78 



REPORT — 1889. 



East of Prescot. M 



Boring at Poi'tico Lane Bridge, on the Hnyton and St. Helens Branch 

 Eailway (L.N.W.R.) :— 



Feet. ' Feet. 



Ked sandstone, millet-seed grain . . . . . .54 



9.5 Red sandy marl 41 



11-4 Fine red sandstone 19 



125 Red marl 11 



160 Light red sandstone 35 



162 Red marl 2 



195 Light red sandstone . . . . . , . .33 



215 Fine dark „ 20 



581 Coarse red sandstone, millet-seed 366 



Mr. Timmins gives the following interesting analyses : 



The samples chemically and lithologically resembling each other, they 

 are referred by some to the Lower Mottled sandstone, by others to the Per- 

 mian. 



Half a mile south of the railway boring is that at Holt Lane Quarry, 

 carried out at the bottom of the quarry, which is excavated in undoubted 

 Pebble Beds dipping west at 25°. 



The section met with is as follows. The boring is not completed. 



Feet. 

 . 130 

 . . . 35( + ) 



Sandstone with pebbles 



' Millet-seed' grained sandstone 



L.N.W.R. boring at the Eccleston Summit, at the entrance of the 

 Thatto Heath deep cutting in the Bunter Pebble Beds. 



Feet. 



273 



342 



433 



435 

 440^ 



Gateacre Section. 



Clay and gravel . 



Light red sandstone . 



Grey sandstone 



Light red sandstone . 



Grey sandstone 



Hard red massive sandstone 



Grey marl 



Fine red sandstone 



Coarse brown sandstone 



Hard red massive sandstone 



Fine grey sandstone . 



Dark red „ 



Very fine red sandstone 



Giey sandstone with pebbles 



Dark red marl 



„ sandstone 

 Dark purple and grey saponaceous marl 



Feet. 



8 



170 



15 



4 



22 



54 



1^ 

 IH 

 10" 

 38 



3i 

 2H 

 67' 



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