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proceeds towards Woolley. The district between Middles- 
town and Bretton is almost unexplored ; the geological in- 
formation respecting it is very scanty ; and the outcrops of 
the coals, if any occur, are distant from the present line of 
Section. — Near the division of the townships of Bretton and 
Woolley, is a bed of Coal, worked by Mr. Twedale. The 
Coal is near the surface, and I think it is probably a part of 
the 'Barnsley Thick Bed.' The latter, however, has not yet 
been found, in its full thickness, farther North than Darton. 
Passing along the extensive and bold escarpment of Woolley 
Edge, the line of Section goes near the outcrops of the 
' Beamshaw,' ' Winter,' and ' Woodmoor' coals, which have 
been worked in this locality by Messrs. Charlesworth, for a 
distance of three-quarters of a mile on the line of Section. — 
From the elevated summit of Woolley Edge, the line pro- 
ceeds through the village of Woolley, along a gentle slope 
of unexplored ground ; but there is little doubt that the 
strata here dip nearly conformably with the fall of the 
ground. — The Sheffield and Wakefield turnpike-road is 
crossed near Ridings Quarry, (which, I think, is a western 
outlier of the ' Chevet Rock formation.') — Notton Park is 
next passed through ; and at the intersection of the line with 
the Staincross and Roystone road, two beds of Coal, sup- 
posed to be the ' Thick coal' of the ' Chevet Rock,' and the 
' Woodmoor' bed, have been bored to. — Parts of the town- 
ships of Roystone and Carlton are then traversed, where 
there is no positive information concerning the coals ; 
though I have little doubt that the ' Thick Coal' just men- 
tioned, and the ' Woodmoor Coal,' are here, and at no great 
depth. — After crossing the Barnsley canal, the line of Sec- 
tion is carried through the to^^^lship of Shafton ; and here 
I am unable to lay before the Society further plans, except 
those derived from published maps, on a small scale ; for I 
am informed that there is no to^^'nship plan of Shafton. I 
recommended that the line should proceed in the same direc- 
