Northumberland and Durham, 



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Section of the Strata at Allendale Town, 7 miles South-west of 

 Hexham. 



Soil 



Stony rlay 



Kombly post 



Strong grey and brown post 



White grey post 



Dark grey post 



White grey metal with post) 



girdles . .( 



Dark gipy metal stone 

 White post mixed with whin 

 Dark grey metal 

 White grey metal with hard 



post girdles 



Carried up 



Fath. Yds 



. Ft. In. 

 — 6 



1 — 



2 6 



2 1 







2 1 



2 3 



4 1 



— 3 



I 2 1 







1 — 



1 6 



f" 



1 — 



18 1 



2 — 



Fath 



Brought up 18 



Strong white post with whin } . 



girdles . . ) 



Grey metal stone with hard > 



girdles . .3 



Whin (4 days) 

 Strong dark grey metal with 1 



whin girdles . . \ 



Blue whin (got 24th June, 



and continued to 6th 



July) 



]- 



Yds. Ft. In. 

 1 2 — 



3 — 2 — 



17 



2 12 5 



1 — 8 



Fathoms 26 



2 8 



In the colliery of Newton, situated 3 miles north of Felton and 6 

 from the sea, the strata dip to the south-east 1 yard in 5. 



The following is a section which I received from the overman of 

 the mine. 



Clay 



Sill of limestone, consisting of 5 strata ; that near the 



middle containing impressions of bivalve shells 

 Red sandstone and shale .... 

 Coal of an indifferent quality, worked for burning lime 

 Five yard limestone .... 



Sandstone and shale .... 



Good Coal ..... 



Fath. Ft. In. 

 — 4 — 



4 



— 2 — 

 2 3 — 



Fathoms 16 



The organic remains found imbedded in the limestone shale and 

 sandstone that belong to the lead mine measures are the following. 



In the limestone. 

 1. Light brown impressions of the turbinite madrepore (junci 

 lapidei) Parkinson vol. 2. tab. 6. fig. 1. In the great limestone at 

 Frosterly and elsewhere. 



