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THE GEOLOGIST. 



the shaft-sinking. To illustrate it, I have sketched the geological 

 construction of the district for three miles in a line north-west to 

 south-east, adding a section due north and south of the near-lying 

 anticline of Trimpley, where the upper tilestones crop out. While 

 the work of sinking was in progress, I obtained daily intelligence 

 either through visits or by communications from Mr. Fellows, to 

 whose obliging conduct in giving me every facility for scientific 

 investigation I am greatly indebted. 



The specimens obtained from each bed were particularly examined 

 by me, and the fire-clays, which, from their number formed an im- 

 portant part of the series, were of a highly interesting character. 

 The fossils obtained do not require special notice, no new fern being 

 met with, and the Sigillarias, &c, being few in number and badly pre- 

 served. These in every case lay prostrated in the strata, and 

 appeared to have been drifted. 



PARTICULARS OF SHAFT-SINKINGS AT ARLEY WORKS, NEAR 

 BEWDLEY, STAFFORDSHIRE, OCTOBER 30, 1860. 







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CD 



m 

 1 



02 



© 



DO 

 99 

 X 







fi 





Pi 

 i — i 



ci 



<D 



0 



_5j 



1 



Soil 





1 











2 



Clay 



1 



2 





2 







3 



Rock binds 



1 



2 





3 



2 





4 



Blue 



5 







8 



2 





5 



Coal 





1 



2 



9 





2 



6 



Mottled red ground... ... 



9 



1 



9 



18 



1 



11 



7 



Nearly same ... 



4 







22 



1 



11 



8 



Light, having appearance of fire-clay 



9 





6 



31 



2 



5 



9 



Mottled pink ground 



7 





6 



38 



2 



11 



10 



Mottled with yellow ground 



4 







42 



2 



11 



11 



Coarse fire-clay 



3 







45 



2 



11 



12 



Blue binds 



1 



1 



6 



47 



1 



5 



13 



Thin coal 







2 



47 



1 



7 



14 



Blue binds, dark 



1 







48 



1 



7 



15 



Light blue binds 



12 







60 



1 



7 



16 



Dark shale, nearly black 





1 



6 



61 





1 



17 



Coal 





1 



7 



61 



1 



8 



18 



Inferior fire-clay 



1 



1 



6 



63 





2 



19 



Blue binds 



6 







69 





2 



20 



Light rock 



16 



1 



6 



85 



1 



8 



21 



Coal 





1 





85 



2 



8 



22 



Blue binds 



8 







93 



2 



8 



23 



Coal 







6 



93 



3 



2 



24 



Thill ... 







6 



93 



3 



8 



25 



Coal 







6 



94 



1 



2 



26 



Brown and white rock 



28 



1 



6 



122 



2 



8 



27 



Conglomerate... 



2 







124 



2 



8 



28 



Wlute rock binds 



6 







130 



2 



8 



29 



Limestone balls 





1 





m 





8 



30 



Dirt or soft thill 



1 



2 





132 



2 



8 



31 



Red and yellow mottled ground 



4 







136 



2 



8 



