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with certain minor subdivisions whose stratigraphical relations to 

 the Coal Measures at Ingleton were prettyjwell known. It 

 followed, of course, that as Coal Measures might be expected to 

 occur at a certain distance above a particular known horizon in the 

 Millstone Grit in one part, they might be expected under the same 

 circumstances in the same relative position also at another. This 

 gave the clue, and, following it up, I searched well for coal seams 

 where I felt sure they ought to occur, and there I found them. 



Several seams of coal were discovered in this way, and then, as 

 the occurrence here of any Carboniferous rocks as high as the Coal 

 Measures was a fact of very considerable geological interest, I lost 

 no time in communicating the discovery to several of my colleagues. 

 The coal seams I found myself were of poor quality, and I thought 

 very little of the discovery beyond its geological interest, until the 

 place began to be systematically explored by the gentleman that 

 held the lease of. the property. But under the search^so instituted 

 the existence of several other and more valuable seams of coal, as 

 well as of several remarkably thick deposits of fire-clay, was brought 

 to light. As I wrote a condensed account of these finds in a 

 Report* made at that time (1872) for the lessee, on behalf of the 

 owner of the property, and furthermore, as the nature of this 

 communication does not require that I should enter minutely into 

 details, which will be found stated in full in the ofiicial description 

 of the district, it will be sufficient to state that, in all, about twenty 

 distinct seams of coal were discovered, having an aggregate thick- 

 ness of about forty feet. Eight, or nine, of these seams are not 

 less than two feet in thickness, and one runs up to a maximum 

 thickness of well on to eight feet at one part. The total quantity 

 available from these eight, or nine, seams may be set down in 

 round numbers at about three million tons ; much of the coal 

 being above the average quality, and the best of it being equal to 

 some of the best coal obtained from the Newcastle Coal-field. 



In the above estimate no note has been taken of the various 

 seams that are known to occur — because they are worked in the 



' A printed copy of this Report is deposited for reference in the Carlisle 

 Museum. 



