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THE GEOLOGIST. 
PARTICULARS OF THE STRATA SUNK THROUGH AT HIGH PARK 
COLfjERY, IN PARISH OF GREATLEY, IN THE COUNTY OF NOT- 
TINGHAM, ON THE ESTATE OF VISCOUNTESS PALMERSTON. 
Thickness 
of Strata. 
yds. ft. in. 
Name of Strata. 
August 14, 1854. Set-out shafts 10 ft. 
diam. within brickwork. 
Raised pit top. 
Yellow clay. 
Blue bind. 
Ditto and ironstone. (First 
water.) 
Black bind. 
Dark clunch with ironstone. 
Black shale. (Water.) 
W bite clunch. 
Coal. (Water.) 
Dark clunch. 
Coal. (Water.) 
Dark clunch. 
Blue bind. 
Grey stone. (Water.) 
Blue bind. 
Grey stone. (Water.) 
Blue bind. 
Coal. (W^ater.) 
Light clunch. 
Light stone. 
Dark blue bind. 
Black shale. (Water.) 
Coal. 
Dark clunch. 
Blue bind. 
Coal and Smut. 
Lightcluuch. Nov. 2, 1854, 
wedging and tubbingcorb. 
wood 16 X 10 in., stopped 
back water. 
Clunch and ironstone. 
Dark blue stone bind and 
ironstone. 
Ditto bind with light stone 
beds. 
Grey stone with smut beds. 
(Much water.) 
26, 1855. Commenced working the 
rst lift of 9 in. pumps. 
0 2 0 Dark stony bind. 
3 15 White stone mixed with 
bind. 2nd tubbing corb. 
1 0 10 White stone. (^luch water, 
1000 gallons per minute.) 
Oct. 3, 1855. Commenced working with 
two sets of 9 in. pumps. 
2 
0 
0 
1 
0 
2 
5 
2 
1 
0 
9 
3 
2 
0 
4 
4 
0 
1 
8 
5 
0 
1 
0 
6 
0 
0 
10 
7 
1 
1 
4 
8 
0 
0 
2 
9 
0 
0 
11 
10 
0 
0 
3 
11 
0 
0 
9 
12 
0 
0 
9 
13 
0 
0 
5 
14 
0 
0 
7 
15 
1 
2 
6 
16 
3 
1 
0 
17 
0 
1 
1 
18 
0 
2 
0 
19 
1 
0 
0 
20 
7 
1 
6 
21 
0 
0 
10 
22 
0 
2 
0 
23 
3 
0 
0 
24 
1 
0 
0 
25 
0 
2 
4 
26 
1 
2 
6 
27 
1 
2 
6 
28 
8 
0 
2 
29 
2 
1 
0 
30 
6 
1 
0 
Thickness 
of Strata. 
yds. ft. in. 
K'ame of Strata. 
May 19, 1856. Commenced pumping with 
four sets of 9 in pumps. 
Sept. 6, 1856. Stopped pumping; could 
no<^ lower the water in either shaft. 
Nov. 22, 1858. Commenced pumping with 
four sets of 9 in. pumps. 
Jan. 27, 1859. Commenced cleaning dirt 
out of pit bottom. 
33 
0 
0 
3 
Dark clunch. 
34 
0 
0 
4 
Black shale. 
35 
0 
0 
10 
Coal. 
36 
0 
0 
3 
Soft sloome. 
37 
1 
0 
3 
Clunch. 
38 
2 
0 
6 
Grey stone. (Water, 300 
gallons per minute.) 
39 
0 
0 
11 
Stone bind. 3rd tubb. corb. 
40 
1 
2 
1 
Stony bind. 4th ditto. 
0 
1 
0 
Ditto. 
41 
1 
2 
0 
W^hite stone. (Water, 80 
gallons per minute.) 
42 
0 
0 
3 
Ironstone. 
43 
1 
0 
8 
Dark bind. 
44 
0 
0 
Ironstone. 
45 
1 
0 
0 
Dark bind. 
46 
0 
0 
Ironstone. 
47 
0 
1 
11 
Dark bind. 
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0 
n 
u 
Ironstone. 
49 
0 
2 
7 
Dark bind. 
50 
0 
0 
U 
Ironstone. 
51 
0 
2 
11 
A^ery dark bind. 
52 
0 
2 
11 
Coal. (Water, 35 galls, min.) 
53 
1 
2 
6 
Dark clunch. 5th tub. corb. 
2 
2 
10 
Very dark bind. 
54 
0 
2 
3 
Strong coal. 
55 
0 
1 
4 
Light clunch. 
56 
0 
1 
8 
Dark bind. 
57 
0 
1 
3 
Light bind. 
58 
0 
0 
5 
Coal and bat. 
59 
0 
1 
9 
Clunch. 
60 
1 
2 
6 
Grey stone. (W^ater, 130 
gallons per minute.) 
61 
0 
1 
0 
Stony bind. 6th tubb. corb. 
0 
0 
7 
Stony bind. 
62 
0 
1 
10 
White stone i Water, 110 
63 
3 
1 
6 
Ribbony stone ' galls, min. 
64 
1 
0 
4 
Strong blue bind. 
65 
0 
0 
2 
Ironstone. 
66 
0 
1 
6 
Strong blue bind. 7th tubb. 
corb., 29th Dec, 1859. 
