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10, We believe so, 11. No, 12, We have heard of one, 13. No, 14. No. 15. Not 

 that we know of. 



Messrs. Andrew & Co. 



1. Mount-Street Mill, Harpurhey. 2. See Ordnance Survey. 6 ft. above the high- 

 way well. 3. 64 yards deep, 7 feet diameter; bore-hole 44 yards deep, 9 inches 

 in diam. for 26 yards, 8 inches for 18 yards : total depth 108 yards. 4. 20 yards 

 from surface ; can empty the well ; rises to its level in six hours. 5. 300 gallons 

 a minute, night and day. 6, No. 7. No ; above streams 26 to 28 yards. 8. None ; 

 hard, chiefly lime. 9. Various, chiefly soft red sandstone, soapstone. [Middle 

 Coal-measures. — E. W. B.] 10. Yes, to a comparatively small extent. 11. No. 

 12. Am not aware [one of 4000 to 6000 ft. close to.— E. W. B.]. 13, No, 14. No. 

 15, No. 



Messrs. Langworthy, Brothers & Co, Mr. John Taylor, Engineer, 

 3. 12 yards deep, 6 ft. 6 in, diameter. 5. Plant of four bore-holes, .3^ in. diameter ; 

 three of them 60 yards deep and one 180 yards ; yields 20,000 gallons per hour 

 perpetually if the pumps are kept at work. Another plant of two bore-holes 60 yards 

 deep, S^ in. diam., 8000 gallons per hour for about 60 hours per week, 8. A deposit 

 of lime. 9. See enclosed sketch of rock &c. passed through to make the bore-hole 

 that is 180 yards deep ; it was bored in 1870 and 1871. I think it is the only 

 sketch beyond 60 yards deep that is just in om* immediate neighbourhood. 10. No. 

 12. One is supposed to be on the west side of the 4-hole plant, about 100 yards 

 distant. 13. No. 14. No. 15. No. 



Name of Member of Committee asking for information, Mr. Mellard Eeade, 

 C.E., F.G.S. 



Name of Individual or Company applied to : — 



Mr. Thomas S. Stooke, C.E. 

 1. Township of Whiston, Lancashire. 2. 190 feet. 3. 75 yards, 9 feet diameter ; 

 bore-hole not made. 4. Works in an incomplete state, as shown by sketch of pre- 

 vious date. 5. 1,000,000 gallons. 6, 7. Works in an incomplete state, as shown 

 by sketch of pre-vious date. 8. Water not analyzed. 9. Red Sandstone, 3 ft. (no 

 cover). 12. Yes. 13. No. 14. No. 



Mr. Robert Winstanley, C.E., Ince Waterworks, Golbome. 

 1. Golbome, Newton-le- Willows, Lancashire. 2. Ordnance level, 125 ft. 

 3. Well 150 ft. deep, 9 feet diameter ; bore-hole 300 ft., 3 in. diameter. 4. 80 ft., 

 120 ft.; 6 hours. 5. 240,000 gallons. 6. Works established four years; no per- 

 ceptible change. 8. Hard water, 11°. 



ft. 



9. Surface coal 2 



Marl .-. 2 



Clay 6 



Gravel &c 9 



19 

 Red rock, pebble-beds 131 



150 

 10. No. 12. Not known. 13, No. 14. No. 15. No, 



'Messrs. Gaskell, Deacon, & Co, 



1. Our three wells are all within 200 yards of the Widnes passenger station, 



2. Surface of the ground is ahout 10 feet above mean sea-level. 



3. No. 1 shaft 30 feet deep, 5 feet diam. ; bore-hole 275 yds., average 3 in. diam. 

 No. 2 shaft 39 „ 12 „ „ 213 „ „ 4 „ 



