BEVAN EBBW VALE COAL-FIELD. 127 



The following is the section of the strata in the valley of the Ebbw — 

 the whole comprising a thickness of about 470 yards : — 





ft. 



in. 





ft. 



in 



Irocl-y-rniw coar* 



2 



4 



Argillaceous shale, with band 







XJnderclaiy . . . . , , 







of ironstone ... 







Sandstone and shale, with thin 







L'Oai .. ... 



0 



6 



seams of coal and underclay 







Underclay ... ... 









1 



6 



coal ... . . ... ... 



0 





Carbonaceous shale . . . . 







Shale and underclay 











Argil, shale, with nodules of 







Carbonaceous shale . . 







ironstone ... 







Sandstone ., 







coal ... ... .. ... 



0 



7 



Carbonaceous shale . . 







Coal ... 



0 11 





1 



2 



"Arenaceous shale 













Bydyllog coal 



3 



9 



Coal 



0 



10 



Underclay, with ironstone ... 







Shale, containing seams of coal 







Argillaceous shale 







Argillaceous shale, with " Up- 







'"'Upper Darren coal ... ... 



0 



10 



per Pins " . . 







Underclay 







Ula Man s coal . . ... 



o 



A 



Sandstone 







Underclay . . . . . . 







Argil, shale, with ironstone... 







±>iacK oana ... 







Engine Coal, with partings .. 



6 



9 









v>(tl U. bi-lclltJ, WiuU. llUUSl/UUc . • 











0 



Gloin goch bach coal... 



1 



6 



Sandstone and shale . . . • 







Underclay, with ironstone ... 







Argil, shale, with ironstone. • 







Argil, shale, with ironstone... 







onale, with " boap veins 







coal ... 



1 



2 



(ironstone).. 







Underclay ... ... 







Carb. shale, with black band 







laro. coal 



3 



2 





1 



0 



*Carb. shale, with black band 







Sandstone 







uici Coal 



5 



6 



Shale, containing *' Black 







Sandstone ... 







Pins" (ironstone) ., 







Argil, shale, with spotted iron- 







coal ... . . . . 



0 



A 



4 



stone 







Argillaceous shale . . . . 







Coal 



0 



5 



Fireclay 







Underclay 







Shale and sandstone . . 







Argil, shale, in red vein (iron- 







Carb. sh., with ironst. nodules 







stone) 









3 



4 



*Ditto with spotted, and black 







Coal, with shale partinjjs 



1 



6 



pins (Ironstone) ... 







Big Vein coal, with partings 



4 



9 



ogig veined ironstone 







Shale with ironstone nodules 







Argillaceous shale ... 







■*Three-quarter coal . . 



3 



4 



* Bottom vein ironstone 







Argillaceous shale . . 







Bottom vein coal 



2 



0 



Coal, with partings . . 



1 



3 



Underclay 







The veins marked with a star are those in which any fossil remains 

 have been found. In the first, or Black Pins, there are two or three 

 species of unio or anthracosia. 



The Elled is very profitable for the collector of fossils, and I annex a 

 list of the ferns I have found there. They are in extremely good 

 preservation, and well marked ; and are met with in the rubbish just 



* By an error in my last paper I stated that this seam of coal belonged to the 

 Pennant rock ; but it is at the base of it. 



