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No. 1 . — Boring on the Townland of Brackney, one mile and a half south- 

 east of Bally castle (see Map, PL XXIII.), November 9, 1857. 



ft. in. 



1. Surface drift, 24 0 



2. Light gray shale, 10 9 



3. Gray sandy shale, ....... 7 6 



4. Hard freestone, ........ 1 0 



5. Black shale, 10 



6. Foul Coal, 0 6 



7. Fire clay, 0 6 



8. Very black shale, 14 2 



9. Coal, 0 2 



10. Light gray shale, 18 0 



11. Coal, 1 0 



12. Fireclay, . 2 0 



13. Black shale, and Coal mixed, 2 0 



14. Coal, burned, 4 6 



15. Black shale, mixed with Coal, 3 0 



Total, . 90 1 

 JVo. 2. — Boring, Townland of Brackney, December 3, 1857 



ft. in. 



1. Surface drift, . 6 0 



2. Gray sandy shale, ....... 6 7 



3 . Light gray shale, . . . ... . . 34 



4. Gray sandy shale, . ■ 3 0 



5. Black shale, -.26 



6. Brown shale, 2 4 



7. Hard sandstone, . . . . . . . 0 6 



8. Coal, 11 



9. Black shale, 10 9 



10. Light gray shale, 3 0 



11. Black shale, 21 0 



12. Yery black shale, 6 6 



13. Coal, 16 



14. Fireclay, . . . 16 



15. Black shale, . . 0 6 



16. Coal, . 10 



17. Black shale, mixed with Coal, 2 0 



18. Coal, 1 10 



19. Black shale, 6 0 



20. Light gray shale, . . . ... 7 0 



21. Gray sandy shale, . . . . . . 11 0 



22. Hard sandstone, 10 



23. Parting (black shale), 0 6 



24. Very hard gray sandstone, 2 8 



Carried forward, . . 103 1 



