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face of Coal seen here, is known as the ten-yard or thick Coal 
of the district, but it is really about thirteen yards thick, and 
the divisions into which the entire Cliff is parted and by which 
the beds are technically known to the workmen, are as follows, 
taking the Beds in descending order: 
Section of Claycroft Coal Cliff, Foxyards.— 
ft. in. 
1. Roofs Coal ... 4 6 
Batt Onn 
2. 'Top Slipper... Sen 
Batt ONE 
3. White Coal... aye) 
4. Tow (Tough) Coal 2 Aen 
5. Brassils Coal eleG 
Batt 3 O83 
6. Foot Coal ... 2 0 
Batt 3 OMe 
7. Slips Coal ... 7 -oN 9 
Hard Stone 0 7 
8. Stone Coal ... «AG 
9. Sawyer sie ncmeaet 
10. Slipper 3 9 
Batt 0 6 
11. Benches Coal 3 0 
Total with partings 39 5 
Each of these Beds of Coal is known to the miners by a 
particular name, and has so much of a peculiar character about 
it that it can be recognized at once by an old “thick coal 
collier” and referred to its particular bed. A great fall of 
Coal had lately taken place here, amounting to about seven 
thousand tons, so that the Cotteswoldians had a fine opportunity 
for studying one of the most remarkable open workings of 
Coal in the British Islands. 
After some time had been spent in examining the beds and 
obtaining some beautiful fern leaves from the iron-stone and 
inspecting an insect preserved in one of the nodules, the party 
mounted the hill to examine the remarkable dome of Silurian 
Rocks known as the Wren’s Nest, which is similar in structure 
to the Castle Hill at Dudley, and like it is composed of two beds 
