ON THE CIRCULATION OF UNDERGROUND WATERS. 367 
West of Castle Donington. No. 10 Boring, at Stanton, in the Millstone 
Grit series, 136 feet above O. D. 
Ft. in. Ft. in. 
5 0 Surface soil (sandy) ; 5 0 
10 O Hard whinstone nodules. 5 0 
14 6 Red rough sandstone 4 6 
17 6 Dark red sandstone oO 
25 6 Yellow sandstone 8 0 
59 6 Dark yellow sandstone 34 0 
68 6 Dark soft shale s 9° 0 
71 6 Shale with sandy bands . 3.0 
112 0 Shale 3 f i 40 6 
113 7 Very hard yellow sandstone i 4 
117 3 Softer sandstone cis 
118 1 Extra hard sandstone 0 10 
120 4 Rather softer sandstone . ae es 
YORKSHIRE. ° 
Information from Mr. Gro. Hopson, C.H., F.G.S. Snaith Waterworks 
boring, completed June 1890. 
Ft. Ft. 
930 New red sandstone, base probably Permian . - 930 
950 Magnesian limestone : - b : : = 20; 
Boring on Lackenby Foreshore, Hast of Middlesbrough. Messrs. T. CO. 
Hutchinson § Co. Made by Messrs. Marnzr & Pratt, of Salford Iron 
Works. 
Boring commenced at high-water mark in July 1889, carried out 
with the ‘ American rig’ or chopping process. 
Ft. in. Ft. in. 
13 0 Clayand gravel . é : 13 0 
24 8 Hard red clay, little gypsum . 1 8 
87 O Red marl, thin rock : 3 : , at Ok ce 
246 8 Red marl and blue bands : , P - 159 8 
255 0 Hardband . . : 6 ; ; 7 OF Pe 
343 0 Blue and red marl . é A é 5 - 88 O 
373 0 Dark red marl and blue stone “ ¢ - 30 0 
380 0 Hardblue stone . : 5 s A ie 
597 O Red marl. : 4 ; : : r 2217-0 
1,195 0 Red sandstone A f 5 : . 598 O 
1,272 0 Red marl : ‘ : : : é S dietO 
1,643 0 Red marl and sandstone bed . F = 23a 10 
1,663 0 Hard white rock, anhydrite . 4 P » 20°70 
1,672 0 Honeycomb rock, anhydrite . ¢ : ro 0 
1,685 0 Salt and marl mixed, anhydrite . ; a pls i) 
1,804 0 Clear salt-rock . : F sf : 2 9” 
1.806 0 Whiterock . 2 . r , 2 es 10 
In abstract this section gives :— 
Ft. in 
Upper gypsum marls ; 2 : : - 597 0 
Red sandstone - : P : - . 598 O 
Lower gypsum marls. : ! : - 448 0 
Anhydrite beds : - F - - - 42 0 
Rock salt , : ; ; 3 : SE19). 10 
Anhydrite . d ; 5 720 
The red sandstone does not appear to have been interbedded with the 
usual marl bands, but this may be due to the method of boring ; in all 
