!230 Mr. Buddie's Synopsis of the Newcastle Coal Field. 



Tyne, and passes through Elswick Pit near the Shot Tower, to the pit 

 near to Sinton's Mill, and from thence to the Edward Pit at Benwell, 

 and continues to the north west, across the Main Dyke at about half a 

 mile to the north east of Denton Hall. 



This section represents the profile of the surface with tolerable accu- 

 racy, and embraces the strata below it as far as the Beaumont Seam. 

 It shews the east and west crop of the Main Post and High Main 

 Coal as they emerge from under the crest of the hill at a a. 



The Westgate Quarry is worked in the eastern crop of the Main 

 Post ; the Fenham Quarry is worked in its western crop. The Main- 

 Coal Seam, through all its extent, has either been worked or burnt. 

 The seam appears to have been in high perfection through all this tract ; 

 as from some patches of it which have been accidentally left, it is ascer- 

 tained to have been 7 feet thick, and of excellent quality. This proves 

 the fallacy of the generally-received opinion, that the quality of a seam 

 of coal is always deteriorated under a light cover. 



The Metal Coal also crops out in the declining ground towards 

 both ends of the section at b b — it is only from 12 to 18 inches thick. 



The Stone Coal is not recognizable through the whole extent of this 

 section, and the Yard Coal is only found to extend as far as the Mill 

 Pit, where it is dwindled to only 16 inches in thickness. 

 ■- The only trace of the Bensham Seam through this line is a Coal of 

 5 inches in thickness at the Wortley Pit, but there is not the least trace 

 of it in the Mill or Edward Pit, which shews that this seam, as well as 

 the Yard Coal, is nipped out in its progress to the north west. This is 

 the more extraordinary, as these seams are found as usual to the south 

 of this line by the river side. 



Near the Shot Tower the Five-quarter Seam lies ■!< fathoms above the 

 Low Main, here called the Benwell Main Coal. At the Mill Pit 

 they are only SI feet asunder, and at the Edward Pit they are united 

 and form a 7-feet seam. These two seams are also united towards the 

 river side, and are now worked together as a 9-feet seam in the pit at the 

 Crooked Billet. 



The Low Main Coal lies through the whole extent of the section, but 



