PERMIAN STRATA OF EAST CHESHIRE. 



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rock fault/' whereas I have in all my papers described the 

 Coal-measures in that district as only overlain by Permian 

 or Triassic strata, there being, in my opinion, no evidence 

 of "a fissure along which relative displacement of the 

 adjoining rock-masses has taken place :'' such not having 

 been given, it can only be put forward as hypothetical, 

 and without any evidence of facts to sanction it. 



When my papers were published, there was abundant 

 evidence in support of my views in other districts, but not 

 so much near Stockport. However, this has lately been 

 supplied on the line of the so-called " Red-rock fault," in 

 a shaft and bore at Pollitt's Farm, Brinnington, where, 

 under a soft red sandstone without pebbles, most probably 

 Trias (Lower Mottled Sandstone), the Coal-measures con- 

 taining seams of coal were met with, thus clearly showing 

 that such strata there were not dislocated by a fault, but 

 simply overlain by Trias. 



PollitfS'Farm Section. 



1. Drift deposits. 2. Lower Mottled Sandstone. 3. Middle Coal-measures. 



At this place, a little to the west of the so-called " Red- 

 rock fault,'^ a shaft was sunk through the drift deposits 

 to the depth of 99 feet ; and then a soft red sandstone 

 without pebbles was bored through, 97 feet; and regular 

 Coal-measures were reached at that depth. The bore was 

 continued to a depth of 250 yards from the surface, and 

 nine small beds of coal were met with. These strata most 

 probably belonged to the Middle Coal-measures, and had 

 a westerly dip -, but on such points there is no direct evi- 

 dence. When, however, we take the Beat-Bank-Bridge 



