147 



?io. 1 Bore. 



ft. 

 Soil 3 



Sand 4 



Marl 54 



Gravel 6 



Sand 



67 

 No. 2 Bore. 



ft. 

 Marl C3 



Gravel 9 



Marl 



72 

 On the west side of the valley of the Roach, at the Nook 

 Colliery, was found, according to Mr. Livesey 



ft. in. 



Clay , 5 9 



Gravel 2 9 



Marl 13 6 



Black Stone 



2^ 

 For about a mile and a half from Rochdale station the 

 line runs over embankments, and then two cuttinos throuo-h 

 the Till are met with near to Bellfield. After these nothino- 

 is seen on the line until it enters the lower coal measures 

 at the south side of the Summit Tunnel and continues 

 through them aU the way to Todmorden; but following 

 by the side of the canal, the Till is traced to the Rochdale 

 Brick and Tile Company's works, where it is seen about 12 

 feet in thickness lying 50 feet above the water in the canal, 

 which Mr. Eadson, the Engineer of the Company, informs 

 me is 603 feet above the sea. This deposit of Till, which 

 lies in a somewhat sheltered place, is of a dark blue colour, 

 and contains greenstones, granites, porph}T?ies, and other 

 foreign rocks. In most of its characters it resembles the 

 ordinary Till of Lancashire except that it contains more 



