South-western Coal District of England. 



No. 4 continued. 



Brought forward 



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These two delves 

 unite and form 

 the high delf at 

 Churchway and 

 Bilston. 



No. 3 



Upper Churchway or 



Oakenhill coal 

 Cliff and stonebind 

 Lozcer Churchway coal 

 Cliff and stonebind 

 Strong straw-coloured rock 

 Cliff and stonebind 

 No coal 



Stone, stonebind, and dark-coloured cliff 

 Brazilly coal 



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Brazilly rock, of which the hearths for"\ 

 charcoal furnaces seem formerly to have ^ . 

 been made . . j 



289 



209 4 6 



Fath. Ft. In. 

 74 4 





 6 

 

 7 

 2 

 1 

 

 22 

 



115 



25 



25 



No. 2. 



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" Nameless delf coal 



Nag's-head hill rock 



Nag^s-head or Yorkley coal 



Grey rock or Pennard 



TVhittington^s delf coal, found only in 

 Bream district 



Grey rock 



Coleford high delf coal, containing lead- 

 ore at Cinderford . 



Argillaceous shale, with iron-stone 



Trenchard grey rock 



Upper Trenchard, or spider delf coal 



Grey rock, interspersed with party-colour- 

 ed marls 



Grey rock, very sharp, coarse and granu- 

 lar, alternating with flesh-coloured clay, 

 fire-clay, and cliff . 

 \_Lower Trenchard coal 





 40 





 25 







22 



1 



8 



13 







7 3 



4 



2 6 



122 5 1 



(Millstone grit.) No. l.^ 



"Fire. clay and coarse sharp red gritstone, 1 

 or Farewell rock . . / 



Red sandstone, with layers of red and ' 

 white indurated marl, falling to pieces 

 by exposure to the weather. It con- 

 tains cobalt towards the bottom at 

 Mitchell Dean 



Upper limestone bed 



Pure siliceous red grit, with two beds of I 



pudding stone 



Coal-measures 



Total 



5 



12 3 



5 













15 

















37 



3 











510 7 



2p2 



