DE RANGE : BORINGS FOR WATER AND SALT IN COUNTY YORK. 433 
93 
0 
Red Sandstone 
... 18 0 
93 
1 
Marl (like Fuller's Earth) 
0 1 
103 
4 
Red Sandstone 
... 10 3 
103 
5 
Grey „ 
0 1 
167 
2 
Red „ 
... 64 9 
285 
8 
„ liarder 
.. 118 6 
296 
2 
V ery hard Rock 
... 10 6 
302 
11 
Red Sandstone 
... 6 9 
307 
8 
Veiy hard Rock 
... 4 9 
329 
8 
>> }) ' ' • • • ■ 
... 22 0 
The water is 8 deg. of hardness. 
The following is probably another account of the same boring 
Drift. 
Ft. 
In. 
Warp and Clay 
10 
0 
Strong Clay 
10 
6 
Sand and Clay 
14 
8 
Strong Clay 
7 
10 
Clay and Silt 
8 
9 
Grey Sand (water) ... 
7 
6 
Red Sand .. 
G 
6 
Indurated Sand 
1 
6 
Red Sandstone 
54 
6 
Red Clay and Fullers Earth, with Pipe Clay 
5 
0 
Red Sandstone 
203 
0 
330 
0 
A well at the opposite end of Selby was carried to a depth of 
380 feet, and was still in the Red Sandstone. The water in these 
wells stands nearly up to the surface, and the Waterworks Well 
yields 243,000 gallons in 24 hours. 
A well at Cawood, 300 feet in depth, is remarkable for the fact 
that at eleven in the morning of a certain da)^, the level of the water 
fell considerably, while at the same time the water at Selby was 
considerably augmented. 
In the district occurring between Tadcaster and York the follow- 
ing sequence and thicknesses of the Trias and Permian Sub-divisions 
