﻿8 
  ECONOMICAL 
  GEOLOGY. 
  

  

  by 
  Mr. 
  Victor 
  E. 
  Phillips, 
  of 
  Olney. 
  The 
  boring 
  was 
  carried 
  to 
  the 
  

   depth 
  of 
  2,000 
  feet, 
  and 
  failed 
  to 
  find 
  flowing 
  water. 
  Ahout 
  1,270 
  

   feet 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  through 
  the 
  Coal 
  Measures, 
  and 
  one 
  seam 
  

   of 
  coal 
  five 
  feet 
  in 
  thickness 
  was 
  passed 
  at 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  1,160 
  feet. 
  

   The 
  following 
  is 
  a 
  copy 
  of 
  the 
  log 
  kept 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Phillips: 
  

  

  Feet. 
  Total. 
  

  

  1. 
  Boil 
  and 
  clay 
  !- 
  

  

  2. 
  Sandstone 
  ls 
  

  

  :s. 
  Arenaceous 
  shale 
  "" 
  14 
  " 
  

  

  4. 
  Sandstone 
  -"• 
  m 
  

  

  6. 
  Shalo 
  1:il 
  -"'■ 
  

  

  li. 
  Limestone 
  s 
  

  

  7. 
  Sandstone 
  

  

  8. 
  Argillaceous 
  limestone 
  lo 
  

  

  9. 
  Shale 
  :;y 
  - 
  m 
  

  

  10. 
  Blaok 
  slate 
  ' 
  

  

  11. 
  Shale 
  with 
  limestone 
  bands 
  108 
  M:i 
  

  

  12. 
  Limestone 
  6 
  

  

  13. 
  Shale 
  ! 
  

  

  11. 
  Limestone 
  t; 
  ^ 
  

  

  15. 
  Ferruginous 
  shale 
  ' 
  

  

  16. 
  Caleiferous 
  shale 
  '-'" 
  

  

  17. 
  Brownshale 
  '" 
  

  

  18. 
  Light 
  blue 
  shale 
  ffi 
  ] 
  

  

  19. 
  Sandy 
  limestone 
  ,J 
  ' 
  

  

  20. 
  Blue 
  shale 
  

  

  21. 
  Black 
  shale 
  '■' 
  

  

  22. 
  Bandy 
  I 
  imestono 
  : 
  '" 
  ' 
  • 
  ,SB 
  

  

  23. 
  Black 
  slate 
  ,,; 
  ' 
  ,:: 
  ' 
  

  

  24. 
  Coal 
  B 
  11 
  '" 
  

  

  25. 
  Limestone— 
  bottom 
  arenaceous 
  *° 
  '•-'"" 
  

  

  20. 
  Shale 
  " 
  »•"• 
  

  

  27. 
  Blaek 
  slate 
  ,; 
  '•- 
  1,; 
  

  

  28. 
  Shale 
  « 
  l.»l 
  

  

  -*!). 
  Sandyshale 
  "' 
  I 
  -' 
  1 
  

  

  80. 
  Sandy 
  limostono 
  '"'" 
  '• 
  :c 
  ' 
  1 
  

  

  31. 
  Shale 
  W 
  > 
  :;| 
  " 
  

  

  :»■.'. 
  Limestone 
  ' 
  IU 
  

  

  :ct. 
  Oatoareons 
  Bandstone 
  •'■' 
  '■ 
  ''•■ 
  

  

  34. 
  Bandstone 
  : 
  " 
  

  

  :I5. 
  Clay 
  shale 
  "' 
  

  

  :«;. 
  Sandy 
  shale 
  with 
  hands 
  of 
  blaek 
  slate 
  169 
  1.709 
  

  

  :t7. 
  Sandy 
  shale 
  '■ 
  :; 
  " 
  

  

  38. 
  < 
  i 
  sandstone 
  ,M 
  " 
  

  

  88. 
  Bed 
  Bandstone 
  •" 
  ' 
  

  

  10. 
  White 
  Bandstone 
  

  

  ii. 
  Brown 
  Bandstona 
  

  

  19. 
  Bandy 
  limestone 
  with 
  thin 
  seams 
  of 
  slate 
  - 
  i0 
  

  

  The 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  Coal 
  Measures 
  waa 
  probably 
  reaohed 
  about 
  N 
  

   B0 
  or 
  Bl, 
  and 
  all 
  below 
  those 
  numbers 
  may 
  be 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  lower 
  

   Carboniferous, 
  or 
  to 
  subordinate 
  Btrata. 
  It 
  is 
  quite 
  remarkable 
  that 
  

   a 
  boring 
  should 
  be 
  earned 
  through 
  so 
  greal 
  a 
  thiokneas 
  of 
  Coal 
  

  

  ■H 
  

  

  