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SOME YORKSHIRE WELL SECTIONS. BY WM. WHITAKER, B.A., F.R.S., F.G.S., 
ASSOC. INST. C.E. 
( Communicated 29th October, 1896.) 
[Words in square brackets inserted by the writer.] 
Perhaps the following small collection of well-sections, which are 
believed to be unpublished, may serve as a nucleus for the gathering 
together of a greater quantity of like material. The writer will be 
glad to place any further notes at the disposal of the Society. 
Many Yorkshire well-sections have already been described in 
various Geological Survey Memoirs and elsewhere. 
Armley, Leeds. The Brewery (Mr. J. W. Wright). 
Made and communicated by Messrs, Isler and Co. 
Yield, 12 gallons a minute. 
Thickness. Depth. 
Ft. In. Ft. In. 
Dug Well (the rest bored, 6 inches 
diameter) ... . . — 98 0 
Slate and Coloured Stones ... 12 0 ... 110 0 
[Coal J Shale and Rock .. 22 0 ... 132 0 
Rock ... ... 5 6 ... 137 6 
Measures] 
Barnsley. Old Brewery (Messrs. Clarkson). 1881. 
Made and communicated by Messrs. Legrand and Sutcliff. 
No supply. 
Thickness. 
Depth. 
Ft. In. 
Ft. In. 
Filled in Earth [made ground] 
4 6 
4 6 
Yellow Sand and Stone 
3 0 
7 6 
Sandy Clay 
3 0 
10 6 
[Coal ^ 
Light [-coloured] and Blue Clay 
13 6 
24 0 
Measures] 
Grey Stone 
3 6 
..• 27 6 
Mixed Clay 6 in , and Dark 
Mixed Bind 
8 6 
36 0 
