ON THE CIRCULATION OF UNDERGROUND WATERS. 



219 



ft. in. 

 Coarse gravel 

 Fine sand. 

 Fine gravel . 

 Stonj' red clay 

 Blue stiff stony clay 

 Coarse gravel 

 Red sandstone 



9a. Principal yield of water from last 50 feet of boring. lO. First spring of water 

 met in last gravel bed-75 to 86 feet. 11. No. 12. Yes; a large fault trending 

 E.N.E. to due west. 13. No. 14. No knowledge of any. 15. Not aware of any. 



Information given by Mr. E. B. Marten, Member of the Committee, 

 Engineer to Stourbridge Waterworks Co., &c. : — 



1. WoUaston Station of the Stourbridge Waterworks at Coalbournbrooke, between 

 Wordsley and Stourbridge, on the road to WoUaston Hall, and between Canal and 

 River St'our, just under the Platts on Ordnance Survey. 1«. 1880, July 44 ft. deep, 

 and bore-hole 179 ft. ; May 1882 sunk 20 ft. deeper. 2. 218 ft. above sea-level. 

 3. Well 44 ft. from surface; bottom of bore-hole 179 ft. from surface. 3a. No 

 drift- ways. 4. Water rises over the surface, and flows into River Stour. If pumped 



Fig. 1 



thattJif P/c/iij)A- drar,' froTTi it 



emptjr well fills in 25 minutes. If pumped down 4 ft. it rises and overflows in 3 

 minutes. A pipe fixed in bore-hole can be shut off from the well, and the water 

 rises 10 or 12 ft. above the surface in good volume, but it has not been tested as to 

 what height of ijipe would prevent overflow. 4(/. The first 10 ft. only vrere drj-, and 

 then the water increased very fast. 5. 600,000 when pumped about 20 ft. below sur- 

 face ; average 300,000 gallons per day at about 4 ft. below surface. 6. No variation 

 can be observed, and no diminution. 7. Rain makes no difference ; ordinary level 

 stands about 10 ft. above River Stour, which io about 100 yds. away. 8. Practically 

 the same as at Jlill lileadow. The waterworks were originally set out here, but 

 moved nearer the town to a well still used, and which has served for 20 years. 9. 

 This drift then all Upper Mottled Sandstone. 9a. Red sandstone rock is of uniform 



