32 MR. E. W. BINNEY ON THE 



covery of permian beds at Heaton Mersey was probably 

 owing to the fault of Bradford and Clayton ; but on care- 

 fully taking the direction of the fault at Heaton Norris, 

 it appears to run more in a line through Chorlton-on- 

 Medlock into the great Pendleton fault in the valley of 

 the Irwell, than that of Bradford and Clayton. 



It is much to be desired that a bore should be put down 

 in Mr. Howard^s sand-delf at Heaton Norris^ to prove, 

 first, the thickness of the permian beds there, and next the 

 position of the coal-field lying under them. Tliis would 

 not cost much, and it would prove whether or not an ex- 

 tensive coal-field lies under Heaton Norris and Stockport 

 and extends all the way to Manchester. 



Manchester Section, — Medlock Vale. 



w.s.w 



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Section from All Saints to Waterhouses. Distance about five miles. 



Mr. John Wood, of Bank Bridge print-works, has done 

 much towards proving the ground lying between his estate 

 and Waterhouses. In my former papers it has been my 

 duty to acknowledge his kindness in furnishing me with 

 information ; and I have again the pleasure to acknowledge 

 his assistance. 



In Mr. Wood^s first attempt to find coal under the trias 

 and permian deposits at Medlock Vale, he did not succeed 

 in perforating the latter strata ; but in a late endeavour he 

 has been more successful, and gone through the permian 

 beds into the coal-measures. What coal-measures these 

 are has not yet been ascertained, but a complete section 

 of the permian strata of that locality has been obtained. 



