92 



REroRT — 1880. 



In the case of the fault traversing Warrington from the south, the 

 fissure of the fault in the salt-bearing marls would be close, and unavail- 

 able as a duct, and supposing even brine-laden water to have sunk into 

 the sandstones beneath, these being porous would not absorb it equally in 

 all directions, and would be incapable of conveying it, in the fissure of the 

 fault, to their outcrop to the north, under Warrington. 



Looking to the probable proximity of the coal-measures to the sur- 

 face, and that salt-springs occur in many coalfields, and, indeed in the 

 Wigan coalfield, near Worthington, I am inclined to believe the brine- 

 springs of Dallam Lane to be of coal-measure origin. 



Appendix I. — Borings in Lancashire Trias, collected hy C. E. De Range, 



Assoc, Inst. C.E. 



Boring executed by the North of England Rock-boring Company, 

 Mr. Vivian, C.E., Manager, at Mr. James Hull's brewery, Preston, 1880. 

 Surface about 105 feet above the Oi'dnance Datum line. 



^Well, probably in Middle (Glacial) Drift 



Muddy sand and clay 



Fine gravel and sand 



Hard sand .... 



Dry muddy sand 



Hard brown ' piunel ' 



Brown sandy ' pinnel ' 



Hard dry sand .... 



Hard dry muddj' sand 

 ,Red sand 



Hard red sandstone . 



Red sandstone .... 



Soft red sandstone . 



Light red sandstone (O.D. level occurs, 

 part) ..... 



Red sandstone, very full of mica 



Red and grey sandstones, mixed, full 



Red .sandstone .... 



Soft red sandstone 



Coarse red sandstone 



Red sandstone 



Pink shale .... 



Red sandstone 



Rough red sandstone 



1 



Middle 

 Drift 

 58' 6" 



Equivalent 



of Lower • 



Boulderclay 



2.S' G" 



/ 



uppe: 



of mica 



14 6 



246 10 



The water in this bore-hole rises within 40 feet of the surface, and its level is 

 stated not to be connected with that of the water, in the well, derived from the 

 Glacial Drift deposits. The rock passed through is a compact coarse sandstone, with 

 occasional pebbles, micaceous partings, and thin shale beds, and it affords character- 

 istic samples of the pebble beds of the Trias. 



Southport AVaterworks Co. Lim., per Mr. W. Harper, Secretary. 



Information arranged and notes by C. E. De Ranee. 



1. Aughton, near Ormskirk. la. 1867. Other bore-holes since well not deepened 

 3. 180 ft., 10'+ 6' 8" oval, 4 bore-holes, 9-42 ft., 222 feet from surface. 3«. One due 

 west 100 yds., much water in fault.; one north 17 yds.; one south 20 yds. 4. 110- 

 112 ft., with constant pumping. The drift level, 144 ft. from surface, is not jjumped 

 down to with two engines. 43. Came to sm-face. 7. No. 



