A HISTORY OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 



II. BORING AT SOUTHCAR ON THE IDLE 



commences 15 ft. above O.D. 

 (Dunstan, Mid. Inst. Civ. and Meek. Eng. 



Proc. vol. xiv.) 

 Alluvium, Triassic and Permian, 1,728 ft. 



ft. 



Mottled Shale, with a 6 in. limestone 9 

 Rotherham Red Rock, with 9 ft. 



mottled shales near the top. . . 96 

 Measures with 3 thin seams . . . 1 1 8 

 Shafton Coal, 3 ft. I in. 



Measures with Bagshaw seam . . 469 

 Oaks Rock, 94 ft. ; Swinton Pottery 

 seam, 3 ft. 9 in. ; and measures 

 with 6 thin seams including Abdy, 

 Winter and Kents Thin .... 608 

 Kents Thick Coal, 4 ft. 5 in. 



Measures 130 



Barns/ey Soft Coal, 4ft. 9 in. 



Measures 39 



Barnsley Hard Coal, 4 ft. 7 in. 



Measures . i o 



Total Coal-Measures . 



',479 



II. (a) SHAFT AT SHIREOAKS NEAR WORKSOP 



commences 200 ft. above O.D. 



(Lancaster and Wright, Quart. Journ. Geol. 



Sac. vol. xvi.) 



Permian, 215 ft. 



ft. 



Measures with Manor Coal, 2 ft. and 



bands of Ironstone 57 



Rotherham Red Rock 198 



Measures with 15 thin coals . . . 546 

 Clown or Wathwood Coal, 4 ft. 4 in. 



Measures with coal seam, 2 ft. 8 in. 266 

 Haz/es Coal, 3 ft. 



Measures with 2 thin coals . . . 241 

 Top Hard Coal, 3 ft. 9 in. 



Measures 114 



Total Coal-Measures . 



1,422 



III. SILVER HILL COLLIERY, TEVERSHALL, 



commences at 545 ft. above O.D. 



(M.E. Colliery Guardian, vol. Ixiii.) 



ft. 



Measures 



Top Hard Coal, 5 ft. 6 in. 



Measures 



Dunsil Coal, 4 ft. 



Measures 



Water loo Coal, 2 ft. 7 in. 



Measures 



Deep Hard Coal, 2 ft. 7 in. 



Measures 



Piper Coal, 2 ft. 8 in. 



Measures 



Low Main Seam, 4 ft. 9 in. 



Measures with Three-quarters Coal, 



2 ft. I O in. and Tard Coal, 3 ft. 4 in. 1 88 

 Black Shale Coal, 2 ft. 10 in. 



'53 



63 



ni 



543 

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III. (a) NEW HUCKNALL COLLIERY 



commences at 500 ft. above O.D. 



(M.E. Colliery Guardian, vol. Ixviii.) 



ft. 



Measures 450 



Top Hard Coal, 4 ft. 2 in. 



Measures 51 



Dunsil Coal, 2 ft. 4 in. 



Measures 1 1 1 



Waterloo Coal, 3 ft. 9 in. 



Measures 348 



Deep Soft Coal, i ft. 9 in. 



Measures 123 



Deep Hard Coal, 3 ft. 3 in. 



Measures 129 



Low Main Seam, 4 ft. 



Total Coal-Measures . . .1,256 



Total Coal-Measures . 



. 1,212 



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