South-western Coal District of England. 



271 



Name of the Seam. 



22 Branch 



23 Golden candlestick 



24 North sheets. . . 



25 Cat, hard coal burn. 



ing to red ashes . 



26 South sheets . . . 



27 Ribband .... 



28 Standing coal . . 



29 Blue pot, irregular in 



thickness . . . 



30 Shale of Fern rag, not ^ 



worked . . . ) 



31 Fern rag .... 



32 Stone rag, hard and 



Thickness. 



good coal 



33 Callows, the thickest"! 



in the series, often i 



swelling to 10, 12, j 



or even 20 feet J 



Iron-stone occurs in this 



interval. 



34 Wing, not much worked 



35 Perrink or Blackstone 



36 White axen, [?. e. ashes] 



37 Firestone seam 



Feet. In. 



Where worked. 



2 



6 



Ibid. 



4 







Ibid. 



1 







Ibid. 



3 







Ibid. 



1 



2 



Ibid. 



4 







Ashwick 



Ashwick, Stratton 

 common. This is 

 the uppermost seam 

 in Ashwick on the 

 S. of the Nettle, 

 bridge river 



Ashwick 



Ashwick 



( Ashwick, Edford, 

 t Moorwood 



Ibid. 



r West of Ashwick ri- 

 < ver, Edford, Moor. 

 V- wood, Goodeaves 



Ashwick and Edford 



( Ashwick, Moorwood, 

 i Edford, Goodeaves 



Moorwood 



West of Moorwood 

 near the mill, Aking- 

 tons in Ashwick, Sel- 

 ways 



Variation between this 

 and other accounts. 



The Beggar 



North sheets 



Little Dickshell 

 Pig's tail 



} Ribband 

 Flat course 

 South sheets 



Several seams are men - 

 tioned as occurring be- 

 tween the Ribband and 

 the Standing coal, viz. 



1 The Rosemary branch 



2 The Wilmot 

 The Mouse 

 The Cat of Wilddrift 

 The north flap of Wild- 

 drift 



The Wilddrift 

 A seam whose name is 

 forgotten 



A thin nameless seam 

 The Cat of Butterakes 

 The Butterakes 



11 The Blessing 



12 The Cat 



3 

 4 

 5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



^ North Perrink 

 S South Perrink 

 i White A xen 

 > Red Axen 

 \ Akerman's Dream 



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