360 MR. E. W. BINNEY ON CARBONIFEROUS, PERMIAN, AND 



Sections of borings at the Inch, Netherby property, up to 

 6th September, 1858. 



faths. ft. in. 



Open cutting 230 



Sandstone and clay i 5 6 



Hard shaly rock 019 



Sandstone o o 6 



Clay 006 



Softstone o 2 o 



Hard clay and sandstone i i o 



Clay I o o 



Layers of clay and sandstone 4 4 10 



Hard sandstone 2 3 8 



Soft sandstone 3 2 9 



Sandstone o 4 o 



Soft clay "J f 4 3 6 



Running sand I I^^rge streams of 



Ironstone I ^^te^ occurred , ^ 



4 o 



O I 



White clay 030 



Grey sandstone o i 6 



Purple sandstone , o 2 o 



Purple sandstone, soft 040 



Hard sandstone o 3 o 



Blue clay 120 



Blue clay, lighter colour 018 



Grey sandstone ., i o o 



Clay-slate 030 



Clay-slate, blue 010 



Shaly rock , 050 



Shaly rock 040 



Hard grey freestone lo 4 o 



Red limestone o o 8 



Grey freestone 3 o o 



Soft shaly rock 310 



Mottled clay 400 



Brown freestone 3 4 o 



Limestone 016 



Mottled freestone 026 



Fathoms 58 o 11 



" The reason why this position was selected was its con- 

 tiguity to the colliery of His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch 

 at Canobie, in Dumfriesshire, which possesses the following 

 workable seams of coal, viz. : — 



