THE PICTOU COAL FIELD — POOLE. 325 



Ft. In. 



Dark argil., shale, light partings, fern marks 20 8 



Black shales often carbonaceous, giving a Virown streak, 



cordaites and fish remains 42 8 



Black carbonaceous compact " oil shale " with dark 



brown streak, plants and fish remains 6 10 



Black coaly shale 5 



Liofht arofillaceous shale with ironstone nodules 7 



" more arenaceous 1 3 



Light, very fine, sandstone 3 10 



Light argillaceous shale 2 



Coaly underclay 4 



Light grey sandstone with ironstone nodules 2 8 



" very fine argil, sandstone " 8 



Quarry sandstone uniform grit 10 4 



Whitish hard sandstone 9 1 



Bluish grey argil, shale with ironstone 9 4 



' " with micaceous sandstone partings . 11 9 



Similar with hlack partings 10 3 



Light grey wavy sandstone and argil, shale 10 7 



Dark argil, shale with ironstone 10 5 



" with shells, fish remains, cordaites 1 3 



Coal 1 



Dark underclay 3 



Light fine sandstone 4 9 



Fine quarry sandstone with plants 19 3 



Light grey sandstone with argil, wavy partings 12 



Grey sandstone with argil, shales. 14 



Bluish gre}^ argil, shale with sandstone bands 22 



Dark argillaceous shale full of fossils 4 3 



Black carbonaceous "oil shale," streak brown, with 



shells, plants, fish and ironstone bands 4 3 



Black carbonaceous shale 11 7 



Dark blue argil, shale, fossils 9 1 



Blackish argil, shale, slickensided, fossils 10 9 



Black carbonaceous " oil shale," dark brown streak ... 10 3 



Dark argil, shale, plants, fish, cythere 6 



