South-western Coal District of England. 



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Section 2. 

 In lower coal-shale^ on the northern side of Kingswood^ between Mangots- 



field and Fishponds. 

 Dip northerly. 



' sometimes i 

 3 feet. I 



Descending order. 

 Hard rock 



1. Rattlebones seam; hard coal divided by"! 



a parting . . / 



Hard black rock 



2. Stinking seam 

 Duns or cliff 



Hard rock .... 

 f tender coal 



3. Cock seam } parting of shale 



C smith's coal 

 Hard rock (according io Mr. Brain 20 fath.) 



4. Chick seam 

 Duns and some rock 



5. Hen seam 

 Interval 



6. Golden Cock seam [tender small coal] 

 Interval 



7. Britton^s seam [smiths' coal] 

 Interval 



8. Stubb^s seam [hard coal] 

 Interval 



9. Shelly seam [Brash coal] 

 Interval 



10. Hard seam [sometimes 2 feet] 

 Interval, Pennant and Duns 



11. Five.coal seam 

 Pennant and Duns, containing occasionally "I 



Fath. 

 63 



Ft. In. 



0- 



2 



85 

 

 5 



78 



2 



7 





 30 





 90 





 100 





 50 





 13 







9 





 60 











6 







6J 







6' 







2 























7- 











Beds worked in Mr.Hillhouse's 

 pits, and in those at* Sta- 

 ^ pie-hill and Ridgeway. Dip 

 usually less than 1 in 2. At 

 the Cockpit in Stapleton, 

 the beds are nearly vertical. 



1 Shepherd's or Bragg's works. 

 ^ Dip from 1 in 2 to 2 in 3. 



10 



> 



Soundwell pits dip from 1 in 

 2 to 2 in 3. To the south 

 of these pits the strata un- 

 dulate. 



a thin coal seam 



12. Great seam . . .040 

 Pennant and Duns . . . 10 



13. Gillers-inn seam . . .016 

 Pennant . . . . 20 



14. Tzoo-foot seam . . . 1 10 

 Duns . . . .800 



15. Slate seam . . . .018 

 Duns . . . .400 



16. Pig's. cheek seam . . .010 

 Pennant and Duns . . .400 



17. Trumpet seam . . . 10 

 Argillaceous grit-stone . . 10 



18. Stoney seam . . .014 

 Pennant and Duns . . . 30 



19. Smiths'". coal seam., horn \ iooiio . 4 

 Pennant, very hard . . . 30 0_ 



At this depth a horizontal gallery was driven southwards to the distance of 

 15 fathomSj without cutting any other coal-seam ; but it penetrated at its 

 southern end a copious spring of strong brine. 



* In Mr. Hillhouse's estate, close to the road, between Mangotsfield and Fishponds, two faults 

 traverse the works from north to south, of which the western throws down the beds ou the eastern 

 side from 20 to 30 fathoms, the eastern 40 fathoms. 



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