376 REPORT— 1 887. 



Smith's (late Joule's) Brewery, 618 feet, with chamber in New Red Sandstone ; 

 two pumps yield 137,000 gallons; water level, that of the Irwell. New Red, 

 468 feet ; marls, with limestone, 120 feet ; sandstone, with water and clay, 

 30 feet. 



Broughton Road Paper Works, 720 feet, yield 144,000 gallons. Drift and New 

 Red Sandstone, 240 feet; Permians, 150 feet; hard bands, 120 feet. 



Medlock Vale Works, 761 feet ; water overflows. Gravel, 26 feet ; New Red Sand- 

 stone, 23 feet ; Permian marls, with bands of gypsum and limestone, 246-3; 

 New Permian sandstone, 375-11 ; Coal-measures, 90 feet. 



The following information has also been obtained from journals at 

 Messrs. Mather and Piatt's, Salford Ironworks, Manchester : — 



CorribrooTc Wells. 



BulVs Head Brewery. — Surface level about 100 feet above Ordnance. 

 Well 19 feet 6 inches. No water met with. 



Boring, 12^ to 172 feet from surface, in red sandstone ; the surface is 

 cellar-level, about 90 feet above Ordnance datum. 



' Rest levels ' of the water in the borehole were — 



At 40 feet 6 inches from level of cellar . 10 feet 6 inches. 

 „ 166 „ „ „ . 16 „ 10 „ 



„ 172 „ „ „ . 21 „ 7 



Test pumping of 32 gallons per minute reduced water to 44 feet from 

 the cellar-level, or probably (90 — 44) 46 feet above Ordnance datum. 



Roberts, Bale, and Co.— Well, 62 feet 8 inches. Boring to 241-4, 9" 

 diameter. Hard fine-grained red and white sandstone. 



Bawrence O'Neild. — Well, 36 feet deep ; surface-level about 98 feet, 

 12" boring. 



Feet from surface 



Sandstone with pebble to 165 



Hard red sandstone to 258 



Water-level at 69' 6" stood at 33 



„ 258' 0" „ 37 



Twelve hours' test gave 32,468 gallons and lowered water-level to 

 44*7, or about 53^ feet Ordnance datum ; in two minutes after test water 

 rose 5 feet 2 inches in two minutes, or to 68 feet 7 inches above Ordnance 

 datum. 



B'tjlands and Son. — Well 24 feet. Borehole commences at 15". Sur- 

 face-level about 80 feet O.D. 



Sandstone 



Red sandstone 



Grey sandstone 



Red and grey sandstone 



Red raddle 



Red sandstone . 



. at 



. „ 144 feet 3" from surface. 

 . „ 159 „ 9" „ „ 

 . „ 255 „ 0" „ 

 2 ft. 6 in. 



. „ 336 „ 0" „ 



Pumping test gave 63 gallons per minute, and after nine hours could not lower 

 water below top of borehole ; normal water level is 12 feet from surface, or 68 feet 

 O.D., reduced by pumping to 54 feet O.D. 



Information collected from Mr. R. T. Burnett, F.G.8. 



1. Well at Messrs. Deakin's Brewery, Broadie Street, Ardwick, Manchester, la. 

 About 1881, sunk by Mr. C. Chapman, Salford. 2. About 150 feet. 3. WeU 35 feet 

 deep, 6 feet diameter. Borehole, 16^ diameter to 110 feet from surface, 13" to 



