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generally supposed to be found in the county. For these 

 interesting journals of bores we are indebted to the kind- 

 ness of Mr. Clarke, of the Middleton estate office. 



About a mile to the west of the railway at Blue Pits 

 station, Mr. Livesey, Mining Engineer, in sinking the Captain 

 Fold Pit, near Heywood, found the following beds at an 



elevation of about 400 feet. 



ft. 

 Marl and Sand 6 



Loam 9 



Strong Marl 9 



Loam 1 



Sand 17 



Gravel 10 



Marl 72 



Broken Metals 



124 



A little further to the north of the last named locality, 

 and at about the same elevation, Messrs. R-oscow and Lord, 

 in sinking, found at Greave : 



ft. in. 



Soil 1 



Loam and Sand 63 5 



Stony Marl 77 9 



Sandy Gravel 13 10 



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This information was kindly furnished by Mr. James 

 Stott. 



Returning to the railway at Rochdale, few sections of the 

 drift had been obtained near the town, where it must be of 

 great thickness in the middle oi the valley of the Roach, 

 but at Mayfield in Butterworth, to the east of the line, at 

 an elevation of about 500 feet, the following bore holes were 

 made in the drift without reaching the underlying coal 

 measures — 



