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SECTION No. 5—Continued 
Section of Strata sunk through at Bowson Colliery, in the Northern 
portion of the Forest of Dean. 
Thickness | Distance Total 
ave in feet between | depth to 
Description of Measures Fal Gach each 
inches coal seam seam 
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7—Coal ... 
8—Sand ... 
9—Coal, twenty inch 
10—Shale and marl 
11—Coal Foot coal ac 
12—Strong drift and shale 
13—Coal, Lowery No. 1. 
14—Loamy sand, with shale 
15—Coal, Lowery 2 No. 2.. 080 
16—Strong drift . s5e nee see 
17—Coal ... = Sng 
18—Soft clod 
19—Coal 
20—Strong drift . 
21—Hard rock ... 
22—Coal, pres Starkey 
23—Hard cl yon dees 
24—Coal, Lower Starkey. 
25—Hard clod... 
26—Rock . 
27—Loamy sand . 
28—Rock . 
29—Drift and shale 
30—Coal, rocky ... 
31—Soft rock 
32—Hard rock partings .. 
33—Strong drift . mee 500 
34—Rock, with coal leaders oct oe 
35—Drift . 5 
36—Coal, Churchway high delf.. 
37—Under- earth . Boe 
38—Coal, Lower Churchway 
39—Drift . 
40—Rock . 
41—Coal, No coal 
42 Rock S06 
43—Coal, Branly .. 
44—Under- earth . 
45—Gray rock... 
46—Hard shale and clod.. 
47—Soft drift Bon 
48—Gray rock 
49—Soft drift 
50—Gray rock 
51—Hard clod 
52—Gray rock 
53— y 
54—Blue rock 
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