426 GLANCE AT THE GEOLOGY OF 



The colour of the Till over the greater part 

 of the district is of a deep red, but as you 

 approach the higher land near Lindal Moor, 

 where the largest amount of iron is found, it 

 becomes of a brownish yellow, so the red colour 

 is most probably owing to the per oxide of iron 

 removed from some of the deposits of iron ore in 

 the higher land above Dalton, during the time 

 of the rising of the land, and consequent reces- 

 sion of the waters, and not during the period of 

 the formation of the Till. 



In Mr. Allison's iron mine, an open working, 

 at Cross Gates, on the road leading from Dalton 

 to Kirkby Ireleth, the upper portion of the iron 

 is seen at one part running up into the Till, in a 

 ridge two or three feet high, and three feet 

 broad — the Till is about eight feet in thickness, 

 and is of a deep red colour, having a band of 

 yellow in the middle. 



On the high land, composed of upper silurian 

 rocks, which divides the valley where the Newland 

 Iron works are situated from the valley of the 

 Duddon, there is scarcely any appearance of 

 drift. 



