South-western Coal District of England. 



277 



(Section 20 continued.) 



Coal-clives 



Coal measures. ^ 



1. Stinking seam, hard and sulphureous 

 Cliff and duns, from 54^ to 



2. Cat-head seam (from lumps of stone called I 



cat-heads) ... J 



Cliff and duns, from 5|- to 

 /^coal 

 1 stone, from 1 to 2 feet 



3. Three-coal *ea»?< coal 



j stone parting 

 v.coal 



Hard cliff, subject to water, and contain- 

 ing cockles and ferns, from 8 to 



4. Pears (i. e. Peacock) seam (iridescent coal) 

 Cliff 



5. Smithes coal 

 Cliff 



6. Shelly (shall/) seam 

 Cliff 



7. Ten-inch seam 



Fath. 



Ft. 



In. 



6 















2 







7 















2 



6 



7 











3 



10 







2 







6 















3 







6 















2 



6 



6 



















10 



50 3 10 



At Faringdon-Gurney in 1820 the pits were about 100 fathoms deep. 



Section 21. 



Of Mr. Fowler's pits^ in Coal-pit lane^ at Bromley^ 2 miles S.S.E. of Ponsford. 



They are not now worked. The seams agree nearly with those of Bishop's- 



Sutton. 



Dip due E., 1 in 3. 



Duns and paving.stone 

 2. Great seam (cat-head) 



Duns, 



Sec. 



Three-coal seam 



Duns, 



&c. 



Peaw 



seam 



Duns, 



&c. 



Smith 



's coal 



Duns, 



&c. 



Shellt) 



r seam ? . 



Duns, 



&c. 



Coal 





Duns, 

 Coal 



&c. ! 



Fath. 



Ft. In. 



. 20 











2 4 



7 











1 6 



7 











1 4 



7 











2 



4 











1 10 



7 











1 



3 











1 



56 5 



Numbers 7 and 8 are now worked in two pits^ belonging to Messrs. Anstey 

 and Dowling, a little to the west of Mr. Fowler's. About f of a mile further 

 to the west a trial is now being made for coal in fissile Pennant, by Mr. Bur- 

 dett. To the north of Coal-pit lane by Stanton-wick are numerous old pits. 

 One pit is now working about a mile to the north, belonging to Mr. Rydon. 

 The seams are said to be those of Clutton or Radford. 



