306 



Ft. in. 



10 



10 

 7 



5 (?) 



11 (?) 

 32 



Well at Wildgreave Farm, opimsite Thelwall, near Warrington, by Messrs. 

 TiMMiNS and SoN8, Buncorn. 



Ft. in. Ft. in. 



2i Sand 2-i 



Fine gravel, rusty 7 6 



Blue river clay . . . . . . .06 



Coarse gravel 2 6 



Strong claj' 10 



Coarse gravel 6 6 



Clay 10 



Sand 4 



Clay 87 



Sand 10 



Clay 8 



Fine sand 8 



Clay 8 



Silky sand 5 



Clay 10 



Sand 5 



Clay 15 



Quicksand 25 



Clay 2 



231 Sand 19 



This boring discloses the greatest trough in the valley of the Mersey, 

 the rock not having been reached at a depth of 231. 



Boring on Lancashire sJiore of River Mersey at Vyrnwi/ Waterworks tttnnel, 



west of Warrington, by Messrs. Cockrane. 



Ft, in. Ft. in. 



6 Soil and peat 6 



15 Loam 9 



25 Fine sand 10 



52 Gravel 27 



61 Sandy clay 9 



75 Eed sand 11 



539 Silky clay 14 



t)3 Sandy clay 4 



98 Red sand 5 



1 18 6 Sandy clay 20 6 



] ■:^2 Salt and clay 13 6 



135 Red sand 3 



Red sandstone ( + ) 



Borings were made at either end of the proposed Vyrnwy tnnnel to 

 convey the water-pipes tinder the Mersey from Cheshire into Lancashire 

 on the margin of the river in tho.iC counties by Messrs. Timmins and Sons, 

 liuncorn. Rock was reached, and artesian water at once rose with great 

 violence to the surface and overflowed at a height of 20 feet above 

 ordinary datum. The samples obtained are preserved in the Liverpool 

 Corporation Water Department, but probably, from lenticular porous 

 beds being then dry, they do not correspond to the subsequent shafts 



