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NOTES ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE CLEVELAND DISTRICT. BY 
THOS. ALLISON. 
[The account of the Local Geology in this Paper is very carefully 
drawn up, but has already appeared in works and memoirs on the 
Geology of the District,] 
The following Sections may be useful. 
SECTION OF STRATA SUNK AND BORED THROUGH AT MIDDLESBRO* 
BY MESSRS. BOLCKOW, V AUG HAN & CO., BEGUN 4TH JULY, 1859. 
DIAMETER OF BOREHOLE, lFT. 6lN. 
No. 
Strata. 
Thickness. 
Depth. 
ljMade Ground (Slag, Chalk, &c.) 
2 Dry Slime or River Mud 
8 
4 
5 
6 
Sand, with Water 
Hard Clay (dry) 
Red Sand, with a little water 
Loamy Sand 
7 Hard Clay (dry) 1 
8 j Rock, mixed with Clay and Water' 
9 Rock, mixed with Clay (dry) 
10 Rock, mixed with Gypsum (dry) ... 
1 l|Gypsum, with water ... ...| 
121 Red Sandstone, with small veins of 
Gypsum ... ... ... 
1 3 Gypsum Rock (dry) ... ...I 
Brown Shale, with water ... 
Red Sandstone 
Red Sandstone, with small veins of 
Gypsum and Water ... 
Blue Sandstone, with water at bottom 
Red Sandstone, with water 
Red Sandstone 
Red and White Sandstone 
Red Sandstone ... ... ..J 
Red Sandstone and Clay ... ..J 
Red Sandstone and Clay ... ...J 
Ft 
11 
In. 
0 
8 0 
10 0 
10 0 
1 0 
3 o 
15 
11 
1 
6 
1 
4 
437 
1 
215 
1 
52 
(I 0 
2 0 
12 0 
3 0 
19 0 
9 0 
66 
11 0 
19 0 
20 0 
31) 0 
40 0 
43 0 
5* 0 
6!) 0 
70 0 
76 0 
78 0 
133 0 
130 0 
140 0 
144 0 
156 0 
150 0 
178 
0 
615 4 
616 10 
832 5 
833 5 
885 8 
804 8 
961 1 
