ON THE CIKCULATION OK UNDEKGKOUND MATEKS. 297 



' A pure and excellent water both for drinking and general domestic use.' 

 9. Section gave 18 inches of soil with a little clay, and a sharp white and red sand 

 on (9a) the Bunter series of the New Red Sandstone! lO. No. 11. 12. The Pennians 

 outcrop about one mile on the west. 13. No. 1«. No. 15. No. 16. Wells on 

 the north-cast of the estate, after being deepened on several occasions, have been 

 abandoned on account of the steadily decieasing water levels in the Bunter beds, 

 occasioned by the pumping operations at the Cosford well and bore-hole of the 

 Wolverhampton Corporation Water Works. 



Jfensrs. Walker's Works, Bennington, Salop. Particulars received from 

 Messrs. Timmins &, Sons, Bridgwater Iromvorks, Runcorn. 



1. At Messrs. C. and W. Walker's works, Donnington, Salop. Xa. Well deepened 

 and bore-hole put down May 1886. 2. Approximately 230 feet CD. 



Ft. in. Ft. in. 



3. Depth of well 30 Diameter 4 3 



Depth of bore-hole 234 „ « 



302 4 „ 4 



3«. No drift ways. 4. Natural water level 26 feet under the surface. 4rt. No- 

 record. 5. 27,648 gallons in twenty-four hours. 6. Not known to have diminished. 



Ft. in. 

 9. lied sandstone to about .... 135 



Soft loamy sandstone, requiring casing tubes 167 4 



302 4 



Gallons in 24 Hour?. 

 9a. The yield of the well alone .... .500 



With bore-Lole at the depth of 212 feet . . 6,760 

 On the completion of boiehole . . . 27,646 



Nottinghamshire, 



Tlie Worksop Watericorks Co. 



Collected by Mr. Tylden Wright. 



1. Worksop, Notts. On a hill north of the town. Xa. 1876. No. 2. 200 feet- 

 Ordnance map. 3. Well 150 feet deep, 5 feet diameter; 365 feet from surface to 

 bottom of bore hole, 10 inches diameter. 3a. No drift ways. 4. 130 feet before 

 pumping, 145 feet after pumping. 1 hour. 4a. No record. 5. 300,000 gallons. 

 190,000 gallons daily quantity. 6. Slightly ; the supply is better in summer than in 

 winter. 7. No. 



Per Million Gallons. 



8. Free ammonia 0375 



Ammonia from organic matter 0475 



Grains per Gallon. 



Chlorine . . • 2-53 



Dissolved mineral matter 3000 



Hardness, temporary 7° 



,, permanent ....... 14° 



Total . . 21° 



10. No drift. 11 to 15. No. 



