ON THE CIRCULATION OF UNDERGROUND WATERS. 359 
made by Mr. A. Timmins, Assoc.Inst.C.E., F.G.S., is of much interest 
in relation to the question of the age of these beds :— 
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— | Depths | 33 baa | ae ae Total 
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rpm hia Whee 
Feet 
Halewood, C.L.R. Co. . 287 93°07 131 3°66 2°24 99:28 
» % ; 303 TT 67 3°21 18°66 “00 99°54 
a7 ” S 373 75°04 768 16°68 ‘OT 99°47 
Prescot, L.& N.W.R.. 54 83°59 3°46 9°90 “91 97°86 
Bootle, Liverpool . . | 1,290 76°69 8°78 10°63 1-44 97°51 
Knowsley, W.W. . : 170 95°78 1:60 1-53 00 98-91 
Winwick : : e 228 63°70 4:12 19:32 | 11:97 99°11 
Parkside, L. & N.W.R. . 220 82°55 2:98 14°04 2-96 99°86 
Baswich, Stafford . : 164 80°15 4:21 14°50 00 98°88 
ay os : - 295 84:94 4:18 8°88 1°63 99:63 
”» Fr 5 5 425 39°18 3°96 55°56 24 98°94 
Shrewsbury Grammar ; ; os ! ‘ 
Naas b — | 8940 | 1-28 9°52 00 | 100-20 
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Messrs. J. J. M. Worrall’s Dye Works, Ordsall, Salford (88 feet above 
Ordnance datum). 
Information from Messrs. Mather and Platt. Well about 1860, 
carried to a depth of 399 feet. No details known. 
Ft. in. Bt. Oi. 
399 0 Details unknown . : : . . | ooo 
700 0 Red sandstone : : ‘ ; : + Sule O 
701 0 Grey sandstone ‘ . : . : rodent at 0) 
744 0 Red sandstone : c : é : . 43 0 
745 0 Grey sandstone ? ; ; ‘ : a ok 0 
761° 0 Red sandstone (base of trias) . , : =k WO) 
910 0 Red marl 5 : : : : ‘ + 149.0 
1,230 0 Red sandstone F 5 : : ’ . 320 0 
1,236 6 Hard grey rock (coal measure) 6 6 
Red marl : (+) 
Abstract :— 
Ft. in. Ft. in. 
761 O New red sandstone . : : é F . 761 O 
910 0 Permian marls A : . : : . 149 O 
1,236 6 Permian sandstones 5 ‘ = . . 326 6 
Red marls : : : . ‘ : i tacts ED 
Water-level is 80 feet below the surface. 
Boring at Messrs. Groves § Whitnall’s, Regent Road Brewery, Salford. 
Information from Messrs. Mather and Platt. Surface 80 feet above 
Ordnance datum. 
From Surface Thickness 
Ft. in. Wty apis 
390 O Pebble beds of the new red . . F . 890 0 
548 0 Permian marls x : ; . J . 158 0 
662 © Permian sandstones, coarse grained : LE 
666 © Permian sandstones, very fine grained . . 4 0 
