GEOLOGY 



TABLE I. THE NAMED COALS OF THE NOTTINGHAM COALFIELD 



MANOR .... 

 SHAFTON . . . 

 BAGSHAW 



SWINTON POTTERY 

 CLOWN .... 

 ABDY or WINTER . 

 FURNACE . . . 

 BEAMSHAW . . . 

 KENTS THIN . 

 HAZLES .... 

 COMB .... 

 TOP HARD . 

 DUNSIL .... 

 WATERLOO . . . 

 Hoo CANNEL . 

 DEEP SOFT . . . 

 DEEP HARD . . 

 PIPER .... 

 TUPTON or FURNACE 

 Low MAIN . 

 THREE-QUARTERS 

 YARD or DOGTOOTH 

 BLACK SHALE . 

 KILBURN. . . . 

 NAUGHTON . 

 ALTON 



Shireoaks, above the Rotherham Red Rock 



Southcar, below the Rotherham Red Rock 



Southcar, above the Oaks Rock 



Southcar, below the Oaks Rock 



Shireoaks and Leen Valley = WATHWOOD in Yorkshire 



Southcar 



Shireoaks and Leen Valley ) n ... 



Southcar } P SSlbl >' ec l ual 



Southcar 



Shireoaks and Leen Valley = KENTS THICK at Southcar 



Leen Valley = BARNSLEY SOFT (?) at Southcar 



Nottingham District = BARNSLEY HARD at Southcar, and in Yorkshire 



Nottingham District = SWALLOW WOOD in Yorkshire 



Nottingham District = LIDGET in Yorkshire 



Clifton Colliery 



Nottingham District = FLOCKTON in Yorkshire 



Nottingham District = FENTON'S in Yorkshire 



Nottingham District 



Kimberley and Cossall = PARKGATE in Yorkshire 



Tevershall = THORNCLIFFE THIN in Yorkshire 



Tevershall = FOUR FEET in Yorkshire 



Tevershall = CLOD in Derbyshire = SILKSTONE in Yorkshire 

 Kimberley and Cossall 

 Ruddington boring 

 Ruddington boring 



The numerous sinkings by shaft or boring that have been made to 

 reach the coal, mostly where covered by newer strata, have thrown great 

 light upon the succession, thickness and position of the strata, as may be 

 seen by the following examples, showing successive parts of the series 

 from the summit to the base. 1 



I. BORING AT THURGARTON 



commences 60 ft. above O.D. 



(Communicated by G. E. Coke) 



Trias and Permian, 850 ft. 



Upper Measures Keele Series . 



Newcastle Series . 



Etruria Marls . 256 



Measures . 620 



ft. 



188 

 92 



I. (a) SHAFT at GEDLING 



commences 190 ft. above O.D. 



(Communicated by G. E. Coke) 



Trias and Permian, 513 ft. ft. 



Upper Measures Etruria Marls . 93 

 Measures with thin coals .... 762 

 Top Hard Coal 



Total Coal-Measures . 



.1,156 





Total Coal-Measures . . 855 



I. (i>) BORING AT SCARLE 

 commences 60 ft. above O.D. 

 . H. Da/ton, Geol. Survey Mem. sheet 83) 



Gravel and Lias to Permian, 2,022 ft. ft. 



Upper Coal-Measures 10 



Total Coal-Measures . 10 



1 The thicknesses of the coals are included in the Measures overlying them, which are taken to the 

 base of the coal seam. 



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