DE RANCE : UNDERGROUND WATERS IN LINCOLNSHIRE. 43 
Out of 687 feet 2 inches of beds beneath the Keuper Marls, 
only 21 feet 10 inches consists of red binds, the rest being 665 feet 
4 inches of red sandstone of similar physical character from top to 
bottom. They have been referred by Dr. Parsons to the Bunter. 
In considering their age and character, it may be useful to com- 
pare this section with the borings for salt in the Middlesborough 
district, especially that of Saltholm Farm, on the Durham side of 
the Tees (''Sixth Report Underground Water"). I there suggest 
that "the limestones, thick salt beds, and gypsum are probably 
referable to the Permian ; the intervening beds of red sandstone, 
832 feet, are probably referable to the Waterstones and Lower 
Mottled Bunter, the Upper Mottled and Pebble Beds having thinned 
out," From more extended investigation, I think it more probable 
that the pebbly character of the middle portion of the Bunter has 
died away northwards, and that the Middlesborough section repre- 
sents Waterstones and pebbleless Middle Bunter. 
In the Lincolnshire area the valuable sections collected by Dr. 
Parsons throw light on this inquiry. He describes the beds below the 
Keuper Marls, in the surface sections, as " a loose red sand or friable 
semi-coherent red sandstone, often micaceous, with more coherent 
clayey bands, and with occasional partings or pockets of red, green, 
or yellow ochrey marl." * 
Trial Boring for Water, Booth Ferry Road, Goole, made by 
Goole and Hook Parochial Sanitary Committee in 1876. From Mr. 
Tudor, Surveyor, Goole, per Dr. Parsons. 
From surface. 
Thickness 
Ft. In. 
Ft. 
In. 
17 0 Warp, Peat, and Clay 
17 
0 
25 0 Rough Gravel 
8 
0 
28 0 Warp Clay, with a large pebble 
3 
0 
34 0 Red Sand 
6 
0 
58 0 Hard, Coarse, Light Red Sand 
24 
0 
68 0 Red Marl 
10 
0 
79 0 Hard Sand 
11 
0 
* Proc. Geol. and Polyt. Soc. of West Riding of Yorkshire, 18* 
216. 
From which several sections have been here reproduced for convenience of 
reference. C. E. R. 
