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Messrs. Buckland's and Conybeare's Observations on the 



List of coal seams in the southern coal-tract^ and in the lower coal-shale 

 between Emborrow and Mells^ on the authority of Gregory Stock, mining 

 agent at Ashwick. 



Descending Order, beginning with the most northerly. 



Name of the Seam. 



Thickness. 



Where worked. 



Variation between this 

 and other accounts. 





Feet. 



In. 







1 The Owls nest seam 



2 The Lookham seam 







) Lookham, i mile N. 

 S of Holcombe church 





3 Gent's course 











4 The north course 











5 The globe 



6 Small coal 



7 Two seams, with t 



parting of fire- /■ 

 clay J 



3 



2 





 



f Rock, the uppermost 

 1 seam in Stratton 



Rock 





8 Shell seam, not worked 







7 



Rock, Holcombe 





9 Warkey course 



5 







Rock, Stratton 





10 Dead course, bad coal 



3 







Rock 





11 Garden course 



3 



6 



Rock, Stratton 



Other small seams occur on 



12 Two shales 



13 Strap 



14 Great course 



15 Firestone seam 



1 



2 



4 

 3 





 6 





 



Rock 



Rock, Stratton 



{ Barlake, Rock, New- 

 ) bury, Chilcompton 



Barlake 



Stratton . common inter- 

 spersed among those men- 

 tioned. Their names are 

 the Snotty nose, Hen's 

 nest, Two coal. Tobacco, 

 Granfer-Hamlyn, Gout, 

 and Crock courses. 



16 Little or dead course 



1 



6 



Bentor and Barlake 





17 Stone coal 



18 Dungy drift 



1 9 Hard coal drift 



1 

 2 



3 





 







Bentor 

 Bentor 



'South of Rockpit, 

 '^ Bentor 



Stone coal. South course, 

 or Dick Daniel, Dungy 

 drift. Foot coal of Dungy 

 drift, Hard coal drift. 



20 Perkins course 



2 







South of Rockpit 





21 Foot coal 



2 







Stratton common 





