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HUGHES : WARDIIA VALLEY COAL-FIELD. 



But north of No. 1, I consider that if the holes 18 and 1 9 had been 

 persevered with, instead of being abandoned when " blue sandstone " was 

 entered, one at least of them would, in all likelihood, have tapped coal. 

 I give their sections in full — 

 No. 18, (21st August 1872)— 



1. Black soil 



2. Sand 



3. Variegated shale and kankar ... 



4. Yellow sandstone... 



5. Dark-grey micaceous sandstone 



6. Blue sandstone 



7. Grey sandstone ... ... 



Total 



No. 19, (5th September 1872)— 



1. Black soil 



2. Yellow clay with kankar 



3. Soft yellow sandstone 



4. Micaceous shale ... 



5. Do. sandstone 



6. Yellow sandstone ... 



7. Micaceous sandstone 



8. Bed sandstone 



9. Blue shale 



8. Yellow shale 



9. Yellow micaceous shale 



10. Yellow sandstone . . . 



11. Greenish sandstone 



12. Yellow standstone... 



13. Blue shale 



14. Yellow sandstone ... 



15. Grey sandstone ... 



16. Blue sandstone 



Total 



Ft. 



In, 



3 







8 







4 







75 











6 



13 



6 







6 



104 



6 



12 







7 







4 







9 







5 







4 







1 







3 







2 







2 







4 







22 







5 







2 







1 







2 







3 







14 







102 







There is nothing in the above records to indicate that the horizon below 

 the coal had been reached, and yet both holes were relinquished by the 

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