Geology of Coalbrook Dale. 



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Thickness, 

 yds. ft. in. 

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Jointy rock 



White clod '^ '^ 



Red tough clod 4 



White clod, jointy 11 2 



Brown rock 6 1 



Sulphur coal 1 



Tough clod 1 



Laver coal 1 



White clod 2 2 



Brown clod 1 



White hard clod 3 



Red clod 1 



Blue pimply clod 5 



Mingled red clod 1 



Sulphur coal rock 7 



Hard strong clod 6 



Sulphur coal 1 



Clod 1 



Cover coal 



Blue clod 2 



Red clod 4 



Rough rock 6 



Yellow stone earth 6 





 

 

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 2 3 

 9 

 

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 1 

 1 

 

 



White cutting rock 7 



Stone clod 2 



Top coal 



Slums and double coal 2 



Heathen earth 3 



Dun Bass 





 



1 1 



2 



Yard coal 



Quoice neck 



Basses and two coal 



Clod 



Flint coal 



Upper flint 6 



Penney measure ironstone 5 



Sulphur coal 1 



Clod 



Lower coal 6 



Upper clunches 5 16 



Sill coal 1 6 



Lower clunches 5 2 



Soft clod 1 6 



Lower sill coal 1 6 



Two foot rock and coal 10 





 2 



1 



2 

 3 



2 



1 2 

 6 

 5 







1 



Thickness. 

 No. yds. ft. in. 



50. Linseed earth 10 



51. Best and middle coal 10 2 



52. Clod 1 1 6 



53. Clod coal 1 



54. Clod 2 



55. Flint coal 10 



153 1 



STRATA OF THE OLD PARK PITS. 



Brick clay 2 



Top rock 3 



Clod 14 



Short earth, with ironstone 2 



Chance-stone fey 2 



Rock 1 



Ball-stone 3 



Bass 



Top coal 1 



Top coal poundstone 7 



Double coal 2 



Yellow stone 1 



Yard coal 1 



Quoiceneck 



Blue flat 1 



Pitchy Bass 



White flat 3 







Bass 



Flint coal 1 



Flint 5 



Penneystone 7 



Sulphur coal 1 



Clunch 5 



Linseed earth 



Two foot coal 



Clunch 



Randle coal 1 



Hard spire 



Clod coal 



Clod coal poundstone 1 



Rock 5 



Little flint 



Little flint rock, unknown, said to be 

 very hard and black. 



TUB ENGINE PIT, BY THE FIRE-ENGINE IN DONNINGTON WOOD. 



Names of the Coals and Ironstones. 



Donnington Wood coal 



Black stone 



Stone coal 



Gur coal 



White ball-stone 



Top coal 



Double coal 



Yellow stone 



Yard coal 



Blue flat stone 



Big flint coal 



Penneystone 



Sulphur coal , 



Sill coal 



Two-feet coal 



Randle coal 



Clod coal 



Little flint coal 



Quality. 



Very good coal..... 

 Very good stone ., 



Indifferent coal 



Indifferent coal ., 

 Very good stone ., 



Very good coal 



Good coal 



Good stone 



Ordinary coal 



Good stone 



Good coal 



Not very good 



Bad coal 



Good coal 



Good coal 



Good smiths' coal.. 

 Good furnace coal 

 Very good coal 



Distance from the surface to the first coal. 



Thickness 



of the 



Strata. 



yds. ft. in. 



1 4 



1 



1 



2 3 



1 



1 1 6 



2 



2 6 



1 

 1 

 1 1 6 

 1 

 1 

 1 8 



2 



1 6 

 1 

 2 3 



IS 2 6 



Thickness be- 

 tween the 

 Strata, 

 yds. ft. in. 

 27 1 11* 

 4 

 2 1 9 

 2 

 23 2 



2 2 3 



3 

 1 6 



2 

 10 



7 



8 

 5 

 3 



3 



1 



4 



117 1 4 

 18 2 6 



Depth of the pit 136 10 



VOL.V. SECOND SERIES. 



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