282 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL society. [ Mar. 8 
brine was found; to this poimt a shaft was sunk, and then tunnels 
were driven north and south. In the north tunnel a bastard brine 
was met with, in the south tunnel a strong brine, but both were in 
small quantities. Borings were taken below this point to a depth of 
about 180 feet, or 130 feet below sea-level, when the rods were lost. 
The borings have been since continued, and without success. 
A brine-spring breaks out in the garden near the top of this boring. 
On making the Barnton cutting for the Weever navigation about the 
year 1837, brine was discovered running into the river as far as Sal- 
tersford Lock, about 50 feet above sea-level, and a large mass of 
gypsum was found from which several tons were blasted in forming 
the canal. 
Pursuing for the present the course of the Weever ; at Weaverham, 
below Northwich, on the west side of the Weever, brie has been 
worked. Salt was made in this township in the seventeenth century, 
as appears by some leases extant in the Harleian MSS., Nos. 2090 
and 2091. (Ormerod’s History of Cheshire, vol. u. p. 57.) The 
depth to the brine I have not been able to discover. 
At Acton and Kingsley borings were taken to the depth of 300 
feet, or about 250 feet below sea-level, about thirty years smce. At 
both places they were unsuccessful. Salt-pits are noticed in the 
township of Kingsley in “‘ Inguisitions of Edward the Third.” Some 
weak brine-springs are now existing in the townships, but no salt is 
made there. (Ormerod’s History of Cheshire, vol. u. p. 45.) Iam 
not acquainted with the exact spots at which these springs are found, 
but I believe that they are situated near Crewood Green. 
At the western end of Kingsley village, on the road to Newton, a 
thin shaly red rock is seen in a small stream at the side of the road. 
Sufficient of the rock is not exposed to show to which division of the 
new red sandstone it belongs. 
At the bend of the Weever, about a quarter of a mile below Sal- 
terstord Lock, are contorted beds of red and white marls. The white 
marl is very friable, and contains small portions of gypsum. 
At Whitley in the year 1803 or 1804, in boring for coal, it is stated 
that a bed of rock-salt was discovered about forty yards from the 
surface. This is the most westerly point at which salt has been 
found on the north bank. 
At Dutton Bottom shaly beds, consisting mostly of soft Be stone, 
are seen; these are accompanied by hard thin white layers. 
At Dutton viaduct the gypseous marls were exposed in digging the 
foundations for the piers. 
About one mile below Pickering’s Lock, broken red and white soft 
marly stone is seen forming a saddle, having a north and south strike 
and dipping 15° on either side. 
About half a mile lower down, on the north side of the river oppo- 
site Crewood Wood, is a cliff of red marl contaiming two bands of 
gypsum, about five feet in thickness ; these bands are subdivided into 
laminee two or three inches thick. The red marl is much broken, and 
is penetrated in every direction by thin strings of gypsum connecting 
the two beds, and chiefly near them. 
