88 SIMPSON: THIJEK L'KEP B0H1X(;S AT HALIFAX. 
gallons an hour, the water was exhausted in five hours, but rose 
again in the well at the rate of 12 inches in ten minutes, when 
operations ceased. 
Taking into consideration the fact that this bore is 2()(> 
feet higher up the dip slope than Messrs. Ramsden's, it would 
appear that a permanent supply could only be obtained by 
sinking the pump pipe to a considerably lower level. 
In comparing and endeavouring to correlate the strata of 
the bores with tlie Survey section, there is at the outset one 
good horizon that is clearly definable : that is the coal band at 
the top of what are known as the Third Grit series, which com- 
prise the four beds of Sandrock, D, C, B, A, and their associated 
shales. 
Although in Messrs. Ward's section this coal was not 
specifically recorded, I tliink we may safely assume its 
presence as a thin band. It must be remembered tliat tliis 
bore was made by a jigging chisel, which would break a soft 
band of coal into fragments very quickly, and mix them with 
the rock below. This rock (numbered 12 in my record of the 
boring), though broken up very finely, was almost certainly a 
Galliard. and came up mixed with a considerable quantity of 
carbonaceous material. 
Sandrocks D and C and the intervening shales appear 
fairly clear also ; althougli D has obviously thinned out and 
given place to shales, whilst the coal band at 463 feet in Messrs. 
Ward's section is not seen in the others. Below C, correla- 
tion is more difficult and any conclusions may be open to doubt ; 
although it will be noted that the coal at the top of Sandrock 
B is traceable by an almost parallel band in Messrs. Ramsden's 
bore, and by the Galliard or Fireclay in that of Messrs. Clegg. 
I feel some justification, therefore, in holding the opinion that 
Messrs. Ramsden's operations ceased in Sandrock B, and Messrs. 
Clegg' s at the base of Sandrock A. 
There was some discussion and question in connection 
with these borings, as to the probability of a good water supply 
