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SECTIONS OBTAINED FROM ACTUAL SINKING AT THE 
UNDERMENTIONED COLLIERIES—Continued 
Section No. 15—HORSE ENGINE PIT 
ft. in.| ft. in. | ft. im 
Smith coal... ane = ie AL ae 26 62 6 
12 0 
Little Delf... Shc de Poe oe st Lecak 75 10 
51 0 
Parkend High Delf 310 129 10 
36 0 
Starkey 2 6 168 4 
54 0 
Rockey ... Aor on isi 0 30 1 6 223 10 
Section No. 16—NEW ENGINE PIT 
fts.in.} “£t.;in.9)|) cetee ine 
Lowery... Ah Sr noe anc ae 2 10 257 10 
42 2 
Starkey... Soe ies os a ey, 2a S02na2 
57 10 
Rockey _... ae iss A Ao nce 1% 361 7 
88 5 
Oaken Hill, or Churchway bt ach ont ts 451 8 
64 4 
Brazilly ... pac ser an ans ane 2 8 518 8 
Other useful data for comparison may be obtained from 
the appended Sections not specially referred to in the body of 
this paper. 
The connection between Geological studies and Mining 
Engineering is very close, and has an important bearing, for 
whilst the former science explains the mode of occurrence, age, 
and change of the different formations, being, in fact, an index 
to the nature and extent of mineral deposits, the latter exhibits 
the proper and economical modes of extracting and determining 
the commercial value of each class of mineral, Probably, there- 
fore, no apology is needed for the introduction of a peculiar, 
and at the same time interesting mining legal case, which took 
place in the year 1875, in Dean Forest, upon which a diversity 
of legal and mining opinions were expressed. 
In the case referred to the writer was called in as one of 
the principal technical witnesses, but when it was introduced 
before a Circuit Judge, at Gloucester, he suggested that it was 
