382 REPORT— 1887. 



Nessler solution, a thick white flocculent ppt. 



Appearance of water in 2 ft. tube very clear and bright ; reaction alkaline ; smell 

 and taste none perceivable. The water showed a slight trace of iron when con- 

 centrated. 



This is a fairly good drinking water ; the soHds are high and it is very- 

 hard ; the solids are however of a harmless nature, consisting princi- 

 pally of carbonates and sulphates of lime. 



Coal-measures and Millstone Grit Borings. 



Collected from Mr. B. MuiR, C.E., Manchester. Well (50 feet by 8 feet) 

 and Boring (1 ft. 2 in. diameter) at the Capiat Wharf, near Bury Station, 

 for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Comjiany, August 1885. 



Ft. In. Ft. In. 



8 Gravel 8 



51 Light red rock 43 



69 Reddish grey rock 18 



75 Grey rock 6 



88 Light grey rock 13 



89 Clay parting . . . . . . . .10 



90 Yellow rag rock 10 



110 Light grey rock 20 



113 Reddish grey rock 3 



118 Grey rock brownish 5 



120 Clay 2 



122 Grey rock brownish 2 



126 Reddish grey rock 4 



127 Cank 10 



146 Grey rock reddish 19 



158 Stone band 12 



160 White metal 2 



163 Stone bind 3 



183 White ashlar with bands of spar . . . . 20 



184 Stone bind and black shale 10 



184 



Large adjacent quarries were formerly worked, and were given up, 

 owing to the water met with ; old coal workings probably exist, under 

 the area, worked long since, at a considerable depth from the surface. 

 Pumping the water from the above boring considerably diminished the 

 yield of several wells to the west ; the most important of these has since 

 been deepened with good results. 



Section of a Boring made at Withnell Moor hy the Biamond Boring Company, 

 Limited, 1874 and 1875, for Messrs. Ascroft and Sylces, Preston. 



Diameter of boring commenced 8 in. diameter, terminating with a diameter of 3 in. 



No. Ft. In. 



1. Peat 3 



2. Coarse grit rock 80 



3. Black shale 3 



4. Coal 2 



5. Bastard fire-clay 5 



6. Flag grey laminated rock with black floors .... 198 4 



7. Blue metal with grey floors 5 6 



8. Grey laminated or flag rock with black floors . . . 20 6 



9. Blue metal with grey floors 29 



10. Hard grey rock with blue floors 24 



