) in February 1890. Fourteen seams of coal found.

• Plaxtol — a bore was sunk near Old Soar Manor in 1898, but was abandoned.