62 Mr. H. Holland o» //'^ Cheshire Rock-salt District. 



Section of the Strata sunk through to the second Bed of Eock-Salt, 

 at Witton, near JVbrthxvich. 



No. 



Nature of the Strata. 



yard; 



Calcareous Marl 



Indurated red Clay 



Indurated blue Clay with Sand 



Argillaceous Marl 



Indurated blue Clay 



Red Clay, with Sulphate of Lime irregularly intersecting it . . . 



Indurated blue and brown Clay, with grains of Sulphate of Lime 

 interspersed 



Indurated brown Clay, with Sulphate of Lime crystallized in ir- 

 regular masses, and in large proportion 



Indurated blue Clay, laminated with Sulphate of Lime 



Argillaceous Marl 



Indurated brown Clay, laminated with Sulphate of Lime .... 



Indurated blue Clay, with laminae of Sulphate of Lime 



Indurated red and blue Clay 



Indurated brown Clay, with Sand and Sulphate of Lime irregu- 

 larly interspersed through it. The fresh water (360 gallons 

 per minute) finds its way through holes in this stratum, and 

 has its level at sixteen yards from the surface 



Argillaceous Mail 



Indurated blue Clay with Sand, and grains of Sulphate of Lime . 



Indurated brown Clay, with a little Sulphate of Lime 



Indurated blue Clay, with grains of Sulphate of Lime 



19 Indurated brown Clay, with Sulphate of Lime 



The first Bed of Rock Salt 

 Layers of indurated Clay, with veins of Rock Salt running 

 through them 



The second Bed of Rock Salt, which has been sunk into thirty- 

 five or thirty-six yards. 



feet 



nch. 



Seethe engraved Section in the Agricultural Report of Cheshire. 



