MR. E. WILSON ON THE DFRHAM SALT-DISTEICT. 



779 



Section of the Newcastle Chemical Worhs Oo.'s No. 1 Boring^ 

 on the R. TeeSf oiyposite Middhshorough. 



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o ^ -{ 



pLi oi 



ft. 



Peat and muddy sand 10 



Dark sandy Clay 16 



Sandy Clay 19 



Running Sand 35 



Hard-bound Gravel 7 



Eed"Pinnel" 12 



Eed sandy Shale with gypsum 35 



Grey sandy Shale with gypsum 10 



Eed and grey Shale with gypsum 29 



Eed and grey sandy Shale 36 



Eed Sandstone 314 



Eed Shale 



Eed Sandstone 



Eed Shale 



Eed Sandstone 

 Eed Shale , 



a 



.5 o 



5 



33 



5 



46 



5 



Eed Sandstone 47 



Eed Shale 7 



Eed Sandstone 79 



Eed Shale 8 



Eed Sandstone 29 



Eed Shale 9 



Eed Sandstone 35 



Eed Shale 5 



Eed shaly Sandstone 43 



Eed Shale with beds of Sandstone 86 



Eed Shale with small blue joints and veins 



of gypsum 60 



Eed and grey Shale and gypsum 24 



Grey Stone 68 



Magnesian Limestone 40 



Anhydrite gypsum 5 



White gypsum 13 



White Eock , 11 



Magnesian Limestone 39 



Anhydrite-gypsum 3 



Dark grey Limestone with gypsum 7 



Magnesian Limestone and gypsum 20 



ft. 



99 



► 783 



170 



V207 6 



1260 



Note. — No beds of Eock-Salt were found in this exploration. The oc- 

 currence of gypsum and anhydrite in association with Magnesian Limestone in 

 this Section is worthy of notice. 



Section of Messrs. Bell Bros.^ Trial-Boring at Saltholme, 

 near Port Clarence, Durham, 1874. 



^ /Soil 1 6 >| 



« I Clav 4 



S I Dark Sand 7 6 



g^ Clean Sand 26 ^. 7' 



f^ Eed Clay 3 



g I Sand and Gravel 8 | 



fS L^oulder-Clay 27 ; 



Carried forward 77 



