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WHITAKER : SOME YORKSHIRE WELL SECTIONS. 
Keighley. The Keighley Fleece Mills Co. 
Made and communicated by Messrs. Isler and Co. 
Water-level, 47 feet down. Water tapped at 72 feet rose 5 feet 
from surface ; over-flowed at 100 feet at the rate of 200 gallons an 
hour ; at 123 feet at the rate of 420 gallons an hour ; at 133 feet at 
the rate of 720 gallons an hour. At 218 feet fresh springs tapped, 
water lowered to 43 feet down. 
Thickness. 
Ft. In. 
Depth. 
Ft. In. 
Well (the rest bored) . . . 
5 0 
Ballast [Gravel] 
7 
0 
12 0 
[Drift] < 
Sand and Ballast 
Blowing Sand ... 
14 
12 
0 
0 
.. 26 0 
.. 38 0 
1 
Large Boulders and Clay 
32 
0 
.. 70 0 
Shale and Clay . . . 
5 
0 
75 0 
Clay and Stones 
— 
Shale 
22 
0 
97 0 
Rocky Shale 
3 
0 
.. 100 0 
Rock 
4 
0 
.. 104 0 
Millstone Grit ... 
3 
0 
.. 107 0 
Rock 
22 
0 
.. 129 0 
[Coal 
Measures]' 
Blue Rock 
4 
0 
... 133 0 
Rock 
Millstone Grit ... 
... 50 
9 
6 
6 
... 183 6 
... 193 0 
Blue Rock 
6 
0 
... 199 0 
Millstone Grit . . . 
28 
3 
.. 227 3 
Rock 
... 64 
4 
.. 291 7 
Rocky Shale 
... 46 
8 
.. 338 3 
Rock 
1 
3 
... 339 6 
Rocky Shale 
15 
9 
... 355 3 
\ Rock 
2 
9 
... 358 0 
KiRKSTALL. The Kirkstall Brewery Co. 
Made and communicated by Messrs. Isler and Co. 
Water-level, 43 feet down. Yield, 72 gallons a minute. 
