Geology of Coalbrook Dale. 



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No. Yds. Ft. In. 



9. Crawstone measure crust 1 8 



10. Rock 3 1 6 



11. Coalsmut 9 



12. Clunch with balls of sandstone 4 



13. Lancashire ladies' coal 6 



14. Strong clunch with sandstone balls .. 6 10 



15. Sandstone rock 3 1 6 



16. Chalkstone 4 



1 7. Limestone ( Wetdock) 9 16 



61 2 10 

 HEMAN'S PIT FIELD, NEAR BROSELEY. 



1. Soil and gravel . . 2 



2. Red sandy rock 7 1 



3. Ironstone 3 



4. Blueclunch /. 1 1 3 



.5. Sulphur coal 6 



6. Blue clunch interspersed with small \ 4 o 4 



ironstone / 



7. Sulphur coal 4 



8. Breccia. Blue bind 5 2 6 



9. Mingled red, brown and white 2 1 



10. Strong blue clunch 5 2 6 



11. Rock 2 6 



12. Stone and coal pricking 16 



13. Blue clunch and rock 4 2 3 



14. Bright hard coal 9 



15. Clunch 2 2 6 



16. Clunch mi.xed with rock 4 6 



17. Bass and smut 1 



18. Clunch 1 1 



19. Coal 9 



20. Clunch 1 6 



21. Rock 12 6 



22. Clunch 5 1 6 



23. Red clay 1 



24. Clunch and rock mi.xed 2 1 



25. Rock brown and pitchy 2 2 



26. Limestone (makes brown lime) 1 



27. Brown rock 2 



28. Ironstone 1 



29. Red, white and yellow 1 2 



30. Blue rock and clunch. 



10 1 



31. Clunch 1 2 



32. Coal 4 



33. Pricking 9 



34. Coal 7 



35. Clod 9 



36. Sulphur coal 1 7 



37. Pricking 6 



38. Coal 6 



39. White rock 1 2 



40. Py'd Rock 4 



41. Rough pitchy rock 13 



42. Ironstone (Penneystone) 110 



43. Red, blue and white 4 2 



44. Smut and coal 2 



45. Clunch 2 



46. Rock full of fractures 4 2 6 



47. Ganny coal 16 



110 10 

 YEW TREE PIT, CALCUT FIELD, BROSELEY. 



1. From the surface to the coal rock.. ..18 



2. The day rock, or sulphur coal rock . . 8 



3. Sulphur coal 1 



4. Brick and tile clay 4 



5. White rock 12 



No. Yds. Ft. In. 



6. Top coal measure to the bottom flint \ 1 ^ 



7. Bottom coal 1 



8. Bottom coal flint 6 



9. Penneystone measure 2 



10. Vigerrock 6 



1 1 . Viger coal 1 6 



12. Rock 8 



13. Two-foot coal 1 6 



14. Ganny coal rock 4 



15. Ganny coal 10 



16. Best coal rock 6 



17. Bestcoal 2 



18. To the clod coal 3 



19. Clodcoal •.... 16 



20. To the flint coal 3 



21. Flint coal 2 3 





















 



LANGLEY FIELD PITS. 



Soil 1 



Rock 16 



Clcdy parting , 1 



Rock 5 



Bind rock and mingled ground 7 



Clunch 5 



Pimp rock and mingled ground .... 6 



Blue clod. 10 



Chance coal 



Tator butt 1 



Brick measure 3 



Rock 8 



Clunch 4 



Binds 8 



Mingled ground 2 



Coal 



Rock 1 



Double coal 2 



Bunstone 



Rock 1 



Coal 1 



Breccia 3 



Clod 1 



Sparstone 2 



Coal 1 



Flint 11 



Penneystone measure 6 



Sulphur coal 1 



Over clunches 8 



Sill coal 



Clunch 



Coal 1 



Carbel 



Best coal 1 



Three coals 1 



Riliff" 



Poundstone 1 



Rock loo 



Little flint 3 



Coal 2 



Lower flint 3 



Crawstone 2 lo 



1 



1 



1 







1 







2 



2 



1 







1 6 















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135 1 10 

 NEW HADLEY. 



1 . Earth and clay 2 



2. Wild red ground 23 2 



3. Bibleyrock 2 



