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ON THE CIRCULATION OF UNDERGROUND WATERS. 355 
Boring at Presall End pumping station of the Fleetwood Salt Oo. 
Communicated by Mr. W-nrHERED, senior. 
No. 17 Boring. 
Ft. in. Ft. in 
9 O Soil 1 foot 6 in., loamy sand 5 ft. 6 in., sand and 
gravel 2ft.0in. . : : : : , ae Oke O 
44 9 Boulder clay 31 ft. 0 in., running sand, 4 ft. 9 in. sweet 
112 2 Strong red sandstone, hard girdles (water) , = 6%) aD 
119 5 Soft light sandstone (water) : : E : on aS 
129 11 Strong red sandstone (water) . : : : aL10"46 
130 5 Very hard girdles : ; : : : : of BOTS 
149 11 Soft yellow sandstone (water) . ; ; - clon 
183 11 Strong yellow sandstone, hard partings (water) . ones Op 
249 3 Hard red sandstone, soft partings, 2’ of red marl . 65 4 
Mild red sandstone (water) ; : : . yet Sle t 
Very soft partings ‘ : 5 é F F = 2 OZ AO 
355 3 Hard red sandstone, soft partinys (water) . 4 . 52 0 
Soft red sandstone, hard girdles (water) . : oe SESEHO 
Strong sandstone, hard girdles (water) . 5 aoe 
Very hard white sandstone (water) . ; : ora ore, eee 
418 8 Hard red sandstone, hard girdle, white shale parting. 28 10 
Hard red sandstone, white girdles C 26eC0 
Hard red sandstone, hard white girdle, partings 
(water) . : : het ; ‘ - 46 0 
Strong red dark metal ‘ : ; : eo sn 
499 6 Very hard white sandstone . A ; : : At wet: 
Strong red sandstone, hard white girdl : : ODES 
Strong red metal. : 2 A : ieee ek: 
544 2 Strong red sandstone . - : : : - oy) Maes 4: 
Section of well sunk at Fleetwood in 1860 by the Royal Engineers. 
Ft. in. Ft. in. 
41 10 Gravel and sand 3 : Z , i 3 . 4110 
59 2 Rough gravel . E - : : : : #, Lee 
Boulder clay . . : 3 F 5 ‘ ry (ene! 
Gravel bored . ‘ 2 0 
88 5 Boulder clay (marl) é : A é Beall 
440 9 Mottled marl . : 4 5 : é : . 352 4 
463 10 Fine blue marl F F : ‘ : é a? ee E 
478 6 Mottled marl . : ; F ; ; F - 4 8 
480 7 Marl 3 4 di Pi f ‘ ; sie teal: 
492 0 f Soft gritty matter . - ; 4 5 , a peut Ee 
501 3 Gritty matter . Gf 2 = F 5 ; Se ate 
523 9 eecied gritty matter : : ; ; : oa 220 b 
534 10 Red and blue marl é f : : ; eee 
550 0 Fine blue marl z A : . : E EB 
559 O Marl é ; < ‘ : ‘ . - ih! a 
Tn Lancashire and Cheshire the borings collected by your reporter 
have thrown much light upon the age of the intermediate beds lying 
beneath the Triassic Pebble Beds and the Coal-measure, which have been 
penetrated in numerous borings in these districts already described. 
Careful comparison of the very numerous borings that have now been 
collected point to the correctness of the late Mr. Binney’s views as to the 
absence of the Lower Mottled Sandstone in South Lancashire, the Pebble 
Beds on the eastern end of the Mersey Valley resting on the Permian 
fossilific marls with limestone lying on fine soft sandstone, with occa- 
sional hard coarse beds, and occasionally another thick marl-bed. Exten- 
sive denudation of the Permian beds took. place, not only before the 
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