OF THE NORTH-WEST OF ENGLAND. 241 



According to Mr. Robert Lancaster, a gentleman very 

 well acquainted with this part of the Lancashire coal-field, 

 no workable seam of coal was found in this bore within a 

 depth of 170 yards of the surface. 



Mr. John Part, in a bore hole in West Leigh near the 

 road leading to Ilindley, found the following section : — 



Ft. In. 



Red marls 39 



Conglomerate like gravel 1 



Black sand 12 



Red sandstone 51 



Coal 4 



White rock 3 



Dark brown rock 48 



154 4 



Eye Bridge Section. 



At Mr. Maddocks' farm, Eye Bridge, in Ashton-in-Macker- 

 field, not far from the North Union Railway, Mr. Mercer,* 

 of St. Helens, made a bore. The strata met with were as 

 follow, viz. : — 



Ft. In. 



Top, consisting of clay, sand, and gravel 115 7 



Red metal 42 



Grit and metal 20 



'^Red sandstone mixed with metal 15 



Red sandstone 25 



Burr 1 



Red sandstone 43 



^ Red sandstone mixed with linseyt 41 





* I wrote a polite note to Mr. Mercer requesting the favor of a copy of the 

 borings: but, aa I received no reply, I was compelled to apply to Messrs. 

 Woodcock, Part, and Scott, Solicitors, of Wigan, who kindly furnished me 

 with it. 



t This term is commonly used by the miners of the Wigan district to 

 describe a sandy clay, the shale of other places, 



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