31 



size in the Gault) 136 feet, with headings from 78 



to 86 feet ; then a trial-bore. 



Thickness. Depth. 



OaiUt 20 20 



Rock, upper part soft, lower part hard 4 24 



Running sand. With the water great 



quantities of sand came in 29 53 



Hard sand 17 70 



Rock 2 72 



Hard sand and rock (from gallery, 

 coarsely glanconitic calcareous stone, 

 with an Ammonite in a less glanconi- 

 tic piece) 14 86 



Hard sand 12 98 



Undescribed (dark grey sand, slightly 

 greenii^h, with some bits of shells) 18 116 



Undescribed (sandstone with shells.wood 

 and pyrites : piece of calcareous stone 3 119 



Undescribed (dark grey sand, from about 



126 feet) 17 136 



Boring, r in sand, at the bottom very 



clayey 55 191 



FoKD. Heme Bay Waterworks, 1885. Made 

 and communicated by Messrs. Docwra. Shaft 

 and cylinders, 17O5 feet, with galleries at 66 and 

 71, th« rest bored. Water blew in at 167 5 feet 

 down. Water-level 26 feet down. Yield, 26th 

 May, 1891. 183,600 gallons a day. 



Thickness. Depth. 



[s-i^'«j?"i''::is^., 



Made ground 



[Woolwich, ? part Thanet, Beds] Sand 

 fBed loam and sand 

 Dark hard sand and shells 

 [Thanek 1 Hard sand rock 

 Beds. 77^ or<( Hard sandy clay, with 

 78^ feet] j water, the greater part 

 blue 

 LFlints 

 Chalk 



Habtt fuear Sheppey). 

 James Mitchell's MSS., vol. 3, p. 233, Letter 

 from Mr. S. Burnell. 



4 

 18 

 13 



28 

 4 



41 

 1 

 SOi or 49i 

 Sayes Court. 



35 



63 



67 



ins 



109 

 260 

 Dr. 



ThictnesB. Depth, 

 2 182 



Bedr22fMt^]^™"°°"'"'"*''='''y * 18^ 



"'"^''''""'n Black clay 16 202 



Ketcoll Hill (? Newington or Bobbing). 

 Sittin^bourne Waterworks, 1871. About 204 feet 

 above Ordnance Datum. The thicknesses in 

 ,' brackets were given by Mr. R. D. Batchelor, whose 

 account goes only to the depth of 398 feet. Com- 

 municated by Mr. W. L. Grant, Surveyor to the 

 I Local Board. Shaft 160 feet, the rest bored. 

 ■ Headings (about 90 feet, N.E. and S.W.) at 153 

 feet. Water comes at the end of these. The old 

 ! and new wells are connected by a gallery. Water 

 I level about 122 feet down when nrt pumping. 

 About 330.000 gallons a day pumped. 



Thickness Depth 



Light-coloured sandy gravel (5) about 4 4 



I fRed and yellowish 



i I sand (15) ,, 



White sand 



Bed sand 



Dark sand with 



water (56^) nearly 



LLarge flints (3^) over 



White chalk 



Hard yellow chalk about 

 Soft white chalk (4y „ 

 Hard white chalk ,, 



Soft white chalk (IS^) ,, 

 Grey chalk. Yielded 125 

 gallons a minute 356 feet 

 down about 



fC'Oldhaven) 

 Woolwich & 

 Thanet Beds"] 



Chalk, 

 360 feet 



16 

 10 

 30 



57 

 3 



170 

 24 



4 



6 



14 



20 

 30 



117 

 120 



290 

 314 

 318 

 324 

 338 



32 



4 



370 

 374 

 380 

 383 

 386 

 390 



Vpgetable mould 



Yellow clay 



Gravel 



Blue clay, to sand 



Hartt. Elliott's House. 



Vegetable mould 

 Yellow clay 

 Blue clay, to sand 



Hinxhill (for Willeeborough), 



Thickness. Depth. 



1 1 

 4 or 5 6 



2 8 

 about 170 179 



Same authority. 



Thickness. Depth* 

 1 1 



30 31 

 148 179 



Half-a-mile 



Hard blue chalk (4f ) about 



Soft white chalk (23) ., 6 



Hard white chalk over 2 



Soft chalk nearly 4 



Gault clay [marl-hed^ about 4 

 White chalk. Yielded 150 



gallons a minute 90 480 



Maeqate. "Waterworks. The Dane Pumping 

 Station, 1899. Bored and communicated by 

 Messrs. Isler and Co. Wat«r-level, 61 feet down. 



Thickness Depth 



Made Ground 

 Loam 



[ ? Upper 

 Chalk] 



[ r Middle 



north-eastward of the church, 1899. Made and 

 communicated by Messrs. Tilley. Water-level 

 24^ feet dort'u (26 feet later, according to Mr. J. 

 M. Lawford). Shaft 50 feet, the rest bored. Yield 

 60 to 70 gallons a minute (up to Sept., 1900). 



Thickness Depth 

 2 2 



( Gault [clay] 53i 55i 



\ Rock and shells 



Soil 



[Gault] 



C Green sand and pyrites 

 _'- Folkestone \ Brown clay 

 Beds] '] Hard sand 



L Rotten brown clay 

 f Hard dirty sand 

 [Folkestone J Light ^coloured] sand 

 Bed-^ ^ Hard dirty sand 



'-' i Light ^coloured] sand 

 LHard dirty sand 



53i 



li 



23i 



6il^ 



Si 



7 

 lU 

 20 

 28 i 

 10 



57 



80i 

 87 



103 



110 



12U 



141i 



170 



130 



f Hard chalk 



•J Chalk and flints 



(. Hard grey chalk and flints 



f Grey chalk 

 I Hard grey chalk 

 and Lower -^ Hard dark clay 

 Chalk] I Clay and stone ^ ': nodule- 

 L bed] 

 ( Gault 

 1 Hard green sand 



("Hard sandstone 

 i Hard silt 



lU 



H 



5 



280 



39 



226 



148 



4 



2 

 57 



6i 

 12 

 14i 



Hi 

 15 



20 



300 

 339 



565 

 713 



717 



719 

 776 



782i 



794i 



809 



850 



[Gault] 



[Lower 

 Gfeensand] |stUlinsand at 



MiNSVEB. Ebbsfieet Farm. Bored in the stack- 

 yard, about Ij miles south-eastward of the church. 

 Communicated by Mr. C. Taylor. Water rises to 

 within 14 feet of the surface and is pronounced by 

 the analyst to be wholesome Yield about ten 

 gallons a minute. 



To Chalk "through Thanet Beds' 92 "J ,_„ 

 Chalk " '78> ^'" 



Ore (near Faversham). Cotton Powder Co.'s 

 Works, in the Marshes, 1873. From specimens in 



