326 THE PICTOU COAL FIELD — POOLE. 



Ft. In. 



Dark argil, slate, with ironstone nodules 14 10 



Black shale with brown streak, plants, tish . . . . ; 7 



Fine light grey argil, sandstones 4 



" arenaceous shales 11 



Argil, shale with dark purplish tinge, with ironstone 



nodules 3 2 



(In borehole No. 2 of 187S a series of rocks stained red were 

 also cut immediately overlying the series of small coal seams.) 



Ft. In, 



Indian red marl 4 



Mottled red compact areno-argil. shale 7 6 



Indian red soft marl 1 



Mottled red, purple, greenish, dark grey shale 3 6 



Dark argil, shale 1 



Light fine sandstone 1 6 



Gre}" argil, sandstone 5 0' 



Red marl with rootlets 7 



Grey sandstone weathering lusty, plants 2 



Dark argil, shale 7 5 



" slickensided, fossils 8 



" with plants and nodules 8 



full of fossils 10 



Black carbonaceous shale with dark brown streak ... 9- 



" " cordaites abundant 9 1 



Coal 6 



Dark underclay 1 4 



" with nodules 2 



Light argil, shale with fine sandstones 9 



Grey argil shale 3 6 



Mottled argil, underclay with nodules 2 



" shale 5 9 



Grey argil, shale with sandstone partings 7 



Coal. Widow Chisholm seam ? 5 



Light sandstones 2 7 



