^26 The Whitehaven Limestones. 



Thickness of Depth from 



Strata. Surface. 



Feet. Feet. 



33*2 Blue Metal 395'2 



2*o Fire Clay 397'2 



7*1 Blue Metal 404*3 



1*9 Soft Blue Metal 406*0 



i"3 Coal 407*3 



7*6 Soft Blue Metal 414*9 



3'2 Sandy Blue Metal 4i7'ii 



i*o Broken Red Shale 418*11 



•6*11 Red Sandstone 425*10 



5'0 Red Shale 430*10 



7*2 Red Grey Shales 438*0 



6*4 Red Grey Sandstones, very jointy 444*4 



6*o Red Sandy Shales 45o'4 



o'6 Reddish Coarse Grained Sandstone ... 450"io 



9*o Reddish Grey Coarse Grained Sandstone 459*10 



o'lo Reddish Fine Grained Sandstone 460*8 



17*2 Very hard Fine Grit Sandstones (White- 

 haven Sandstones ist bed), with beds 



of soft Purple Shales 477*io 



15*2 Mottled Sandy Shales 493 *o 



5*1 Red Shale, with small beds of Sandstone. 498*1 



5*2 Red Shale, with beds of Sandstone ... 503*3 



5*8 Mottled Shale 508*11 



21*7 Purplish Fine Grained Sandstone, very 



jointy .. 530*6 



11*10 Conglomerate. Dark Purple Hematite, 



• stained with large Quartz Pebbles, and 



angular white fragments of Silica, or 



possibly Volcanic Ash, as described by 



Mr. Binney (Whitehaven Sandstone)... 542*4 



8*6 Red Grey Sandstone 55o*io 



3*0 Reddish Grey Sandstone 553*io 



7*0 Dark Smooth Purple Shales 560*10 



7*2 Reddish Grey Sandstone 568*0 



5*3 Reddish Grey Sandstone like the first grit 



at 447* 10, with beds of Shale 573*3 



